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June 17, 1974

Introduction

This almanac page for Monday, June 17, 1974, pulls together various records created by the federal government and links to additional resources which can provide context about the events of the day.

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Next Date: Tuesday, June 18, 1974

Schedule and Public Documents

Archival Holdings

Any selection of archival documents will necessarily be partial. You should use the documents and folders identified below as a starting place, but consult the linked collection finding aids and folder title lists and the collections themselves for context. Many documents to be found this way do not lend themselves to association with specific dates, but are essential to a complete understanding of the material.

  • Selective document listing

    President's Office Files

    The President's Office Files consists of materials drawn together by the Special Files Unit from several administrative subdivisions within the White House Office. It is the handwriting and sensitive papers sent to the Staff Secretary that now comprise much of the President's Office Files. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    President's Personal File

    The President's Personal File is essentially a President's secretary's file, kept by Rose Mary Woods, personal secretary to the President, for two purposes: (1) preserving for posterity a collection of documents particularly close to the President, whether because he dictated or annotated them, or because of the importance of the correspondent or the event concerned and (2) giving appropriate attention–letters of gratitude, invitations to White House social events, and the like–to members and important friends and supporters of the Nixon administration. This generalization does not describe all the varied materials of a file group which is essentially a miscellany, but it does identify the reason for the existence of the file group's core. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

  • The National Archives Catalog is the online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records. It is the main way of describing our holdings and also provides access to electronic records and digitized versions of our holdings. 

    The Catalog searches across multiple National Archives resources at once, including archival descriptions, digitized and electronic records, authority records, and web pages from Archives.gov and the Presidential Libraries. The Catalog also allows users to contribute to digitized historical records through tagging and transcription.

    Nixon Library Holdings

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National Security Documents

  • 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.

  • The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Visit the State Department website for more information.

    Vol. E-3, Documents on Global Issues, 1973-1976

    Law of the Sea

    • 13. Minutes of the Acting Secretary of State’s Analytical Staff Meeting, Washington, June 17, 1974, 3-4 p.m.

      Department principals discussed issues relating to the UNCLOS III negotiations.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Kissinger’s Staff Meetings, 1973–1977, Entry 5177, Box 3, Acting Secretary’s Analytical Staff Meeting, June 17, 1974. Secret. Israel asserted that the Straits of Tiran should be treated as an international strait, open to seagoing and airborne passage by vessels of all countries. Egypt and Saudi Arabia both claimed islands at the entrance to the strait and the surrounding waters as territorial sea, and neither recognized Israel’s claim to the right of innocent passage. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan were not signatories to the 1958 Convention on the High Seas or the 1958 Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone. Israel was a party to both those agreements.

    Vol. E-11, Part 2, Documents on South America, 1973-1976

    Brazil

    • 102. Telegram 4355 From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State, Brasília, June 17, 1974, 1230Z

      Summary: Crimmins argued for an increase in FMS funding and stressed the importance of U.S. military assistance to Brazil.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D740157–0256. Secret. Repeated to Rio de Janeiro, JCS, OSD (IA/DSAA), and USSOUTHCOM. In telegram 31505 to all American Republic diplomatic posts, March 8, the Department required all ARA posts to provide by June 15 an assessment of the need for U.S. Government security assistance for their respective countries. (Ibid., [no film number]) In telegram 83250 to all diplomatic posts, April 24, the Department outlined its plans for military assistance. Brazil received $60 million for FMS and $800,000 for MAP training. (Ibid., D740096–0402)

    Vol. E-12, Documents on East and Southeast Asia, 1973-1976

    East Asia and Pacific Regional, SEATO, ASEAN

  • 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.

    Digitized versions can be found in the National Archives Catalog.

Audiovisual Holdings

  • 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-E2925 Photographer: FITZPATRICK | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2925-, Conference meeting with Secretary Earl Butz and Kenneth Rush. 6/17/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. Earl Butz, Kenneth Rush.

    Roll WHPO-E3066 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3066-02-05, President Nixon in Israel. 6/17/1974, Israel President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Henry Kissinger.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3066-06-10, President Nixon in Israel. 6/17/1974, Israel President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Henry Kissinger, unidentified officials, possibly Prime Minister Rabin.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3066-10, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and Golda Meir seated together during a meeting in Israel. 6/17/1974, Israel Golda Meir's residence, sitting room. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Golda Meir.

    Roll WHPO-E3067 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3067-02-30, President Nixon in Israel. 6/17/1974, Israel Children, President Nixon.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3067-21, Children wave Israeli and American flags in Israel during President Nixon's visit. 6/17/1974, Israel outdoors, unknown location. children in a crowd.

    Roll WHPO-E3069 Photographer: FITZPATRICK | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3069-, Julie Eisenhower and Secretary Weinberger presenting the 1974 Presidential Scholar Awards. 6/17/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. Julie Eisenhower, Caspar Weinberger, Dr. John Ottina (Assistant Secretary of HEW), Dr. Edwin Martin (Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of the Handicapped).

    Roll WHPO-E3076 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3076-02-26, President Nixon, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Deputy Prime Minister Allan Shimon Peres and Israeli officials during Nixon's departure ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport. 6/17/1974, Tel Aviv, Israel Ben Gurion Airport. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Ephraim Katzir, (President of Israel), Mrs. Ephraim Katzir, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Mrs. Rabin, Yigal Allon (Deputy Prime Minister of Israel, Foreign Affairs Minister), Gad Yaacobi (Israeli Minister of Transportation), Simcha Dinitz (Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.), Mrs. Dinitz, Avigdor Shoham (Israeli Chief of Protocol), Algar Von Heiroth (Ambassador from Finland to Israel, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps), Kenneth B. Keating (Ambassador from the U.S. to Israel), Mrs. Keating, Alfred L. Atherton, Jr. (Assistant Secretary of State), Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Ronald L. Ziegler, Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant, unidentified officials listed in Presidential Daily Diary.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3076-02-26, President Nixon attends a conference in the Knesset Cabinet Room with Israeli leaders, and signs the Knesset book. 6/17/1974, Tel Aviv, Israel Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Prime Minister Rabin Deputy Prime Minister Allan Shimon Peres, Minister of Defense of Israel Simcha Dinitz. Ambassador from Israel to the U.S. Yehoshua Rabinowitz, Minister of Finance of Israel Lt. Gen. Mordechai Gur, Chief of Staff, Israel Defense Forces Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State Alfred L. Atherton. Jr., Assistant Secretary of State Kenneth B. Keating, Ambassador from the U.S. to Israel.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3076-10, President Nixon and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin during Nixon's departure ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport. 6/17/1974, Tel Aviv, Israel Ben Gurion Airport. President Nixon, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

    Roll WHPO-E3077 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3077-02-09, President Nixon greeting people gathered on the street during his visit to Israel. 6/17/1974, Jerusalem, Israel near the Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. President Nixon, unidentified Israili citizens and young people.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3077-04, President Nixon greeting people gathered on the street during his visit to Israel. Nixon is seen reaching out to a group of young children. 6/17/1974, Jerusalem, Israel street near the Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. President Nixon, unidentified Israili citizens and young people.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3077-10-11, President Nixon greeting Israeli Army soldiers on his way to visit the Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance in Jerusalem, Israel. 6/17/1974, Jerusalem, Israel near the Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. President Nixon, unidentified Israili citizens and young people.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3077-12-13, President Nixon and officials are surrounded by a crowd near the entrance to the Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance in Israel. 6/17/1974, Jerusalem, Israel Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Gideon Hausner, Yitzhak Arad, Baim Pazner, Benjamin Armon, Lt. Col. John V. Brennan, unidentified officials.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3077-14, President Nixon walks at he head of the Presidential entourage to the Hall of Remembrance accompanied by Gideon Hausner (Minister without Portfolio and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council), Yitzhak Arad (Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate), Baim Pazner, (member of the Yad Vashem Directorate) and Benjamin Armon (Director of the Yad Vashem Memorial). 6/17/1974, Jerusalem, Israel Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Gideon Hausner, Yitzhak Arad, Baim Pazner, Benjamin Armon, Lt. Col. John V. Brennan, Henry Kissinger, unidentified officials and security officers.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3077-15-27, President Nixon and Pat Nixon participate in a memorial ceremony commemorating Jewish people killed during WWII at the Hall of Remembrance in Jerusalem. 6/17/1974, Jerusalem, Israel Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Gideon Hausner, Yitzhak Arad, Baim Pazner, Benjamin Armon, Lt. Col. John V. Brennan, children's choir.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3077-26, President Nixon and Pat Nixon participate in a memorial ceremony commemorating Jewish people killed during WWII at the Hall of Remembrance in Jerusalem. 6/17/1974, Jerusalem, Israel Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Gideon Hausner, Yitzhak Arad, Baim Pazner, Benjamin Armon, Lt. Col. John V. Brennan, children's choir.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3077-28-34, President Nixon receiving a commemorative Jewish menorah candle holder during a ceremony near the entrance to the Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. 6/17/1974, Jerusalem, Israel Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Gideon Hausner, Yitzhak Arad, Baim Pazner, Benjamin Armon, Lt. Col. John V. Brennan.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3077-29, President Nixon receiving a "Justice in Jerusalem" book presented by its author Gideon Hausner (Minister without Portfolio and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council) during a ceremony near the entrance to the Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. 6/17/1974, Jerusalem, Israel Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Gideon Hausner, Yitzhak Arad, Baim Pazner, Benjamin Armon, Lt. Col. John V. Brennan.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3077-30-32, President Nixon receiving a commemorative papyrus scroll gift presented by Yitzhak Arad (Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate) during a ceremony near the entrance to the Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance in Israel. 6/17/1974, Jerusalem, Israel Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Gideon Hausner, Yitzhak Arad, Baim Pazner, Benjamin Armon, Lt. Col. John V. Brennan.

    Roll WHPO-E3079 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3079-00-34, President Nixon and Pat Nixon participate in a memorial ceremony commemorating Jewish people killed during WWII, during their visit to the Hall of Remembrance with Gideon Hausner (Gideon Hausner (Minister without Portfolio and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council), Yitzha. 6/17/1974, Jerusalem, Israel Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Gideon Hausner, Yitzhak Arad, Baim Pazner, Benjamin Armon, Lt. Col. John V. Brennan, children's choir.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3079-14A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon participate in a memorial ceremony commemorating Jewish people killed during WWII, during their visit to the Hall of Remembrance with Gideon Hausner (Gideon Hausner (Minister without Portfolio and Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council), Yitzha. 6/17/1974, Jerusalem, Israel Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Gideon Hausner, Yitzhak Arad, Baim Pazner, Benjamin Armon, Lt. Col. John V. Brennan, children's choir.

    Roll WHPO-E3082 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3082-04-29, President Nixon's arrival ceremony in Jordan with King Hussein I of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan at the airport in front of Air Force One. 6/17/1974, Jordan Amman Airport. Richard Nixon, King Hussein, military officials.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3082-26, King Hussein and President Nixon stand in front of Air Force One on a raised platform during an arrival ceremony. 6/17/1974, Jordan Amman Airport. Richard Nixon, King Hussein, military officials.

    Roll WHPO-E3084 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3084-03-36, Visit to Israel. 6/17/1974, Israel Pat Nixon.

    Roll WHPO-E3085 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3085-03-34, Visit to Israel. 6/17/1974, Israel.

    Roll WHPO-E3087 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3087-04-16, President Nixon in Israel. 6/17/1974, Israel. Pat Nixon.

    Roll WHPO-E3088 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3088-03A-07A, President Nixon's arrival dinner in Jordan. 6/17/1974, Jordan. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, King Hussein of Jordan.

    Roll WHPO-E3090 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3090-23A, Press briefing during President Nixon's visit to Israel. Henry Kissinger stands at podium with a banner displaying "Welcome White House Press" hanging behind him. Members of the press sit along a table in the foreground. 6/17/1974, Jerusalem, Israel Kings Hotel, conference room. Henry Kissinger, members of the press, unidentified officials and guests.

    Roll WHPO-E3092 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3092-04A-37A, President Nixon attends a state dinner in Jordan. 6/17/1974, Jordan El Hummar Residence, State Dining Room. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Gift, King Hussein of Jordan.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3092-22A, President Nixon accepting the Order of the Hussein Bin Ali Kilada from King Hussein of Jordan during a State Dinner at King Hussein's El Hummar Residence. Pat Nixon sits nearby. 6/17/1974, Jordan El Hummar Residence, State Dining Room. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Gift, King Hussein of Jordan.

    Roll WHPO-E3093 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3093-04-16, President Nixon in Jordan meeting with King Hussein. 6/17/1974, Jordan

    Roll WHPO-E3119 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3119-05-19, Visit to Jordan. Arrival dinner. 6/17/1974, Jordan
  • 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.

    P - Formal Presidential Remarks

    • WHCA-SR-P-740621
      Remarks by President Nixon in toast to King Hussein in Basman Palace, Amman, Jordan. (6/17/1974)

      Runtime: 19:15

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

    S - White House Press Office Briefings (continuation of the L-series)

    • WHCA-SR-S-635
      Press briefing by Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz and Kenneth Rush. (6/17/1974, White House Press Lobby)

      Runtime: 41:12:00

      Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by __ (initials of WHCA engineer)

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
    • WHCA-SR-S-637
      Press briefing by Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger in Jerusalem. (6/17/1974, Press Center, Jerusalem, Israel)

      Runtime: 28:45:00

      Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by __ (initials of WHCA engineer)

      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-7007
      "Martin Agronsky: Evening Edition". Herbert Lloyd Porter, Maurice Stans.
      NBC
      Runtime: 00:25:12
    • WHCA-7008
      "The Forgotten War". the allied attack on Russia, 1918-22 Maurice Stans.
      NBC
      Runtime: 1:00
    • WHCA-7016
      Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 1:30

      1. Smith/Schoumacher: Watergate, 2 years after; Kalmbach. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: attorneys, lawyers, Presidential elections, fundraising, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups. Network: ABC.

      2. Reasoner/Jarriel/Bell: President Nixon's trip to the Middle East. Time Code Start: 01:53. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, international, Middle East, Israeli. Network: ABC.

      3. Reasoner/Brown: First Lady Pat Nixon in Israel; visits and Israeli kibbutz school. Time Code Start: 06:34. Keywords: Presidents, families, wife, travel, trips, First Lady trips, international, Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, tours. Network: ABC.

      4. Reasoner/Seamans: President Nixon visits memorial in Israel, to Jews who died at hands of Nazis 'Dachau Memorial.'. Time Code Start: 08:02. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, international, Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, WWII, Germany, memorials, monuments, prisons, death camps, Concentration Camps. Network: ABC.

      5. Smith: Commentary on Watergate burglary. Time Code Start: 10:19. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: ABC.

      6. Brokaw/Cochran: Nuclear tests; Secretary of Defense Schlesinger. Time Code Start: 12:04. Keywords: nuclear bombs, explosions, nuclear warheads (if title implies use: tests, testings), military, cabinet, advisors. Network: NBC.

      7. Brokaw/Chancellor/Valeriani/Palmer: President Nixon trip and Secretary of State Kissinger. Time Code Start: 14:35. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, international, cabinet, advisors. Network: NBC.

      8. Brokaw/Graham: Kalmbach sentenced. Time Code Start: 21:04. Keywords: attorneys, lawyers, Presidential elections, fundraising, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, sentencing. Network: NBC.

      9. Brokaw/Brinkley: Commentary on campaign money. Time Code Start: 22:30. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, funding, fundraising, donations, contributions, costs. Network: NBC.

      10. Brokaw/Kiker: Watergate, 2 years after. Time Code Start: 24:28. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.

      11. Mudd/Graham: Kalmbach sentenced and DeMarco resignation. Time Code Start: 26:30. Keywords: attorneys, lawyers, Presidential elections, fundraising, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, resignations. Network: CBS.

      12. Mudd/Rather/Pierpoint/Sheahan: President Nixon trip, Secretary of State Kissinger, Palestine. Time Code Start: 28:53. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, international, cabinet, advisors. Network: CBS.

      13. Mudd/Culhane: Watergate, 2 years after. Time Code Start: 35:25. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.

      14. Mudd/Sevareid: Commentary on Watergate anniversary. Time Code Start: 38:45. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.

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