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November 1, 1973

Introduction

This almanac page for Thursday, November 1, 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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Schedule and Public Documents

  • The Daily Diary files represent a consolidated record of the President's activities. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    The President's day began at The White House - Washington, D. C.

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  • 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.

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

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.

  • The National Archives Catalog is the online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records. It is the main way of describing our holdings and also provides access to electronic records and digitized versions of our 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. XXV, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973

    Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973

    • 304. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Schlesinger to President Nixon, Washington, November 1, 1973

      Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, James Schlesinger Papers, Box 14, Middle East. Top Secret.

    • 305. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, November 1, 1973, 8:10-10:25 a.m.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL ISR–US. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting was held at Blair House. Brackets are in the original. Saunders prepared a briefing memorandum, October 31, for Kissinger for this meeting with Meir. (Ibid., Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 611, Country Files, Middle East, Israel, Vol. 13, Nov. 73–Dec. 73)

    • 306. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, November 1, 1973, 12:10 p.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 136, Country Files, Middle East, Dinitz, November 1–30, 1973. Secret; Sensitive. The meeting took place in the Oval Office. Drafted by Saunders. Brackets are in the original. Kissinger prepared a briefing paper, November 1, for the President for this meeting. (Ibid., Box 611, Country Files, Middle East, Israel, Vol. 13, Nov. 73–Dec. 73)

    • 307. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, November 1, 1973, 5:30 p.m.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 27 ARAB–ISR. Secret; Nodis. The meeting was held in the Secretary’s office at the Department of State.

    Vol. XXXI, Foreign Economic Policy, 1973-1976

    Negotiating the New Rules, May 1973-June 1975

    Vol. E-3, Documents on Global Issues, 1973-1976

    Law of the Sea

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

    Cuba

    • 276. National Intelligence Estimate 85–73, Washington, November 1, 1973

      Summary: This estimate analyzed the improving relations between Cuba and Latin America and outlined possible courses of action.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Subject Files, National Intelligence Estimates, Withdrawals, Box 362, Folder 2. Secret. All brackets are in the original except those indicating text omitted by the editors. According to a note on the cover sheet, the Central Intelligence Agency, the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State and Defense, the NSA, the AEC, and the Department of the Treasury participated in the preparation of this estimate. All members of the U.S. Intelligence Board concurred in the Estimate except the representative of the FBI, who abstained because the subject was outside of his jurisdiction. This Estimate superseded Special National Intelligence Estimate 85–71. Page references in the Table of Contents reflects pagination in the original.

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

    • 21. Action Memorandum From the Director of the Office of International Scientific and Technological Affairs (Pollack) to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, November 1, 1973

      Summary: Pollack provided Kissinger with background on correspondence related to Senator Pell’s resolution calling for a treaty prohibiting the use of environmental or geophysical modification activity as a weapon of war. He requested that Kissinger sign an attached letter to Pell.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Office of the Executive Secretariat, Records Relating to the National Security Council Under Secretaries Committee, Lot 81D309. Secret. Sent through Rush. The date on the memorandum is stamped. An attached note from Rush to Kissinger reads: “I would like to emphasize the main point in this memorandum, namely that we examine our policy on weather modification—by a restricted group if necessary—on the basis of classified as well as unclassified information.” Kissinger added the following notation to Scowcroft at the bottom of Rush’s note: “To Brent—Get NSSM on weather modification.” Grove sent copies of Pollack’s memorandum and Rush’s note to Davis under a November 6 memorandum, indicating that Rush had asked him to send the documents to her. (Ibid.) Tab A is Document 22. Tab B, a copy of Senate Resolution 71, is attached but not published. Tabs C–F are not attached and not found; Tab G is Document 9.

  • 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-E1725 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1725-, President Nixon announcing the nomination of Senator William Saxbe as the new Attorney General. 11/1/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Press Room. President Nixon, Ron Ziegler, Senator Saxbe.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1725-14, President Nixon announcing the nomination of Senator William Saxbe as the new Attorney General. 11/1/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Press Room. President Nixon, Senator William B. Saxbe (R-Ohio).
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1725-27, Portrait of Robert Bork, Jr., acting Attorney General, speaking at the microphone. 11/1/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Press Room. Robert H. Bork, Jr.

    Roll WHPO-E1726 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1726-, President Nixon and Ronald Ziegler seen through a window. 11/1/1973, Washington, D.C. unknown.

    Roll WHPO-E1727 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1727-, President Nixon and Vice President Gerald R. Ford meeting with Republican GOP leaders. 11/1/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. Present as recorded by the PDD: President Nixon, Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford. Robert H. Bork, Jr., Acting Attorney General. Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott (R-Pennsylvania). Sen. Robert P. Griffin (R-Michigan). Sen. Norris Cotton (R-New Hampshire). Sen. Wallace F. Bennett (R-Utah). Sen. John G. Tower (R-Texas). Sen. William E. Brock III (R-Tennessee). Sen. Roman L. Hruska (R-Nebraska). Sen. William B. Saxbe (R-Ohio). Cong. Leslie C. Arends (R-Illinois). Cong. Barber B. Conable, Jr. (R-New York). Cong. Jack Edwards (R-Alabama). Cong. John J. Rhodes (R-Arizona). Cong. David T. Martin (R-Nebraska). Cong. Robert H. Michel (R-Illinois). White House Staff: Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Assistant. Ronald L. Ziegler, Assistant. William E. Timmons, Assistant. Leonard Garment, Counsel. Tom C. Korologos, Deputy Assistant. Max L. Friedersdorf, Deputy Assistant, Anne Armstrong, Counsellor. Bryce N. Harlow, Counsellor. Melvin R. Laird, Counsellor.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1727-03A, President Nixon and Vice President Gerald R. Ford meeting with Republican GOP leaders. 11/1/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford. Robert H. Bork, Jr., Acting Attorney General. Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott (R-Pennsylvania). Sen. Robert P. Griffin (R-Michigan). Sen. Norris Cotton (R-New Hampshire). Sen. Wallace F. Bennett (R-Utah). Sen. John G. Tower (R-Texas). Sen. William E. Brock III (R-Tennessee). Sen. Roman L. Hruska (R-Nebraska). Sen. William B. Saxbe (R-Ohio). Cong. Leslie C. Arends (R-Illinois). Cong. Barber B. Conable, Jr. (R-New York). Cong. Jack Edwards (R-Alabama). Cong. John J. Rhodes (R-Arizona). Cong. David T. Martin (R-Nebraska). Cong. Robert H. Michel (R-Illinois). White House Staff: Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Assistant. Ronald L. Ziegler, Assistant. William E. Timmons, Assistant. Leonard Garment, Counsel. Tom C. Korologos, Deputy Assistant. Max L. Friedersdorf, Deputy Assistant, Anne Armstrong, Counsellor. Bryce N. Harlow, Counsellor. Melvin R. Laird, Counsellor.

    Roll WHPO-E1728 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1728-, President Nixon with Republican GOP leaders. 11/1/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford. Robert H. Bark, Jr., Acting Attorney General. Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott (R-Pennsylvania). Sen. Robert P. Griffin (R-Michigan). Sen. Norris Cotton (R-New Hampshire). Sen. Wallace F. Bennett (R-Utah). Sen. John G. Tower (R-Texas). Sen. William E. Brock III (R-Tennessee). Sen. Roman L. Hruska (R-Nebraska). Sen. William B. Saxbe (R-Ohio). Cong. Leslie C. Arends (R-Illinois). Congo Barber B. Conable, Jr. (R-New York). Congo Jack Edwards (R-Alabama). Congo John J. Rhodes (R-Arizona). Congo David T. Martin (R-Nebraska). Congo Robert H. Michel (R-Illinois). White House Staff: Alexander M. Haig, Jr. J Assistant. Ronald L. Ziegler, Assistant. William E. Timmons, Assistant. Leonard Garment, Counsel. Tom C. Korologos, Deputy Assistant. Max L. Friedersdorf, Deputy Assistant Anne Armstrong, Counsellor. Bryce N. Harlow, Counsellor. Melvin R. Laird, Counsellor.

    Roll WHPO-E1729 Photographer: Schumacher | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1729-, President Nixon, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and officials escort Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir from the Oval office, through the rose garden, to her waiting limousine for departure after a meeting. 11/1/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Golda Meir.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1729-, President Nixon, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger seated informally in the Oval office during a meeting. 11/1/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Golda Meir.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1729-02A, President Nixon, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger seated informally in the Oval office during a meeting. 11/1/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Golda Meir.

    Roll WHPO-E1730 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1730-, President Nixon and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir seated informally in the Oval office during a meeting. 11/1/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Golda Meir, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1730-06, President Nixon and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir seated informally in the Oval office during a meeting. 11/1/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Golda Meir, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

    Roll WHPO-E1731 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1731-, President Nixon, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and officials standing outside the Oval Office posing for photographs before Mrs. Meir's departure. 11/1/1973, Washington, D.C. White House. President Nixon, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1731-11, President Nixon, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and officials standing outside the Oval Office posing for photographs before Mrs. Meir's departure. 11/1/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval office porch steps. President Nixon, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.

    Roll WHPO-E1732 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1732-, President Nixon standing with Henry Kissinger and Golda Meir (Prime Minister of Israel). 11/1/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Exterior. President Nixon, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1732-05A, President Nixon, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and officials standing outside the Oval Office posing for photographs before Mrs. Meir's departure. 11/1/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office porch steps. President Nixon, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.

    Roll WHPO-E1733 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-E1733-, Pat Nixon at a Committee of Art Museums Reception. 11/1/1973, Washington D.C. unknown.

  • 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-111
      Remarks by President Nixon to Golda Meir (Pool report). (11/1/1973, White House Press Lobby)

      Runtime: 0:04:27

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by "N/A"; Recorded by GET (initials of WHCA engineer)

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original. Technical notes: 1 hour 32 minutes and 38 seconds of silence at end of recording removed from access copies.
    • WHCA-SR-K-112
      Remarks by President Nixon to Golda Meir during a photo opportunity. (11/1/1973, White House, Rose Garden)

      Runtime: 0:04:59

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by "N/A"; Recorded by SB (initials of WHCA engineer)

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original. Technical notes: 43 minutes and 58 seconds of silence at end of recording removed from access copies.

    P - Formal Presidential Remarks

    • WHCA-SR-P-731101
      Remarks by President Nixon announcing choice for Attorney General with William Saxbe, Robert Bork. (11/1/1973)

      Runtime: 3:16

      Keywords: Watergate

      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-359
      Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (11/1/1973, White House Press Lobby)

      Runtime: 10:00

      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.

  • 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-6633
      Gerald Ford Vice Presidential Confirmation Hearings.
      NBC, CBS, ABC
      Runtime: 01:03:11
    • WHCA-6634
      Gerald Ford Vice Presidential Confirmation Hearings.
      CBS
      Runtime: 01:02:03
    • WHCA-6635
      Gerald Ford Vice Presidential Confirmation Hearings.
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 01:03:30
    • WHCA-6636
      Gerald Ford Vice Presidential Confirmation Hearings.
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 01:04:32
    • WHCA-6637
      Gerald Ford vice Presidential Confirmation Hearings. George C. Scott.
      CBS
      Runtime: 01:01:47
    • WHCA-6638
      "The Dick Cavett Show" excerpt: Dr. John McLaughlin, Gore Vidal, Rudolph Nureyev. Dr. John McLaughlin (Jesuit priest & Nixon speechwriter), Gore Vidal (author), Rudolph Nureyev (ballet dancer)
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 00:32:07
    • WHCA-6645
      Weekly News Summary, Tape III.
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 1:30

      1. Chancellor/Duke/Graham: Missing White House tapes with Buzhardt. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: NBC.

      2. Chancellor/Brokaw: Saxbe nominated as Attorney General; Bork appoints Jaworski as Special Prosecutor in Watergate case. Time Code Start: 04:48. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, appointments, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.

      3. Cronkite/Lewis: Jaworski news conference on appointment as Special Prosecutor in Watergate case. Time Code Start: 07:12. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, appointments, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.

      4. Brinkley: Public opinion and President Nixon. Time Code Start: 08:57. Keywords: Presidents, public opinions, polls, approval ratings, Gallup poll, Harris poll, needs review, segment on Saxbe and Leon Jaworski in Vanderbilt News Archive for this date. Network: NBC.

      5. Chancellor/Nessen: Gerald Ford nomination hearings. Time Code Start: 10:46. Keywords: Vice Presidents, appointments, nominations, investigations. Network: NBC.

      6. Chancellor/Valeriani: President Nixon meets with Israel's Prime Minister Golda Meir. Time Code Start: 13:01. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, war, Prime Ministers, Presidents, meetings. Network: NBC.

      7. Chancellor: The Secretary of State Kissinger Middle East trip. Time Code Start: 15:25. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war, cabinet, advisors, travel, trips. Network: NBC.

      8. Chancellor/Goralski: The oil shortage. Time Code Start: 15:56. Keywords: energy crisis, petroleum, oil supply, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, sales, costs, increases. Network: NBC.

      9. Cronkite/Rather: Saxbe nominated as Attorney General; Bork appoints Jaworski as Special Prosecutor in Watergate case. Time Code Start: 18:27. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, appointments, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.

      10. Cronkite: Interview with Jaworski on appointment as Special Prosecutor in Watergate case. Time Code Start: 21:48. Keywords: law officials, attorneys, lawyers, appointments, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.

      11. Cronkite/Graham: The missing White House tapes with Buzhardt. Time Code Start: 27:06. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: CBS.

      12. Cronkite/Mudd: Gerald Ford confirmation hearings. Time Code Start: 29:10. Keywords: Vice Presidents, appointments, nominations, investigations. Network: CBS.

      13. Cronkite/Stahl: International Telephone & Telegraph (ITT Corporation) case with Senator Weicker. Time Code Start: 32:33. Keywords: International Telephone & Telegraph, communications, world, corporations, conglomerates, campaign funding, investigations, hearings. Network: CBS.

      14. Cronkite/Kalb: President Nixon meets with Israel's Prime Minister Golda Meir. Time Code Start: 35:27. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, war, Prime Ministers, Presidents, meetings. Network: CBS.

      15. Cronkite: The oil shortage and increase in gas prices. Time Code Start: 37:45. Keywords: energy crisis, petroleum, oil supply, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, imports, sales, costs, increases, rationing, natural resources. Network: CBS.

Context (External Sources)