May 27, 1973

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The President's day began at Grand Cay, Bahama Islands

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

Peru

• 285. Telegram 310 From the Consulate in the Netherlands Antilles to the Department of State, Curaçao, May 27, 1973, 1430Z

  Summary: Rogers and Mercado discussed Peru’s maritime claims, fishing rights, and the lifting of a ban on Peruvian participation in the Foreign Military Sales program.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files, 1970–1973, ORG 7 S. Confidential; Immediate. Repeated for information to Lima. On May 14, Nixon signed Presidential Determination 73–13 waiving the Pelly Amendment allowing FMS of 24 A–37 aircraft. (Memorandum From Peet to Clements, June 3; Washington National Records Center, OSD Files: FRC 330–78 0001, Latin America 092.2–850, 1973) In telegram 3361 from Mexico, May 14, Rogers requested Belcher’s and Crimmins’s views as to whether he should inform the Peruvian Prime Minister in his upcoming May 16 meeting. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Files, 1970–1973, ORG 7 S.) In telegram 3101 from Lima, May 14, Belcher recommended Rogers inform de la Flor in their first May 16 meeting. (Ibid.) In telegram 91988 to Caracas and Lima, May 14, Crimmins suggested that Rogers should demur if the matter came up in the conversations in Peru. Instead, Crimmins recommended that after Rogers returned to Washington he could then inform the Peruvians that the waiver had been issued as a result of the conversations in Lima. (Ibid.)

• 286. Telegram 311 From the Consulate in the Netherlands Antilles to the Department of State, Curaçao, May 27, 1973, 1430Z

  Summary: Rogers and de la Flor discussed U.S.-Peruvian relations, and U.S. policy towards Latin America.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files, 1970–1973, ORG 7 S. Confidential; Immediate. Repeated for information to Lima. In Rogers’s conversation with Velasco, Velasco discussed the reasons behind his 1968 military coup and the Peruvian Revolution, and U.S. policy with regard to Peruvian requests for loans from IFIs. (Telegram 1736 from Rio de Janeiro, May 19; ibid.) President Nixon’s May 3 report to Congress is printed in the Department of State Bulletin, June 4, 1973, p. 717 Rogers’s remarks about Latin America can be found ibid., June 25, 1973, pp. 903–927.

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Roll WHPO-E0877 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0877-, Aerial views of Bahama Islands and a crashed helicopter. 5/27/1973, Bahamas unknown.

Roll WHPO-E0878 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0878-, Aerials of crashed helicopter. 5/27/1973, Bahamas unknown.

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S - White House Press Office Briefings (continuation of the L-series)

• WHCA-SR-S-122
  Briefing by Gerald Warren on downing of Secret Service helicopter off Grand Cay. (5/27/1973, 4 Ambassadors Press Center)
  
  Keywords: Briefings, public briefings, statements to the press (see also Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media)
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by REE (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

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• WHCA-6317
  "Meet The Press".
  CBS
  Runtime: 00:29:07
• WHCA-6318
  "Face The Nation". Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
  Undetermined
  Runtime: 00:29:12
• WHCA-6319
  "Issues and Answers". Richard Nixon.
  CBS
  Runtime: 00:29:28
• WHCA-6323
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:35:00
  
  16. Utley/Weber: Iceland and British Cod war (cod fishing), Icelandic police boat fires on British fishing boat. Time Code Start: 36:31. Keywords: England, United Kingdom, ocean, fishing industry, boats, military, police. Network: NBC.
  
  26. Utley: Watergate (fair campaign committee); example of dirty campaign. Time Code Start: 60:40. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.
  
  27. Utley: Watergate; comments on the motivation of the law breakers; replay of McCord, Bernard Barker, Baldwin, Cauffield before Senate Watergate committee. Time Code Start: 62:25. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  28. Utley: President Nixon orders investigation of helicopter crash that killed secret service man. Time Code Start: 73:50. Keywords: Presidents, investigations, aviation, accidents. Network: NBC.

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