November 27, 1973

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• Statement Following a Meeting on Drug Abuse Prevention Programs.

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• Federal Register of Tuesday, November 27, 1973

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• President's Daily Brief of 27 November 1973

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

Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973

• 360. Minutes of Bipartisan Leadership Meeting, Washington, November 27, 1973, 8:30 a.m.

  Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 2. Confidential. The meeting was held in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. A list of attendees is in the President’s Daily Diary. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files) Attending were, among others, Senate Majority Leader Michael J. Mansfield, Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott (R–Pennsylvania), and Senators J. William Fulbright, John C. Stennis, Milton R. Young (R–North Dakota), and John L. McClellan (D–Arkansas); Speaker of the House Carl Albert, House Majority Leader Thomas P. O’Neill (D–Massachusetts), House Minority Leader and Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford, and Congressmen William S. Mailliard (R–California) and Samuel S. Stratton (D–New York).

• 361. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State, Tel Aviv, November 27, 1973, 1134Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 611, Country Files, Middle East, Israel, Vol. 13, Nov. 73–Dec. 73. Secret; Flash; Nodis; Cherokee.

Vol. XXVII, Iran; Iraq, 1973-1976

Iraq, January 1973-December 1974

• 239. Briefing Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Sisco) to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, November 27, 1973

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL IRAQ–US. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Korn.

Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

October 6, 1973-March 22, 1974

• 248. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Saudi Arabia, Washington, November 27, 1973, 1337Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 630, Country Files, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Vol. IV. Secret; Priority; Nodis; Cherokee. Drafted by Atherton; cleared by Sisco and Pickering; and approved by Kissinger.

• 249. Paper Prepared in the Office of the Director, Installations and Logistics, Department of Defense, Washington, November 27, 1973

  Source: Washington National Records Center, OASD/IL Files: FRC 330–85–0035, Petroleum—Arab Oil Embargo 1973–74. Confidential. A stamp on the bottom of the page reads: “Sec Def has seen. 1 Dec 1973.” Schlesinger wrote at the top of the page: “Bill Clements: What’s your reaction on Exxon issue? JS.”

• 250. Notes From Peter Rousel of the Republican National Committee to George H. W. Bush, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Washington, November 27, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1336, NSC Unfiled Material 1973. No classification marking. Bush forwarded the notes to Scow-croft, November 28. (Ibid.)

Vol. XXXVIII, Part 1, Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1973-1976

Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1973-1976

• 22. Minutes of a Bipartisan Leadership Meeting, Washington, November 27, 1973, 8:30 a.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1027, Presidential/HAK MemCons, MemCons April–Nov 1973 HAK & Presidential [1 of 5]. Confidential. The meeting took place in the White House Roosevelt Room. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the meeting lasted from 8:38 until 10:16 a.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files) A list of attendees is ibid. Also printed in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, volume XXV, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973, Document 360.

Vol. XXXVIII, Part 2, Organization and Management of Foreign Policy; Public Diplomacy, 1973-1976

The Intelligence Community: Investigation and Reorganization

• 12. National Security Decision Memorandum 239, Washington, November 27, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–243, Policy Papers, 1969–1974, National Security Decision Memoranda, NSDM 239. Confidential. A copy was sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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

Drug Control, 1973-1976

• 151. Minutes of a Joint Meeting of the Cabinet Committees on Drug Abuse, Washington, November 27, 1973

  Committee members discussed the international drug control situation and initiatives to enhance U.S. efforts abroad.
  
  Source: Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 359, Subject Files, Narcotics, Volume V, January 1972–December 1973 (2of 3). Confidential. Forwarded on December 3 to all participants. The international initiatives proposed by Ambassador Handley are published as Document 150.

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

Chile

• 155. Memorandum From the Director of Operations Policy of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Gardner) to the Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (McAfee), Washington, November 27, 1973

  Summary: Department and CIA officials discussed the possible provision of secret assistance to the PDC and other private sector organizations in Chile.
  
  Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, Congressional Liaison Files, 1959–1990: Lot 94D565, James Gardner Chronological File. Secret. The CIA’s memorandum of proposal has not been found. On December 7, Gardner outlined reasons for covert action in support of the PDC. By his estimation, such action would support centrists as opposed to right-wing groups, support democracy in Chile, and strengthen a group that could perhaps compel the junta to curtail human rights abuses. Gardner added that exposure of the assistance would not damage the reputation of the U.S. Government since the motive was to prevent the extinction of democracy, and that an abrupt cut-off of assistance might create resentment in the PDC. (Ibid.)

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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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-E1852 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1852-, President Nixon meeting with Bi-partisan congressional leadership. 11/27/1973, Washington DC White House, Cabinet Room.

Roll WHPO-E1853 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1853-, President Nixon during cabinet meeting regarding narcotics (drug) control. 11/27/1973, Washington DC White House, Cabinet.

Roll WHPO-E1854 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1854-, President Nixon with Commerce Department top officials. 11/27/1973, Washington DC White House, Oval Office.

Roll WHPO-E1855 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1855-, President Nixon meeting with cabinet committee on International Narcotics (drug) control. 11/27/1973, Washington DC White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Kenneth Rush, Deputy Secretary of State. Claude S. Brinegar, Secretary of Transportation. Donald E. Johnson, Administrator of Veterans Affairs. William J. Handley, Senior Adviser to the Secretary and Coordinator for International Narcotic Matters, Department of State. Clarence M. Kelley, Director of the FBI. J. Phil Campbell, Under Secretary of Agriculture. Roy L. Ash, Director of the OMB. William E. Colby, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Walter C. Minnick, Deputy Assistant Director of the OMB. Richard F. Schubert, Under Secretary of Labor. Frederic V. Malek, Deputy Director of the OMB. Edward L. Morgan, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Robert L. DuPont, Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention (Director). Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of HEW. John R. Bartels, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Robert H. Bork, Acting Attorney General. White House staff: Melvin R. Laird, Counsellor. Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Executive Director of the Domestic Council. Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant. Geoffrey C. Sheppard, Associate Director of the Domestic Council. Presidential Photographer Ollie Atkins.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1855-23, President Nixon meeting with cabinet committee on International Narcotics (drug) control. 11/27/1973, Washington DC White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Kenneth Rush, Deputy Secretary of State. Claude S. Brinegar, Secretary of Transportation. Donald E. Johnson, Administrator of Veterans Affairs. William J. Handley, Senior Adviser to the Secretary and Coordinator for International Narcotic Matters, Department of State. Clarence M. Kelley, Director of the FBI. J. Phil Campbell, Under Secretary of Agriculture. Roy L. Ash, Director of the OMB. William E. Colby, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Walter C. Minnick, Deputy Assistant Director of the OMB. Richard F. Schubert, Under Secretary of Labor. Frederic V. Malek, Deputy Director of the OMB. Edward L. Morgan, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Robert L. DuPont, Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention (Director). Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of HEW. John R. Bartels, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Robert H. Bork, Acting Attorney General. White House staff: Melvin R. Laird, Counsellor (seated at table). Presidential Photographer Ollie Atkins, Present but not identified: Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Executive Director of the Domestic Council. Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant. Geoffrey C. Sheppard, Associate Director of the Domestic Council.

Roll WHPO-E1856 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1856-, Pat Nixon visits National Bureau of Standards Experimental House. 11/27/1973, unknown unknown.

Roll WHPO-E1857 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1857-, Pat Nixon visiting National Bureau of Standards Experimental House. 11/27/1973, unknown unknown. Pat Nixon, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1857-20, Pat Nixon visiting the National Bureau of Standards Experimental House and looking at exhibits with an unidentified man and woman. 11/27/1973, unknown unknown. Pat Nixon, unidentified persons.

Roll WHPO-E1858 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1858-, Bryce Harlow. 11/27/1973, unknown unknown. Bryce N. Harlow.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1858-12, Bryce Harlow standing by his desk with arms crossed. 11/27/1973, unknown unknown. Bryce N. Harlow.

Roll WHPO-E1874 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1874-02A-03A, Rose Mary Woods' typewriter and audio tape recorder on a table next to her desk. 11/27/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Rose Mary Woods' office desk area. Rose Mary Woods.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1874-04A, 09A, 16A, 19A, 22A, Rose Mary Woods seated at her desk, reaching for the telephone, demonstrating how the White House audio tape recording erasure took place. 11/27/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Rose Mary Woods' office desk area. Rose Mary Woods.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1874-05A-08A, 14A-15A, 17A-18A, Rose Mary Woods seated at her desk, speaking on the telephone demonstrating how the White House audio tape recording erasure took. 11/27/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Rose Mary Woods' office desk area. Rose Mary Woods.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1874-10A, 20A-21A, Rose Mary Woods seated at her typewriter next to her office desk. 11/27/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Rose Mary Woods' office desk area. Rose Mary Woods.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1874-11-13A, Rose Mary Woods' desk area, with her typewriter and audio tape recorder set on a table next to her desk. 11/27/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Rose Mary Woods' office desk area. Rose Mary Woods.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1874-18, Rose Mary Woods seated at her desk, speaking on the telephone demonstrating how the White House audio tape recording erasure worked. 11/27/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Rose Mary Woods' office desk area. Rose Mary Woods.

Roll WHPO-E1875 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1875-, Rose Mary Woods' office desk. 11/27/1973, 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.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-731117
  Remarks by President Nixon on narcotics control. (11/27/1973)
  
  Runtime: 1:04
  
  Keywords: drugs, drug abuse, narcotics, heroin, marijuana, addicts, addiction, prevention, programs
  
  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-383
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (11/27/1973, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 12:28
  
  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-6684
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:30:14
  
  19. Reasoner/Tomlinson: Pentagon demands oil. Time Code Start: 45:06. Keywords: United States Department of Defense headquarters, Armed Forces. Network: ABC.
  
  20. Reasoner/Tucker: Effects of the energy crisis on the stock market and the effect of President Nixon's latest speech. Time Code Start: 47:11. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources. Network: ABC.
  
  21. Reasoner/Peterson: John Love questioned by Senator Mondale on energy problems and actions. Time Code Start: 50:02. Keywords: fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources. Network: ABC.
  
  22. Reasoner/Schoumacher: White House tapes and Rose Mary Woods. Time Code Start: 52:42. Keywords: Presidents, personal secretaries, employees, women, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: ABC.
  
  23. Chancellor/Levine: Gas rationing is more possible than ever. Time Code Start: 55:05. Keywords: energy, petroleum, oil supply, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources. Network: NBC.
  
  24. Chancellor/Goralski: Airlines personnel cutbacks. Time Code Start: 57:04. Keywords: businesses, aviation industry, commercial airlines, jobs, unemployment, layoffs. Network: NBC.
  
  25. Chancellor/Paxton: More on energy conservation measures legislation and laws. Time Code Start: 59:30. Keywords: fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources, conserving. Network: NBC.
  
  26. Chancellor/Stern: White House tapes; Rose Mary Woods. Time Code Start: 61:49. Keywords: Presidents, personal secretaries, employees, women, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  27. Chancellor/Kiker: How NBC Kiker thinks Rose Mary Woods could or could not have erased the tape. Time Code Start: 64:33. Keywords: Presidents, personal secretaries, employees, women, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  28. Chancellor: President Nixon's tax forms for '70 and '71 may be released. Time Code Start: 66:35. Keywords: Presidents, Internal Revenue Service, taxes, taxation, revenue, audits, investigations, state taxes. Network: NBC.
  
  29. Chancellor/Nessen: Senate votes for confirmation for Gerald Ford as VP (film). Time Code Start: 67:18. Keywords: Vice Presidents, appointments, nominees, nominations, confirmations, candidates, hearings, investigations, voting. Network: NBC.
  
  30. Brinkley: Commentary on people who are removing emission control devices; U.S.S. Sequoia to be mothballed. Time Code Start: 69:46. Keywords: pollution, smog, autos, manufacturing, Presidents, ships, boats, yachts. Network: NBC.
  
  31. Cronkite/Graham: White House tapes; accidental erasure demonstration by Fred Graham. Time Code Start: 71:55. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: CBS.
  
  32. Cronkite: Audio expert talks about the possibility of a mistake with Watergate tape. Time Code Start: 74:19. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.
  
  33. Cronkite/Rather: Haldeman's notes on a meeting with President Nixon three days after the Watergate break-in. Time Code Start: 76:49. Keywords: advisors, counsels, attorneys, lawyers, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.
  
  34. Cronkite/Threlkeld: West coast running out of diesel fuel. Time Code Start: 78:19. Keywords: energy crisis, oil crisis, petroleum, oil supply, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, allocations. Network: CBS.
  
  35. Cronkite/Pierpoint: More on oil shortage; President Nixon meets Secretary of State Kissinger; Senator Scott and Fulbright. Time Code Start: 80:03. Keywords: Presidents, cabinet, advisors, meetings, energy crisis, petroleum, oil supply, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing. Network: CBS.
  
  36. Cronkite/Mudd: Senate votes for Gerald Ford confirmation (film). Time Code Start: 82:50. Keywords: Vice Presidents, appointments, nominations, investigations, voting. Network: CBS.
  
  37. Cronkite: President Nixon will make income tax returns public. Time Code Start: 84:04. Keywords: Presidents, Internal Revenue Service, taxes, taxation, revenue, audits, investigations, state taxes. Network: CBS.
  
  38. Cronkite/Morton: SBA finances; White House involvement criminal misconduct. Time Code Start: 84:45. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.
  
  39. Sevareid: Commentary on government trends before and after the energy crisis began. Time Code Start: 86:38. Keywords: petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources. Network: CBS.

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