March 15, 1974

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• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

The President's day began at Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

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• Question-and-Answer Session at the Executives' Club of Chicago.

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• Federal Register of Friday, March 15, 1974

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President's Office Files

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• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 67, News Summaries - March 1974 [9 of 20] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • Review of Thurs. AMs/Digest of Recent Comment, March 15, 1974
• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 67, News Summaries - March 1974 [10 of 20]
  • Review of Fri. AMs/Digest of Recent Comment, March 15, 1974
• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 67, News Summaries - March 1974 [12 of 20]
  • NET Commentary on RN in Chicago, March 15, 1974

President's Personal File

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• President's Speech File
  • Box 91, [March 15, 1974, Executives' Club of Chicago]

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 AND DOMESTIC BRIEFING BOOK, Executives' Club, March 15, 1974 (Annotated)

Citation: FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC BRIEFING BOOK, Executives' Club, March 15, 1974; box 7; 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.

• IMPEACHMENT
  • Do you believe you will be impeached by the House?
  • If you are innocent of the charges against you, why do you not simply turn over the tapes and documents to the Judiciary Committee and prove your accusers to be liars?
  • Do you plan to deny any more tapes or White House documents to Mr. Rodino's Committee?
  • Can you explain the conflict between what you said on August 15th in your statement ("But I was only told [on March 21] that the money had been used for attorneys' fees and family support, not that it had been paid to procure silence from the recipients.") and your March 6 statement. ("And for the first time on March 21, he told me that payments had been made to defendants for the purpose of keeping them quiet, not simply for their defense.")?
  • When you learned of the massive cover-up on March 21, why did you not go at once to the Attorney General?
  • Vice President Ford says that under the same circumstances he would have gone over to the Attorney General. Don't you think that would have been the proper thing to do?
  • Now that the indictments have been handed down, and the prosecutions are moving forward, why do you continue to deny to the Special Prosecutor the tapes and documents from Watergate and other areas?
  • Would you resist a subpoena from Mr. Jaworski or Mr. Rodino?
  • Would you agree with Mr. Ford that defiance of Congress, a stonewalling of the Judiciary, could result in impeachment?
  • Do you think that contempt of Congress is an impeachable offense?
  • Did you indicate to Senator Norris Cotton that perhaps a "third party" could listen to the tapes, decide their relevancy and what might or might not go to the Judiciary Committee?
• TAXES
  • Did you ask to see the tax returns of other Presidents?
  • Wilbur Mills says that when the public knows the story of your tax return, you will have to resign. Can you tell us anything of this?
  • Will you take that papers deduction in coming years, in 1974 for example?
  • Are you concerned that the IRS is reportedly looking into your tax returns for possible fraud?
• COAL STRIKE
  • How serious is this coal strike in West Virginia for the steel industry, and for the nation's economy?
• POLITICS & PERCY
  • Senator Percy declined an invitation to appear here today, pleading a previous engagement. Further, he has stated that he is "distressed" with the position you have taken on providing evidence, suggested that you have thus broken a promise with him made through General Haig, and that your refusal to live up to your commitment to various Senators would cause him to vote impeachment. Can you give us your thoughts on Senator Percy?
  • The Republican Party here in Cook County and even in other areas around the country is seeking ways and means to disassociate itself from your Presidency. Does this concern you and do you think that your Administration is a liability of the GOP which could mean a bloodbath for the Party in November?
• NEGATIVE INCOME TAX
  • Does the Administration plan to propose a negative income tax to deal with the welfare system?
• RN ASSOCIATES
  • Four of your closest advisers and colleagues have been charged with the greatest corruption of any high officials in U.S. history. Can you tell us what are you feeling about this? Has your confidence in these men declined; do you feel betrayed, or responsible in any way for the wrong-doing that has been charged?
  • Is it your judgment that an Impeachment Lobby exists which is out to destroy your Presidency; and can you name the various elements of this lobby?
• MISCELLANEOUS
  • Do you not think that the nation would be better off with Mr. Ford in the office of the President -- since he could put Watergate behind us and better unite the country?
• MISCELLANEOUS -- AMNESTY
  • In light of the change in view of Secretary Laird and Froelke, don't you think America could be brought together better if amnesty were granted?
• MISCELLANEOUS -- SHULTZ
  • Do you have yet a replacement for Secretary Shultz?
• MISCELLANEOUS -- KIDNAPINGS
  • Can you tell us your sentiments on how to deal with the kind of kidnapings and terror tactics which political extremists have utilized of late?
  • Any truth to charges that you took a personal interest in Governor Kerner's case?
• EUROPE
  • There are growing reports of deepening U.S. dissatisfaction and anger with Western Europe. There are also reports that you have taken this up personally with Chancellor Brandt. Does this mean your trip to Europe is off? And, more generally, may we have your views on U.S.-European relations?
  • There are growing reports of deepening U.S. dissatisfaction and anger with Western Europe. There are also reports that you have taken this up personally with Chancellor Brandt. Does this mean your trip to Europe is off? And, more generally, may we have your views on U.S.-European relations?
• MIDDLE EAST
  • Where do the Mid-East peace negotiations stand now that the Israeli government is formed and you have seen King Hussein?
• MIDDLE EAST - EMBARGO
  • Now that the Arab oil producers have met in Tripoli, is there anything new you can tell us on when the oil embargo might be lifted?

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• President's Daily Brief of 15 March 1974

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Vol. XXVII, Iran; Iraq, 1973-1976

Iran, September 1973-November 1974

• 56. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State, Tehran, March 15, 1974, 0740Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files, [no film number]. Secret; Priority.

Vol. XXX, Greece; Cyprus; Turkey, 1973-1976

Turkey

• 200. Telegram From the Embassy in Turkey to the Department of State, Ankara, March 15, 1974, 1441Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 634, Country Files, Middle East, Turkey, Vol. IV. Secret; Exdis. Repeated to Athens.

Vol. XXXI, Foreign Economic Policy, 1973-1976

Negotiating the New Rules, May 1973-June 1975

• 62. Paper Prepared in the Federal Reserve Board, Washington, March 15, 1974

  Source: National Archives, RG 56, Office of the Under Secretary of the Treasury, Files of Under Secretary Volcker, 1969–1974, Accession 56–79–15, Box 2, OECD. Strictly Confidential (FR). Attached is an April 24 note from Bryant to Volcker that reads: “This is the note on gold to which I referred in our conversation in Tokyo. If something has to be done on the subject, then the attached method of “mobilization” may be less unpalatable than most, or all, alternatives.”

Vol. XXXV, National Security Policy, 1973-1976

National Security Policy

• 35. Minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meeting, Washington, March 15, 1974, 3:13-4:04 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Kissinger’s Staff Meetings, 1973–1977, Lot File 78D443, Box 3, Secretary’s Staff Meetings. Secret. Kissinger chaired the meeting. According to an attached list, attendees included: Kissinger, Rush, Sisco, Ingersoll, Weiss, Vest, Lord, Maw, Hyland, Springsteen, Kubisch, Buffum, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Rodger P. Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs James J. Blake, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs Wells Stabler, Director of PM’s Office of International Security Policy Leslie H. Brown, and Special Assistant to the Secretary L. Paul Bremer III.

Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

October 6, 1973-March 22, 1974

• 337. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Kissinger and President Nixon, Washington, March 15, 1974, 11 a.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts, Chronological Files, Box 25. Unclassified.

• 338. Memorandum From Charles A. Cooper of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, March 15, 1974

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 251, Agency Files, National Energy Office, Vol. III, Aug 73. Secret. Sent for action.

Vol. XXXIX, European Security

U.S.-Soviet Bilaterals, September 1973-May 1974

• 189. Telegram From the Mission in Geneva to the Department of State, Geneva, March 15, 1974, 1611Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 708, Country Files, Europe, Switzerland, Vol. III. Confidential; Exdis. Repeated to Moscow for Stoessel.

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

Western Europe Regional, 1973-1976

• 53. Telegram 51975 From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany, Washington, March 15, 1974, 0117Z

  Summary: The Department forwarded a letter from Nixon for delivery to Brandt on the EC-Arab initiative.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 61, Country Files, Europe, General, German Exchange (1 of 3). Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Sonnenfeldt on March 11; cleared by Hartman, Edward Streator in EUR/RPM, and Scowcroft; and approved by Kissinger.

France, 1973-1976

• 321. Telegram 6595 From the Embassy in France to the Department of State, Paris, March 15, 1974, 1828Z

  Summary: The Embassy discussed Pompidou’s declining health.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 680, Country Files, Europe, France Vol. XII (June 1969–April 1974). Secret; Nodis. Pompidou died on April 2.

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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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-E2418 Photographer: Moore, Robert (Supervisor/Director, WHPO Photographic Laboratory) | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2418-01-18, Pat Nixon visits a child care center in Brasilia, Brazil, South America. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2418-18, Pat Nixon embraces a young girl as other children and smiling women look on during her visit to child care center in Brasilia, Brazil, South America. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown. Pat Nixon, unidentified children and women.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2418-19-34, Pat Nixon presents credentials to President Geisel in Brasilia. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown. Pat Nixon, Ernesto Geisel.

Roll WHPO-E2419 Photographer: Moore, Robert (Supervisor/Director, WHPO Photographic Laboratory) | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2419-03-20, Pat Nixon with Brazilian officials in Brasilia. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown. Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2419-20A-35A, Pat Nixon visits a child care center in Brasilia, Brazil, South America. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown. Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2419-29, Pat Nixon smiles at young girl during her visit to a child care center in Brasilia. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown. Pat Nixon, unidentified women and children.

Roll WHPO-E2420 Photographer: Moore, Robert (Supervisor/Director, WHPO Photographic Laboratory) | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2420-02-14, Pat Nixon at an event in Brasilia, Brazil, South America. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown. Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2420-15-19, Pat Nixon walks with Brazilian officials in Brasilia. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown. Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2420-18, Pat Nixon waves as she walks with Brazilian officials in Brazil, South America. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown. Pat Nixon, unidentified Brazilian officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2420-21-28, Pat Nixon visits a child care center in Brasilia, Brazil, South America. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown. Pat Nixon.

Roll WHPO-E2424 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2424-02A-05A, Pat Nixon walks with Brazilian officials. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2424-06A-09A, Pat Nixon sits with unidentified women. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2424-10A-14A, Pat Nixon walks with Brazilian officials. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2424-15A-16A, Pat Nixon shakes hands with unidentified woman. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2424-17A, Brazilian military guards. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2424-18A-20A, Brazilian landscape. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown.

Roll WHPO-E2425 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2425-03, Pat Nixon poses with the Ambassador from Iran. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2425-04-05, The grounds of the Embassy. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil American Embassy.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2425-06-10, Pat Nixon poses with staff. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil American Embassy.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2425-11-12,14, Unidentified staff members pose at evening event. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil American Embassy.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2425-13, Pat Nixon shakes hands with unidentified individual. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil American Embassy.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2425-15-27, Pat Nixon with unidentified individuals. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown.

Roll WHPO-E2426 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2426-, Pat Nixon visits a child care center in Brasilia. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown. Pat Nixon.

Roll WHPO-E2427 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2427-02A-16A, Pat Nixon with unidentified Brazilian officials. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2427-13, Pat Nixon seated with two unidentified female Brazilian officials in Brasilia. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown. Pat Nixon, unidentified female officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2427-17A-33A, Pat Nixon visits a child care center while on a trip to Brazil, South America. 3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil unknown.

Roll WHPO-E2452 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2452-02-30, President Nixon in Chicago appearing before the Executive Club of Chicago. 3/15/1974, Chicago, Illinois Conrad Hilton Hotel, International Ballroom. President Nixon, possibly William N. Clark.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2452-12A, President Nixon in Chicago appearing before the Executive Club of Chicago. 3/15/1974, Chicago, Illinois Conrad Hilton Hotel, International Ballroom. President Nixon, possibly William N. Clark.

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.

C - First Lady

• WHCA-SR-C-158
  Remarks by Pat Nixon at the Children's Orphanage in Brasilia, Brazil. (3/15/1974, Brasilia, Brazil)
  
  Runtime: 0:29:03
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by CRB (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-740310
  Remarks by President Nixon to the Executive Club at the Conrad Hilton in Chicago. (3/15/1974)
  
  Runtime: 65:00:00
  
  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-6834
  Nixon's News Conference out of Chicago. Walter Cronkite.
  CBS
  Runtime: 01:30:45
• WHCA-6837
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:35:17
  
  24. Reasoner/Jarriel/Dobbs: President Nixon's speech in Chicago, Illinois. Time Code Start: 38:48. Keywords: Presidents, speeches. Network: ABC.
  
  25. Reasoner: President Nixon's taxes; Rose Mary Woods subpoena; Judge Sirica's ruling (Watergate). Time Code Start: 43:50. Keywords: personal secretaries, employees, women, Watergate, hearings, burglary, scandals, Internal Revenue Service, taxes, taxation, revenue, audits, investigations, state taxes. Network: ABC.
  
  26. Reasoner/Koppel: Secretary of State Kissinger and President Nixon's statement on European relations. Time Code Start: 45:16. Keywords: Presidents, cabinet, advisors. Network: ABC.
  
  27. Reasoner/Kincaid: Grand Old Opry. Time Code Start: 47:25. Keywords: music, performance, Country Western Music, Country music, American popular music, musicians, celebrities theaters, dedications, performances, celebrities, buildings, openings, shows. Network: ABC.
  
  28. Reasoner: Commentary on country music. Time Code Start: 50:57. Keywords: Musician, musicians, music, celebrities, performance, Country Western Music, Country music, American popular music, musicians, celebrities, Southern Appalachian hillbilly, grass roots, country western, blues, Grand Ole Opry, cowboys, honky tonk, folk musi. Network: ABC.
  
  29. Chancellor/Brokaw: Review of President Nixon's news conference from Chicago, Illinois. Time Code Start: 52:47. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, statements, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: NBC.
  
  30. Chancellor/Stern: Possible incriminating statements made by President Nixon. Time Code Start: 55:26. Keywords: Presidents, investigations, impeachment. Network: NBC.
  
  31. Chancellor/Makin: White House can't find statement for tax deduction on Vice Presidential papers. Time Code Start: 58:20. Keywords: Vice Presidents, investigations, taxes, taxation, revenue. Network: NBC.
  
  32. Chancellor/Hager: Mitchell and Stans conspiracy trial. Time Code Start: 60:20. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, trials, obstruction of justice, perjury, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  33. Brinkley's Journal: Political kidnapping; Brinkley discusses kidnapping for political profit in wake of Food giveaway program in San Francisco, set up as attempt to bargain Patricia Hearst's release from kidnappers. Time Code Start: 62:27. Keywords: kidnappings, terrorism, militants, demands, payments, crime, crimes, offences, infractions, criminals, criminality, law breaking, law and order. Network: NBC.
  
  34. Cronkite: Telephone conversation with Yamani, Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, suggests oil embargo will be lifted Sunday. Time Code Start: 64:17. Keywords: Arabian, Arabs, Middle East, Mideast, energy, petroleum, drilling, oil supply, oil supplies, imports, embargoes. Network: CBS.
  
  35. Cronkite/Rather: Review of President Nixon's news conference from Chicago, Illinois. Time Code Start: 66:40. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, statements, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews. Network: CBS.
  
  36. Cronkite/Jones: Vice President Gerald Ford in South Carolina. Time Code Start: 71:27. Keywords: Vice Presidents, travel, trips. Network: CBS.

• New York Times of March 15, 1974

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