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June 19, 1971

Introduction

This almanac page for Saturday, June 19, 1971, 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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Schedule and Public Documents

  • The Daily Diary files represent a consolidated record of the President's activities. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    The President's day began at Key Biscayne, Florida

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Archival Holdings

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    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.

  • 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)
      Saturday, June 19 at Key Biscayne.

      The President had me over this morning for three or four hours at the residence; he had the door open to his study, so it was extremely hot. He had his bathing suit on and a sport shirt and was smoking a cigar; I had on my coat and tie. He had called me about 8:30 in the morning, talked for a few moments on the phone and then told me to come over. I hadn't even gotten up yet, so ended up never having any breakfast. He got into a critique on the Rochester trip, feeling that we had missed some things on the motorcade operation, and so forth, and he had some ideas on kinds of things that he could do in these towns when we're on the road that would be--make the trips more effective. Also, he was concerned about the briefing business, felt we needed to do more in getting speeches on an ad-lib basis, the way he did in Rochester and which Connally reacted very favorably to, rather than so many major written speeches. Then he'll need more specific working material from the research group, rather than the finely-drawn overall speeches.

      He also got into his new schedule idea, which is that he'd like to take the last week in July and the month of August and intensively travel the country, doing a lot of states on a nonpolitical basis, hitting primarily small cities in the small states, using different kinds of things for the activities in each of them: in effect, putting on a campaign now and setting a record so that we can do the same thing next August, not worrying about national impact, but going for the local effect -- obviously hitting the key states.

      We had some discussion of The New York Times problem. The President considering that he may take The Times on frontally, going beyond the secret documents thing to get across the idea that you can't trust The Times, that they're putting circulation above the interest of the nation. He would go on regarding the Presidency, hitting the disloyalty, unpatriotic act of turning over the papers, and making the point that it's a question of the protection of sources and our ability to conduct diplomacy and to have true advice. Otherwise, every conversation has got to be public. He feels that this has to be made more directly in black and white terms. Another area that concerned him was the stock market drop, which he was having trouble figuring the reason for.

      Later in the day, Rogers called me to say that Cliff Hardin wanted to see him in the afternoon to talk to about a job offer that he's had, and Bill asked me to double check the President on whether we wanted to encourage him to move out. The President confirmed that we did and asked that I have Rogers try to get him to do so, which Rogers apparently did and thinks that it probably was successful. I spent a lot of time during the day getting reports of various kinds on the progress and action on The New York Times deal, but there wasn't very much because of it being a Saturday and no major activity on our part or in much of the court process.

      End of June 19.
    • Original audio recording (MP3)

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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. VII, Vietnam, July 1970-January 1972

    The Consequences of Operation Lan Som 719 and the Search for a Settlement, April 8-October 6, 1971

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

    U.S. Policy Towards International Production and Trafficking in Illegal Drugs

    • 196. Telegram 110121 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Turkey, Washington, June 19, 1971, 2040Z

      In a personal message to Ambassador Handley, Secretary of State Rogers provided instructions for a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister ERIM based on a meeting with the President.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970-73, INCO-DRUGS TUR. Secret; Priority; Exdis. Drafted by Ogden; cleared by Davies, Sisco, Robert L. Pugh (NEA/TUR), and Richard Kennedy; cleared in substance with Ingersoll, Hardin, Williams, Wellman, and Connally; and approved by Rogers.

    Vol. E-5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969-1972

    The Horn

  • 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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Audiovisual Holdings

  • 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.

    H - White House Staff Member Recordings

    • WHCA-SR-H-200
      Press briefing by Ronald Ziegler, Gerald Warren, and Saul Wilson. (6/19/1970, Press Center, White House)

      Runtime: 23:00

      Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary

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

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

Context (External Sources)