June 13, 1972

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• Letter to the Speaker of the House Transmitting the Antiballistic Missile Treaty and the Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms
• Remarks on Transmitting to the Congress the Antiballistic Missile Treaty and the Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms
• Message to the Senate Transmitting the Antiballistic Missile Treaty and the Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms.

The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other Presidential documents.

• Federal Register of Tuesday, June 13, 1972

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• Senate: June 13, 1972
• House of Representatives: June 13, 1972
• Extensions of Remarks: June 13, 1972

The H. R. Haldeman Diaries consists of seven handwritten diaries, 36 dictated diaries recorded as sound recordings, and two handwritten audio cassette tape subject logs. The diaries and logs reflect H. R. Haldeman’s candid personal record and reflections on events, issues, and people encountered during his service in the Nixon White House. As administrative assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, Haldeman attended and participated in public events and private meetings covering the entire scope of issues in which the Nixon White House engaged in during the years 1969-1973. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

• Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
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The President's Daily Brief is the primary vehicle for summarizing the day-to-day sensitive intelligence and analysis, as well as late-breaking reports, for the White House on current and future national security issues. Read "The President's Daily Brief: Delivering Intelligence to Nixon and Ford" to learn more.

• President's Daily Brief of 13 June 1972

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Vol. XV, Soviet Union, June 1972-August 1974

Post-Moscow Summit Discussions and Issues, June-August 1972

• 3. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) and Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin, Washington, June 13, 1972, 4:53 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Telephone Conversations (Telcons), Box 14, Chronological File. No classification marking. Blank underscores are omissions in the original

Vol. XIX, Part 1, Korea, 1969-1972

Republic of Korea Troops in Vietnam and Force Modernization, April 1971-December 1972

• 147. Telegram From the Embassy in Korea to the Department of State, Seoul, June 13, 1972, 0939Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Vol. V, 1 Jan–31 Dec. 1972. Secret; Priority; Nodis.

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Mediterranean, 1969-1972

Cyprus

• 416. Record of Department of State Roundtable Discussion, Washington, June 13, 1972

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 27 CYP. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Long, approved by Davies on July 3, and distributed to the participants.

Vol. XXXII, SALT I, 1969-1972

The Summit and Congressional Approval of the SALT Agreements, May 19-October 4, 1972

• 326. Conversation Among President Nixon, Members of the Republican Congressional Leadership, and Others, Washington, June 13, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Cabinet Room, Conversation No. 102–8. No classification marking. According to the Nixon Tapes Log, the recording began after 8:01 a.m. at an unknown time while the conversation was already in progress. The editor transcribed the portion of the conversation printed here specifically for this volume. Other participants included Shultz, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Charls Walker, Senator Margaret Chase Smith, Senator Gordon Allott, Senator Norris Cotton, Congressman Leslie Arends, Congressman John Anderson, Congressman John Rhodes, Congressman Bob Wilson, Congressman H. Allen Smith, Congressman Samuel Devine, Congressman Richard Poff, Congressman Barber Conable, Senator Robert Dole, Haig, MacGregor, Flanigan, Cole, Timmons, Dent, Klein, Buchanan, Weinberger, Cook, Korologos, and Ziegler. On June 13 Nixon sent a message to the Senate and a letter to the House of Representatives that transmitted the ABM Treaty and the Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms. The text of those messages is in Public Papers: Nixon, 1972, pp. 674–676.

• 327. Conversation Among President Nixon, Senator John Stennis, the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), the Assistant to the President (Haldeman), and the President’s Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs (Korologos), Washington, June 13, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Oval Office, Conversation No. 732–6. No classification marking. According to the President’s Daily Diary, Nixon met with Stennis, Kissinger, Haldeman, and Korologos from 9:52 to 11:09 a.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files) The editor transcribed the portion of the conversation printed here specifically for this volume.

Vol. E-1, Documents on Global Issues, 1969-1972

U.S. Policy Towards Terrorism, Hijacking of Aircraft, and Attacks on Civil Aviation: U.S. Response to Hijackings by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Additional Anti-Hijacking Measures, September 1970-June 1972

• 87. Memorandum From Melvin Levine of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, June 13, 1972

  Levine updated Kissinger on recent activities generated by new acts of air piracy.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 330, Hijackings II. Secret. Sent for information.

Vol. E-2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1969-1972

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; Implementation of Safeguard System

• 58. Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, June 13, 1972, 11:43 a.m.-1:18 p.m.

  The President and Kissinger discussed the NPT and the Department of State’s effort to get Kissinger to urge Japanese ratification of the treaty while visiting that nation.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Conversation No. 732–11. No classification marking. The editor transcribed the portions of the tape recording published here specifically for this volume.

Vol. E-4, Documents on Iran and Iraq, 1969-1972

Iraq 1972

• 316. Memorandum From the Country Director for Lebanon, Jordan, the Syrian Arab Republic, and Iraq (Seelye) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Sisco), Washington, June 13, 1972

  Seelye argued that while the immediate effects of the Iraqi nationalization of the IPC were insignificant, the longer-rang consequences were substantial.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, NEA/ARN, Office of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq Affairs, Lot file 75D44, Box 13, IRAQ PET 6, Petroleum Companies, 1972. Secret.

The Kissinger telephone conversation transcripts consist of approximately 20,000 pages of transcripts of Kissinger’s telephone conversations during his tenure as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (1969-1974) and Secretary of State (1973-1974) during the administration of President Richard Nixon. Visit the finding aid for more information.

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Cabinet Room

• 102-8; Unknown between 8:01 a.m. & 9:39 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President); Shultz, George P.; Walker, Charls E.; Scott, Hugh; Griffin, Robert P.; Smith, Margaret Chase; Allott, Gordon L.; Cotton, Norris; Ford, Gerald R.; Arends, Leslie C.; Anderson, John B.; Rhodes, John J.; Wilson, Robert C. ("Bob"); Smith, H. Allen; Devine, Samuel L.; Poff, Richard H.; Conable, Barber B., Jr.; Dole, Robert J.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; MacGregor, Clark; Flanigan, Peter M.; Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; Timmons, William E.; Dent, Harry S.; Klein, Herbert G.; Buchanan, Patrick J.; Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); Cook, Richard K.; Korologos, Thomas C.; Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 103-1; Unknown between 8:01 a.m. & 9:39 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President); Shultz, George P.; Walker, Charls E.; Scott, Hugh; Griffin, Robert P.; Smith, Margaret Chase; Allott, Gordon L.; Cotton, Norris; Ford, Gerald R.; Arends, Leslie C.; Anderson, John B.; Rhodes, John J.; Wilson, Robert C. ("Bob"); Smith, H. Allen; Devine, Samuel L.; Poff, Richard H.; Conable, Barber B., Jr.; Dole, Robert J.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; MacGregor, Clark; Flanigan, Peter M.; Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; Timmons, William E.; Dent, Harry S.; Klein, Herbert G.; Buchanan, Patrick J.; Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); Cook, Richard K.; Korologos, Thomas C.; Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 103-3; Unknown between 9:39 a.m. & 5:20 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]

Old Executive Office Building

• 342-1; Unknown between 1:18 p.m. & 2:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 342-2; Unknown between 1:18 p.m. & 2:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 342-3; Unknown between 1:18 p.m. & 2:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 342-4; Unknown between 1:18 p.m. & 2:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 342-5; Unknown between 1:18 p.m. & 2:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 342-6; Unknown between 2:50 p.m. & 4:14 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; LaRue, Fredrick C.; Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 342-7; Unknown between 3:49 p.m. & 4:14 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 342-8; 4:14 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 342-9; 4:17 p.m. - 5:38 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo
• 342-10; Unknown between 5:38 p.m. & 11:59 p.m.; United States Secret Service agents

Oval Office

• 732-1; Unknown between 7:45 a.m. & 8:01 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 732-2; Unknown between 8:01 a.m. & 9:39 a.m.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 732-3; Unknown between 8:01 a.m. & 9:39 a.m.; United States Secret Service agents
• 732-4; Unknown between 8:01 a.m. & 9:39 a.m.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 732-5; 9:39 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Scott, Hugh; Ford, Gerald R.; MacGregor, Clark; Klein, Herbert G.; Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 732-6; 9:52 a.m. - 11:09 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Stennis, John C.; Korologos, Thomas C.
• 732-7; 11:15 a.m. - 11:17 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 732-8; Unknown between 11:17 a.m. & 11:28 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 732-9; Unknown between 11:36 a.m. & 11:43 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 732-10; Unknown between 11:36 a.m. & 11:43 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 732-11; 11:43 a.m. - 1:18 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Kissinger, Henry A.
• 732-12; 1:18 p.m. - 1:18 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo

White House Telephone

• 25-56; Unknown between 11:45 a.m. & 12:27 p.m.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Colson, Charles W.; Howard, W. Rick
• 25-57; Unknown between 2:50 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; LaRue, Fredrick C.
• 25-58; 3:48 p.m. - 3:49 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 25-59; Unknown between 3:49 p.m. & 4:24 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 25-60; 4:14 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 25-61; 5:29 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 25-62; Unknown between 5:30 p.m., 6/13 & 10:45 a.m., 5/4; [Unknown person(s)]

The White House Photo Office collection consists of photographic coverage of President Richard Nixon meeting with prominent social, political, and cultural personalities; speaking engagements and news conferences of the President and various high-ranking members of the White House staff and Cabinet; Presidential domestic and foreign travel, including Presidential vacations; social events and entertainment involving the First Family, including entertainers present; official portraits of the President, First Family, and high-ranking members of the Nixon administration; the 1969 and 1973 Inaugurals; the President’s 1972 Presidential election campaign appearances (including speeches) and other official activities of the White House staff and the President’s Cabinet from January 20, 1969 until August 9, 1974 at the White House and the Old Executive Office Building; other locations in Washington, DC, such as The Mall; and the Presidential retreats in Camp David, Maryland, Key Biscayne, Florida, and San Clemente, California. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

Roll WHPO-9347 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9347-, Posed portrait of Ron Jackson. 6/13/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. Ron Jackson.

Roll WHPO-9359 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9359-, Ron Ziegler and family meeting with President Nixon. 6/13/1972, Washington, D.C. West Wing Colonnade. President Nixon, Ronald Ziegler, Ziegler family members.

Roll WHPO-9360 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9360-, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval office during a meeting with Senator John Stennis, Henry Kissinger and Tom Korologos. 6/13/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, John Stennis, Kissinger, Tom Korologos.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9360-03A, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval office during a meeting with Senator John Stennis, Henry Kissinger and Tom Korologos. 6/13/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, John Stennis, Henry Kissinger, Tom Korologos.

Roll WHPO-9361 Photographer: Grove, Andrew | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9361-, A Campfire Girls group of Willowick, Ohio, in the East Garden at the White House. 6/13/1972, Washington, D.C. East Garden, White House. Campfire Girls, unidentified adults and boys.

Roll WHPO-9362 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9362-, Vice President Agnew receiving a model ship from members of the Essex Club. 6/13/1972, Washington, D.C. Vice Presidential Office, Executive Office Building. Agnew, Essex Club members.

Roll WHPO-9363 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9363-, Vice President Agnew speaking to and shaking hands with Presidential Scholars. Vice President Agnew walking along the colonnade with aides. 6/13/1972, Washington, D.C. East Garden, West Wing Colonnade, White House. Agnew, Presidential Scholars, aides.

Roll WHPO-9364 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9364-, Presidential Scholars group. 6/13/1972, Washington, D.C. steps, Diplomatic Entrance. Presidential Scholars.

Roll WHPO-9365 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9365-, Herb Klein and Peterson conducting a briefing. 6/13/1972, Washington, D.C. Family Theatre, White House. Herb Klein, Peter Peterson, audience.

The White House Communications Agency Sound Recordings Collection contains public statements that took place between 1969 and 1974. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

B - Vice-Presidential (Agnew and Ford)

• WHCA-SR-B-223
  Remarks to presidential scholars-East Garden, 15:15. (6/13/1972)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

G - Cabinet Officer Briefings

• WHCA-SR-G-171
  Briefing to Mexican press by Peter Peterson, with Herb Klein. (6/13/1972, EOB conference Room)
  
  Runtime: 1:10:00
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by CBW (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-720604
  Film spot on arms limitation. (6/13/1972)
  
  Runtime: 0:45
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

The White House Communications Agency Videotape Collection contains “off-the-air” recordings of televised programs produced between 1968 and 1974. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

• WHCA-5475
  "Martin Agronsky: Evening Edition".
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 00:29:35
• WHCA-5476
  "Conversation with Julie Eisenhower", Denver, Colorado.
  Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc.
  Runtime: 00:32:55
• WHCA-5481
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  6. Smith/Geer: End the Vietnam War Senate proposal with Scott; arms limitations; President Nixon. Time Code Start: 13:01. Keywords: SALT, S.A.L.T., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Cold War, détente. Network: ABC.
  
  7. Reasoner/Tucker: Vietnam, An Loc. Time Code Start: 16:34. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: ABC.
  
  8. Smith/Landy/Gill: Governor George Wallace to go to convention; Texas party reform. Time Code Start: 19:26. Keywords: Governors, Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, candidates, reports, assassinations, shootings. Network: ABC.
  
  9. Chancellor/Valeriani: President Nixon on arms limitations. Time Code Start: 24:02. Keywords: SALT, S.A.L.T., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Cold War, détente. Network: NBC.
  
  10. Chancellor/Brady: Vietnam. Time Code Start: 27:20. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: NBC.
  
  11. Chancellor: Governor George Wallace to go to convention. Time Code Start: 31:00. Keywords: Governors, Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, candidates, reports, assassinations, shootings. Network: NBC.
  
  12. Chancellor/Duke: Welfare bill in Congress. Time Code Start: 31:48. Keywords: bills, laws, Family Assistance Programs, government aid, financial aid, health and welfare assistance, financial aid, voting, House of Representatives. Network: NBC.
  
  13. Cronkite/Dunning: Vietnam; An Loc. Time Code Start: 33:35. Keywords: Vietnam War, killed in action, KIA, death tolls, fatalities, casualty, casualties, military, troops. Network: CBS.
  
  14. Cronkite/Rather: Arms limitations with President Nixon. Time Code Start: 36:43. Keywords: SALT, S.A.L.T., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Cold War, détente. Network: CBS.
  
  15. Cronkite/Dean: Party reform for Texas Democrats. Time Code Start: 40:21. Keywords: political parties, Democrats, Democratic Party. Network: CBS.

• New York Times of June 13, 1972

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