March 13, 1973

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• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

The President's day began at The White House - Washington, D. C.

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• Remarks at a Reception for the Association of American Foreign Service Women.
• Proclamation 4196—National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week, 1973
• Proclamation 4197—National Farm Safety Week

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.

• Federal Register of Tuesday, March 13, 1973

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

• Senate: March 13, 1973
• House of Representatives: March 13, 1973
• Extensions of Remarks: March 13, 1973

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.

• News Summaries, Annotated News Summaries, Box 44, March 8-13, 1973 [4 of 4] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • News Summary, March 13, 1973, (Monday nets, wires)
  • Digest of Magazines and Columns, March 13, 1973

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.

• President's Speech File
  • Box 85, March 13, 1973, Proposed Joint Session Draft

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 & DOMESTIC BRIEFING BOOK March 13, 1973 (Annotated)

Citation: FOREIGN & DOMESTIC BRIEFING BOOK March 13, 1973; box 6; 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.

• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
  • What did you mean when you said in your Community Development message: In the years immediately following enactment, funds would be used to assure that no city receives less money for community development than it has received under the categorical grant program.
• WOUNDED KNEE
  • Can you tell us your views on the Indian take-over of Wounded Knee; and what, if anything, this Administration plans to do about it?
• ERVIN HEARINGS
  • Senator Ervin has said "You can't cross-examine a piece of paper". As a lawyer, don't you think he has a point there?
• CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS
  • Ceasefire violations are continuing; there are reports of an estimated 30,000 NVA troops moving Southward with 250 tanks and SAMs -- some of these troops are said to have entered SVN. Is the U.S. concerned by these reports; have we issued any warnings; what counter-measures are available?
  • Did the U.S. threaten military action to get Hanoi to dismantle those SAM sites in Northern South Vietnam?
• ICCS INEFFECTIVENESS -- CANADIAN WITHDRAWAL?
  • Are you concerned by the ineffectiveness of the ICCS, and the Canadian threat to withdraw if it does not act jointly to investigate the charges of violations?
• CAMBODIA
  • Is there anything new on a cease-fire in Cambodia?
• AID TO INDOCHINA
  • At your last press conference you suggested the aid money for Hanoi would come out of the national security budget. Does this mean the Administration does not need the explicit approval of Congress to begin fulfilling our pledge of assistance to Hanoi?
  • Would the U.S. like to see China and the Soviet Union join in our assistance program in Indochina, and in South Vietnam?
  • Given the current opposition to aid to Hanoi, what are the realistic chances this can be gotten through Congress? And can you give us some idea of what the terms and amounts of such assistance would be?
• BRUTALITY TO U.S. PRISONERS
  • Is there any truth to these reports leaking out that Hanoi employed cruel and brutal treatment against our prisoners of war. Will the whole story of this be made public?
• TERROR IN THE SUDAN
  • Would you like to see the death penalty imposed on the terrorists who murdered our diplomats?
  • Can you respond to criticism that your strong statement at the last press conference about not giving in to blackmail, may have prompted the terrorists to kill Ambassador Noel and Mr. Moore?
• UPCOMING VISITS
  • Can you tell us anything hard on when we expect Chairman Brezhnev in the United States?
  • Can you give us any more details on President Thieu's visit -- will he be coming to D.C. for a few days?
  • Why is Prime Minister Andreotti of Italy coming here next month?
• PRG REPRESENTATION AT THE UN
  • What do you think of Secretary-General Waldheim's idea of giving the Provisional Revolutionary Government some sort of representation in New York?
• SOUTH ASIA
  • As a result of Governor Khar's visit here last week, there has been speculation there have been or soon will be some changes made in the embargo on U.S. military equipment supply to South Asia. Would you comment please.
• THE PRESS IN VIETNAM
  • Have you any comment on the expulsion of U.S. press from South Vietnam; do we plan any more vigorous protest than has already been made?
• TRADE LEGISLATION
  • When is your trade legislation expected to go up to the Hill?
  • If the U.S. Government going to grant Most Favored Nation status to the Soviet Union -- without attaching a rider dealing with Soviet maltreatment of its Jewish population?
• WOUNDED KNEE
  • Can you tell us your views on the Indian take-over of Wounded Knee; and what, if anything, this Administration plans to do about it?
  • Can you tell us what, if anything, the Government plans to do?
• WATERGATE/SCANDAL
  • Under your statement of executive privilege could that apply to Dwight Chapin, who has left the White House?
  • Presumably the Segretti matter does not involve advice Dwight Chapin rendered to the President; it refers to campaign activities. Would you be willing to have Mr. Chapin speak to this matter to the Ervin Committee, with testimony restricted to this matter?
  • Will Mr. Dean go to the Senate committee, if they subpoena him?
  • Will you simply allow him to come before the press and let us question him -- strictly on the Watergate-Segretti matter?
  • Can you tell us if the Dean report to you was written or oral and did it cover the Segretti matter, and the charges of "sabotage" as well as the Watergate?
  • Can you give us your view on the propriety of Mr. Stans taking $200,000 cash contribution from a firm under investigation by the SEC?
  • What is your legal opinion of having the President's Counsel sit in on all interviews between FBI and White House staff, in matters where the White House staff members could conceivably have been involved?
  • Can you tell us why the White House withheld for a week releasing the FBI contents of Howard Hunt's safe -- and were all the contents turned over to the FBI?
  • Some time ago you directed the White House and Re-Election Committee to cooperate fully with the FBI; are you now concerned by reports that the Re-Election Committee sent the FBI on a number of "wild goose chases?"
  • Have you any comment on Mr. Gray's decision to release to the Senate committee confidential materials from FBI files relating to Watergate?
• SEGRETTI -- CHAPIN
  • [Response for any series of questions seeking comment in connection with Chapin, Kalmbach, and their relationship to Mr. Segretti.]
• ECONOMICS
  • Are you concerned by reports of a widespread lack of public confidence in Phase III, as announced?
  • Would you advise consumers to support meat boycotts that are springing up around the country?
  • Can you clear up the mass confusion over whether or not 5.5% is or is not the wage increase guideline being held to by your Administration?
  • Are there any plans afoot to place hard controls on rents and food prices -- of particular concern to the consumer?
  • In light of the alarming price increases of recent weeks, is any thought being given to re-imposing tighter controls?
• REPRESSION - SHIELD LAW
  • Can you give us your impression of the rash of subpoenas issued recently by state, local and federal courts and grand juries, for reporters' notes. And how do you feel about a federal shield law?
  • How do you feel about the recent arrest of Les Whitten, and the subpoena issued for Jack Anderson's phone records?
  • There has been talk about a climate of repression in this country, about the First Amendment being in jeopardy, particularly as regards the rights of a free press? Do you share this concern?
• ON MONETARY MATTERS
  • Won't the "float of their currencies against the dollar by Six Common Market countries result in yet another devaluation of the American dollar?
  • Do you still think that "international speculators" are at the heart of the problem of currencies?
  • Can you tell us what agreements, if any, Secretary Shultz reached at Paris for the resolution of the ongoing dollar crisi?
• SECONDARY ISSUES -- CONSUMER PROGRAM
  • Will there be a separate consumer message/program this year?
• SECONDARY ISSUES -- OEO
  • Will there be anything left for Congress to save?
• SECONDARY ISSUES -- LEGAL SERVICES
  • Is this being starved to death?
• SECONDARY ISSUES -- EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
  • Has RN any plans to save it; it's in trouble.
• HARD-LINE ON DRUGS
  • Your hard-line on marijuana and drug users, and those involved in the trade, seems to go against the grain of the recommendations of the Marijuana Commission and the up-coming Drug Commission report. Can you comment on the discrepancies between your position and that of men charged to study it for months?
• LIAISON OFFICE
  • Isn't this Liaison Office a de facto Embassy, especially if you put a top ranked guy like Bruce in charge? What can embassies do that Liaison Offices cannot?
  • Won't Bruce be an ambassador in fact? How will he be addresed, for example?
  • Can you detail for us what type of things the Liaison Office will handle?
  • Why does the Liaison Office have such a large staff if our relations are so minimal at this early stasge?
  • Will the Liaison Offices be able to issue visas or will Americans still have to go to Ottawa?
  • What will happen to the Paris channel?
  • What was the reaction of Taiwan to the announcement of the Liaison Office plan? Have you forewarned Taiwan about Bruce's appointment? What is its reaction to that?
  • Isn't there quite a contrast between Bruce and the fact that we only have a Charge d'Affaires in Moscow?
  • Who will head the advance team to the PRC?
• SOUTH ASIA
  • Why has the U.S. decided to rearm Pakistan?
• SOUTH VIETNAMESE POW'S
  • Are you concerned by South Vietnam's refusal to release Communist prisoners to the Viet Cong -- and have we made any representation to Saigon to live up to the treaty?
• WAGES
  • Does not that 10.7% settlement violate egregiously the 5.5% guidelines set down by this Administration; and since it involves half a million employees, what does the Administration plan in the way of a response?
• WATERGATE
  • Can you tell us how the public interest would be harmed by having Mr. Chapin testify, or Mr. Dean testify, strictly on this question of political sabotage and espionage? Wouldn't that serve the public interest, by getting at the truth?
• PRESS SUBPOENAS
  • Whsat is your opinion of Mr. Stans and others calling for the Washington Post and New York Times notes and records to be subpoenaed in their suits against the Democrats?
• WATERGATE
  • The Senate Judiciary Committee is in effect saying, "No Dean, No Gray." Are you willing to see Mr. Gray rejected for the FBI, rather than have Mr. Dean testify about the Watergate and Segretti matters?
  • Can you tell us your view of the propriety of having confidential interviews of CREP employees, with the FBI, turned over to their bosses at the Committee to Re-Elect the President. And can you deny that any White House official did such a thing?

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)
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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.

• President's Daily Brief of 13 March 1973

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. XV, Soviet Union, June 1972-August 1974

Summit Preparations; Jackson-Vanik Amendment; Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons, December 1972-April 1973

• 83. National Security Study Memorandum 176, Washington, March 13, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–207, NSSM 151–NSSM 200. Secret. Copies were sent to the Director of Central Intelligence and the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Vol. XXXI, Foreign Economic Policy, 1973-1976

The End of Fixed Exchange Rates, January-March 1973

• 32. Backchannel Message From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Moscow, March 13, 1973, 2145Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 424, Backchannel Files, Backchannel Messages—Europe—1973. Secret; Immediate; Very Urgent. Received at the White House on March 14 at 0113Z.

Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

March 8-October 5, 1973

• 172. Memorandum From Philip A. Odeen of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, March 13, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 250, Agency Files, National Energy Office, Vol. II, March 73–July 73. Secret. Sent for action.

Vol. XXXVIII, Part 2, Organization and Management of Foreign Policy; Public Diplomacy, 1973-1976

Organizing for Defense, Economic, and Global Issues

• 163. National Security Decision Memorandum 207, Washington, March 13, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–239, National Security Decision Memoranda, NSDM–207 [1 of 4]. Secret. Kissinger sent the NSDM to Nixon under a March 8 covering memorandum with the recommendation that he approve it. (Ibid.) Copies were sent to the Secretaries of the Treasury and Defense; the Attorney General; the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, and Transportation; the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission; the Director of Central Intelligence; the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and the Director of the U.S. Information Agency.

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

Terrorism

• 209. National Security Decision Memorandum 207, Washington, March 13, 1973

  The memorandum confirmed that in the event of a terrorist incident, all federal agencies should coordinate response efforts through the Department of State.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–239, NSDM 207 (3 of 4). Secret. Copies were sent to the Secretaries of Treasury, Defense, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, and Transportation, and to the Attorney General, the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Director of Central Intelligence, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as well as the Directors of Central Intelligence, the United States Information Agency, and the Arms Control Disarmament Agency.

Vol. E-9, Part 2, Documents on the Middle East Region, 1973-1976

Saudi Arabia

• 80. Telegram From the Embassy in Saudi Arabia to the Department of State, Jidda, March 13, 1973, 1130Z

  Summary: Prince Sultan informed the Embassy that King Faisal approved the Saudi purchase of the Improved Hawk anti-aircraft missile system.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, [no film number]. Secret; Limdis. Telegram 975 to Jidda was not found. A note by OC/T indicates it was not received in the Department.

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

Argentina

• 2. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Eliot) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, March 13, 1973

  Summary: The Department of State reported on the outcome of Argentina’s election and discussed implications for U.S. policy.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 769, Country Files, Latin America, Argentina, 1 September 1971–31 December 1973. Confidential. An April 13 CIA memorandum observed that Cámpora intended to “follow the wishes of Perón in every important aspect of conducting the affairs of his government,” making Perón “the de facto President of Argentina.” (Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, Job 80M01066A: ER Subject Files, Box 15, Folder 11: Executive Registry Subject Files—1973 WH Division/DDO)

Vol. E-15, Part 2, Documents on Western Europe, 1973-1976, Second, Revised Edition

France, 1973-1976

• 306. National Security Study Memorandum 175, Washington, March 13, 1973

  Summary: The President directed a review of U.S. nuclear defense policy toward France.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–198, Study Memorandums, 1969–1974, NSSM–175. Top Secret; Sensitive. Copies were sent to the DCI and the Chairman of the JCS. For NSDM 103, Military Cooperation with France, and NSDM 104, Cooperation with France on Nuclear Safety, see Documents 153 and 154, Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, vol. XLI, Western Europe; NATO, 1969–1972.

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.

Visit the White House Tapes finding aid to learn about the taping system's operation and archival processing.

Cabinet Room

• 118-1; Unknown between 8:39 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Lynn, James T.; Sneed, James T.; Scott, Hugh; Griffin, Robert P.; Tower, John G.; Cotton, Norris; Bennett, Wallace F.; Brock, William E., III; Ford, Gerald R.; Arends, Leslie C.; Anderson, John B.; Edwards, William J. ("Jack"); Rhodes, John J.; Conable, Barber B., Jr.; Wilson, Robert C. ("Bob"); Martin, David T.; Devine, Samuel L.; Bush, George H. W.; Ash, Roy L.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Timmons, William E.; Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; Cook, Richard K.; Korologos, Thomas C.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Santarelli, Donald E.; Petersen, Henry E.; White House photographer
• 118-2; Unknown between 11:00 a.m. & 12:03 p.m.; Usilaner, Brian; Baker, Harold R.; Cole, Reginald E.; Boyett, Fred R.; Dickerson, Glenn R.; Harkins, William D. (Capt.); Schalbrack, A. L. (Col.); Vinciguerra, John V.; Olmstead, Mary; McVay, B. N.; Kelly, Bernard E.; Johnson, Reginald; Perry, Joseph; McMillan, Charles; Butz, Earl L.; Rogers, William P.; Simon, William E.; Richardson, Elliot L.; Ray, Dixy Lee; Kamp, Carl; Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); Sampson, Arthur F.; Ash, Roy L.; Hampton, Robert E.; Peterson, Norman; Schriever, B. A. (Gen.)
• 118-3; Unknown between 12:03 p.m. & 3:13 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 118-5; Unknown between 12:29 p.m. & 3:13 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 119-1; Unknown between 3:13 p.m. & 11:59 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cabinet officers; Butz, Earl L.; Campbell, J. Philip; Brinegar, Claude S.; Rush, Henri F., Jr.; Simon, William E.; Dunlop, John T.; McLane, James W.; Stein, Herbert; Whitman, Marina von Neumann; Ehrlichman, John D.; Ash, Roy L.; Scowcroft, Brent G. (Gen.); Malek, Frederic V.; Dam, Kenneth W.; Odeen, Philip A.; Hullin, Tod R.; Fairbanks, Richard M., III; Morrill, William; Seevers, Gary L.

Old Executive Office Building

• 410-1; Unknown between 1:42 p.m. & 1:49 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 410-2; Unknown between 1:42 p.m. & 1:49 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 410-3; Unknown between 1:42 p.m. & 1:49 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 410-4; Unknown between 1:42 p.m. & 1:49 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 410-5; 1:49 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 410-6; Unknown between 1:50 p.m. & 2:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 410-7; Unknown between 1:50 p.m. & 2:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 410-8; Unknown between 2:45 p.m. & 3:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 410-9; Unknown between 2:45 p.m. & 3:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)
• 410-10; 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Bull, Stephen B.; Sanchez, Manolo
• 410-11; Unknown between 4:00 p.m. & 4:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)
• 410-12; Unknown between 4:00 p.m. & 4:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 410-13; Unknown between 4:00 p.m. & 4:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)
• 410-14; 4:16 p.m. - 5:46 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]; Sanchez, Manolo; White House operator; Ford, John; Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 410-52; Unknown between 1:42 p.m. & 1:49 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo

Oval Office

• 878-1; Unknown between 8:14 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 878-2; Unknown between 8:14 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 878-3; Unknown between 8:14 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 878-4; Unknown between 8:14 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 878-5; Unknown between 11:00 a.m. & 11:16 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Bush, George H. W.
• 878-6; Unknown between 11:16 a.m. & 11:35 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 878-7; 11:35 a.m. - 12:03 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 878-8; Unknown between 12:03 p.m. & 12:16 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Schriever, B. A. (Gen.); Baker, Harold R.; Cole, Reginald E.; Boyett, Fred R.; Dickerson, Glenn R.; Harkins, William D. (Capt.); Schalbrack, A. L. (Col.); Vinciguerra, John V.; Olmsted, Mary; Carrington, Henry A.; McVay, B. N.; Kelly, Bernard E.; Johnson, Reginald; Perry, Joseph; McMillan, Charles; Kamp, Carl; Usilaner, Brian; Peterson, Norman; Butz, Earl L.; Rogers, William P.; Simon, William E.; Richardson, Elliot L.; Ray, Dixy Lee; Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); Sampson, Arthur F.; Ash, Roy L.; Hampton, Robert E.
• 878-9; 12:17 p.m. - 12:29 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cavanaugh, James H.; Vincent, Renee; Vincent, Clarence (Dr.); Vincent, Clarence (Mrs.); Roos, Philip; Knighton, Curtis (Mrs.)
• 878-10; Unknown between 12:29 p.m. & 12:42 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 878-11; Unknown between 12:29 p.m. & 12:42 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 878-12; Unknown between 12:29 p.m. & 12:42 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
• 878-13; Unknown between 12:29 p.m. & 12:42 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 878-14; 12:42 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Dean, John W., III
• 878-15; 3:01 p.m. - 3:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 878-16; 3:13 p.m. - 3:13 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 878-17; 4:14 p.m. - 4:18 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 878-18; 4:42 p.m. - 5:19 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]; McCloy, John J.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 878-19; 5:22 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; Friedersdorf, Max L.; Dorn, William J. B.; Sanchez, Manolo
• 878-20; 5:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 878-21; 5:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 878-22; 5:45 p.m. - 6:29 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ehrlichman, John D.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 878-23; Unknown between 8:14 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.; [Unknown person(s)]

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-E0432 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0432-, President Nixon presenting Management Improvement Awards. 3/13/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Harold R. Baker, Reginald E. Cole, Fred R. Boyett, Glenn R. Dickerson, Capt. William D. Harkins, Col. A. L. Schalbrack, John Vinciquerra, Mary Olmsted, Henry Carrington, B. N. McVay, Bernard Kelly, Reginald Johnson, Joseph Perry, Charles McMillan.

Roll WHPO-E0433 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0433-, President Nixon meeting in the Oval office with National Association of Retarded Children 1973 Poster Child Renee Vincent. 3/13/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, National Association of Retarded Children 1973 Poster Child Renee Vincent, Dr. Clarence Vincent, Mrs. Clarence Vincent.

Roll WHPO-E0434 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0434-, President Nixon meeting in the Oval office with National Association of Retarded Children 1973 Poster Child Renee Vincent. 3/13/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, National Association of Retarded Children 1973 Poster Child Renee Vincent.

Roll WHPO-E0435 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0435-, President Nixon with National Association of Retarded Children 1973 Poster Child Renee Vincent. 3/13/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, National Association of Retarded Children 1973 Poster Child Renee Vincent, Dr. Clarence Vincent, Mrs. Clarence Vincent, unidentified attendees.

Roll WHPO-E0436 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0436-, President Nixon meeting in the Oval office with National Association of Retarded Children 1973 Poster Child Renee Vincent. 3/13/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, National Association of Retarded Children 1973 Poster Child Renee Vincent, Dr. Clarence Vincent, Mrs. Clarence Vincent, unidentified attendees.

Roll WHPO-E0437 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0437-, Anne Armstrong luncheon. 3/13/1973, Washington, D.C. unknown. White House Counsel Anne Armstrong, unidentified women.

Roll WHPO-E0438 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0438-, Department of Agriculture meeting. 3/13/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, unidentified attendees.

Roll WHPO-E0439 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0439-, President Nixon meeting John McCloy and Henry Kissinger. 3/13/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, John Jay McCloy, Kissinger.

Roll WHPO-E0440 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0440-, Association of American Foreign Service Women reception. 3/13/1973, Washington, D.C. Blue Room, White House. Pat Nixon, Mrs. William P. Rogers, unidentified women.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E0440-03A-12A, Unidentified women presenting a quilt blanket to Pat Nixon. 3/13/1973, Washington, D.C. White House interior. Pat Nixon, unidentified women.

Roll WHPO-E0441 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0441-, President Nixon with Congressman Dorn. 3/13/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn.

Roll WHPO-E2371 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2371-, President Nixon in the Oval Office during a meeting with Director of the Cost of Living Council John T. Dunlop, Administrator of the Federal Energy Office Wiliam E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz, Director of the OMB Roy L. Ash and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) Herb Stein, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr., members of the Trioka, to discuss the economy and the energy situation. 3/13/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, John T. Dunlop, William E. Simon, George Shultz, Roy Ash, Herb Stein, Alexander Haig Jr., unidentified person.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2371-14, President Nixon in the Oval Office during a meeting with Director of the Cost of Living Council John T. Dunlop, Administrator of the Federal Energy Office Wiliam E. Simon, Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz, Director of the OMB Roy L. Ash and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) Herb Stein, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr., members of the Trioka, to discuss the economy and the energy situation. 3/13/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, John T. Dunlop, William E. Simon, George Shultz, Roy Ash, Herb Stein, Alexander Haig Jr., unidentified person.

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.

K - Informal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-K-046
  Photo opportunity/"1973 Mentally Retarded Poster Child-Oval Office. (3/13/1973)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-730317
  Remarks by President Nixon to Foreign Service wives. (3/13/1973)
  
  Runtime: 13:04
  
  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-019
  Congressional leadership briefing by Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott (R-PA) and House Minority Leader Gerald Ford (R-MI). (3/13/1973, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 19:00
  
  Keywords: Briefings, private briefings
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by RMM (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-020
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (3/13/1973, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 25:00:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by RMM (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-6173
  Bill Moyers Journal.
  CBS
  Runtime: 00:29:40
• WHCA-6178
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:31:56
  
  26. Reasoner/Koppel: POWs to be released; Downey now home. Time Code Start: 68:48. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, releases. Network: ABC.
  
  27. Smith/Clark: John Dean invited to testify at L. Patrick Gray hearings. Time Code Start: 73:05. Keywords: Federal Bureau of Investigations, leaders, nominees, Senate committee hearings, testimony, testify. Network: ABC.
  
  28. Smith: Commentary on L. Patrick Gray. Time Code Start: 75:20. Keywords: Federal Bureau of Investigations, leaders, nominees, Senate committee hearings, testimony, testify. Network: ABC.
  
  29. Chancellor/Monroe: Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent John T. Downey returns; Steve Kiba tells what Downey's mission was. Time Code Start: 77:07. Keywords: national security, intelligence gathering, covert activities, spying, espionage, People's Republic of China, prisons, inmates, incarceration, releases. Network: NBC.
  
  30. Chancellor/Duke: More on L. Patrick Gray hearings; invite to John Dean. Time Code Start: 81:55. Keywords: Federal Bureau of Investigations, leaders, nominees, Senate committee hearings, testimony, testify. Network: NBC.
  
  31. Chancellor/Levine: Railroad settlement made at 11% rise. Time Code Start: 84:05. Keywords: railroads, trains, railroad industry, rail cars, mass transit, transportation, strikes, economy, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment. Network: NBC.
  
  32. Brinkley: Commentary on America through the eyes of returning POWs. Time Code Start: 85:23. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, releases. Network: NBC.
  
  33. Chancellor/Roy Neal/Artist David Rose: Pentagon Papers trial testimony of John Kenneth Galbraith, Papers revealed nothing of value to enemy. Time Code Start: 88:27. Keywords: Armed Forces, military, classified documents, secrets, Ellsberg, Russo, Watergate, courts, trials, Supreme Court, Vietnam War, Indochina War, bombings. Network: NBC.
• WHCA-6179
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:00
  
  1. Cronkite/Culhane: Downey comments on captivity; commentary on POW release. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, treatment, interviews. Network: CBS.
  
  2. Cronkite/Schorr: Comment on L. Patrick Gray hearings; re-elect President Nixon campaign fund with Philip Ross of GAO. Time Code Start: 04:00. Keywords: Federal Bureau of Investigations, leaders, nominees, Senate committee hearings, testimony, testify, Presidents, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: CBS.
  
  3. Sevareid: Commentary on President Nixon's push for reinstatement of the death penalty. Time Code Start: 09:17. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, statements, capital punishments, death sentences, death penalty. Network: CBS.

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