October 12, 1972

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

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• Statement About the Proposed Federal Spending Ceiling and the Economy
• Informal Exchange With Reporters After Motorcade Through Atlanta, Georgia.
• Remarks at a Campaign Reception for Southern Supporters in Atlanta, Georgia.

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• Federal Register of Thursday, October 12, 1972

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• Senate: October 12, 1972
• House of Representatives: October 12, 1972
• Extensions of Remarks: October 12, 1972

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• Keyes v. School District No. 1, Denver, Colorado
• National Labor Relations Board v. International Van Lines
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez

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• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 51, News Summaries - October 1972 [5 of 7] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • Political Media Analysis, October 12, 1972
  • News Summary, October 12, 1972, (Wed. nets, wires, columns, mags)
• President's Daily Schedule, Box 102, [President's Daily Schedule, Oct.-Dec. 1972] [1 of 2]
  • The President's Schedule, Thursday - October 12, 1972

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• President's Speech File
  • Box 80, Thursday, October 12, 1972, Atlanta, Georgia

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• Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
  Thursday, October 12th. The President had me in this morning before we took off for Atlanta. He's concerned again about the voter telegram, because of the charges we may get on the money spent and who pays for it, and the assumption that the President sent it at government expense. So he wants printed on the bottom of the back that this message is paid for by the Committee to Reelect the President. He had a lot of attack ideas; he wants to attack the press on the double standard, the violent demonstrations at the Republican Convention, pierced times, and so on, the flyers sent out for the Berkeley demonstration, thousands of dollars of damage in San Francisco, obscenities at the Statue of Liberty, Tricia at Columbus Day. Why haven't the press picked this up? Also on McGovern's Vietnam speech…
  
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  …we should get out the line the Thais say, we should get the Thais to say that we would, that they won't accept a residual force, if we pull out of Vietnam. They should say this now before the League of Families meets.
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  He got into a schedule change, decided he'd like to do an hour TV deal in Chicago after the motorcade, that would be with four or five press people from the Chicago press, so this would take place of a press conference. I suggested we stay overnight in Chicago, do this the next day, then go to Denver late in the afternoon, which would really work out better.
  
  Atlanta worked out very well. We had a huge crowd, and great confetti, and color, and so forth, but it just somehow didn't have the spark of super enthusiasm that you sometimes get and sometimes don't. I don't think we did anything wrong, but that was very definitely my feeling, and I think it was his. Although, we got very good press coverage and reaction on it, and it was extremely successful overall.
  
  Henry and Haig got back from Paris and had dinner with the President at 7:00. I went home from the airport, got a call at home saying the President wanted me at the dinner, so I drove back in to the White House. We met at 6:45 in the EOB office Colson there at the time and the President went over some odds and ends with Chuck on reaction to today, then Kissinger and Haig arrived, and Chuck left. We sat in the inner office, and as soon as Chuck went out the door, Kissinger opened by saying, well, you've got three for three, Mr. President. The President was sitting over in his easy chair; Kissinger, Haig and I were sitting at the table. The President was a little incredulous at first, and sort of queried Henry a bit. Henry started to outline the agreement from the, his secret red folder, made the point overall that we got a much better deal by far than we had expected. There are...
  
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  …still five items to negotiate…
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  ...but, Kissinger's convinced that he can do this. The net effect is that it leaves Thieu in office. We get a stand-in-place cease-fire on October 30 or 31.
  
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  They permit the South Vietnamese to hold the prisoners in jail.
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  They have to agree to work together to set up a Council of International, or National Concord and Reconciliation, but any action by this council has to be by unanimous vote, so it can't effectively hurt Thieu any. The cease-fire would be followed by a complete withdrawal of troops within 60 days and a return of the POW's in 60 days, so we'd have everything done by the end of the year. He then said that North Vietnam, one of the agreements is that we’d provide an economic aid program...
  
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  …for five years.
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  The President interjected at that point, said this is the most significant thing of all, because it's a collapse of Communist principle. They’ve always refused to accept that kind of aid because it admits the failure of their system: this gives us the leverage on them. China refused any discussion of it, and so on. The President kept interrupting Henry all through the discussion. He obviously was all cranked up and wasn't really listening to the details. He commented on the problems leading up to this agreement, the significance of China, the bombing and mining and his usual litany, kidding Henry some, referring to Haig a great deal, and asking if he really was satisfied with the deal, because he had been basically opposed to it last week, because he thought we were screwing Thieu. Now he thinks it's okay, but he is concerned about whether we can sell Thieu on it. I asked him after the meeting, though, whether he really honestly felt it was a good deal, and he says he does think it is. Henry kept trying to plow through his folder and all the details, the President kept interrupting, on the, for instance the point of how we handle this with Rogers. There was some discussion of that, and then back to details. The plan will be for Henry to go to Paris next Tuesday, then to Saigon, then for him to work it out with Thieu. He'll spend three days there, then up to Hanoi, then back to Saigon to report to Thieu, and then back to here and we make the deal. The President interjected that Haig must go with you. Henry said no, we need him here to deal with the bureaucracy, and all. The President said well, someone's got to go. He suggested me. I felt I should not. Kissinger said no, it would raise too much anticipation, if it were known that I was going, and also I'm needed here to hold things down.
  
  We then went into dinner in the outer office. The President told Manalo to bring the good wine, his '57 Lafite Rothschild, or whatever it is, to be served to everyone. Usually it's just served to the President, and the rest of us have some California Beaulieu Vineyard stuff. The discussion continued along the same line, then the President toasted us all. The decision was to handle Rogers at breakfast tomorrow, and that I'm to be there to tell him that we had a significant breakthrough on the military side, but that Kissinger has to go back to Paris next week to try to finish up the political part of it. If he gets it worked out, he'll then go to Saigon to go over it with Thieu. We won't tell him about Hanoi or the fact that the whole schedule is set now, with the President making the announcement on October 26 for the October 30 cease-fire.
  
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  The President keeps misstating the tactics with Rogers, saying that Henry will go to Saigon to force this down Thieu's throat. Henry and I keep correcting him, making the point that he's going to discuss it with Thieu.
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  Kissinger wants to be sure there's no responsibilities assigned to Rogers, because he'll try to parlay them at the State Department. Instead, let Henry line up Bill Sullivan, so that he's Henry's man and that he'll take Sullivan with him. Also, he wants to handle Alex Johnson, playing to the idea that the future of the Foreign Service depends on Johnson's cooperation on this with the President. He feels that this will keep Rogers in line and should work out all right. Then the ultimate payoff for Rogers is that he gets to go to Paris and sign the cease-fire with the Vietnamese foreign minister on October 30 and that takes effect when they sign it. We went around the details some more. The real basic problem boils down to the question of whether Thieu can be sold on it...
  
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  …and if he doesn't buy it, there's no option but to flush him, because we can't turn down the offer: we're trapped now…
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  …it's too good to turn down and get away with it in this country, because they'd release it. The President is obviously really cranked up with the whole thing. Kissinger reported on the very high emotional level of the talks and the fact that at the end of 16 hours, no I guess it was 14 hours of talks yesterday, that Le Duc Tho remarked to him that the two of them had been negotiating on this for four years now, but they'd had some very tough times on each other and all that; but now we both had sought the same thing, which was to make peace and today we have made peace.
  
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  He then started crying, and shook hands with Henry. The other Vietnamese also cried.
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  Henry said that on the question of when we stop the bombing, which, of course, we have to do a few days before the announcement.
  
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  They changed the date of the announcement three days after they had established a date for stopping the bombing three days earlier. And, Tho referred to something about that. And Henry said, well, of course we have to continue bombing for three days more then, which he said Tro--, Tho accepted, but in a very trembling fashion. The real point is that they're really screwing the Vietcong because they're keeping their people prisoner and basically selling them out.
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  Haig feels that the reason they're doing this is that they've basically given up. They have no more hope, and they're now going to try and establish friendship with us, which is what they say they want just like our China relationship. Overall, it boils down to a super-historic night if it all holds together, and Henry now is convinced it will. He thinks that he's really got the deal, so we'll see.
  
  End of October 12th.
• Original audio recording (MP3)

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• President's Daily Brief of 12 October 1972

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Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

UN Finances and Reduction of the U.S. Assessment

• 190. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, New York, October 12, 1972, 2021Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, UN 10–4. Confidential; Immediate.

Vol. IX, Vietnam, October 1972-January 1973

Breakthrough in Paris Blocked in Saigon, October 8-23, 1972

• 7. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Moorer) to Secretary of Defense Laird, Washington, October 12, 1972

  Source: National Archives, RG 218, Records of the Chairman, Records of Thomas Moorer, Box 29, Vietnam, October 1972. Top Secret; Sensitive. A handwritten notation at the top of the first page reads: “Hand carried 12 Oct 72 1235.”

• 8. Backchannel Message From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Ambassador to Vietnam (Bunker), Washington, October 12, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 857, For the President’s Files (Winston Lord)—China Trip/Vietnam, Sensitive Camp David, Vol. XX [2 of 2]. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only.

Vol. E-4, Documents on Iran and Iraq, 1969-1972

Iran 1972

• 223. Telegram 6166 From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State, Tehran, October 12, 1972, 0750Z

  The Embassy relayed the Iranian Government’s decision to reduce authorized 1973 poppy cultivation to ten per cent of the 1972 level.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, SOC 11–5 IRAN. Confidential. Also sent to BNDD. Repeated to Kabul, Islamabad, and Ankara. One Department official, identified only as “MAGM”, wrote to “JCM” on October 12: “I have reservations on this one. The Iranians are making no sacrifice and are taking no risk comparable to that taken by the Turks. This cutback is only for one year; there is nothing to suggest that Iran will not resume full cultivation once the surplus is used up. It could be useful to pat them on the back to remind them of our interest and encourage any inclination to hold down poppy cultivation in the future, but this cutback isn’t worth a public announcement at the high levels of the USG comparable to the President’s statement on the Turkish ban.” (NEA/IRN, Office of Iran Affairs, Lot File 75D410, Box 8, SOC 11–5, Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Iran 1972)

Vol. E-5, Part 2, Documents on North Africa, 1969-1972

Morocco

• 133. Telegram Secto 80/3838 From Secretary of State Rogers to the Department of State, New York, October 12, 1972, 1744Z

  The telegram transmitted a memorandum of a conversation between Rogers and Behima, in which they discussed a range of issues, notably the need to reconsider U.S. bases in Morocco in order to placate the Moroccan opposition.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, DEF 15 MOR-US. Confidential; Exdis. It was repeated to Rabat and Madrid.

Vol. E-7, Documents on South Asia, 1969-1972

U.S. Relations with India and Pakistan, 1972

• 305. Telegram 8436 From the Embassy in Pakistan to the Department of State, Islamabad, October 12, 1972, 1229Z

  Chargé Sober recommended approval of a Pakistani request for 400,000 tons of wheat under PL—480 to offset the effects of a drought. Sober noted Pakistani President Bhutto’s urgent interest in the request.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, AID (US) 15–8 PAK. Confidential; Exdis. Pakistan made the case for additional PL–480 supplies in an aide-mémoire submitted to the U.S. Embassy on October 3. According to the aide-mémoire, the wheat harvest in Pakistan had suffered from drought and unless the requested supplies were provided by the United States, the Government would be confronted with sharp rises in politically sensitive wheat prices. (Telegram 8317 from Islamabad, October 6; ibid.)

Afghanistan, 1969-1972

• 369. Telegram From Secretary of State Rogers to the Department of State, New York, October 12, 1972

  Rogers met with Foreign Minister Shafiq at the United Nations to discuss U.S.-Afghan relations.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 1 AFG. Limited Official Use. Also numbered USUN 3836. Rogers and Shafiq were in New York for the autumn session of the UN General Assembly.

Vol. E-16, Documents on Chile, 1969-1973

Cool and Correct: The U.S. Response to the Allende Administration, November 5, 1970-December 31, 1972

• 120. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Eliot) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, October 12, 1972

  Summary: Eliot discussed the fallout from the Kennecott Copper Company’s decision to withdraw from using the Chilean legal system to obtain redress for expropriated property. Instead, Kennecott officials were attempting to gain redress by using other nations’ legal systems.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, INCO–COPPER CHILE. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Girdler; cleared by Feldman, Weintraub, Fisher, and Crimmins. Miller signed for Eliot above Eliot’s typed signature.

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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Cabinet Room

• 108-2; Unknown between 9:06 a.m. & 8:48 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Shultz, George P.; Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); Smith, James E.; Scott, Hugh; Griffin, Robert P.; Cotton, Norris; Dominick, Peter H.; Dole, Robert J.; Bennett, Wallace F.; Tower, John G.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Timmons, William E.; Korologos, Thomas C.; Gifford, William L.; Johnson, Wallace H.; White House photographer

Old Executive Office Building

• 366-4; 6:09 p.m. - 6:09 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 366-5; Unknown between 6:09 p.m. & 6:10 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 366-6; 6:10 p.m. - 8:46 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Bull, Stephen B.; Sanchez, Manolo; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.

Oval Office

• 796-1; Unknown between 8:59 a.m. & 9:01 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 796-2; 9:01 a.m. - 9:06 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
• 796-3; 9:45 a.m. - 9:52 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 796-4; 10:05 a.m. - 10:33 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Butterfield, Alexander P.

White House Telephone

• 31-32; 6:09 p.m. - 6:09 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 31-33; Unknown between 6:09 p.m. & 6:10 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 31-34; Unknown between 6:10 p.m. & 7:05 p.m.; Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator
• 31-35; Unknown between 6:10 p.m. & 7:05 p.m.; Kissinger, Henry A.; White House operator

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Roll WHPO-D0671 Photographer: Royer | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0671-03-04, An unoccupied office. 10/12/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0671-05-10, Deputy Special Assistant John E. Nidecker and Rep. Keating receiving a plaque from two men. 10/12/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. Nidecker, William Keating, unidentified men.

Roll WHPO-D0672 Photographer: Royer | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0672-, President Nixon and officials meeting with Senate Republican leaders. 10/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Tower, Dole, Griffin, Weinberger, Shultz, Dominick, Bennett, Cotton, Scott, aides.

Roll WHPO-D0673 Photographer: Royer | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0673-, William Codus and an unidentified group of men and women. 10/12/1972, Washington, D.C. Cabinet Room, hall, White House. William Codus, unidentified men and women.

Roll WHPO-D0674 Photographer: Royer | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0674-, Martha Raye seated with Barbara Franklin. 10/12/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. Martha Raye, Barbara Franklin.

Roll WHPO-D0675 Photographer: Royer | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0675-, A Pay Board Luncheon. 10/12/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. unidentified Pay Board members.

Roll WHPO-D0676 Photographer: Royer | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0676-, Photos of Shirley Browne taken at various sites. 10/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House grounds. Shirley Browne.

Roll WHPO-D0677 Photographer: Royer | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0677-, Photos of Shirley Browne taken at various sites. 10/12/1972, Washington, D.C. White House grounds. Shirley Browne.

Roll WHPO-D0678 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0678-, The presidential motorcade, spectators and crowd lining the street. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. President Nixon, , Pat Nixon, aides, crowd.

Roll WHPO-D0679 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0679-03A-12A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon (the Nixons) are greeted upon arrival at the airport. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta International Airport, tarmac. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rep. & Mrs. Fletcher Thompson, Deborah Thompson, Rep. & Mrs. Benjamin Blackburn, Mayor & Mrs. Sam Massell, Jr., Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Cook, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0679-13A-36A, The Nixons (President Nixon and Pat Nixon) waving to the crowd from their limo motorcade. Secret Service Officers hold onto the limo and watch the crowd. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rep. & Mrs. Fletcher Thompson, Deborah Thompson, Rep. & Mrs. Benjamin Blackburn, Mayor & Mrs. Sam Massell, Jr., Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Cook, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0679-23A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon interacting with the crowd from their limo motorcade. Secret Service Officers hold onto the limo and watch the crowd. Two Vietnam War protest signs above the crowd read "U.S. out of S.E. Asia now!". 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, crowd, unidentified secret service agents.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0679-33A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon waving to the crowd from their limo motorcade. Secret Service Officers hold onto the limo and watch the crowd. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, crowd, unidentified secret service agents.

Roll WHPO-D0681 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0681-, President Nixon and Pat Nixon waving to the crowd during a motorcade. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, aides, crowd.

Roll WHPO-D0682 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0682-, President Nixon and Pat Nixon waving to the crowd during a motorcade. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, aides, crowd.

Roll WHPO-D0683 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0683-02-10, Nixon and Pat Nixon with guests after addressing Southern supporters. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Essex Hall, holding room, Hanover Hall; tarmac, Atlanta International Airport. President Nixon, , Pat Nixon, guests, Mario Meneses, Dr. Arturo Hevia, Edgar Buttari, Jr., Jose Arteaga, Jose Manuel Casanova, Carlos de la Vega, local policemen.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0683-11-12, President Nixon with officers of the Cuban-Americans for President Nixon Committee. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Essex Hall, holding room, Hanover Hall; tarmac, Atlanta International Airport. President Nixon, , Pat Nixon, guests, Mario Meneses, Dr. Arturo Hevia, Edgar Buttari, Jr., Jose Arteaga, Jose Manuel Casanova, Carlos de la Vega, local policemen.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0683-14-17, The Nixons talking to local policemen prior to departure of the "Spirit of '76.". 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Essex Hall, holding room, Hanover Hall; tarmac, Atlanta International Airport. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, guests, Mario Meneses, Dr. Arturo Hevia, Edgar Buttari, Jr., Jose Arteaga, Jose Manuel Casanova, Carlos de la Vega, local policemen.

Roll WHPO-D0684 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0684-02A-03A, President Nixon standing at a microphone addressing Southern supporters. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Essex Hall, Hanover Hall; tarmac, Atlanta International Airport. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Southern supporters.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0684-04A, Nixon and Pat Nixon waving prior to entering the "Spirit of '76." (Airforce One - AF1). 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Essex Hall, Hanover Hall; tarmac, Atlanta International Airport. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Southern supporters.

Roll WHPO-D0685 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0685-, The Presidential motorcade. President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing and waving to the crowd during a campaign stop in Atlanta, Georgia. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, aides, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0685-12, President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing in their limo motorcade waving to the crowd. President Nixon holds his hand up to steady a child baton majorette standing on the limo and waving with them during a campaign stop parade in Atlanta, Georgia. McGovern campaign signs held near them in the crowd. "Tell us about Watergate" sign in the crowd. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, unidentified little girl, crowd, secret service agents.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0685-17, President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing in their limo motocade as they drive by the crowd. President Nixon holds his hand up to steady a child baton majorette standing on the limo and waving with them during a campaign stop parade in Atlanta. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, unidentified little girl, crowd, secret service agents.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0685-20, Pat Nixon standing in their Presidential limo motorcade surrounded by confetti falling in the air during a campaign stop in Atlanta, Georgia. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. Pat Nixon.

Roll WHPO-D0686 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0686-, The presidential motorcade, President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing and waving to the crowd. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, aides, crowd.

Roll WHPO-D0688 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0688-02A-07A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon congratulate Chief M. Sgt. Jose Ramon Lopez upon their arrival. 10/12/1972, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland tarmac. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Jose Ramon Lopez.

Roll WHPO-D0692 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0692-, President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing and waving to the crowd from their motorcade during a campaign stop in Atlanta, Georgia. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0692-12, President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing in their limo motocade. President Nixon holds his hand up to steady a child baton majorette standing on the limo and waving with them during a campaign stop parade in Atlanta. Protest sign far back in the crowd reads: "Tell Us About Watergate.". 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, unidentified little girl, crowd, secret service agents.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0692-20, Pat Nixon stretches from the limo motorcade window, to hold the hand of a young girl held by her father amid the crowd, during a campaign stop parade in Atlanta. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street. Pat Nixon, unidentified little girl, crowd, secret service agents.

Roll WHPO-D0693 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0693-01A-21A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing and waving to the crowd from the their motorcade. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street; Essex Room, Hanover Hall. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, crowd, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0693-22A, President Nixon walking to a microphone to address Southern campaign supporters in Atlanta. 10/12/1972, Atlanta, Georgia Peach Tree Street; Essex Room, Hanover Hall. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, crowd, guests.

Roll WHPO-D0701 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0701-, Vice President Agnew with unidentified men after leaving his plane, speaking to a crowd, and greeting the crowd before and after speaking. 10/12/1972, Roswell, New Mexico unidentified airport tarmac, outdoor site. Spiro Agnew, unidentified men, crowd.

Roll WHPO-D0702 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0702-05-12, Vice President Agnew speaking with unidentified persons. 10/12/1972, unknown unidentified site. Spiro Agnew, unidentified persons, aides, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0702-14-22, Vice President Agnew talking with persons flying with him on his plane. 10/12/1972, midflight airplane interior. Spiro Agnew, unidentified persons, aides, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0702-23-35, Vice President Agnew greeting a crowd and speaking to a gathering. 10/12/1972, Roswell, New Mexico unidentified site. Spiro Agnew, unidentified persons, aides, crowd.

Roll WHPO-D0703 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0703-, Vice President Agnew meeting with teachers and students at unidentified sites. 10/12/1972, Roswell, New Mexico unknown. Spiro Agnew, teachers, students, reporters.

Roll WHPO-D0704 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0704-, Vice President Agnew talking to reporters, meeting individually with unidentified persons, and addressing an audience. 10/12/1972, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma unknown. Spiro Agnew, unidentified persons, reporters, audience.

Roll WHPO-D0706 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0706-03-12, Vice President Agnew being greeted upon arrival at the airport. Agnew addressing an audience. 10/12/1972, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma airport tarmac, unknown location. Spiro Agnew, unidentified persons, audience.

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.

H - White House Staff Member Recordings

• WHCA-SR-H-660
  Briefing of Congressional Leadership by John D. Ehrlichman and Hugh Scott. (10/12/1972, Press Lobby, White House)
  
  Runtime: 7:55
  
  Keywords: Briefings, private briefings
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JBA (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-721007
  Remarks by President Nixon to Southern GOP and Re-Election Committees in Atlanta's Regency Hyatt House. (10/12/1972)
  
  Runtime: 25:00:00
  
  Keywords: Presidential campaigns, Presidential elections, 1972 Presidential campaign, 1972 Presidential election
  
  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-5818
  "Today" Show excerpt.
  Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc.
  Runtime: 0:10
• WHCA-5820
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  25. Smith/Rolfson/Gill: (Kissinger) returns from Paris. Time Code Start: 74:27. Keywords: Paris Peace Talks, Vietnam War, treaty, treaties, negotiations, government, officials, travel, trips. Network: ABC.
  
  26. Smith/Collins: (South Vietnam's President Thieu) defiant on coalition government. Time Code Start: 78:00. Keywords: South Vietnam, Presidents, speeches, statements, Vietnam War. Network: ABC.
  
  27. Smith/Burke: Vietnam. Time Code Start: 79:48. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: ABC.
  
  28. Smith/Donaldson: Watergate investigation by Senate Committee (Patman). Time Code Start: 82:20. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: ABC.
  
  29. Smith/Jarriel: (President Nixon) in Atlanta, Georgia. Time Code Start: 84:15. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, domestic, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: ABC.
  
  30. Smith/Reynolds: (McGovern) in Boston. Time Code Start: 86:05. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: ABC.
  
  31. Reasoner: Commentary on evasion. Time Code Start: 88:18. Keywords: Vietnam War, Armed Forces, military, conscription, the draft, evaders, conscientious objectors, objections, protests,. Network: ABC.
• WHCA-5821
  Weekly News Summary, Tape III.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  1. Utley/Dobyns/Jones: Henry Kissinger in Paris, France; South Vietnam's President Thieu in Saigon, Vietnam. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: South Vietnam, Presidents, speeches, statements, Vietnam War. Network: NBC.
  
  2. Utley/Dancy/Chancellor: (President Nixon) in Atlanta, Georgia. Time Code Start: 04:55. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, domestic, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: NBC.
  
  3. Utley/Kiker: Political feelings in the South. Time Code Start: 08:20. Keywords: politics, public opinions, polls, Gallup poll, Harris poll. Network: NBC.
  
  4. Brinkley's Journal: President Nixon's budget. Time Code Start: 11:28. Keywords: reports, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices, payments. Network: NBC.
  
  5. Utley/Stern: Watergate. Time Code Start: 13:56. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  6. Utley/Troute: Xom Suoi; casualty report. Time Code Start: 17:05. Keywords: Vietnam War, killed in action, KIA, death tolls, fatalities, casualty, casualties, military, troops. Network: NBC.
  
  7. Cronkite/Rather: (President Nixon) in the south. Time Code Start: 20:06. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, domestic, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: CBS.
  
  8. Cronkite/Mudd/Schieffer: Fletcher Thompson; Sam Nunn; McGovern in Minnesota. Time Code Start: 22:53. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: CBS.
  
  9. Cronkite/Kalb: President Nixon arriving at Andrews Air Base AFB ; Kissinger at Andrews AFB. Time Code Start: 28:04. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, domestic, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, military, air bases, airfields, airports. Network: CBS.
  
  10. Cronkite/Dunning/Davies: Saigon, Vietnam; Xom Suoi. Time Code Start: 29:50. Keywords: Vietnam War. Network: CBS.
  
  11. Sevareid: Campaign '72. Time Code Start: 35:49. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: CBS.

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