November 6, 1973

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

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• Message to the Congress Transmitting Report on the Hudson River Basin Compact Act.

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• Federal Register of Tuesday, November 6, 1973

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• House of Representatives: November 6, 1973
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Argued

• Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County
• Morton v. Ruiz
• North Dakota Board of Pharmacy v. Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc.
• O'Brien v. Skinner
• Oneida Indian Nation of New York v. County of Oneida, New York

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• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 63, News Summaries - November 1973 [2 of 19] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • News Summary, November 6, 1973, (Monday nets, wires. Mags separate)

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• President's Daily Brief of 06 November 1973

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Vol. XXII, Panama, 1973-1976

Panama, 1973-1976

• 23. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, November 6, 1973

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Ambassador Bunker’s Correspondence, Lot 78D300, Box 3, Congress. Limited Official Use. Drafted by Bell. The meeting took place in Humphrey’s office.

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

Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973

• 320. Telegram From Secretary of State Kissinger to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft), Rabat, November 6, 1973, 1615Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 41, Kissinger Trip Files, HAK Trip—Mideast, Islamabad, Peking, Tokyo, Seoul, HAKTO 1–60, Nov. 5–16, 1973. Top Secret; Immediate; Sensitive. Kissinger was in Rabat November 5–6, then stopped in Tunis on his way to Cairo, where he stayed November 6–7. He was in Amman November 8, Riyadh November 8–9, Tehran November 9, and Islamabad November 10, when he proceeded to Beijing, Tokyo, and Seoul. He returned to Washington November 16.

• 321. Telegram From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) to Secretary of State Kissinger en Route to Cairo, Washington, November 6, 1973, 1739Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 41, Kissinger Trip Files, HAK Trip—Mideast, Islamabad, Peking, Tokyo, Seoul, TOHAK 1–69, Nov. 5–16, 1973. Top Secret; Immediate; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Sent to Rodman for Kissinger.

• 322. Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting, Washington, November 6, 1973, 2:01-2:54 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H–Files), Box H–117, WSAG Meetings Minutes, Originals, 1973. Top Secret; Nodis; Codeword. The meeting took place in the White House Situation Room.

• 323. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State, Tel Aviv, November 6, 1973, 2200Z

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

Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

October 6, 1973-March 22, 1974

• 236. Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting, Washington, November 6, 1973, 2:01-2:54 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–117, Washington Special Action Group, WSAG Minutes (Originals), 10/2/73–7/22/74. Top Secret; Sensitive; Codeword. Printed in full in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, volume XXV, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973, Document 322.

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

Federal Republic of Germany, 1973-1976

• 275. Memorandum of Conversation, The Hague, November 6, 1973, 8:15-9:45 a.m.

  Summary: Schlesinger and Leber discussed U.S.–FRG relations and the October 1973 Middle East war.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 232, Agency Files, Defense May 73–Dec 1973, Vol. #20 (1of 2). Secret; Eyes Only. The meeting took place in the Promenade Hotel. Kissinger initialed the memorandum.

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-E1735 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1735-, Children of NASA astronauts. 11/6/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Exterior.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1735-, Ron Ziegler with Alumni friends. 11/6/1973, Washington D.C. unknown. Ronald Ziegler.

Roll WHPO-E1736 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1736-, Melvin Laird interviewed for television. 11/6/1973, unknown unknown.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1736-03A-04A, The Marine One helicopter taking off. 11/6/1973, Washington D.C. unknown.

Roll WHPO-E1737 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1737-, President Nixon and Vice President-designate Gerald Ford during a Cabinet meeting. 11/6/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford. Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Rush. Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz. Deputy Secretary of Defense William P. Clements, Jr. Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork, Jr. Secretary of the Interior Rogers C.B. Morton. Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz. Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent. Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan. Secretary of HEW Caspar W. Weinberger. Under Secretary of HUD Floyd H. Hyde. Secretary of Transportation Claude S. Brinegar. Director of the OMB Roy L. Ash. Anne Armstrong, Counsellor. Melvin R. Laird, Counsellor. Bryce N. Harlow, Counsellor. John A. Scali, Ambassador from the U.S. to the UN. George Bush, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Executive Director of the Domestic Council. Peter M. Flanigan, Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP). John T. Dunlop, Director of the Cost of Living Council. Herbert Stein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Russell E. Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Dixy Lee Ray, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Virginia H. Knauer, Special Assistant and Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs. Frederic V. Malek, Deputy Director of the OMB. John A. Love, Director of the Energy Policy Office. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Assistant. Raymond K. Price (Ray Price)_, Jr., Special Consultant. Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant. Noel C. Koch, Special Assistant. David N. Parker, Special Assistant. William J. Baroody, Jr., Special Assistant. Gerald L. Warren, Deputy Press Secretary. Charles J. DiBona, Special Consultant. Robert Hartmann, Legislative Assistant to Gerald R. Ford.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1737-06, Vice President-designate Gerald Ford speaking with Peter Flanigan during a Cabinet meeting. 11/6/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. Gerald Ford, possibly Peter M. Flanigan.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1737-12, Vice President-designate Gerald Ford speaking with Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz after a Cabinet meeting. 11/6/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. Gerald Ford, Earl Butz.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1737-23, Vice President-designate Gerald Ford speaking with Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz, George Shultz and and an unidentified cabinet member after a Cabinet meeting. 11/6/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. Gerald Ford, Earl Butz, George Shultz, unidentified cabinet members.

Roll WHPO-E1738 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1738-, President Nixon and Vice President-designate Gerald Ford during a Cabinet meeting. 11/6/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford. Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Rush. Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz. Deputy Secretary of Defense William P. Clements, Jr. Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork, Jr. Secretary of the Interior Rogers C.B. Morton. Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz. Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent. Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan. Secretary of HEW Caspar W. Weinberger. Under Secretary of HUD Floyd H. Hyde. Secretary of Transportation Claude S. Brinegar. Director of the OMB Roy L. Ash. Anne Armstrong, Counsellor. Melvin R. Laird, Counsellor. Bryce N. Harlow, Counsellor. John A. Scali, Ambassador from the U.S. to the UN. George Bush, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Executive Director of the Domestic Council. Peter M. Flanigan, Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP). John T. Dunlop, Director of the Cost of Living Council. Herbert Stein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Russell E. Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Dixy Lee Ray, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Virginia H. Knauer, Special Assistant and Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs. Frederic V. Malek, Deputy Director of the OMB. John A. Love, Director of the Energy Policy Office. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Assistant. Raymond K. Price (Ray Price)_, Jr., Special Consultant. Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant. Noel C. Koch, Special Assistant. David N. Parker, Special Assistant. William J. Baroody, Jr., Special Assistant. Gerald L. Warren, Deputy Press Secretary. Charles J. DiBona, Special Consultant. Robert Hartmann, Legislative Assistant to Gerald R. Ford.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1738-06, President Nixon and Vice President-designate Gerald Ford during a Cabinet meeting. 11/6/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. At table: President Nixon, Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford. Deputy Secretary of State Kenneth Rush. Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz. Deputy Secretary of Defense William P. Clements, Jr. Acting Attorney General Robert H. Bork, Jr. Secretary of the Interior Rogers C.B. Morton. Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz. Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent. Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan. Secretary of HEW Caspar W. Weinberger. Under Secretary of HUD Floyd H. Hyde. Secretary of Transportation Claude S. Brinegar. Director of the OMB Roy L. Ash. Anne Armstrong, Counsellor. Melvin R. Laird, Counsellor. Bryce N. Harlow, Counsellor. John A. Scali, Ambassador from the U.S. to the UN. George Bush, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Present: Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Executive Director of the Domestic Council. Peter M. Flanigan, Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP). John T. Dunlop, Director of the Cost of Living Council. Herbert Stein, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Russell E. Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Dixy Lee Ray, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). Virginia H. Knauer, Special Assistant and Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs. Frederic V. Malek, Deputy Director of the OMB. John A. Love, Director of the Energy Policy Office. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Assistant. Raymond K. Price (Ray Price)_, Jr., Special Consultant. Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant. Noel C. Koch, Special Assistant. David N. Parker, Special Assistant. William J. Baroody, Jr., Special Assistant. Gerald L. Warren, Deputy Press Secretary. Charles J. DiBona, Special Consultant. Robert Hartmann, Legislative Assistant to Gerald R. Ford.

Roll WHPO-E1739 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1739-03A-07A, Ron Ziegler with a reporter from Africa. 11/6/1973, Washington, D.C. unknown. Ronald Ziegler, unidentified African press reporter.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1739-08A-13A (No negatives - contact sheet only), Audio distribution amplifier, sometimes described as a ""press box"" or "mult" feed, that was capable of creating 24 audio line-level balanced (XLR) outputs and twelve unbalanced RCA outputs. Probably used by WHCA to provide the pool or "mult" feed to networks and the press. 11/6/1973, unknown unknown.

Roll WHPO-E1741 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1741-01A-04A, President Nixon seen through window. 11/6/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1741-05A-06A, Unidentified individual, (possibly White House Photo Office photographer Buck May) looks up from reading a newspaper. 11/6/1973, Washington D.C. White House Photo Office. possibly Buck May.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1741-06, Unidentified individual, (possibly White House Photo Office photographer Buck May) looks up from reading a newspaper. 11/6/1973, Washington D.C. White House Photo Office. possibly Buck May.

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-361
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (11/6/1973, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 49:30:00
  
  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.
• WHCA-SR-S-362
  Remarks by Vice-President designate Gerald Ford at the Washington Hilton Hotel [TR]. (11/6/1973, Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.)
  
  Runtime: 1:31:21
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by ABC (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-6658
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  18. Smith/Schoumacher: White House tapes; Rose Mary Woods to be called as witness. Time Code Start: 30:30. 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.
  
  19. Smith/Clark/Zimmerman/Jarriel: Watergate hearings Richardson before Judiciary committee. Time Code Start: 32:30. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: ABC.
  
  20. Reasoner/Brannigan: Ceasefire; Secretary of State Kissinger in tour. Time Code Start: 37:25. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, Vietnam War, ceasefires. Network: ABC.
  
  21. Reasoner/Kaestner: Election day and the effect of Watergate; California. Time Code Start: 40:20. Keywords: Watergate, Presidents, Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, voting, Senate committee hearings, investigations, officials, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: ABC.
  
  22. Reasoner: Commentary on President Nixon's and Congress' problem. Time Code Start: 43:14. Keywords: Presidents, House of Representatives. Network: ABC.
  
  23. Chancellor/Stern: White House tapes; Steve Bull. Time Code Start: 45:05. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  24. Chancellor/Duke: Richardson appears before Congress. Time Code Start: 47:33. Keywords: House of Representatives, investigations, hearings. Network: NBC.
  
  25. Chancellor/Brokaw: Energy crisis. Time Code Start: 50:28. Keywords: petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources. Network: NBC.
  
  26. Chancellor/Kaplin: European countries support Egypt because of oil. Time Code Start: 52:40. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war, Egyptian, Israeli, energy, petroleum, drilling, oil supply, oil supplies, imports. Network: NBC.
  
  27. Chancellor/Cochran: Forecast for more fighting in Middle East. Time Code Start: 54:37. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war. Network: NBC.
  
  28. Chancellor/Valeriani: Secretary of State Kissinger travels to Egypt. Time Code Start: 56:22. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, travel, trips, Egyptian. Network: NBC.
  
  29. Brinkley: Commentary on Secretary of State Kissinger's peace efforts. Time Code Start: 58:16. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, Egyptian, Israeli, Arabs, war, treaty, treaties, negotiations. Network: NBC.
  
  30. Cronkite/Graham: Rose Mary Woods; White House tapes witness; Steve Bull. Time Code Start: 59:55. 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: CBS.
  
  31. Cronkite/Schorr: Richardson appears before Senate Judiciary committee. Time Code Start: 62:05. Keywords: judges, justices, courts, investigations, cabinet, advisors, Senate committee hearings. Network: CBS.
  
  32. Cronkite: Senate Watergate hearings; Gurney. Time Code Start: 63:50. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.
  
  33. Cronkite/Rather: Gasoline rationing. Time Code Start: 65:22. Keywords: energy, petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, natural resources, energy. Network: CBS.
  
  34. Cronkite/Kalb: Secretary of State Kissinger on Egypt Tour. Time Code Start: 66:35. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, travel, trips, Egyptian. Network: CBS.
  
  35. Cronkite/Harris: Committee to support President Nixon. Time Code Start: 68:18. Keywords: Presidents,. Network: CBS.
  
  36. Cronkite/Bahr: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and auto emissions. Time Code Start: 70:00. Keywords: laws, rulings, automobiles, cars, trucks, vehicles, emissions, pollutants, air pollution, smog, smoke, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Network: CBS.
  
  37. Severaid: Commentary on oil shortage and President Nixon's plans. Time Code Start: 73:22. Keywords: Presidents, statements, energy crisis, petroleum, oil supply, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, imports, shortages. Network: CBS.
• WHCA-W-285
  Proceedings of the Senate Watergate Committee Hearings. Comments from the Senate Watergate Committee members.
  
  Runtime: 01:05:30

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