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June 25, 1972

Introduction

This almanac page for Sunday, June 25, 1972, 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: Saturday, June 24, 1972

Next Date: Monday, June 26, 1972

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 Camp David, Maryland

  • 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.

    No Federal Register published on this date

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.

    • Annotated and Unmarked News Summaries [Note: Although there was no News Summary on this date, due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]

  • 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)
      Sunday, June 25.

      At Camp David. The President called me over at noon for about two hours. Had some ideas-- further ideas on this surprise trip thing. He thinks he should have Steve Bull along to handle that kind of thing rather than the military aide. We should keep the military completely out of it. He raised again the necessity for always doing something on Saturday morning for the Sunday papers, and that if we do anything in California we should do it the way he did the deal yesterday.

      We got into some discussion of the family schedule at the Convention and that sort of thing. Julie's been complaining about the writing for her. Apparently Vera Hershberg, has been hired to do their stuff, came up with a two page piece praising Ralph Nader.

      The President got into some political stuff. He's analyzing the McGovern thing, that they now are using three devices to change their image. First, the platform to get him off the hook. Secondly, the acceptance speech which he'll go very moderate on, and third, the turn to the right by the VP candidate selection. That's going to be a tough one to do, but it's possible that he'll succeed in it.

      We were talking about Wallace, and he wants to be sure that maybe he ought to go out and see Wallace this week or at least give him a phone call. He wants to be sure we provide him with a plane to go to the Convention without any fanfare, or any obligation on Wallace's part.

      Got into the Martha Mitchell problem. Apparently she not only called Helen Thomas the other night, and said if John didn't get his ass out of politics she was going to kick him out of the house, but her phones were then pulled out, either by her or someone in her room. She's demanded that they be reinstated, and the phone company has delayed on it, and she's now threatened to the phone man that if they don't get her phones in, she's going to "blow the whole Republican deal," whatever that means.

      We talked some on general Southern strategy. The President wants to be sure the surrogates touch up the Deep South, cover all the small states and so on, and that we should ride herd very carefully on those states and not just take them for granted. He developed again his theory that in analyzing the '60 campaign, we started even in the polls in '60 and stayed even throughout the whole campaign. Where in '68, we started out way ahead and he rode it down to even. His conclusion is, therefore, that the '60 campaign was more effective than the '68 and that maybe we should be getting out and doing more as we did in '60. I've got to work out a way to talk him out of that viewpoint.

      End of June 25.
    • 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.

    • No President's Daily Brief delivered on this date

  • 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

Context (External Sources)