November 3, 1973

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The President's day began at Key Biscayne, Florida

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• Statement on Signing the Amtrak Improvement Act of 1973.

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• President's Daily Brief of 03 November 1973

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

Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973

• 314. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, November 3, 1973, 8:47-9:50 a.m.

  Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 2. Secret. The breakfast meeting was held in the White House Map Room.

• 315. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Kissinger and President Nixon, November 3, 1973, 11:40 a.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Kissinger Telephone Conversations, Transcripts (Telcons), Chronological File, Box 23. No classification marking. Kissinger was in Washington; Nixon was in Key Biscayne.

• 316. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Kissinger and the Soviet Ambassador (Dobrynin), Washington, November 3, 1973, 12:20 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Kissinger Telephone Conversations, Transcripts (Telcons), Chronological File, Box 23. No classification marking.

• 317. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Kissinger and the Israeli Ambassador (Dinitz), Washington, November 3, 1973, 5:15 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Kissinger Telephone Conversations, Transcripts (Telcons), Chronological File, Box 23. No classification marking.

• 319. Memorandum From Harold H. Saunders and William B. Quandt of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, November 3, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 40, Kissinger Trip Files, HAK Trip—Mideast, Islamabad, Peking, Tokyo, Seoul, Nov. 5–16, 1973, Misc. & Memos. Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. A handwritten notation on the memorandum states that it is a briefing paper for Kissinger’s Mideast trip. Brackets are in the original.

Vol. XXX, Greece; Cyprus; Turkey, 1973-1976

Turkey

• 198. Telegram From the Embassy in Turkey to the Department of State, Ankara, November 3, 1973, 0932Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 633, Country Files, Middle East, Turkey, Vol. III. Secret; Priority; Exdis.

Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

October 6, 1973-March 22, 1974

• 234. Memorandum From Charles A. Cooper of the National Security Council Staff to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, November 3, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 321, Subject Files, Energy Crisis, Nov 73–Feb 74. Secret. Sent for action.

• 235. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Casey) to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, November 3, 1973

  Source: National Archives, RG 56, Records of Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz 1971–74, Box 7, GPS Secretary of State C–1974. No classification marking. All tabs are attached but not printed. Tabs A and B are described in footnote 2, Document 233.

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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• WHCA-6640
  "Agronsky & Company". Bill Hungate and Bob McClory.
  Eastern Educational Network
  Runtime: 00:33:30
• WHCA-6645
  Weekly News Summary, Tape III.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  33. Brokaw/Burrington: Middle East ceasefire briefly broken. Time Code Start: 83:06. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war, ceasefires. Network: NBC.
  
  34. Brokaw/Valeriani: Secretary of State Kissinger meets Israel's Prime Minister Golda Meir. Time Code Start: 85:51. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, war, Prime Ministers, cabinet, advisors, leaders, travel, trips, meetings. Network: NBC.
  
  35. Browkaw/Montogmery: Arab oil and U.S. NATO allies. Time Code Start: 87:41. Keywords: Arabian, Arabs, Middle East, Mideast, meetings, energy, petroleum, drilling, oil supply, oil supplies, imports, N.A.T.O., North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Europe, international, world, military, war, defence, defense. Network: NBC.
• WHCA-6646
  Weekly News Summary, Tape IV.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 0:30
  
  1. Brokaw/McCormick: Gerald Ford nomination and President Nixon's troubles. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Presidents, Vice Presidents, appointments, nominations, investigations. Network: NBC.
  
  2. Brokaw/Paxton: Detroit newspaper (possibly Detroit Free Press) calls for President Nixon's resignation. Time Code Start: 02:30. Keywords: Presidents, resignations, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, media, newspapers, magazines, publications. Network: NBC.
  
  3. Rather/Kalb: Middle East ceasefire; Secretary of State Kissinger in Washington, D.C.. Time Code Start: 04:00. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war, cabinet, advisors, ceasefires. Network: CBS.
  
  4. Rather: President Nixon and public opinion with Senator James L. Buckley. Time Code Start: 06:00. Keywords: Presidents, public opinions, polls, approval ratings, Gallup poll, Harris poll, Senators. Network: CBS.
  
  5. Rather/Joones: GOP (Republican) concern about Watergate and President Nixon's actions. Time Code Start: 09:50. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, impeachment, resignations, Republicans, Republican Party. Network: CBS.
  
  6. Rather/Henderson: Poll on President Nixon's war against the Press. Time Code Start: 11:20. Keywords: Presidents, public opinions, polls, approval ratings, Gallup poll, Harris poll, media, newspapers, magazines, reporters, editors. Network: CBS.
  
  7. Rather: Watergate hearings. Time Code Start: 12:54. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.
  
  8. Rather: The Chicago Seven trials (Chicago 7). Time Code Start: 13:28. Keywords: Yuppies, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, Chicago Seven (Chicago 7), militants, demonstrations, demonstraters, protests, protesters, Republican National Convention, convention, crime, crimes, offences, infractions, criminals, criminality, law break. Network: CBS.

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