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May 7, 1973

Introduction

This almanac page for Monday, May 7, 1973, 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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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.

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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

Kissinger's Pre-Summit Trip to Moscow, May 1973

  • 108. Memorandum of Conversation, Zavidovo, May 7, 1973, 11:35 a.m.-2:55 p.m.

    Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 75, Country Files—Europe—USSR, Kissinger Conversations at Zavidovo, May 5–8, 1973. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting was held in Brezhnev’s office in the Politburo Villa. Brackets are in the original.

  • 109. Memorandum of Conversation, Zavidovo, May 7, 1973, 7:40-11:40 p.m.

    Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 75, Country Files—Europe—USSR, Kissinger Conversations at Zavidovo, May 5–8, 1973. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting was held in Brezhnev’s office in the Politburo Villa. Brackets are in the original.

Vol. XXV, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973

Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973

  • 53. Memorandum of Conversation, Zavidovo, May 7, 1973, 7:40-11:40 p.m.

    Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 75, Country Files, Europe, USSR, Kissinger Conversations at Zavidovo, May 5–8, 1973. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The conversation took place in Brezhnev’s Office at the Politburo Villa in Zavidovo. All brackets except those that indicate omitted material are in the original.

Vol. XXVIII, Southern Africa

Regional Issues

Vol. XXXIII, SALT II, 1972-1980

SALT II, 1972-1980

  • 25. National Security Decision Memorandum 216, Washington, May 7, 1973

    Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box TS 87, National Security Council, 1969–1976, NSDM, August 1971–January 1974. Top Secret. Copies were sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of Central Intelligence.

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

Mexico

  • 54. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, May 7, 1973

    Summary: Kissinger reviewed the proposed resolution to the Colorado River salinity problem offered by the President’s Special Representative, Herbert Brownell. After outlining the positions of various concerned agencies, Kissinger recommended that the President approve Brownell’s report and authorize Secretary of State Rogers to present the proposal during an upcoming visit to Mexico.

    Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Country Files, Box 789, Latin America, Brownell Report on Salinity Problem with Mexico. Confidential. Sent for action. A note on the memorandum reads: “The President has seen.” Nixon initialed his approval of the memorandum’s three recommendations. The letter described as Tab A is not attached. All brackets are in the original.

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

Canada, 1973-1976

  • 106. Telegram 1083 From the Embassy in Canada to the Department of State, Ottawa, May 7, 1973, 1703Z

    Summary: The Embassy discussed the impending Canadian decision on ICCS participation.

    Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 671, Country Files, Europe, Canada, Vol. IV (Jan 73–Jul 74). Secret; Priority; Exdis. Sent for information to Saigon.

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-E0760 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

  • Frame(s): WHPO-E0760-, Richard Fairbanks. 5/7/1973, unkown

Roll WHPO-E0761 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

  • Frame(s): WHPO-E0761-, Dean Hinton. 5/7/1973, unkown

Roll WHPO-E0762 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

  • Frame(s): WHPO-E0762-, Senate Ladies Luncheon. Pat Nixon greeting women in receiving line before being seated for lunch. Women seated at dining tables during the luncheon. 5/7/1973, Washington, D.C. White House. Pat Nixon.
  • Frame(s): WHPO-E0762-05A, Senate Ladies Luncheon. Pat Nixon greeting an elderly woman walking with crutches in receiving line before being seated for lunch. 5/7/1973, Washington, D.C. White House. Pat Nixon, unidentified woman.

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-098
    Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (5/7/1973, 4 Ambassadors Press Center)

    Runtime: 30:00:00

    Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media

    Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JMM (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-6270
    "Martin Agronsky: Evening Edition". U.S. Senator Lowell Weicker (R-CT).
    Metromedia
    Runtime: 00:29:16
  • WHCA-6273
    Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
    ALL NETWORKS
    Runtime: 1:00

    5. Reasoner/Jarriel/Tomlinson: Watergate; Richardson. Time Code Start: 08:37. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: ABC.

    6. Reasoner/Dick Shoemaker: Pentagon Papers trial, Judge Byrne, Krogh authorized Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office burglary, J. Edgar Hoover sanctioned, Hunt accuses Colson said fake Kennedy (JFK) assassination plot of Diem. Time Code Start: 12:55. Keywords: Armed Forces, military, classified documents, secrets, Watergate, courts, trials, Vietnam War, Indochina War, bombings, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, FBI, psychiatrist Lewis Fielding. Network: ABC.

    7. Smith: Comment on Elliot Richardson. Time Code Start: 15:46. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, nominations, law officials, nominees. Network: ABC.

    8. Chancellor/Kiker/Duke/Stern: President Nixon denies knowledge of Watergate; Connally. Time Code Start: 17:34. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.

    9. Chancellor/Bergholtzer: Watergate/Pentagon Papers with Ehrlichman; E. Howard Hunt granted immunity. Time Code Start: 22:52. Keywords: United States Department of Defense headquarters, Armed Forces, Ellsberg, Russo, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.

    10. Chancellor/Levene: Stein speech on Phase 3. Time Code Start: 27:44. Keywords: wage and price controls, freezes, prices, costs, increases, decreases, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money. Network: NBC.

    11. Chancellor: More on Watergate. Time Code Start: 30:25. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, reports, Armed Forces, Vietnam War, bombings, Ellsberg, Russo,. Network: NBC.

Context (External Sources)

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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