October 18, 1973

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• Proclamation 4252—National Forest Products Week, 1973

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• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 62, News Summaries - October 1973 [11 of 20] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • News Summary, October 18, 1973, (Wednesday nets, wires. Comment separate)
  • Digest of Recent News Comment, October 18, 1973

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• President's Daily Brief of 18 October 1973

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

Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973

• 201. Minutes of Cabinet Meeting, Washington, October 18, 1973

  Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, Memoranda of Conversation, Box 2. Secret. The meeting was held at 3:09 p.m. in the Cabinet Room. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files, President’s Daily Diary) Quandt provided talking points for the President for this meeting. (Ibid., NSC Files, Box 664, Country Files, Middle East, Middle East War, Memos and Misc., Oct 6–17, 1973)

• 202. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Kissinger and the Soviet Ambassador (Dobrynin), Washington, October 18, 1973, 8:45 p.m.

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

• 203. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, October 18, 1973, 9:35 p.m.

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

• 204. Message From President Nixon to Soviet General Secretary Brezhnev, Moscow, October 18, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 70, Country Files, Europe, USSR, Exchange of Notes Between Dobrynin & Kissinger, Vol. 7. No classification marking. The message is attached to a note marked Exclusively Eyes Only from Eagleburger to Scowcroft. A handwritten notation at the top of the message reads: “Joe Pizzano (Sit Rm) delivered original to Soviet Embassy, 10:30 p.m., 10–18–73.”

• 205. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Kissinger and the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft), Washington, October 18, 1973, 10:45 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Kissinger Telephone Conversations, Transcripts (Telcons), Chronological File, Box 22. No classification marking.

• 206. Message From the Israeli Ambassador (Dinitz) to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, October 18, 1973

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 136, Country Files, Middle East, Dinitz, June 4–October 31, 1973. No classification marking.

Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

October 6, 1973-March 22, 1974

• 220. Minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meeting, Washington, October 18, 1973, 12:10 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Kissinger’s Staff Meetings, 1973–1977, Box 720, Secretary’s Staff Meetings 9/73–10/73. Secret. According to an attached list, the following people attended the meeting: Kissinger, Rush, Porter, Tarr, Kubisch, Casey, Weiss, Sisco, Hummel, Pickering, Ross, Springsteen, Lord, and Eagleburger.

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

Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1973-1976

• 20. Minutes of a Cabinet Meeting, Washington, October 18, 1973

  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 280, Memoranda of Conversations, Presidential File, Sep.–Dec. 1973. Secret. All brackets are in the original. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the meeting took place in the Cabinet Room from 3:09 to 5:02 p.m. In attendance were Vice President-designate Ford, Kissinger, Shultz, Clements, Richardson, Morton, Dent, Brennan, Weinberger, Lynn, Brinegar, Ash, Armstrong, Harlow, Laird, Scali, Bush, Scowcroft, Under Secretary of Agriculture J. Phil Campbell, Flanigan, Executive Director of the Domestic Council Kenneth Cole, Jr., Director of the Cost of Living Council John Dunlop, CEA member Gary Seevers, OMB Deputy Director Fred Malek, Under Secretary of Labor Richard Schubert, Haig, Ziegler, Love, Price, and Nixon’s Special Assistants William Baroody, David Gergen, David Parker, Stanley Scott, and Ford’s Special Assistant Robert Hartmann. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files) Also printed in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, volume XXV, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973, Document 201, and ibid., volume XXXI, Foreign Economic Policy, 1973–1976, Document 191.

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

Chile

• 148. Telegram 5088 From the Embassy in Chile to the Department of State, Santiago, October 18, 1973, 1958Z

  Summary: The Embassy reported that the body of Charles Horman had been found and identified.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, [no film number]. Limited Official Use; Immediate.

• 149. Telegram 5093 From the Embassy in Chile to the Department of State, Santiago, October 18, 1973, 2241Z

  Summary: Pinochet and Davis discussed the image of the Chilean Government in the United States, Chile’s economic problems, and U.S. assistance.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P750018–1223. Secret; Priority; Exdis. In telegram 5124 from Santiago, October 19, Davis reported on a conversation on human rights with Minister of Justice Gonzalo Prieto, during which Prieto informed him that detainees accused of pre-September 11 crimes would be tried in civilian courts. (Ibid., [no film number]) In September and October, the U.S. Government shipped a total of $216,000 in medical supplies to Chile. (Telegram 218967 to Brasília, November 6; ibid., Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Country Files, Box 772, Latin America, Brazil, Vol. 4, 1973–1974) Telegram 4992 from Santiago is Document 146.

Vol. E-14, Part 1, Documents on the United Nations, 1973-1976

Women's Issues

• 167. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations (Wright) to the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Fulbright), Washington, October 18, 1973., Washington, October 18, 1973

  Wright reassured Fulbright that, given the limitations imposed by the U.S. government and the U.N., women received careful consideration in the selection process for the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files, 1970–73, UN 22–1. No classification marking. Drafted in IO/OIC on October 12; and cleared in M/WA, IO/OIC, and IO. Published from an unsigned copy. Fulbright’s letter of September 24, in which he encouraged Kissinger to appoint more women to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations General Assembly to avoid “tokenism,” is ibid.

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Roll WHPO-E1671 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1671-01A-05A, President Nixon presented a wood carving of the Bicentennial logo by John Burton, an inmate at the Penitentiary of New Mexico. 10/18/1973, Washington DC White House, Oval Office.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1671-11A-19A, President Nixon with Congressman Findley and Christy Carter, American Soya Bean Princess. 10/18/1973, Washington DC White House, Oval Office.

Roll WHPO-E1672 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1672-, President Nixon walking with Alexander Haig, White House Chief of Staff on the South Grounds lawn of the White House. 10/18/1973, Washington D.C. South Grounds, White House. President Nixon, Alexander Haig.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1672-14, President Nixon walking with Alexander Haig, White House Chief of Staff on the South Grounds lawn of the White House. 10/18/1973, Washington D.C. South Grounds, White House. President Nixon, Alexander Haig.

Roll WHPO-E1673 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1673-, President Nixon with Christy Carter, American Soy Bean Princess. 10/18/1973, Washington DC White House.

Roll WHPO-E1674 Photographer: | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1674-, President Nixon and Vice President designate Ford attending a Cabinet meeting. 10/18/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford, Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State. George P. Shultz, Secretary of the Treasury. William P. Clements, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Defense. Elliot L. Richardson, Attorney General. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior J. Phil Campbell, Under Secretary of Agriculture. Frederick B. Dent, (Fred Dent) Secretary of Commerce. Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of HEW. James T. Lynn, Secretary of BUD. Claude S. Brinegar, Secretary of Transportation. Roy L. Ash, Director of the OMB Anne Armstrong, Counsellor. Bryce N. Harlow, Counsellor. Melvin R. Laird, Counsellor. John A. Scali, Ambassador from the U.S. to the UN. George Bush, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Peter M. Flanigan, Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP). Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Executive Director of the Domestic Council. John T. Dunlop, Director of the Cost of Living Council. Gary L. Seevers, member of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)Stanley S. Scott, Special Assistant. Frederic V. Malek, Deputy Director of the OMB. Richard F. Schubert, Under Secretary of Labor. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Assistant. Ronald L. Ziegler, Assistant. William J. Barrody, Jr., Special Assistant. John A. Love, Director of the Energy Policy Office. Raymond K. Price, Jr., Special Consultant. Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1674-08, President Nixon and Vice President designate Ford attending a Cabinet meeting. 10/18/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford, Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State. George P. Shultz, Secretary of the Treasury. William P. Clements, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Defense. Elliot L. Richardson, Attorney General. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior J. Phil Campbell, Under Secretary of Agriculture. Frederick B. Dent, (Fred Dent) Secretary of Commerce. Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of HEW. James T. Lynn, Secretary of BUD. Claude S. Brinegar, Secretary of ransportation. Roy L. Ash, Director of the OMB Anne Armstrong, Counsellor. Bryce N. Harlow, Counsellor. Melvin R. Laird, Counsellor. John A. Scali, Ambassador from the U.S. to the UN. George Bush, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Peter M. Flanigan, Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP). Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Executive Director of the Domestic Council. John T. Dunlop, Director of the Cost of Living Council. Gary L. Seevers, member of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)Stanley S. Scott, Special Assistant. Frederic V. Malek, Deputy Director of the OMB. Richard F. Schubert, Under Secretary of Labor. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Assistant. Ronald L. Ziegler, Assistant. William J. Barrody, Jr., Special Assistant. John A. Love, Director of the Energy Policy Office. Raymond K. Price, Jr., Special Consultant. Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant.

Roll WHPO-E1675 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1675-, Cabinet members prior their meeting. 10/18/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford, Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State. George P. Shultz, Secretary of the Treasury. William P. Clements, Jr., Deputy Secretary of Defense. Elliot L. Richardson, Attorney General. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior J. Phil Campbell, Under Secretary of Agriculture. Frederick B. Dent, (Fred Dent) Secretary of Commerce. Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor. Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of HEW. James T. Lynn, Secretary of BUD. Claude S. Brinegar, Secretary of Transportation. Roy L. Ash, Director of the OMB Anne Armstrong, Counsellor. Bryce N. Harlow, Counsellor. Melvin R. Laird, Counsellor. John A. Scali, Ambassador from the U.S. to the UN. George Bush, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Peter M. Flanigan, Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP). Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Executive Director of the Domestic Council. John T. Dunlop, Director of the Cost of Living Council. Gary L. Seevers, member of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA)Stanley S. Scott, Special Assistant. Frederic V. Malek, Deputy Director of the OMB. Richard F. Schubert, Under Secretary of Labor. Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Assistant. Ronald L. Ziegler, Assistant. William J. Barrody, Jr., Special Assistant. John A. Love, Director of the Energy Policy Office. Raymond K. Price, Jr., Special Consultant. Maj. Gen. Brent G. Scowcroft, Deputy Assistant.

Roll WHPO-E1676 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1676-, President Nixon, George H. W. Bush and J. Niemczyk. 10/18/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, George Bush, and J. Niemczyk.

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K - Informal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-K-109
  Photo opportunity with Paul Findley & Christy Carter-Oval Office. (10/18/1973)
  
  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-339
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (10/18/1973, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 45:45:00
  
  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.

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• WHCA-6609
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  18. Smith/Landay: U.S. and Russia peace talks of Middle East. Time Code Start: 36:10. Keywords: Soviet Union, USSR, Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, October War, 1973 Arab–Israeli War, Egypt, Syria, Israel, Middle East, Mideast, treaty, treaties, negotiations. Network: ABC.
  
  19. Reasoner/Tomlinson: Pentagon knowledge of Middle East war. Time Code Start: 38:10. Keywords: Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, October War, 1973 Arab–Israeli War, Egypt, Syria, Israel, Middle East, Mideast, diplomacy, United States Department of Defense headquarters, Armed Forces, investigations. Network: ABC.
  
  20. Reasoner/Murphy: AFL-CIO President George Meany criticizes President Nixon's administration. Time Code Start: 40:20. Keywords: leaders, labor, unions, American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations. Network: ABC.
  
  21. Smith: White House compromise? Mitchell requests taped. Time Code Start: 42:20. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, law officials. Network: ABC.
  
  22. Chancellor/Trotta/Cochran: Middle East war and Pentagon. Time Code Start: 43:20. Keywords: Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, October War, 1973 Arab–Israeli War, Egypt, Syria, Israel, Middle East, Mideast, diplomacy, United States Department of Defense headquarters, Armed Forces. Network: NBC.
  
  23. Chancellor/Valeriani: Kosygin and Middle East negotiations. Time Code Start: 47:30. Keywords: Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, October War, 1973 Arab–Israeli War, Egypt, Syria, Israel, Middle East, Mideast, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR. Network: NBC.
  
  24. Chancellor/Dobbins/Dancy: Middle East war reports. Time Code Start: 49:05. Keywords: Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, October War, 1973 Arab–Israeli War, Egypt, Syria, Israel, Middle East, Mideast. Network: NBC.
  
  25. Chancellor/Levine: AFL-CIO President George Meany criticizes President Nixon's administration. Time Code Start: 54:22. Keywords: leaders, labor, unions, American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations. Network: NBC.
  
  26. Chancellor/Scherr: White House tapes case with Senator Ted Kennedy and Senator Griffin. Time Code Start: 56:25. Keywords: bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, recordings, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, scandals. Network: NBC.
  
  27. Chancellor: Charles Bebe Rebozo controversy. Time Code Start: 58:58. Keywords: Presidents, friends, banks, executives, Internal Revenue Service, taxes, audits, investigations. Network: NBC.
  
  28. Chancellor/Paxton: Environmental laws and proposals. Time Code Start: 59:30. Keywords: Presidents, bills, laws, rulings, ecology, water, hazardous wastes, pollution control, clean air, endangered species, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Network: NBC.
• WHCA-6610
  Weekly News Summary, Tape III.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:05:12
  
  1. Cronkite/Schieffer: Penatagon knowledge of Middle East war. Time Code Start: 01:33. Keywords: Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, October War, 1973 Arab–Israeli War, Egypt, Syria, Israel, Middle East, Mideast. Network: CBS.
  
  2. Cronkite/Quint/Sheehan: War reports (Israel's Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan on film). Time Code Start: 05:30. Keywords: Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, October War, 1973 Arab–Israeli War, Egypt, Syria, Israel, Middle East, Mideast, military, leaders. Network: CBS.
  
  3. Fenton/Simon: Syrian battle reports. Time Code Start: 08:04. Keywords: Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, October War, 1973 Arab–Israeli War, Egypt, Syria, Israel, Middle East, Mideast. Network: CBS.
  
  4. Cronkite/Dick: AFL-CIO President George Meany attacks President Nixon's administration. Time Code Start: 10:55. Keywords: leaders, labor, unions, American Federation of Labor, Congress of Industrial Organizations. Network: CBS.
  
  5. Cronkite/Mudd: Gerald Ford's confirmation is held up. Time Code Start: 12:50. Keywords: Vice Presidents, appointments, nominations. Network: CBS.
  
  6. Cronkite/Pierpoint: Charles Bebe Rebozo controversy; Archibald Cox. Time Code Start: 14:23. Keywords: law officials, Presidents, friends, banks, executives, courts, trials, investigations, prosecutions, bugging, bugs, wiretapping, wire taps, surveillance, spying, Watergate, hearings, burglary, impeachment, resignations, recordings. Network: CBS.
  
  7. Cronkite/Severaid: Commentary on Arab oil cut-off. Time Code Start: 16:18. Keywords: Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, October War, 1973 Arab–Israeli War, Egypt, Syria, Israel, Middle East, Mideast, meetings, energy, petroleum, drilling, oil supply, oil supplies, imports. Network: CBS.

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