June 29, 1972

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The President's day began at Camp David, Maryland

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• Executive Order 11674—Amending Executive Order No. 11640, as Amended, Further Providing for the Stabilization of the Economy
• The President's News Conference

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• Federal Register of Thursday, June 29, 1972

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• Senate: June 29, 1972
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Decided

• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth
• Branzburg v. Hayes
• Furman v. Georgia
• Gravel v. United States
• In re Pappas
• Kleindienst v. Mandel
• Moore v. Illinois
• Morrissey v. Brewer
• Perry v. Sindermann
• Port of Portland v. United States
• Stewart v. Massachusetts
• United States v. Brewster
• United States v. Caldwell

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• News Summaries, Annotated News Summaries, Box 36, June 1972 26-29 [2 of 3] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • News Conference Commentary and Wires, June 29, 1972
• News Summaries, Annotated News Summaries, Box 36, June 1972 26-29 [3 of 3]
  • News Summary, June 29, 1972, (Wed. nets, wires, columns)
• News Summaries, Annotated News Summaries, Box 36, July 1-24, 1972 [1 of 4]
  • Special Reports: Coverage of the President's June 28 Withdrawal Announcement and Initial Coverage of the June 29 News Conference

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• President's Speech File
  • Box 77, Thursday, June 29, 1972, Press Conference

Among Pat Buchanan’s duties was the compilation and coordination of background briefing materials for Presidential and a few Vice Presidential press conferences. The briefings—for both the larger, announced press conferences and the smaller, informal ones held in the Oval Office—related to a widespread number of topics and were in the form of probable questions which the White House staff members anticipated news reporters would address to the President. Along with the questions, were answers recommended by Buchanan, other members of the White House staff, and the heads of major departments of the government.

The briefing books are primarily in the form of potential questions and suggested answers (often with heavy annotation by President Nixon), along with associated memos. A listing of briefing books is below, with indication of whether President Nixon annotated the book or not. Each book has an index to the potential questions with direct links to the National Archives Catalog. You should consult the full digital folder for suggested responses, President Nixon's annotations, and other documents and topics not covered by the index.

Foreign from HAK [June 29, 1972] (Annotated)

Citation: Foreign from HAK [June 29, 1972]; box 5; White House Central Files: Staff Member and Office Files: Patrick J. Buchanan; Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, CA

Consult the full digital folder for other briefing materials not in the form of prepared questions and answers.

• CURRENT SITUATION ON BATTLEFIELD
  • What is your assessment of the current situation? Will the South Vietnamese be able to hold off the North Vietnamese?
• RESIDUAL FORCE
  • We are approaching the point where the remaining U.S. forces could be considered a "residual force." How large a force do you intend to keep in Southeast Asia?
• EFFECTIVENESS OF MINING AND BOMBING
  • Has the U.S. mining and bombing of North Vietnam been effective?
• CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
  • Do you believe that widespread bombing now taking place over the North is resulting in civilian casualties anywhere near those claimed by Hanoi?
• BOMBING HALT CONDITIONS
  • What are the United States' present conditions for a halt in the bombing of North Vietnam?
• SOVIET SUPPLIES IN-TRANSIT VIA CHINA
  • Is there any truth to press reports of Sino-Soviet disagreements over the transit of Soviet seaborne and overland cargoes for North Vietnam?
• GENERAL LAVELLE
  • Did the unauthorized bombing of North Vietnam by General Lavelle undermine the Paris negotiations?
• LAIRD TESTIMONY ON WAR COSTS
  • Secretary Laird has testified that the new offensive may cost an additional $5 billion. Doesn't this figure again undercut our claims of withdrawal and disengagement?
• KISSINGER - PODGORNY TRIPS
  • Can you tell us if Henry Kissinger's talks in China dealt at all with the Vietnam question and if so has his visit and Mr. Podgorny's visit brought us closer to peace talks at Paris again?
• ROLE OF U. S. GROUND FORCES
  • Are any U. S. ground forces engaged in the combat?
• SUMMIT IMPACT ON INDOCHINA
  • What impact do you believe your visit to the Soviet Union will have upon the current situation in Indochina?
• CHINESE LABOR IN THE NORTH
  • Are there Chinese civilian laborers now working in North Vietnam to repair some of the damage done by US planes and do we credit Hanoi's reports that they may enter North Vietnam for that purpose?
• INCREASED AIR AND NAVAL ASSETS
  • While you are withdrawing ground forces from South Vietnam, is it not true that America's involvement in the war is increasing -- not decreasing -- in light of the tremendous U.S. buildup off the coast and in Thailand. Indeed, is it not a deception to say we are de-escalating -- when some troops are being sent to the war "theatre" and others are simply being shifted from Vientam to Thailand?
• RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINESE, SOVIETS AND HANOI
  • Is there any truth to reports that the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China are pressuring the North Vietnamese to de-escalate the fighting and settle the war through negotiations?
• BOMBING OF DIKES
  • The North Vietnamese have repeatedly claimed that we have deliberately bombed the dike system in the Red River Delta. Is this true?
• BOMBING AND VIETNAMIZATION
  • Why was it necessary to reintroduce bombing? Isn't Vietnamization a failure if we have to use American airpower every time the enemy attacks?
• MORALE IN NORTH VIETNAM
  • What has been the effect of our countermeasures on North Vietnam's morale?
• COMMANDO ATTACKS AGAINST THE NORTH
  • Is the U.S. using mercenaries to conduct commando type attacks deep into North Vietnam?
• CLOUD SEEDING OVER THE NORTH
  • Is the United States seeding clouds to increase rain or storms over North Vietnam (or in Southeast Asia) as Senator Pell recently charged?
• PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
  • Can you tell us what subjects Dr. Kissinger discussed with Premier Chou En-lai in Peking?
• KOREA
  • Kim Il-song has in the past linked a peace pact with South Korea to a withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Korea, although it is not yet clear whether he would insist on the prior withdrawal of U.S. forces. If he were willing to conclude a peace pact with Seoul first, would the U.S. be willing to withdraw its forces from South Korea?
• KISSINGER TRIP TO JAPAN
  • Do you think Dr. Kissinger's recent Japan visit dispelled the resentment and suspicion that resulted from your China initiative?
• KOREA
  • According to a Washington Post dispatch of June 21 from North Korea, North Korean Premier Kim Il-song has called for a removal of military personnel and installations from the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea, and for a reduction in North and South Korean armed forces by 150,000 - 200,000 men. Could you comment?
• PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
  • What has developed from our contacts with Chinese officials via our embassies in Paris?
• SEQUENCE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON SALT AND DEFENSE PROCUREMENT AUTHORIZATION BILL
  • In your press conference on June 22 you indicated that you would like Congress first sto approve the SALT agreements and only then take action on the Defense procurement bill. Did you actually mean that Congress should delay action on the Defense bill until after SALT has been approved?
• SALT
  • Why is it now that we have limited the Soviets in SALT the Pentagon is asking for a step-up in our strategic program? Can't we cut back now? When can we?
• SALT-SOVIET SUPERIORITY
  • Doesn't the interim agreement freeze Soviet superiority?
• SALT
  • Are the Soviets testing MIRV? In any case, won't the agreement simply let them catch up in an area where we are ahead and keep us from catching up in the areas they are ahead?
  • How do we meet the threat posed by China which the Administration was previously so concerned about in recommending Safeguard?
  • Why have we agreed to stop an on-going US ABM defense program while allowing Soviet ABM programs to expand beyond their current deployed levels?
• MOSCOW SUMMIT -- "PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE"
  • The "Basic Principles" you signed with Mr. Brezhnev says we and the Soviets will conduct our relations on the basis of "peaceful coexistence." Doesn't this mean we have accepted a long-standing Communist concept which has often been used against us in the past?
• NATO FORCE LEVELS
  • Pentagon spokesmen have stated in recent weeks that our support personnel in Europe were being reorganized so that fewer men would be needed. If so, will you oppose Senator Mansfield again this year if he proposes a reduction in our force levels?
• MBFR
  • When will the MBFR negotiations mentioned in the Moscow communique take place? What will we be trying to do?
• US-SOVIET TRADE
  • Before the Moscow Summit, you identified trade as one of the areas where you would expect to see substantial progress with the Soviets. Would you care to comment on this in light of the failure to reach a trade agreement during the Summit?
• MOSCOW SUMMIT: TRADE/VIETNAM LINKAGE
  • It has been widely suggested that there was no trade agreement during your visit to the USSR because the Soviet leaders would not agree to help the U.S. find a satisfactory solution to the Vietnam War. Would you comment on this linkage?
• USSR-CHINA
  • There is press speculation (J. Alsop) about the Soviet troop building opposite China and the possibility of a surgical strike. Can you tell us if the U.S. is concerned about that buildup?
• BURUNDI
  • What is the United States doing to stop the tribal slaughter in Burundi?
• RHODESIAN SANCTIONS
  • Gale McGee has charged that the White House failed to support adequately his efforts in the Senate to reinstate a ban on imports of Rhodesian chrome. Since those imports violate our international obligations to abide by UN sanctions, why was the White House not more active in support of Senator McGee?
• SOUTHERN AFRICA
  • Do the resumption of Rhodesian chrome imports and the Azores Accords signify a change in our policy toward Southern Africa?
• RELATIONS WITH CUBA
  • According to some reports, Castro is making friendly noises toward the US. Wouldn't it be logical to review our policies on Cuba in the wake of our imporved relations with the PRC?
• CONNALLY'S TRIP TO LATIN AMERICA
  • What were the results of Ex-Secretary Connally's trip to South America?
• MEXICO-ECHEVERRIA VISIT
  • Mexican President Echeverria made statements critical of U. S. policies while he was on an official visit to the United States. What was your reaction to his criticisms?
• CUBA -- GUANTANAMO NAVAL BASE
  • Have you made any response to the Cuban demand for the United States to get out of Guantanamo?
• SOUTH ASIA
  • What is the US position in South Asia now? Will Secretary Connally be able to improve US relations with India?
• MIDDLE EAST
  • In the wake of the Moscow summit, has there been any change in the US position on the Middle East or in the prospects for a peace settlement?
  • What is your view of Israeli raids on Lebanon? Do you see a period of increased tension and possible conflict in the Middle East?
  • What is the US view of King Hussein's plan for creating an autonomous Palestinian province in Jordan? Was King Hussein promised US support for it?
• MCGOVERN DEFENSE BUDGET
  • Do you agree with Senator McGovern that $32 billion could be cut out of the Defense budget without severely jeopardizing national security?
• DEFENSE BUDGET
  • Judging from the Budget message, the Administration plans a substantial increase in defense spending at the same time it takes credit for reducing the cost of Vietnam and starting negotiations aimed at a "generation of peace." How do you explain this apparent inconsistency?
• TRIDENT AND B-1
  • How serious a threat would it be to United States' security if we didn't go ahead with Trident and B-1?
• COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN
  • Many say that the U. S. is delaying a comprehensive test ban for political reasons and that verification is no longer a real issue. In light of the fact we concluded a SALT agreement that did not provide on-site inspection, why are we delaying?
• THE FLOATING POUND
  • At the conclusion of the Smithsonian meeting last December 18 you called the arrangements decided upon there the most significant monetary agreement in the history of the world. In light of Britain's decision to float the pound, do you still feel this way? And what is the US reaction to that move?
• STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE
  • The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden from June 5-16, 1972, and Russell Train, Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, headed our delegation. Are you satisfied with the results of the Stockholm Conference?
• US CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UN
  • Why does the Administration oppose Congressional efforts to lower our contributions to the United Nations?
• WAR POWERS
  • The Senate has passed overwhelmingly a war powers bill sponsored by Senators Javits, Stennis, Taft, Bentsen and others. The House has also passed a war powers bill. Will you sign such a bill if agreement is reached in conference?
• EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS
  • Do you have any intention of submitting the Executive Agreements on the Azores and Bahrain bases as treaties now that the Senate has voted to cut off aid funds unless the agreements are submitted for approval?

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)
  Thursday, June 29.
  
  The President stayed at Camp David until mid-afternoon then came down. Holed up at the EOB for the rest of the afternoon preparing for the press conference. He did have me come over right after he got back to give him a report on the Mitchell situation. I had a long talk with John just before that, and fortunately he's come up also with the conclusion that he's got to leave, and he made the big pitch to me as to why, giving me the whole background story on Martha. The fact that she felt Pat Nixon had snubbed her at the Duke alumni reception, and then very definitely Pat had snubbed her at the celebrities reception in California last weekend or the weekend before last. After that, John left without telling her about the Watergate caper. She discovered that in the papers or on TV, blew her stack, got drunk, told her FBI agent and John's secretary, who were staying at the Newporter with her, that her husband had every Democrat in Washington bugged, and then decided she'd call a reporter and tell them so. The FBI agent got concerned at that, called John in Washington and got Fred LaRue, who said if she starts to do that, pull her phone out. So the FBI guy took his key, went up to her room, unlocked the door, went in and pulled her phone out. She then had a monumental tantrum. Started throwing things at him, demolishing the room. They locked her in. She busted the window with her hand, cut herself badly. They had to get a doctor, who had to throw her on the bed and give her a shot in order to subdue her.
  
  Mitchell then sent some friends of theirs out from New York to get her back. They took her to the Westchester Country Club. The press got in to her there. She gave her story out. Her whole pitch is that she's absolutely serious about leaving John if he won't leave the campaign. He feels she's suicidal as well as a little cracked, plus drinking very heavily, and that there's nothing he can do to cure it. He's afraid she'll jump off the balcony at the Watergate. So he's got to quit. He'll stay on as a consultant. Help us with the campaign, but will move to New York and pull out. That solved my having to raise the thing. I played the reluctant role in this instance and it worked out very well. John also listed the possible successors. He had Rumsfeld, MacGregor, Bill Brock, Weinberger, and Bigsby from New York. Bigsby, of course, is out because the President doesn't know him; Rumsfeld because the President has no confidence in him; Brock because he's a sitting Senator and wouldn't have the time and we'd be stuck with his positions; Weinberger because we can't move him out of the job he's in. That leaves MacGregor, which was our choice anyway. Apparently we'll be able to convince Mitchell on that.
  
  McGovern had a bad day today. He lost most of the California delegation on a Credentials Committee ruling and blew his stack, which looked pretty bad on television. Then he's been widely picked up with his quote, that “begging is better than bombing”, that he'd be "happy to go beg Hanoi to release the prisoners." The President had his press conference tonight on TV. Went very well. He let it run 45 minutes. Got a lot of good questions. Some pretty bad ones. He was in better form in a sense because he wasn't so completely programmed. More relaxed, some good quips, little nervousness.
  
  End of June 29.
• Original audio recording (MP3)

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• President's Daily Brief of 29 June 1972

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Vol. XXIV, Middle East Region and Arabian Peninsula, 1969-1972; Jordan, September 1970

The Two Yemens

• 192. Telegram From the Department of State to Secretary of State Rogers in Perth, the Interests Section in Sanaa, and the Embassy in Japan, Washington, June 29, 1972, 0130Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 953, VIP Visits, Secretary of State’s Visit to the Mid-East and European Countries, June 28–July 7, 1972. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Drafted on June 28 by Stephen M. Boyd (L/NEA); cleared in L/C, L/M/SCA, and NEA/ARP; and approved by Atherton.

Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

March 16, 1972-March 6, 1973

• 125. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for International Economic Affairs (Flanigan) to Secretary of Labor Shultz and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, June 29, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 671, Country Files, Europe, Canada, Vol. III, Sept 71–Dec 72. No classification marking.

Vol. XXXIX, European Security

Prelude to Negotiations, June 1972-November 1972

• 99. Minutes of a Joint Senior Review Group and Verification Panel Meeting, Washington, June 29, 1972, 3:24-3:55 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–113, SRG Meetings Minutes, Originals, 1972–73. Secret. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

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

Chemical and Biological Warfare; Geneva Protocol; Biological Weapons Convention

• 258. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Nutter) to Secretary of Defense Laird, Washington, June 29, 1972

  Nutter forwarded a DOD study of chemical warfare initiatives for the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament and offered a detailed analysis of the options presented.
  
  Source: Washington National Records Center, OASD/ISA Files: FRC 330–75–155, 384. Top Secret. Appendices A and B to JCSM–276–72 are not published.

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

Iran 1972

• 209. Backchannel Message From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Former Secretary of the Treasury (Connally), Washington, June 29, 1972

  Kissinger sent Connally a background paper and talking points for his upcoming meeting with the Shah of Iran.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 425, Backchannel, Backchannel Messages, Middle East, 1972. Secret. Haig signed the memo for Kissinger. The memorandum was sent to the Embassy in Singapore for Connally through Hoskinson. The source text is the White House message as approved for transmission. The separate message on the Kurdish problem was not found, but it is clear from previous and subsequent documentation that Connally was instructed to confirm U.S. willingness to cooperate with the Shah in aiding the Kurds.

Vol. E-16, Documents on Chile, 1969-1973

Cool and Correct: The U.S. Response to the Allende Administration, November 5, 1970-December 31, 1972

• 116. National Intelligence Estimate, Washington, June 29, 1972

  Summary: This National Intelligence Estimate, titled “Chile: The Alternatives Facing the Allende Regime,” outlined the substantial changes initiated by the Allende government and the implications of those changes. It then discussed the prospects for the Allende regime and concluded that Allende would try to slow the pace of the revolution over the next year.
  
  Source: Central Intelligence Agency, ODDI Registry, Job 79R01012A: Box 446, F.4: (NIE 94–72) Chile: The Alternatives Facing the Allende Regime. Secret. The cover page states that this estimate supersedes SNIE 94–71 (Document 78). The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Defense, and Treasury, and NSA participated in the preparation of this estimate. The Director of CIA submitted this estimate with the concurrence of all members of the USIB with the exception of the representative of the FBI who abstained on the grounds it was outside his jurisdiction.

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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Camp David Hard Wire

• 195-1; Unknown between 11:00 a.m. & 11:07 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 195-2; Unknown between 11:00 a.m. & 11:07 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 195-3; Unknown between 11:00 a.m. & 11:07 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 195-4; Unknown between 11:00 a.m. & 11:07 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 195-5; 11:07 a.m. - 11:18 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 195-6; Unknown between 11:18 a.m. & 12:57 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 195-7; Unknown between 11:18 a.m. & 12:57 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 195-8; 12:57 p.m. - 12:59 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 195-9; Unknown between 12:59 p.m. & 1:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 195-10; 1:00 p.m. - 1:28 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 195-11; Unknown between 1:28 p.m. & 1:33 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 195-12; Unknown between 1:28 p.m. & 1:33 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 195-13; Unknown between 1:28 p.m. & 1:33 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 195-14; 1:33 p.m. - 1:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
• 195-15; Unknown between 1:43 p.m. & 1:57 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 195-16; Unknown between 1:43 p.m. & 1:57 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 195-17; Unknown between 1:43 p.m. & 11:59 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]

Camp David Study Desk

• 174-1; Unknown between 12:01 a.m., 6/29 & 11:59 p.m., 11/14; [Unknown person(s)]; Camp David Operator
• 174-2; Unknown between 12:01 a.m., 6/29 & 11:59 p.m., 11/14; [Unknown person(s)]; Camp David Operator
• 174-3; Unknown between 12:01 a.m., 6/29 & 11:59 p.m., 11/14; [Unknown person(s)]; Camp David Operator
• 174-4; Unknown between 12:01 a.m., 6/29 & 11:59 p.m., 11/14; [Unknown person(s)]
• 174-5; Unknown between 12:01 a.m., 6/29 & 11:59 p.m., 11/14; [Unknown person(s)]; Camp David Operator
• 174-6; Unknown between 12:01 a.m., 6/29 & 11:59 p.m., 11/14; [Unknown person(s)]
• 174-7; Unknown between 12:01 a.m., 6/29 & 11:59 p.m., 11/15; [Unknown person(s)]; Camp David Operator
• 174-8; Unknown between 12:01 a.m., 6/29 & 11:59 p.m., 11/15; [Unknown person(s)]; Camp David Operator
• 174-9; Unknown between 12:01 a.m., 6/29 & 11:59 p.m., 11/16; [Unknown person(s)]; Camp David Operator
• 174-10; Unknown between 12:01 a.m., 6/29 & 11:59 p.m., 11/16; [Unknown person(s)]

Camp David Study Table

• 135-1; Unknown between 11:00 a.m. & 11:07 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 135-2; 11:07 a.m. - 11:18 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 135-3; Unknown between 11:18 a.m. & 12:57 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 135-4; 12:57 p.m. - 12:59 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Mitchell, John N.
• 135-5; Unknown between 12:59 p.m. & 1:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 135-6; 1:00 p.m. - 1:28 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 135-7; Unknown between 1:28 p.m. & 1:33 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 135-8; 1:33 p.m. - 1:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
• 135-9; Unknown between 1:43 p.m. & 11:59 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]; Camp David Operator
• 135-10; Unknown between 1:43 p.m. & 11:59 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]; White House operator
• 135-11; Unknown between 1:43 p.m. & 11:59 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 135-12; Unknown between 1:43 p.m. & 11:59 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]; Sisco, Frank A.
• 135-13; Unknown between 1:43 p.m. & 11:59 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]; White House operator
• 135-14; Unknown between 1:43 p.m. & 11:59 p.m.; Sisco, Frank A.; San Clemente Operator; [Unknown person(s)]
• 136-1; Unknown between 12:01 a.m., 6/29 & 1:23 p.m., 9/5; [Unknown person(s)]; Camp David Operator
• 136-2; Unknown between 12:01 a.m., 6/29 & 1:23 p.m., 9/5; [Unknown person(s)]; Camp David Operator
• 136-3; Unknown between 12:01 a.m., 6/29 & 1:23 p.m., 9/7; [Unknown person(s)]; Camp David Operator

Old Executive Office Building

• 345-7; Unknown between 2:35 p.m. & 2:40 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 345-8; Unknown between 2:35 p.m. & 2:40 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 345-9; Unknown between 2:35 p.m. & 2:40 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 345-10; 2:40 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 345-11; Unknown between 3:50 p.m. & 3:55 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 345-12; 3:50 p.m. - 4:35 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator; Colson, Charles W.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Sanchez, Manolo
• 345-13; Unknown between 4:35 p.m. & 5:55 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 345-14; Unknown between 4:35 p.m. & 5:55 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo; Buchanan, Patrick J.
• 345-15; 5:55 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buchanan, Patrick J.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 345-16; Unknown between 6:00 p.m. & 6:25 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 345-17; Unknown between 6:00 p.m. & 6:25 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 345-18; Unknown between 6:00 p.m. & 6:25 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 345-19; 6:25 p.m. - 6:25 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 345-20; 6:54 p.m. - 6:55 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hoopes, David C.
• 345-21; Unknown between 6:55 p.m. & 8:27 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 345-22; Unknown between 6:55 p.m. & 8:27 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo

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-9502 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9502-, Ron Ziegler and Donald Rumsfeld at a podium during a briefing. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. Press Room, White House. Rumsfeld, Ziegler.

Roll WHPO-9503 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9503-, Connie Stuart talking to summer interns. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. Connie Stuart, interns.

Roll WHPO-9504 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9504-, John Nidecker receiving a presentation from two men on behalf of the President. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. Nidecker, unidentified men.

Roll WHPO-9505 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9505-, Photos of children seated around the conference table while military and civilian adults stand behind them. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. children, adults.

Roll WHPO-9506 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9506-, Photos of damaged paintings displayed on easels. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown.

Roll WHPO-9507 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9507-, Photos of damaged paintings displayed on easels. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown.

Roll WHPO-9508 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9508-, Shots taken during the retirement party for Mosbacher showing the dessert table and his receiving and opening a gift. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. room, Blair House. Mosbacher, Kissinger, Rumsfeld, Richardson, Shultz, unidentified men and women.

Roll WHPO-9509 Photographer: Grove, Andrew | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9509-, President Nixon giving a televised press conference. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, press corps members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9509-13A, President Nixon giving a televised press conference. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room.

Roll WHPO-9510 Photographer: Grove, Andrew | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9510-, Panoramic or wide lux view of President Nixon giving a televised press conference. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, White House press corps reporters and photographers.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9510-25, Panoramic or wide lux view of President Nixon giving a televised press conference. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room.

Roll WHPO-9511 Photographer: Grove, Andrew | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9511-, President Nixon giving a televised press conference. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, press corps members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9511-08A, President Nixon giving a televised press conference. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9511-15A, President Nixon giving a televised press conference. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room.

Roll WHPO-9512 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W:

• Frame(s): WHPO-9512-, President Nixon giving a televised press conference. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, press corps members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9512-03A, President Nixon during a televised press conference. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, press corps members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9512-15A, President Nixon giving a televised press conference. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room.

Roll WHPO-9513 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9513-, Head and shoulders shots of President Nixon at a podium during a press conference. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-9514 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9514-, Head and shoulders shots of President Nixon at a podium during a press conference. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-9515 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9515-, Pat Nixon lighting a ceremonial candle as a delegation from Indiana watches. 6/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Library. Pat Nixon, unidentified men from Indiana.

Roll WHPO-9530 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9530-, Julie Nixon Eisenhower greeting adults and children at a Sickle Cell Anemia Clinic at Deaconess Hospital. 6/29/1972, unknown Deaconess Hospital MWE. Julie Nixon Eisenhower, adults and children.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9530-, Julie Nixon Eisenhower speaking to an audience at a Sickle Cell Anemia Clinic at Deaconess Hospital. 6/29/1972, unknown Deaconess Hospital MWE. Julie Nixon Eisenhower, adults and children.

Roll WHPO-9531 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9531-03A-06A, Julie Eisenhower addressing an audience. 6/29/1972, unknown Deaconess Hospital MWE. Julie Eisenhower.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9531-07A-15A, Julie Eisenhower at the dedication program for the Rock Island Franciscan Hospital. 6/29/1972, unknown Outdoor Stadium. Julie Eisenhower.

Roll WHPO-9532 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9532-03A-10A, Julie Eisenhower in the stands at the dedication ceremony for a hospital. 6/29/1972, unknown outdoor stadium. Julie Eisenhower, adults, clergy.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9532-11A-16A, Julie Eisenhower seated at a table, speaking into microphones. 6/29/1972, unknown room. Julie Eisenhower, adults, clergy.

Roll WHPO-9533 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9533-, Julie Eisenhower at various sites and addressing various audiences. 6/29/1972, unknown Deaconess Hospital MWE. Julie Eisenhower, adults.

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-604
  Briefing by Donald Rumsfeld. (6/29/1972, Family Theater, White House)
  
  Runtime: 0:23:37
  
  Keywords: Briefings, public briefings, statements to the press (see also Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media)
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by LDH (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-H-605
  Press briefing by Ronald Ziegler and Donald Rumsfeld. (6/29/1972, Press Lobby, White House)
  
  Runtime: 0:45:24
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JMC (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original. Technical notes: 51 mintes and 8 seconds of silence removed from access copies.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-720615
  Remarks by President Nixon in a press conference. (6/29/1972)
  
  Runtime: 42:10:00
  
  Keywords: Presidential press conferences, presidential news conferences, interviews, media, restoration of death penalty, capital punishment, Vietnam War, Paris Peace Talks, Vice President Agnew, John Connally, SALT, S.A.L.T., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Russi
  
  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-5509
  "CBS Morning News" interview with Patrick Buchanan.
  NPACT
  Runtime: 00:15:30
• WHCA-5510
  President Nixon's Press Conference, with CBS commentary. U.S. Representative Wilbur Mills (D-OK).
  WETA
  Runtime: 01:05:45
• WHCA-5513
  Weekly News Summary, Tape III.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:00
  
  9. Smith/Geer: McGovern loses 150 California delegates. Time Code Start: 23:49. Keywords: Vote, voters, voting, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, primaries, voting, conventions, delegations, delegates. Network: ABC.
  
  10. Donalson: Senator Humphrey's reaction to the credential's decision. Time Code Start: 26:20. Keywords: Presidents, elections, delegates, officials, investigations. Network: ABC.
  
  11. Smith/Kaplow: Supreme Court votes against the death penalty; Snell/Krieger: Prisoner reactions to the Court's decision. Time Code Start: 29:42. Keywords: courts, laws, voting, jails, penal institutions, incarceration, penitentiary, inmates, capital punishments, death sentences, death penalty. Network: ABC.
  
  12. Smith/Jarriel/Wordham: All food except meat now under price controls. Time Code Start: 36:03. Keywords: food, meats, animal products, markets, retail stores, prices, costs, increases, shortages. Network: ABC.
  
  13. Smith: commentary on freedom of the press. Time Code Start: 39:09. Keywords: media, newspapers, magazines, publications, civil rights, constitutional rights, First Amendment. Network: ABC.
  
  14. Chancellor/Stern: Supreme Court decision on death penalty. Time Code Start: 40:58. Keywords: law officials, judges, justices, courts, trials, investigations, rulings, decisions, inmates, capital punishments, death sentences. Network: ABC.
  
  15. Chancellor/Pettit: California primary delegates (Senators McGovern and Humphrey). Time Code Start: 45:39. Keywords: Vote, voters, voting, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, primaries, voting, conventions, delegates. Network: ABC.
  
  16. Chancellor/Levine: (Rumsfield) Cost of living council. Time Code Start: 54:00. Keywords: economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices, reports. Network: ABC.
  
  17. Cronkite/Dean: McGovern loses some California delegates; Clark: Senator Humphrey reaction; Schoumacher: McGovern reaction; Scalenger: Senator Humphrey's Los Angeles headquarters. Time Code Start: 55:49. Keywords: Vote, voters, voting, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, primaries, voting, conventions, delegations, delegates. Network: CBS.
• WHCA-5514
  Weekly News Summary, Tape IV.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 0:12
  
  1. Cronkite/Herman/Hall: Death penalty. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: jails, penal institutions, incarceration, penitentiary, inmates, capital punishments, death sentences, death penalty. Network: CBS.
  
  2. Cronkite/Rather/Walker: President Nixon's press conference tonight; price controls. Time Code Start: 04:06. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, statements, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews, economy, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, prices. Network: CBS.

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