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June 20, 1974

Introduction

This almanac page for Thursday, June 20, 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.

Previous Date: Wednesday, June 19, 1974

Next Date: Friday, June 21, 1974

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 The White House - Washington, D. C.

  • The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents made available transcripts of the President's news conferences; messages to Congress; public speeches, remarks, and statements; and other Presidential materials released by the White House.

    Digitized versions can be found at HathiTrust.

  • 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.

  • The Congressional Record is the official daily record of the debates and proceedings of the U.S. Congress.

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. XXII, Panama, 1973-1976

    Panama, 1973-1976

    • 45. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, June 20, 1974, 2:10 p.m.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Ambassador Bunker’s Correspondence, Lot 78D300, Box 3, Congress. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Wyrough. The meeting took place in Thurmond’s office. Sent to Kissinger under a June 21 covering memorandum from Bunker.

    Vol. XXXIII, SALT II, 1972-1980

    SALT II, 1972-1980

    • 68. Minutes of a Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, June 20, 1974, 3:10-5:10 p.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–110, NSC Meeting Minutes, Originals, 1971 thru 6–20–74. Top Secret; Sensitive; Nodis. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room.

    Vol. E-14, Part 2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1973-1976

    • 56. Minutes of a National Security Council Meeting, Washington, June 20, 1974, 3:10-5:10 p.m.

      Summary: The principal attendees of the meeting discussed the status of the TTBT and PNE negotiations and proposed policy alternatives for consideration.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Institutional Files, NSC Meeting Minutes, Box H–110, NSC Minutes, Originals, 1971 through 6–20–1974. Top Secret; Sensitive; Nodis. Drafted by Lodal. The meeting took place in the Cabinet Room at the White House. All brackets are in the original except those indicating text omitted by the editors or that remains classified and “[19]”, added for clarity. Portions of the minutes are also published in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, volume XXXIII, SALT II, 1972–1980, Document 68.

  • 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-E3120 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3120-, President Nixon meeting with bipartisan leaders after his Mideast Trip. 6/20/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Vice President Gerald R. Ford, Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D-Montana), Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott (R-Pennsylvania), Senator James O. Eastland (D-Mississippi), Senator Robert C. Byrd (D-West Virginia), Senator Robert P. Griffin (R-Michigan), Senator J. William Fulbright (D-Arkansas), Senator George D. Aiken (R-Vermont), Senator John C. Stennis (D-Mississippi), Senator Strom Thurmond (R-South Carolina), Senator Milton R. Young (R-North Dakota), Speaker of the House Carl B. Albert (D-Oklahoma), House Majority Leader Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. (D-Massachusetts), House Minority Leader John J. Rhodes (R-Arizona), Congressman John J. McFall (D-California), Congressman Leslie C. Arends (R-Illinois), Congressman Thomas E. Morgan (D-Pennsylvania), Congressman Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen (R-New Jersey), Congressman F. Edward Hebert (D-Louisiana), Congressman William G. Bray (R-Indiana), Congressman George H. Mahon (D-Texas), Congressman Elford A. Cederberg (R-Michigan), White House staff members: Anne Armstrong (Counsellor), Dean Burch (Counsellor), Kenneth Rush (Counsellor), Roy L. Ash (Director of the OMB), Alexander M. Haig, Jr. (Assistant), Ronald L. Ziegler (Press Assistant), Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft (Deputy Assistant) William E. Timmons (Assistant), Tom C. Korologos (Deputy Assistant), Max L. Friedersdorf (Deputy Assistant), Noel C. Koch (Special Assistant), Gerald L. Warren (Deputy Press Secretary), Robert T. Hartmann (Assistant to the Vice President).

    Roll WHPO-E3121 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3121-02-04, A Cabinet Meeting. 6/20/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. Counter clockwise from head of the table: George Bush, John A. Scali, Claude Brinegar, Frederick Dent, James Schlesinger; Seated against wall: Peter Flanigan, David Gergen, Raymond Price, Brent Scowcroft, Herbert Stein; Also in picture: President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, John Whitaker, Caspar Weinberger, Dean Burch, Anne Armstrong, Roy Ash, Peter Brennan, Lawrence Silberman, William Simon, Earl Butz, James Lynn, Kenneth Rush.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3121-09, National Security Council (NSC) meeting with President Nixon and other attendees. 6/20/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. Clockwise from the President: President Nixon, Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger, William Clements, Admiral Thomas Moorer, Henry Kissinger, Kenneth Rush, William E. Colby, [unidentified man], U. Alexis Johnson, Joseph J. Sisco. Left Side of Wall: General Brent Scowcroft, Helmut Sonnenfeldt, Sidney Graybeal. Right Side of Wall: John Wickham, Robert Ellsworth.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E3121-09-12, National Security Council (NSC) Meeting. 6/20/1974, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. Left Side of Wall: General Brent Scowcroft, Helmut Sonnenfeldt, Sidney Graybeal; Clockwise, starting at 9:00, around the table: Henry Kissinger, Kenneth Rush, Steward; Right Side of Wall: Robert Ellsworth, John Wickham; Also in picture: William E. Colby, U. Alexis Johnson,, President Nixon, James Schlesinger, William Clements, Admiral Thomas Moorer, Joseph J. Sisco.

  • 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.

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

    • WHCA-SR-S-639
      Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (6/20/1974, White House Press Lobby)

      Runtime: 34:10:00

      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-7017
      Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 1:30

      13. Smith/Donaldson: President Nixon's taxes. Time Code Start: 29:34. Keywords: Presidents, Internal Revenue Service, taxes, taxation, revenue, audits, investigations, state taxes. Network: ABC.

      14. Smith/Landay: President Nixon meets Congressional leaders. Time Code Start: 32:43. Keywords: Presidents, meetings, House of Representatives, leaders. Network: ABC.

      15. Smith/Clark: Senator Goldwater urges House Judiciary Committee to open up impeachment hearings; Goldwater believes White House should take the Washington Post to court for printing stories originating from leaks,. Time Code Start: 34:06. Keywords: Senators, criticisms, newspapers, the press, lawsuits, reports, spying, Watergate, impeachment, hearings. Network: ABC.

      16. Smith/Gill: Connally milk fund money; Former milk industry lobbyist Jake Jacobsen bargains for lesser sentence in return for testimony linking John Connally. Time Code Start: 36:26. Keywords: trials, sentences, lobbys, food, dairy products, organizations, Presidential campaigns, contributions, funding, finances, donations, investigations. Network: ABC.

      17. Smith: Commentary on Nixon's chances for survival of impeachment look brighter; reasons given. Time Code Start: 37:46. Keywords: Presidents, Watergate, impeachment, hearings. Network: ABC.

      18. Brokaw/Levine: Meat production with Secretary of Agriculture Butz; House Agriculture Committee passes resolution to end foreign meat imports; now is time to stock home freezer. Time Code Start: 39:28. Keywords: food, meats, animal products, markets, retail stores, prices, costs, increases, shortages, cabinet, advisors. Network: NBC.

      19. Brokaw/Kiker: President Nixon meets Congressional leaders. Time Code Start: 42:00. Keywords: Presidents, meetings, House of Representatives, leaders. Network: NBC.

      20. Brokaw/Cochran: Chief Pentagon negotiator Paul Nitze appears before Senate committee hearing on USSR-U.S. arms limitations; Senator Stuart SYMINGTON comments. Time Code Start: 43:50. Keywords: military leaders, testimony, SALT, S.A.L.T., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR. Network: NBC.

      21. Brokaw/Stern: Ellsberg break-in; Watergate case Special Prosecutor Jaworski; Judiciary Committee questions Peterson. Time Code Start: 46:00. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, appointments, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.

      22. Brokaw/Nessen: President Nixon's taxes; Vice President Gerald Ford comments on Watergate; Jacobsen pleads guilty to lesser charge. Time Code Start: 48:30. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.

      23. Mudd/Morton: President Nixon's taxes. Time Code Start: 51:20. Keywords: Presidents, Internal Revenue Service, taxes, taxation, revenue, audits, investigations, state taxes. Network: CBS.

      24. Mudd/Rather: President Nixon meets Congressional leaders; Committee information leaks. Time Code Start: 53:10. Keywords: Presidents, meetings, House of Representatives, leaders, spying. Network: CBS.

      25. Mudd: Watergate case Special Prosecutor Jaworski and President Nixon's attorney St. Clair's statements. Time Code Start: 55:25. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, appointments, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.

      26. Mudd/Graham: Ervin on Silbert; Jacobsen and plea bargaining. Time Code Start: 56:01. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, sentencing. Network: CBS.

Context (External Sources)