May 17, 1972

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• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

The President's day began at Camp David, Maryland

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• Statement on the Appointment of John S. D. Eisenhower as Chairman of the Interagency Classification Review Committee.

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 Wednesday, May 17, 1972

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

• Senate: May 17, 1972
• House of Representatives: May 17, 1972
• Extensions of Remarks: May 17, 1972

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, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 49, News Summaries - May 1972 [13 of 13] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • News Summary, May 17, 1972, (Tues. nets, wires, columns)

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)
  Wednesday, May 17.
  
  The President is still at Camp David. Called at 10:15 this morning and then a couple of times while we were playing tennis this afternoon. He said he had told Kissinger to read the Riot Act to the writers on the Moscow speech, that he wants it cut to 1800 words, he definitely wants to take Andrews, he's going to read all his toasts or statements, and he wants them written for that purpose and not longer than 250 words. He called later to say he wanted it cut to 200 words maximum, 150 words preferable.
  
  Going into the Wallace thing, he had talked to Lukash, and Colson and others to get readings. He thought the Michigan results were fantastic and that maybe Ehrlichman and Harper and the Domestic Council people will now believe that there is a busing issue. Says he wrote a memo to Ehrlichman with a copy to me on busing. He is anxious to try to go over and visit Wallace at the hospital, if he can, on the way down from Camp David on Friday. Feels that we should quit babying Mansfield now and go ahead and hit him because he's going against us at every turn as he is still on the antiwar amendment.
  
  Got into the Connally thing, wants to be sure that I keep in touch with Connally every day and that he doesn't feel left out of things, and also wants to have a big party for the Connallys after we get back from Russia, maybe even an "Evening at the White House" with great entertainment. Have the Texas people with Cabinet, Congress and so on. He wants all that set up.
  
  End of May 17.
• Original audio recording (MP3)

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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 17 May 1972

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. IV, Foreign Assistance, International Development, Trade Policies, 1969-1972

Trade and Commerce, 1969-1972

• 274. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, May 17, 1972

  Source: National Archives, RG 364, Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations: Lot 78 B 1, Nonrubber Footwear-Telegrams, Congressional Correspondence. Limited Official Use. Another copy of the memorandum indicates that it was drafted by Theodore R. Gates on May 19. (Ibid.) Copies were sent to J.B. Loken, Stanley Nehmer, B. Ascher, H. Blackman, and J. O’Mahoney.

Vol. VIII, Vietnam, January-October 1972

The North Vietnamese Offensive Falters, Negotiations Resume, May 8-July 18, 1972

• 154. Minutes of a Washington Special Actions Group Meeting, Washington, May 17, 1972, 10:12-10:48 a.m.

  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box TS 79, National Security Council, Committees and Panels, Washington Special Actions Group, May 1972. Top Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

• 155. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and the President’s DeputyAssistant for National Security Affairs (Haig), Washington, May 17, 1972, 5:50 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 999, Alexander M. Haig Chronological Files, Haig Telcons, 1972 [2 of 2]. No classification marking.

Vol. XIV, Soviet Union, October 1971-May 1972

Nixon at the Summit, May 13-May 31, 1972

• 237. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), May 17, 1972, 9:52 a.m.

  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 372, Telephone Conversations, Chronological File. No classification marking. According to the President’s Daily Diary, President Nixon placed the call at 9:52 a.m. from Camp David, Maryland, to Kissinger in Washington. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files)

• 238. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), May 17, 1972, 11:12 a.m.

  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 372, Telephone Conversations, Chronological File. No classification marking. According to the President’s Daily Diary, President Nixon placed the call from Camp David, Maryland, to Kissinger in Washington. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files)

• 239. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, May 17, 1972, noon

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 494, President’s Trip Files, Dobrynin/Kissinger, 1972, Vol. 12, Part 2. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting was held in the Map Room at the White House.

Vol. XXIII, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1969-1972

Proximity Talks and the Backchannel: Separate Department of State and White House Negotiating Tricks

• 287. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, May 17, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1167, Saunders Files, Middle East Negotiations Files, Middle East—Jarring Talks, May 1–31, 1972. Secret; Nodis; Cedar. Sent for information. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it. All brackets are in the original.

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Europe, 1969-1972

Austria

• 68. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, May 17, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 478, Presidentʼs Trip Files, Briefing Book, Visit of Richard Nixon, President of the United States, to the Federal Republic of Austria, May 1972. Secret. Sent for information. A notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it. For text of his public remarks in Salzburg, see Public Papers: Nixon, 1972, pp. 614–617.

• 69. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) and the Austrian Ambassador (Gruber), Washington, May 17, 1972, 12:07 p.m.

  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 21, Telephone Conversations, Chronological File. No classification marking.

Vol. XXXII, SALT I, 1969-1972

Kissinger's Secret Trip to Moscow and Aftermath, April 19-May 17, 1972

• 279. National Security Decision Memorandum 167, Washington, May 17, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 364, Subject Files, National Security Decision Memoranda, NSDMs. 145–264. Top Secret; Nodis; SALT.

• 280. Memorandum From Philip Odeen, Helmut Sonnenfeldt, and John Lehman of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, May 17, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 883, SALT, SALT talks (Helenski) [sic], Vol. 18, May–August 1972. Top Secret. Sent for urgent action. Haig initialed the memorandum.

• 281. Backchannel Message From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Chief of the Delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Smith), Washington, May 17, 1972, 2010Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 427, Backchannel Files, Backchannel Messages, 1972 SALT. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only.

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

Iran 1972

• 193. Telegram 2890 From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State, Tehran, May 17, 1972, 0720Z

  The new Ambassador, Joseph S. Farland, provided the Department with a list of the Shah’s latest requests for his airforce.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 7 US/NIXON. Secret; Limdis. Repeated to the Department of Defense and USCINCEUR

• 194. Memorandum From Harold Saunders and Samuel Hoskinson of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, May 17, 1972

  Saunders and Hoskinson supplied Kissinger with background material for the President’s Iran visit.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Presidential Trip Files, Box 479, Briefing Book, Visit of Nixon to Iran, May 1972. Top Secret/Codeword/Talent-Keyhole. Sent for information. Tab A and Tab B (on Iraq only) are Documents. Tabs B (on Syria), C, D, and E were attached, but are not published.

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

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Camp David Hard Wire

• 189-1; 9:14 a.m. - 9:33 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 189-2; Unknown between 9:33 a.m. & 9:34 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 189-3; 9:34 a.m. - 9:41 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.
• 189-4; Unknown between 9:41 a.m. & 9:44 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 189-5; 9:44 a.m. - 9:46 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Lukash, William M.
• 189-6; 9:48 a.m. - 9:51 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon
• 189-7; Unknown between 9:51 a.m. & 9:52 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 189-8; 9:52 a.m. - 10:06 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 189-9; Unknown between 10:06 a.m. & 10:15 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kaye, Beverly J.
• 189-10; 10:15 a.m. - 10:32 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 189-11; Unknown between 10:32 a.m. & 10:33 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 189-12; 10:33 a.m. - 10:43 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dent, Harry S.
• 189-13; 10:43 a.m. - 10:43 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 189-14; 10:52 a.m. - 11:09 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 189-15; Unknown between 11:09 a.m. & 2:26 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 189-16; Unknown between 11:09 a.m. & 2:26 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 189-17; 2:26 p.m. - 2:35 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 189-18; Unknown between 2:35 p.m. & 2:36 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 189-19; 2:36 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Tkach, Walter R.
• 189-20; Unknown between 2:40 p.m. & 2:42 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 189-21; 2:42 p.m. - 2:44 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 189-22; Unknown between 2:44 p.m. & 2:46 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 189-23; 2:46 p.m. - 3:01 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 189-24; Unknown between 3:01 p.m. & 3:02 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 189-25; 3:02 p.m. - 3:16 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mitchell, John N.
• 190-1; Unknown between 5:30 p.m. & 5:48 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)
• 190-2; Unknown between 5:30 p.m. & 5:48 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 190-3; Unknown between 5:30 p.m. & 5:48 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)
• 190-4; Unknown between 5:48 p.m. & 5:57 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
• 190-5; 5:57 p.m. - 5:57 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 190-6; Unknown between 6:40 p.m. & 7:33 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kaye, Beverly J.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 190-7; 7:33 p.m. - 7:33 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 190-8; Unknown between 7:33 p.m. & 7:44 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 190-9; 7:44 p.m. - 7:44 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 190-10; Unknown between 7:49 p.m. & 8:20 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 190-11; Unknown between 8:20 p.m. & 8:35 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 190-12; Unknown between 7:20 a.m. & 7:46 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 190-13; 7:46 a.m. - 7:46 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 190-14; 7:50 a.m. - 7:50 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 190-15; Unknown between 7:50 a.m. & 7:59 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 190-16; Unknown between 7:50 a.m. & 7:59 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 190-17; Unknown between 7:59 a.m. & 8:05 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 190-18; Unknown between 8:05 a.m. & 8:44 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 190-19; Unknown between 8:05 a.m. & 8:44 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 190-20; 8:44 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Dobrynin, Anatoliy F.; Kissinger, Henry A.

Camp David Study Table

• 131-5; Unknown between 11:09 a.m. & 2:26 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 131-6; 2:26 p.m. - 2:35 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 131-7; Unknown between 2:35 p.m. & 2:36 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 131-8; 2:36 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Tkach, Walter R.
• 131-9; Unknown between 2:40 p.m. & 2:42 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 131-10; 2:42 p.m. - 2:44 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 131-11; Unknown between 2:44 p.m. & 2:46 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 131-12; 2:46 p.m. - 3:01 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 131-13; 3:02 p.m. - 3:16 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mitchell, John N.
• 131-14; 5:48 p.m. - 5:57 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
• 131-15; 5:57 p.m. - 5:57 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 131-16; 7:33 p.m. - 7:33 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 131-17; Unknown between 7:33 p.m. & 7:44 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 131-18; 7:44 p.m. - 7:44 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 131-19; 7:49 p.m. - 8:20 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 131-20; Unknown between 8:20 p.m. & 8:35 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 131-21; 7:46 a.m. - 7:46 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 131-22; 7:50 a.m. - 7:50 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 131-41; Unknown between 3:01 p.m. & 3:02 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 131-42; Unknown between 5:30 p.m. & 5:48 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator

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-9082 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9082-, Closeup portrait of Henry Cashen. 5/17/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. Henry Cashen.

Roll WHPO-9083 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9083-04-11, Unidentified men standing in a White House room, looking through large book volumes. 5/17/1972, Washington, D.C. unidentified room; White House. unidentified men.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9083-12, 30, Donald Rumsfeld and others receiving a very long scroll style petition from young persons, while standing in front of the White House. 5/17/1972, Washington, D.C. unidentified room; White House, North Driveway. Rumsfeld, young persons.

Roll WHPO-9096 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9096-07A-21A, Vice President Agnew eating and giving a briefing. 5/17/1972, Bangkok, Thailand Unknown Rooms. Agnew, Japanese officials, Thai officials, staff.

Roll WHPO-9097 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9097-02A-13A, Vice President Agnew standing, talking to officials and giving a toast. 5/17/1972, Bangkok, Thailand; Vietnam unknown rooms, airport, U.S. AFB. Agnew, Thai officials, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9097-14A-15A, Vice President Agnew leaving Thailand. 5/17/1972, Bangkok, Thailand; Vietnam unknown rooms, airport, U.S. AFB. Agnew, Thai officials, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9097-16A, Vice President Agnew shaking hands upon arriving at a U.S. Air Force Base. 5/17/1972, Bangkok, Thailand; Vietnam unknown rooms, airport, U.S. AFB. Agnew, Thai officials, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-9097-17A-27A, Unidentified persons on an airplane. 5/17/1972, air plane. unidentified persons.

Roll WHPO-9098 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9098-34-35, Unidentified men on a plane. 5/17/1972, air plane. unidentified men.

Roll WHPO-9099 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-9099-, Vice President Agnew arriving in Vietnam and at various unknown locations. Vice President Agnew conducting a press conference. 5/17/1972, Vietnam U.S. AFB, unknown locations. Agnew, military personnel, officials, press corps members.

Roll WHPO-9100 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-9100-, Vice President Agnew arriving in Vietnam and at various unknown locations. Vice President Agnew conducting a press conference. 5/17/1972, Vietnam U.S. AFB, unknown locations. Agnew, military personnel, officials, press corps members.

The White House Communications Agency Sound Recordings Collection contains public statements that took place between 1969 and 1974. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

H - White House Staff Member Recordings

• WHCA-SR-H-572
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren and David Young. (5/17/1972, Press Center, White House)
  
  Runtime: 39:54:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JAD (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-5381
  "Panorama" excerpt.
  WTTG
  Runtime: 00:27:56
• WHCA-5382
  "Great Decisions 1972" AND "A Public Affair: Election '72". "APAE72": "The Element of Danger" Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird.
  NBC
  Runtime: 1:00
• WHCA-5385
  Weekly News Summary, Tape III.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:23:02
  
  5. Smith/Bell: Governor George Wallace's condition. Time Code Start: 11:07. Keywords: Governors, Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, candidates, reports, assassinations, shootings. Network: ABC.
  
  6. Reasoner: Democratic delegate standing. Time Code Start: 12:57. Keywords: political parties, Democrats, Democratic Party, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, primaries, voting, conventions, delegations, delegates. Network: ABC.
  
  7. Donaldson: Humphrey campaign. Time Code Start: 13:30. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, primaries, candidates, voting, speeches. Network: ABC.
  
  8. Reasoner/Geer: Mr. Williams Bremer visits his son Arthur Bremer. Time Code Start: 16:40. Keywords: Governors, Governor Wallace, assassinations, attempts, convictions, shootings, prisons, inmates, families, visitors. Network: ABC.
  
  9. Smith/Clark: Congress and gun control laws (Senator Ted Kennedy and Bayh). Time Code Start: 17:37. Keywords: House of Representatives, bills, laws, weapons, sales, controls, registrations, licenses. Network: ABC.
  
  10. Smith/Clark: Busing. Time Code Start: 19:47. Keywords: bills, laws, legislation, desegregation, racism, racial discrimination, African Americans, schools, students, transportation, reports. Network: ABC.
  
  11. Reasoner/Bennett: Vietnam; U.S.S. Constellation. Time Code Start: 20:14. Keywords: Vietnam War, Navy, ships. Network: ABC.
  
  12. Smith: Commentary on Connally. Time Code Start: 24:08. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, retirement, appointments, confirmations. Network: ABC.
  
  13. Chancellor/Mackin: Report on Governor George Wallace. Time Code Start: 25:37. Keywords: Governors, Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, candidates, reports, assassinations, shootings. Network: NBC.
  
  14. Chancellor: Primary returns. Time Code Start: 28:46. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, voting. Network: NBC.
  
  15. Chancellor/Valeriani: President Nixon's Russia trip. Time Code Start: 30:00. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, international, Soviet Union, Russia, USSR. Network: NBC.
  
  16. Chancellor/Troute/Neal: Vietnam; American Navy. Time Code Start: 31:33. Keywords: Vietnam War, Navy. Network: NBC.
  
  17. Chancellor/North: More on Vietnam; Hue. Time Code Start: 35:44. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: NBC.
  
  18. Chancellor: FBI Director L. Patrick Gray against investigation of the FBI. Time Code Start: 38:44. Keywords: Federal Bureau of Investigations, leaders, organizations, crime, espionage, spying. Network: NBC.
  
  19. Chancellor/Utley: California Primary. Time Code Start: 39:56. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, voting. Network: NBC.
  
  20. Cronkite/Dick: Report on Governor George Wallace. Time Code Start: 43:34. Keywords: Governors, Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, candidates, reports, assassinations, shootings. Network: CBS.
  
  21. Cronkite/Walker: Bremer. Time Code Start: 45:53. Keywords: Governors, Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, candidates, reports, assassinations, shootings. Network: CBS.
  
  22. Cronkite/Pappas: Primary returns. Time Code Start: 47:37. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, voting. Network: CBS.
  
  23. Cronkite/Mudd: Moratorium on busing. Time Code Start: 50:11. Keywords: bills, laws, legislation, desegregation, racism, racial discrimination, African Americans, schools, students, transportation, reports. Network: CBS.
  
  24. Cronkite/Schieffer/Jones: Vietnam war. Time Code Start: 51:37. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: CBS.
  
  25. Cronkite/Kilpatrick: More ships to Vietnam. Time Code Start: 56:25. Keywords: Vietnam War, Navy, ships. Network: CBS.
  
  26. Cronkite/Schorr: Gun control, Governor George Wallace, Bayh. Time Code Start: 58:30. Keywords: bills, laws, weapons, sales, controls, registrations, licenses, Governors. Network: CBS.
  
  27. Sevareid: President Nixon and Russia. Time Code Start: 61:30. Keywords: Soviet Union, Russia, USSR. Network: CBS.

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The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. They have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968.

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