May 29, 1973

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• Federal Register of Tuesday, May 29, 1973

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• House of Representatives: May 29, 1973
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Decided

• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee
• Cupp v. Murphy
• Doe v. McMillan
• Keeble v. United States
• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
• United States v. Bishop

Granted

• United States v. Matlock

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President's Office Files

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• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 56, News Summaries - May 17-30, 1973 [7 of 8] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • News Summary, May 29, 1973, (Monday nets, wires)

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 56, News Summaries - May 17-30, 1973 [7 of 8] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • News Summary, May 29, 1973, (Monday nets, wires)

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• President's Daily Brief of 29 May 1973

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Vol. XXI, Chile, 1969-1973

"That Chilean Guy May Have Some Problems": The Downfall of Salvador Allende, January-September 1973

• 327. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Chile, Washington, May 29, 1973, 1641Z

  Source: Department of State, Executive Secretariat, Briefing Books, 1958–1976, Lot 74 D 416, Box 172. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by Kubisch; cleared by Pedersen and Barnes; approved in S.

Vol. E-9, Part 2, Documents on the Middle East Region, 1973-1976

Saudi Arabia

• 89. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between Acting Secretary of State Rush and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, May 29, 1973, 7:10 p.m.

  Summary: Rush and Kissinger discussed the Israeli reaction to the F–4 sale to Saudi Arabia and the possible sale of F–4s to Kuwait.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Kissinger Telephone Conversations, Box 20, Chronological File, April—May 1973. Israeli opposition to the sale was reported in telegram 101662 to Tel Aviv, May 25, in which Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban said that Israel was “all out” against sales to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 180, Geopolitical File, Middle East Chronological File, July 2, 1973–September 4, 1973)

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

Guatemala and Belize

• 167. Telegram 2568 From the Embassy in Guatemala to the Department of State, Guatemala City, May 29, 1973, 2245Z

  Summary: In a report on the violent outcome of a land dispute, the Embassy noted that although the incident was not politically motivated, it did have political implications. According to the Embassy, comments on the incident by Chief of Staff Colonel Efraín Ríos Montt reflected the Army’s uneasiness at having to deal with socioeconomic problems that civilian officials had failed to resolve.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, [no film number]. Limited Official Use. Repeated to CINCSO, Managua, Panama, San José, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa.

Jamaica, The Bahamas, and the Eastern Caribbean

• 432. Telegram 1757 From the Embassy in Jamaica to the Department of State, Kingston, May 29, 1973, 1925Z

  Summary: Rogers and Manley met and discussed bilateral relations and Western Hemisphere issues during the Secretary’s visit to Jamaica.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, [no film number]. Confidential; Limdis. Repeated to all American Republic diplomatic posts in telegram 112155 from the Department, June 10, because the memorandum of conversation touched “succinctly on a number of topics which are important to hemisphere problems.” (Ibid., [no film number]) Telegram 90066 from the Department was not found.

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

United Kingdom, 1973-1976

• 220. Message From British Prime Minister Heath to President Nixon, London, May 29, 1973

  Summary: Heath discussed his recent talk with Pompidou on the possibility of UK-French nuclear collaboration.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 949, Pompidou/Nixon Mtg. Iceland PM JOHANNESSON, May 31–June 1973 (1 of 3). Top Secret. Nixon underlined the first three words and the last four words of the first sentence of the third paragraph; he also underlined the phrase “about the need to avoid any reference to this subject in public” in the same paragraph. Kissinger forwarded this message to Nixon under cover of a May 29 memorandum, in which he also provided talking points for Nixon’s Reykjavik meeting with Pompidou. Kissinger forwarded the separate message from Heath concerning his non-nuclear discussions with Pompidou to Nixon under cover of a separate May 29 memorandum. (Ibid., Kissinger Office Files, Box 64, Country Files, Europe, General, Exchanges with the UK—Other, July 12, 1973 (1 of 3))

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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Cabinet Room

• 124-3; 11:06 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President); Rogers, William P.; Schlesinger, James R. (Dr.); Scott, Hugh; Fulbright, J. William; Thurmond, Strom; Young, Milton R.; Symington, W[illiam] Stuart, Jr.; McClellan, John L.; Albert, Carl B.; Ford, Gerald R.; Arends, Leslie C.; Morgan, Thomas E. ("Doc") (Dr.); Mailliard, William S.; Hébert, F. Edward; Mahon, George H.; Cederberg, Elford A.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; Timmons, William E.; Korologos, Thomas C.; Friedersdorf, Max L.
• 124-4; Unknown between 12:05 p.m., 5/29 & 8:38 a.m., 10/19; White House tour group

Old Executive Office Building

• 440-54; Unknown between 12:48 p.m. & 12:51 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 440-55; 12:51 p.m. - 12:55 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 440-56; Unknown between 1:40 p.m. & 1:44 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 440-57; Unknown between 1:40 p.m. & 1:44 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 440-58; 1:44 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hart, Thomas
• 440-59; 1:45 p.m. - 1:46 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 440-60; 1:46 p.m. - 1:47 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 440-61; 1:47 p.m. - 1:47 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 440-62; 1:47 p.m. - 1:48 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hart, Thomas
• 440-63; Unknown between 1:48 p.m. & 1:52 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 440-64; 1:52 p.m. - 1:54 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 440-65; 2:00 p.m. - 3:11 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")

Oval Office

• 929-1; Unknown between 8:30 a.m. & 8:44 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 929-2; Unknown between 8:30 a.m. & 8:44 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 929-3; 8:44 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 929-4; 9:12 a.m. - 9:12 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 929-5; 9:12 a.m. - 9:48 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
• 929-6; Unknown between 9:48 a.m. & 9:58 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 929-7; 9:58 a.m. - 11:06 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rogers, William P.; White House operator; Sisco, Joseph J.; [Unknown person(s)]; Scali, John A.; Kissinger, Henry A.; White House photographer; Members of the press
• 929-8; 12:07 p.m. - 12:11 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.
• 929-9; Unknown between 12:11 p.m. & 12:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
• 929-10; Unknown between 12:15 p.m. & 12:31 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 929-11; 12:31 p.m. - 12:36 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Gurney, Edward J.; Apalucci, Joseph F.; Herrington, Tracy; Rothenberg, Henry B.; Rosenborough, Morgan; Garside, Don M.; Woerhle, Alexander J.; White House photographer
• 929-12; 12:37 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); Edwards, Charles C.; Stone, Robert S.; Cavanaugh, James H.; White House photographer
• 929-13; Unknown between 12:45 p.m. & 3:11 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 929-14; 3:11 p.m. - 3:36 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Mu-chih, Chu; Chen, Wang; Po-ti, Li; Chao-min, Pu; Ch'ang-hai, Chang; Cheng-lung, Wang; Hang, Hsiao; Hsi, Wang; Tuz-an, Lan; Ch'in, Li; Fei, Wang; Ping-chieh, Shen; Tao, Chang; Chi-hsin, Chang; Cheng-tsung, Chiang; Chi-hua, Chao; Ya-hsin, Chang; Kuang-hua, Yu; Wei, Yao; Wen-ch'ing, Hsieh; Chung-ch'ing, Yu; White, Robert; Hornby, William; Elston, Wilbur; Phillips, Warren; Hill, I. William; Deck, Arthur C.; Isaacs, Norman; Rowe, Charles; Fichenberg, Robert; Elston, Wilbur; Hughes, John; Ogden, Michael J.; Clendinen, James; Dickinson, William B.; Giles, William; Berris, Jan; Saikowski, Charlotte
• 929-15; Unknown between 3:36 p.m. & 4:03 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 929-16; Unknown between 3:36 p.m. & 4:03 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 929-17; 4:03 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; [Unknown person(s)]; Shultz, George P.; Stein, Herbert; Ash, Roy L.; Burns, Arthur F.; Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; Dunlop, John T.; Connally, John B.
• 929-18; Unknown between 5:10 p.m. & 5:16 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 929-20; Unknown between 11:06 a.m. & 12:07 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]

White House Telephone

• 39-26; Unknown between 9:58 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 39-27; Unknown between 9:58 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.; White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Rogers, William P.; Sisco, Joseph J.
• 39-28; 1:44 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.; White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hart, Thomas
• 39-29; 1:46 p.m. - 1:47 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 39-30; 1:47 p.m. - 1:47 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 39-31; 1:47 p.m. - 1:48 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Hart, Thomas
• 39-32; Unknown between 1:48 p.m. & 1:52 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 39-33; 1:52 p.m. - 1:54 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 39-34; 9:15 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 39-35; 9:23 p.m. - 9:25 p.m.; White House operator; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.

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-E0881 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0881-, President Nixon with John Scali, Rogers and Henry Kissinger. 5/29/1973, Washington, D.C. White House.

Roll WHPO-E0882 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0882-, Vice President Agnew with Bob Wilson. 5/29/1973, Washington, D.C. White House.

Roll WHPO-E0883 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0883-03A-09A, President Nixon and 8th Armored Divison Peace Award. 5/29/1973, Washington, D.C. White House.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E0883-13a-14a, Drs. Edwards and Stone, and Jim Cavanaugh. 5/29/1973, Washington, D.C. White House.

Roll WHPO-E0884 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0884-, President Nixon meeting with William Rogers, Henry Kissinger, and John Scali. 5/29/1973, Washington, D.C. White House.

Roll WHPO-E0885 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0885-, a portrait painting of President Dwight. D. Eisenhower. 5/29/1973, Washington, D.C. White House.

Roll WHPO-E0886 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0886-, President Nixon with unidentified Chinese journalists and members of the press. 5/29/1973, Washington, D.C. White House.

Roll WHPO-E0887 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E0887-, Chinese journalists. 5/29/1973, Washington, D.C. White House.

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.

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

• WHCA-SR-S-124
  Briefing by John Scali. (5/29/1973, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 15:04
  
  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 GET (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-125
  Press briefing by Henry A. Kissinger, Gerald Warren and Ronald Ziegler. (5/29/1973, [not listed])
  
  Runtime: 1:24:45
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by GET (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-S-126
  White House Economic Seminar with Economic and business writers. (5/29/1973, 4 Ambassadors Press Center)
  
  Runtime: 4:04:00
  
  Keywords: Briefings, private briefings
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by GSA; Recorded by Earl Doss (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-6320
  Edited copy of White House Salute to POW's. Vietnam Prisoner of War
  CBS
  Runtime: 0:30
• WHCA-6324
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:32:00
  
  3. Smith/Tomlinson: Misconduct charges against POWs. Time Code Start: 04:10. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, crimes. Network: ABC.
  
  4. Smith/Jarriel: Canada to withdraw; Kissinger. Time Code Start: 06:50. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, Canadian, withdrawals. Network: ABC.
  
  5. Smith/Donaldson: Watergate; Archibald Cox. Time Code Start: 09:44. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: ABC.
  
  6. Smith/Shoumacher: Chinese envoy in Washington. Time Code Start: 12:25. Keywords: People's Republic of China. Network: ABC.
  
  7. Smith/Kincaid: Tax increase; gas shortage. Time Code Start: 14:37. Keywords: energy crisis, petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, taxes, taxation, revenue, increases. Network: ABC.
  
  8. Smith: Commentary on Indochina [Vietnam]. Time Code Start: 18:08. Keywords: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam War. Network: ABC.
  
  9. Chancellor/Udell/Delaney: POWs accused of wrongs; ceasefire talks. Time Code Start: 20:00. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, accusations, crimes, ceasefires. Network: NBC.
  
  10. Chancellor/Valeriani/Stern: President Nixon will not testify in Watergate; Archibald Cox; Kissinger. Time Code Start: 25:52. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.
  
  11. Chancellor/Levine/Briggs: Economic indicators; Shultz; gas shortage. Time Code Start: 30:46. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices. Network: NBC.
  
  12. Mudd/Schieffer/Culhane: Colonel Guy brings charges to POWs [Vietnam Prisoner of War]; Canada quits International Commission of Control and Supervision (ICCS); Kissinger. Time Code Start: 35:17. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, releases, exchanges, ceasefires, management organizations. Network: CBS.
  
  13. Mudd/Howell: Cambodia; Highway 5 [Vietnam]. Time Code Start: 41:35. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War. Network: CBS.
  
  14. Mudd/Rather/Graham/Stahl: President Nixon furious over Washington Post story; Archibald Cox and John Dean; Kissinger talks on wire taps. Time Code Start: 43:44. Keywords: Presidents, media, press conferences, news conferences, interviews, Watergate, hearings, burglary, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, investigations, recordings. Network: CBS.

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