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March 27, 1974

Introduction

This almanac page for Wednesday, March 27, 1974, pulls together various records created by the federal government and links to additional resources which can provide context about the events of the day.

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Schedule and Public Documents

  • The Daily Diary files represent a consolidated record of the President's activities. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

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

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

    Digitized versions can be found at HathiTrust.

  • Each Public Papers of the Presidents volume contains the papers and speeches of the President of the United States that were issued by the White House Office of the Press Secretary during the time period specified by the volume. The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates shown in the headings are the dates of the documents or events. In instances when the release date differs from the date of the document itself, that fact is shown in the text note.

    To ensure accuracy, remarks have been checked against audio recordings (when available) and signed documents have been checked against the original, unless otherwise noted. Editors have provided text notes and cross references for purposes of identification or clarity.

  • The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other Presidential documents.

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

Archival Holdings

Any selection of archival documents will necessarily be partial. You should use the documents and folders identified below as a starting place, but consult the linked collection finding aids and folder title lists and the collections themselves for context. Many documents to be found this way do not lend themselves to association with specific dates, but are essential to a complete understanding of the material.

  • Selective document listing

    President's Office Files

    The President's Office Files consists of materials drawn together by the Special Files Unit from several administrative subdivisions within the White House Office. It is the handwriting and sensitive papers sent to the Staff Secretary that now comprise much of the President's Office Files. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    President's Personal File

    The President's Personal File is essentially a President's secretary's file, kept by Rose Mary Woods, personal secretary to the President, for two purposes: (1) preserving for posterity a collection of documents particularly close to the President, whether because he dictated or annotated them, or because of the importance of the correspondent or the event concerned and (2) giving appropriate attention–letters of gratitude, invitations to White House social events, and the like–to members and important friends and supporters of the Nixon administration. This generalization does not describe all the varied materials of a file group which is essentially a miscellany, but it does identify the reason for the existence of the file group's core. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

  • The National Archives Catalog is the online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records. It is the main way of describing our holdings and also provides access to electronic records and digitized versions of our holdings. 

    The Catalog searches across multiple National Archives resources at once, including archival descriptions, digitized and electronic records, authority records, and web pages from Archives.gov and the Presidential Libraries. The Catalog also allows users to contribute to digitized historical records through tagging and transcription.

    Nixon Library Holdings

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National Security Documents

  • The President's Daily Brief is the primary vehicle for summarizing the day-to-day sensitive intelligence and analysis, as well as late-breaking reports, for the White House on current and future national security issues. Read "The President's Daily Brief: Delivering Intelligence to Nixon and Ford" to learn more.

  • The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Visit the State Department website for more information.

    Vol. XV, Soviet Union, June 1972-August 1974

    Gromyko's Trip to Washington and Kissinger's Pre-Summit Trip to Moscow, February-March 1974

    • 170. Memorandum of Conversation, Moscow, March 27, 1974, 5:50-9:10 p.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, HAK Office Files, Box 76, Country Files—Europe—USSR, Secretary Kissinger’s Pre-Summit Trip to Moscow, Memcons & Reports, March 24–28, 1974. Secret; Nodis. The meeting was held in Brezhnev’s office in the Council of Ministers building at the Kremlin. Brackets are in the original.

    Vol. XXXIII, SALT II, 1972-1980

    SALT II, 1972-1980

    Vol. E-11, Part 1, Documents on Mexico; Central America; and the Caribbean, 1973-1976

    Haiti

    • 400. Telegram 535 From the Embassy in Haiti to the Department of State, Port-au-Prince, March 27, 1974, 2110Z

      Summary: Ambassador Heyward Isham reported on a meeting in which he and newly designated Haitian Foreign Minister Edner Brutus reviewed the problem of Haiti’s image in the United States, the economic priorities of President Duvalier, and the interest of the Haitian Armed Forces in obtaining additional equipment and training.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D740066–0756. Confidential; Limdis; Stadis. In telegram 551 from Port-au-Prince, March 29, the Embassy provided biographical information on Brutus. (Ibid., D740070–0744)

    Vol. E-15, Part 1, Documents on Eastern Europe, 1973-1976

    German Democratic Republic—Berlin

    • 92. Memorandum of Conversation, Moscow, March 27, 1974., Moscow, March 27, 1974

      Secretary of State Kissinger and Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Gromyko met to discuss Soviet objections to the establishment of a West German Federal Environmental Office in West Berlin.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of Henry Kissinger 1973-1977, Entry 5403, Box 20, Classified External Memoranda of Conversations, Sept. 1973-April 1974. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Hartman. The meeting took place in the Foreign Ministry. For Gromyko and Kissinger’s discussion of February 4, see Document 91.

  • The Kissinger telephone conversation transcripts consist of approximately 20,000 pages of transcripts of Kissinger’s telephone conversations during his tenure as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (1969-1974) and Secretary of State (1973-1974) during the administration of President Richard Nixon. Visit the finding aid for more information.

    Digitized versions can be found in the National Archives Catalog.

Audiovisual Holdings

  • The White House Photo Office collection consists of photographic coverage of President Richard Nixon meeting with prominent social, political, and cultural personalities; speaking engagements and news conferences of the President and various high-ranking members of the White House staff and Cabinet; Presidential domestic and foreign travel, including Presidential vacations; social events and entertainment involving the First Family, including entertainers present; official portraits of the President, First Family, and high-ranking members of the Nixon administration; the 1969 and 1973 Inaugurals; the President’s 1972 Presidential election campaign appearances (including speeches) and other official activities of the White House staff and the President’s Cabinet from January 20, 1969 until August 9, 1974 at the White House and the Old Executive Office Building; other locations in Washington, DC, such as The Mall; and the Presidential retreats in Camp David, Maryland, Key Biscayne, Florida, and San Clemente, California. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    Roll WHPO-E2514 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2514-03A-17A, President Nixon speaking on stage during the Republican Senate House Dinner at the Washington Hilton. Pat Nixon, Vice President Gerald Ford, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) George H. W. Bush, Congressman Robert H. Michel (R-Illinois), and Senator William E. Brock III (R-Tennessee) are standing nearby. 3/27/1974, Washington, D.C. Washington Hilton. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Robert H. Michel (R-Illinois), William E. Brock III (R-Tennessee), crowd.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2514-05, President Nixon waving on stage during the Republican Senate House Dinner at the Washington Hilton. Vice President Gerald Ford, and Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) George H. W. Bush stand nearby. 3/27/1974, Washington, D.C. Washington Hilton. President Nixon, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Robert H. Michel (R-Illinois), William E. Brock III (R-Tennessee), crowd.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E2514-07, President Nixon speaking on stage during the Republican Senate House Dinner at the Washington Hilton. Pat Nixon, Vice President Gerald Ford, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) George H. W. Bush, Congressman Robert H. Michel (R-Illinois), and Senator William E. Brock III (R-Tennessee) are standing nearby. 3/27/1974, Washington, D.C. Washington Hilton. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Robert H. Michel (R-Illinois), William E. Brock III (R-Tennessee), crowd.

  • 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.

    B - Vice-Presidential (Agnew and Ford)

    • WHCA-SR-B-263
      Remarks to the Stanford Sloan Group-Rm. 450, O.E.O.B. (3/27/1974)

      Runtime: 43:00:00

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

    K - Informal Presidential Remarks

    • WHCA-SR-K-163
      Photo opportunity with Amb. & Mrs. Philip W. Manhard-Oval Office. (3/27/1974)

      Runtime: 2:50

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

    P - Formal Presidential Remarks

    • WHCA-SR-P-740326
      Photo opportunity with Wm. Saxbe, Anderson, Clarence Kelly, Clausen. (3/27/1974)

      Runtime: 2:50

      Keywords: Watergate

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
    • WHCA-SR-P-740327
      Remarks by President Nixon at annual Republican House-Senate Dinner in Wash. Hilton. (3/27/1974)

      Runtime: 30:30:00

      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-531
      Press briefing by Ronald Ziegler. (3/27/1974, White House Press Lobby)

      Runtime: 45:00:00

      Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by __ (initials of WHCA engineer)

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

  • The White House Communications Agency Videotape Collection contains “off-the-air” recordings of televised programs produced between 1968 and 1974. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    • WHCA-6857
      Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
      ALL NETWORKS

      6. Smith/Donaldson/Landay: Campaign reforms with Senator Allen, Hays, and Gardner. Time Code Start: 17:08. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, legislation. Network: ABC.

      7. Smith/Schoumacher: Milk producers and Democrats. Time Code Start: 20:32. Keywords: political parties, Democrats, Democratic Party, dairy products, food, business, organizations, presidential campaigns, funding, finances, donations, investigations, reports. Network: ABC.

      8. Smith/Clark: President Nixon will talk at fund raising dinner with Senator Byrd. Time Code Start: 22:43. Keywords: Presidents, Senators, food, dinners, dining, banquets, fundraisers, testimonials. Network: ABC.

      9. Smith/Jackson: White House tapes and Mitchell-Stans conspiracy trial. Time Code Start: 25:00. Keywords: trials, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: ABC.

      10. Smith/Peterson: Oil company profits with Senator Church. Time Code Start: 27:16. Keywords: energy, petroleum, drilling, oil supply, oil supplies, imports, shortages, sales, costs, increases. Network: ABC.

      11. Smith: Commentary on the end of the world. Time Code Start: 29:10. Keywords: world, disasters, forecasts. Network: ABC.

      12. Chancellor/Kiker: Senator Byrd attacks President Nixon on Watergate. Time Code Start: 30:52. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.

      13. Chancellor/Scherer: Grand Jury report. Time Code Start: 33:49. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.

      14. Chancellor/Nessen: Campaign reforms. Time Code Start: 35:01. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, legislation. Network: NBC.

      15. Chancellor/Dancy: Secretary of State Kissinger in Moscow, Russia with film. Time Code Start: 36:56. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, travel, trips, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR. Network: NBC.

      16. Chancellor/Hager: Mitchell-Stans conspiracy trial. Time Code Start: 38:42. 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.

      17. Chancellor: Former Vice President Agnew still sponging off the government and sells his home for $300,000. Time Code Start: 41:02. Keywords: Vice Presidents, resignations, terminations, financial aid, residences, sales. Network: NBC.

      18. Chancellor/Brinkley's Journal: Public opinion on President Nixon in Mount Hood, Oregon. Time Code Start: 41:52. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, domestic, parks, volcanos, glaciers, mountains, mountain peaks, Wy'east. Network: NBC.

      19. Cronkite/Kalb: Secretary of State Kissinger in Moscow, Russia with film. Time Code Start: 44:15. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, travel, trips, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR. Network: CBS.

      20. Cronkite/Morton: House passes education bill. Time Code Start: 45:48. Keywords: bills, laws, Congress, voting, schools, financial aid, funding, funds, increases. Network: CBS.

      21. Cronkite/Schakne: Mitchell and Stans conspiracy trial. Time Code Start: 47:11. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, trials, obstruction of justice, perjury, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.

      22. Cronkite: Campaign reforms. Time Code Start: 48:56. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, legislation. Network: CBS.

      23. Cronkite/Stahl: Republicans campaigning don't want President Nixon's support with Senator Bellmon. Time Code Start: 49:03. Keywords: political parties, Republicans, GOP. Network: CBS.

      24. Cronkite/Sevareid analysis: Report on Secretary of State Kissinger. Time Code Start: 51:26. Keywords: cabinet, advisors. Network: CBS.

Context (External Sources)