March 29, 1974

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• Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Reporting on Increased Tariffs on Imports of Ball Bearings.
• Remarks at Ceremonies Commemorating Vietnam Veterans Day.
• Message Following Successful Flight of Mariner 10.
• Proclamation 4279—Modification of Trade Agreement Concessions and Adjustment of Duty on Certain Ball Bearings

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• Federal Register of Friday, March 29, 1974

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• Senate: March 29, 1974
• Extensions of Remarks: March 29, 1974

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President's Office Files

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• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 68, News Summaries - March 1974 [20 of 20] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • Digest of Recent Comment, March 29, 1974
  • News Summary, March 29, 1974, (Thurs. nets, wires)

President's Personal File

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• President's Speech File
  • Box 91, Friday, March 29, 1974, Vietnam Veterans Observance

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• President's Daily Brief of 29 March 1974

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Vol. XXVI, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1974-1976

Syrian-Israeli Disengagement Agreement, January-May 1974

• 32. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, March 29, 1974, 12:05-2:45 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Records of Henry Kissinger, 1973–77, Box 7, Nodis Memcons, March 1974, Folder 5. Secret; Nodis. The meeting began in the Conference Room on the Seventh Floor of the Department of State, then moved to the Dining Room on the Eighth Floor. Brackets are in the original.

Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

March 29-August 3, 1974

• 345. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, March 29, 1974, 5:15 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Kissinger’s Staff Meetings, 1973–1977, Box 3, Secretary’s Staff Meetings, March 1974. Secret.

• 346. Paper Prepared by the Ad Hoc Group of the International Energy Review Group Working Group, Washington, March 29, 1974

  Source: National Archives, RG 56, Records of the Office of the Under Secretary of the Treasury, Files of Under Secretary Volcker 1969–1974, Accession 56–79–15, Box 6, CIEP Meetings. Limited Official Use. According to an April 10 covering memorandum by Flanigan, this paper was part of a larger packet of materials to be discussed at the April 12 CIEP meeting. The Ad Hoc Group included representatives of the Departments of State and Treasury, AID, CIEP, CEA, and NSC.

Vol. E-6, Documents on Africa, 1973-1976

Nigeria

• 204. Briefing Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (Ross) to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, March 29, 1974

  Ross analyzed possibilities for approaching the Nigerian Government on cooperation in foreign aid, military support, and economic participation.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, AF/W Files: Lot 77 D 84, POL 2-A, Political Relations: US/Nigeria. Secret. Drafted by Kent Steinkamp (AF/W); cleared by Julius Katz (EB), and Robert Sherwood (AF/W); and Blake

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

Venezuela

• 377. Telegram 2699 From the Embassy in Venezuela to the Department of State, Caracas, March 29, 1974, 1256Z

  Summary: Shultz and Pérez discussed oil prices. Pérez emphasized that he thought the poorer nations of the world needed to organize to achieve higher prices for essential commodities.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D740069–0387 Secret; Immediate; Limdis. Repeated to Brasília and Rio de Janeiro. In telegram 3759 from Caracas, April 29, McClintock reported that Schacht informed him through an intermediary that Shultz’s visit “had caused a most negative effect not only with President Andrés Pérez but, perhaps more importantly, with those elements of the Venezuelan Cabinet who wished to assume a nationalistic and anti-American stance at this particular time.” However, Schacht wanted “to be a good friend of the United States and is seeking means to back up his arguments to President Andrés Pérez that Venezuela’s best policy is in fact to be a good friend.” (Ibid., P850083–1945)

Vol. E-12, Documents on East and Southeast Asia, 1973-1976

Korean Peninsula

• 253. National Security Decision Memorandum 251, Washington, March 29, 1974., Washington, March 29, 1974

  Kissinger issued NSDM 251 concerning the termination of the UN Command in Korea.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–246, NSDMs, NSDM 251. Top Secret; Sensitive. Copies were sent to the Director of Central Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Vol. E-14, Part 2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1973-1976

• 38. National Security Decision Memorandum 250, Washington, March 29, 1974

  Summary: Kissinger informed the addressees that President Nixon had reviewed a study on U.S. policy regarding purchase of uranium enrichment services from the Soviet Union and had approved several of the recommendations, including adoption of a neutral posture toward Soviet sale of enrichment services and consultation with allies to determine necessity and feasibility of limits on those purchases. Nixon also directed that a study of U.S. policy options on the disposition of tails from Soviet enrichment be conducted.
  
  Source: Ford Library, National Security Council, Institutional Files—NSDMs, Box 55, NSDM 250. Secret. A copy was sent to Moorer. Kissinger outlined the options for U.S. policy regarding Soviet handling of residual material (tails) resulting from uranium enrichment in a memorandum to President Ford that is Document 91. The study is in Nixon Presidential Library, NSC Institutional Files, Records of the Staff Secretary (1969–1974), Box H–293, NSDM 250.

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-E2525 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2525-01-11, President Nixon seated informally in a Lincoln sitting room easy chair during a meeting with Henry Kissinger. 3/29/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, Lincoln Sitting room. President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2525-06A, President Nixon seated informally in a Lincoln sitting room easy chair during a meeting with Henry Kissinger. 3/29/1974, Washington, D. C. White House, Lincoln Sitting room. President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger.

Roll WHPO-E2526 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2526-03-20, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger and Col. Jack Brennan attending the Vietnam Veterans' Day Celebration at Fort McNair National War College. 3/29/1974, Fort McNair, Virginia National War College Building, Fort McNair. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense, Col. Jack Brennan.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2526-05A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, and Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger attending the Vietnam Veterans' Day Celebration at Fort McNair National War College. 3/29/1974, Fort McNair, Virginia National War College Building, Fort McNair. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2526-06A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger and Col. Jack Brennan attending the Vietnam Veterans' Day Celebration at Fort McNair National War College. 3/29/1974, Fort McNair, Virginia National War College Building, Fort McNair. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense, Col. Jack Brennan.

Roll WHPO-E2527 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2527-02-27, President Nixon addressing guests awhile attending a Special Joint Service Review ceremony with James R. Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense, honoring Vietnam Veterans. The ceremony was sponsored by the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 3/29/1974, Washington, D. C. the National War College Building, Fort McNair. President Nixon, James R. Schlesinger, Pat Nixon, Col. Jack Brennan, officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2527-14A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger and Col. Jack Brennan listen to a speaker at the podium while attending the Vietnam Veterans' Day Celebration at Fort McNair National War College. 3/29/1974, Washington, D. C. the National War College Building, Fort McNair. President Nixon, James R. Schlesinger, Pat Nixon, Col. Jack Brennan, officials.

Roll WHPO-E2528 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2528-02-05, President Nixon meeting with Mr. Ellis Veatch, retiring Deputy Associate Director of the National Security Division, OMB, Frederic V. Malek, Deputy Director of the OMB, Edna Syreika, Secretary to Mr. Veatch, Eleanor Peoples, Secretary for the National Security Division, OMB. 3/29/1974, Washington, D. C. Oval Office. Ellis H. Veatch.

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-164
  Remarks at Nat. War College; Motorcade to/from Ft. McNair, Wash., D.C. (3/29/1974)
  
  Runtime: 10:00
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-740330
  Remarks by President Nixon at Vietnam Veterans Day program at Nat'l War College, Ft. McNair. (3/29/1974)
  
  Runtime: 33:00:00
  
  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-533
  Press briefing by Herbert Stein. (3/29/1974, EOB Conference Room (450))
  
  Runtime: 32:00:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  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.
• WHCA-SR-S-537
  Briefing of Harvard Law School Republican Club by John McGloughlin. (3/29/1974, Family Theater)
  
  Runtime: 1:15:00
  
  Keywords: Briefings, private briefings
  
  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-6858
  Weekly News Summary, Tape III.
  ALL NETWORKS
  
  18. Smith/Medina: Kent State National Guardsmen indicted. Time Code Start: 36:30. Keywords: National Guard, shootings, students, deaths, colleges, universities, investigations, demonstrations, rally, protests, protesters, demonstraters, demonstrators, Vietnam War, anti-war, lawsuits, hearings, trials. Network: ABC.
  
  19. Smith/Schoumacher: White House documents turned over. Time Code Start: 39:00. Keywords: Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: ABC.
  
  20. Smith/Clark: Senator Mansfield talks on impeachment. Time Code Start: 40:27. Keywords: Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, impeachment. Network: ABC.
  
  21. Smith/Jarriel/Tomlinson: Vietnam Veterans Day with President Nixon. Time Code Start: 42:30. Keywords: Presidents, Vietnam War, veterans, holidays. Network: ABC.
  
  22. smith/Koppel: Middle East talks with Secretary of State Kissinger and Israel's Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan. Time Code Start: 46:30. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, war, cabinet, advisors, military, leaders, trips, truces, treaty, treaties, meetings, negotiations. Network: ABC.
  
  23. Chancellor/Paxton/Guthrie: Kent State National Guardsmen indicted. Time Code Start: 48:26. Keywords: National Guard, shootings, students, deaths, colleges, universities, investigations, demonstrations, rally, protests, protesters, demonstraters, demonstrators, Vietnam War, anti-war, lawsuits, hearings, trials. Network: NBC.
  
  24. Chancellor: White House tapes and impeachment possibility with Mansfield and Ruckelshaus. Time Code Start: 52:13. Keywords: Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, impeachment. Network: NBC.
  
  25. Chancellor/Hager: Mitchell-Stans conspiracy trial with Cook. Time Code Start: 54:15. 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.
  
  26. Chancellor/Nessen: Vietnam Veterans Day and veterans demonstrate for better benefits with President Nixon. Time Code Start: 55:43. Keywords: Vietnam War, military, troops, demonstrations, rally, protests, protesters, demonstraters, demonstrators, Vietnam War, financial aid, insurance. Network: NBC.
  
  27. Chancellor/Cochran: Secretary of State Kissinger meets with Israel's Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan. Time Code Start: 58:24. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, war, cabinet, advisors, military, leaders, trips, truces, treaty, treaties, meetings, negotiations. Network: NBC.
  
  28. Chancellor/Dancy: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's reunion. Time Code Start: 59:46. Keywords: Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, celebrities, authors, writers, books, politics, reunions. Network: NBC.
  
  29. Mudd/Graham: Grand Jury report and subpoena information. Time Code Start: 62:27. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.
  
  30. Mudd/Pappas/Henderson: Kent State National Guardsmen indicted. Time Code Start: 64:04. Keywords: National Guard, shootings, students, deaths, colleges, universities, investigations, demonstrations, rally, protests, protesters, demonstraters, demonstrators, Vietnam War, anti-war, lawsuits, hearings, trials. Network: CBS.
• WHCA-6859
  Weekly News Summary, Tape IV.
  ALL NETWORKS
  
  1. Mudd/Pierpoint/Plante: Vietnam Veterans Day and veterans demonstrate for better benefits. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Vietnam War, military, troops, demonstrations, rally, protests, protesters, demonstraters, demonstrators, Vietnam War, financial aid, insurance. Network: CBS.
  
  2. Mudd/Sargent: Union Labor in Harlan County, Kentucky. Time Code Start: 07:34. Keywords: federal, crimes, investigations, trials, universities, colleges, military, shootings, deaths, demonstrations, rally, protesters, demonstraters, students, Vietnam War, anti-war. Network: CBS.

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