October 3, 1972

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The President's day began at Camp David, Maryland

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• Remarks at a Ceremony Marking Entry Into Force of the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems and the Interim Agreement on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms
• Letter to Chairman Nikolai V. Podgorny of the Soviet Union Accepting for the United States the Interim Agreement on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms
• Proclamation 4161—Columbus Day, 1972

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• Federal Register of Tuesday, October 3, 1972

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• Senate: October 3, 1972
• House of Representatives: October 3, 1972
• Extensions of Remarks: October 3, 1972

Among Pat Buchanan’s duties was the compilation and coordination of background briefing materials for Presidential and a few Vice Presidential press conferences. The briefings—for both the larger, announced press conferences and the smaller, informal ones held in the Oval Office—related to a widespread number of topics and were in the form of probable questions which the White House staff members anticipated news reporters would address to the President. Along with the questions, were answers recommended by Buchanan, other members of the White House staff, and the heads of major departments of the government.

The briefing books are primarily in the form of potential questions and suggested answers (often with heavy annotation by President Nixon), along with associated memos. A listing of briefing books is below, with indication of whether President Nixon annotated the book or not. Each book has an index to the potential questions with direct links to the National Archives Catalog. You should consult the full digital folder for suggested responses, President Nixon's annotations, and other documents and topics not covered by the index.

Foreign and Domestic Briefing Book, October 3, 1972 (Pat Buchanan) (Annotated)

Citation: Foreign and Domestic Briefing Book, October 3, 1972 (Pat Buchanan); box 166; White House Special Files: Staff Member and Office Files: President's Personal File; Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, CA

Consult the full digital folder for other briefing materials not in the form of prepared questions and answers.

• WATERGATE BREAK-IN
  • At your last press conference you said you were confident there was no White House involvement in the Watergate break-in -- in light of the indictments of two members of your Committee to Re-Elect, can you say the same of your campaign?
  • Isn't it inconceivable that some $85,000 in campaign funds could have been shifted to Mr. Barker's account, without someone in authority knowing of it at the Committee?
  • Won't you reveal the details of your own White House investigation of this matter and the results?
• CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION
  • Have you any comment on Senator McGovern's charge that yours is the "most corrupt" administration in American history?
• SCANDALS
  • With the Watergate episode, the ITT case, the grain deal, and other alleged scandals, do you think that your Administration's reputation for integrity is being damaged?
• "HIDING IN THE WHITE HOUSE"
  • Would you respond to the charge by Senator McGovern -- and some in the press -- that you are hiding in the White House from the press, the issues and the electorate in this campaign?
• 28 POINTS/FIVE WEEKS
  • How does it feel to be 28 points ahead, according to Gallup and Harris, with five weeks to go?
• HOW CLOSE WILL IT BE
  • Do you care to make any predictions; do you think the election will be as close as you thought it would be in the last two press conferences?
  • Do you think you can possibly win by a landslide, and carry every state in the union?
• DEBATES
  • Why no debate with Senator McGovern?
• PRESIDENTIAL GOALS
  • There has been some criticism of your campaign effort, both by the opposition and in the press, that you have not outlined what a second Nixon Administration mean: Can you respond to that?
• GRAIN DEAL
  • Can you respond to charges that the Soviets got the "better" of the grain deal with the United States -- that we should have bargained harder with them for the wheat?
  • If there was no "scandal" involved in the wheat deal, why is the FBI looking into the matter -- and when can we wexpect their report?
  • Can you tell us your view about a Government employee like Mr. Palmby negotiating a deal that will reap enormous profits for a firm he is about to join?
  • How do you feel about legislation to reimburse farmers for profits lost -- when they were not informed of the size of the Soviet wheat demand and sold early?
  • Isn't it true that some of the big grain exporters had inside information which added immensely to their profits, information not available to the farmers?
  • Are you confident that the wheat farmers of the Southwest did not get the short end of the stick, when they were not given information apparently given to the Big Six about the magnitude of the Soviet grain disaster?
• TAXES
  • In light of most every expert's prediction there will be a tax increase next year, how can you possibly hope to avoid one?
  • Is VAT dead?
  • In light of Mr. Mills seemingly increasing coolness, what are the chances of your spending ceiling?
  • If Congress refuses to pass your ceiling, can you still guarantee there will be no tax increase next year?
  • If you plans call for cuts in the domestic budget, can you tell us where you intend to cut first?
  • In light of the present fiscal crunch, how will it be possible for you to meet your commitment to reduce property taxes, without a corresponding increase in taxes somewhere else?
• H. R. 1
  • Since there is only a $200 difference between your H. R. 1 bill and Senator Ribicoff's compromise proposal -- why not compromise with him, rather than let your number one domestic priority go down the drain?
  • Would you rather have no welfare bill, than to add $200 and agree to Senator Ribicoff's?
• WATER POLLUTION BILL
  • Do you plan to veto the Water Pollution Bill?
• "SCANDALS"
  • With the Watergate episode, the ITT case, the grain deal, and other alleged scandals, do you think that your Administration's reputation for integrity is being damaged?
• WATERGATE BREAK-IN
  • At your last press conference you said you were confident there was no White House involvement in the Watergate break-in -- in light of the indictments of two members of your Committee to Re-Elect, can you say the same of your campaign?
  • Isn't it inconceivable that some $85,000 in campaign funds could have been shifted to Mr. Barker's account, without someone in authority knowing of it at the Committee?
  • Won't you reveal the details of your own White House investigation of this matter and the results?
• WATERGATE
  • Can you answer the unanswered question as to who financed the Watergatre break-in? Surely the White House investigation uncovered this fact?
  • Chairman Patman has stated that his Committee was unsuccessful in its efforts to investigate the Watergate incident because of White House pressure. Did any White House members recommend to members of the Committee that they vote against such an investigation?
• VIETNAM-PEACE TALKS
  • At one point recently, you said that the chances for peace had never been better, can you now tell us what are the chances for a cease-fire before the election or in the near future?
  • Is it true that President Thieu is the main roadblock to settlement?
  • Is there a chance of a cease-fire before the election?
  • What are the present conditions for a halt to the bombing?
• VIETNAM -- EFFECTIVENESS OF MINING
  • Why has not the mining of Haiphong affected the enemy's capacity to wage heavy warfare in the South -- as was so often predicted? Is the mining less successful, and the bombing less successful than originally predicted?
• SALT
  • When do you expect SALT to resume? What is the outlook?
• FORCE REDUCTIONS/EUROPEAN SECURITY
  • There is speculation about some agreement that we have reached with the Soviet Union on negotiations of mutual and balanced force reductions in Europe and the start of a European Security Conference. Is there an agreement?
• SOVIET JEWS AND TRADE
  • What is the Administration's position on attaching conditions to Soviet trade relations such as Senator Jackson proposes -- making them conditional on the lifting of the exit fees for Soviet Jews?
• SOVIET JEWRY
  • Did you raise the question of exit fees for Soviet Jews in your talks with Mr. Gromyko?
• SOVIET TRADE
  • What have we received diplomatically or politically from the Soviets in return for the trade agreemen ts we have made? Is linkage now a dead letter?
• MIDDLE EAST - PEACE PROSPECTS AND TERRORISM
  • How do you regard prospects for peace in the Middle East in light of terrorist attacks, the recent fighting on Israel's Lebanon-Syria border and the Soviet airlift to Syria? Do you agree with Israel's position that there can be no negotiation until terrorism is stopped?
• MIDDLE EAST - ROGERS' PLAN
  • Is the Rogers' Plan dead? Or does it still reflect U.S. views on what an Arab-Israeli settlement should look like?
• CUBA
  • There have been published reports that the White House -- in a second Nixon Administration -- would move rapidly to normalize relations with Cuba. Any truth to this?
• JAPAN-PRC RELATIONS
  • Can you give us your reaction to the Sino-Japanese rapproachment and establishment of relations which leave us as perhaps the only major power in the world recognizing Taiwan? Do we bear some responsibility for what happened in Peking last week?
• VIETNAM - POW RELEASE
  • Do you have any comment on the return of the three recently released U.S. POW's and what do you think of the activities of the anti-war group which accompanied them?
• TRIPARTITE GOVERNMENT IN SAIGON
  • What is your attitude toward a tripartite government in Saigon?
• THIEU A ROADBLOCK?
  • Is the Thieu Government the one remaining roadblock to a political settlement of this war?
• UGANDA: ADMISSION OF ASIANS
  • If our purpose is to meet humanitarian needs, why is the United States restricting its admission of Ugandan Asians to only 1,000 professionally qualified individuals?
• WATERGATE BREAK-IN
  • At your last press conference you said you were confident there was no White House involvement in the Watergate break-in -- in light of the indictments of two members of your Committee to Re-Elect, can you say the same of your campaign?
  • Isn't it inconceivable that some $85,000 in campaign funds could have been shifted to Mr. Barker's account, without someone in authority knowing of it at the Committee?
  • Won't you reveal the details of your own White House investigation of this matter and the results?
• "SCANDALS"
  • With the Watergate episode, the ITT case, the grain deal, and other alleged scandals, do you think that your Administration's reputation for integrity is being damaged?
• "CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION"
  • Have you any comment on Senator McGovern's charge that yours is the "most corrupt" administration in American history?
• DEBATES
  • Why no debate with Senator McGovern?
• "HIDING IN THE WHITE HOUSE"
  • Would you respond to the charge by Senator McGovern -- and some in the press -- that you are hiding in the White House from the press, the issues and the electorate in this campaign?
• HOW CLOSE WILL IT BE
  • Do you care to make any predictions; do you think the election will be as close as you thought it would be in the last two press conferences?
  • Do you think you can possibly win by a landslide, and carry every state in the union?
• 28 POINTS/FIVE WEEKS
  • How does it feel to be 28 points ahead, according to Gallup and Harris, with five weeks to go?
• PRESIDENTIAL GOALS
  • There has been some criticism of your campaign effort, both by the opposition and in the press, that you have not outlined what a second Nixon Administration mean: Can you respond to that?
• GRAIN DEAL
  • Can you respond to charges that the Soviets got the "better" of the grain deal with the United States -- that we should have bargained harder with them for the wheat?
  • If there was no "scandal" involved in the wheat deal, why is the FBI looking into the matter -- and when can we wexpect their report?
  • Can you tell us your view about a Government employee like Mr. Palmby negotiating a deal that will reap enormous profits for a firm he is about to join?
  • How do you feel about legislation to reimburse farmers for profits lost -- when they were not informed of the size of the Soviet wheat demand and sold early?
  • Isn't it true that some of the big grain exporters had inside information which added immensely to their profits, information not available to the farmers?
  • Are you confident that the wheat farmers of the Southwest did not get the short end of the stick, when they were not given information apparently given to the Big Six about the magnitude of the Soviet grain disaster?
• TAXES
  • In light of most every expert's prediction there will be a tax increase next year, how can you possibly hope to avoid one?
  • Is VAT dead?
  • In light of Mr. Mills seemingly increasing coolness, what are the chances of your spending ceiling?
  • If Congress refuses to pass your ceiling, can you still guarantee there will be no tax increase next year?
  • If you plans call for cuts in the domestic budget, can you tell us where you intend to cut first?
  • In light of the present fiscal crunch, how will it be possible for you to meet your commitment to reduce property taxes, without a corresponding increase in taxes somewhere else?
• H. R. 1
  • Since there is only a $200 difference between your H. R. 1 bill and Senator Ribicoff's compromise proposal -- why not compromise with him, rather than let your number one domestic priority go down the drain?
  • Would you rather have no welfare bill, than to add $200 and agree to Senator Ribicoff's?

The H. R. Haldeman Diaries consists of seven handwritten diaries, 36 dictated diaries recorded as sound recordings, and two handwritten audio cassette tape subject logs. The diaries and logs reflect H. R. Haldeman’s candid personal record and reflections on events, issues, and people encountered during his service in the Nixon White House. As administrative assistant to the President and Chief of Staff, Haldeman attended and participated in public events and private meetings covering the entire scope of issues in which the Nixon White House engaged in during the years 1969-1973. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

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The President's Daily Brief is the primary vehicle for summarizing the day-to-day sensitive intelligence and analysis, as well as late-breaking reports, for the White House on current and future national security issues. Read "The President's Daily Brief: Delivering Intelligence to Nixon and Ford" to learn more.

• President's Daily Brief of 03 October 1972

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Vol. III, Foreign Economic Policy; International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

• 243. Information Memorandum From Robert Hormats of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, October 3, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Agency Files, Box 306, IBRD/IMF. Limited Official Use.

Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

High-Level Meetings; Miscellaneous Issues

• 46. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the United Nations, Washington, October 3, 1972, 0038Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 303, Agency Files, USUN, Vol. X. Confidential; Exdis.

Special Meetings of the Security Council

• 131. Telegram From the Department of State to the Mission to the United Nations, Washington, October 3, 1972, 2141Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, UN 3 SC. Confidential; Priority. Drafted by Armitage and Herz, cleared by Bell, and approved by Herz. Repeated to London, Paris, Rome, Brussels, Vienna, Canberra, Moscow, New Delhi, Khartoum, Mogadiscio, Conakry, Panama City, Buenos Aires, Lima, Nairobi, Tokyo, and Djakarta.

Vol. XV, Soviet Union, June 1972-August 1974

Economic Normalization and Soviet Jewish Emigration, September-December 1972

• 57. National Security Study Memorandum 162, Washington, October 3, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–207, NSSM 151–NSSM 200. Secret. A copy was sent to the Chairman of the JCS. Sonnenfeldt forwarded the NSSM to Kissinger under a covering memorandum, September 30, which reads: “As you requested, we have asked for a quick interagency paper on this issue.” (Ibid., Box H–194, NSSM 162)

Vol. XVII, China, 1969-1972

China, March-December 1972

• 254. Memorandum of Conversation, New York, October 3, 1972, 8:30-9:20 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 850, President’s File—China Trip, China Exchanges. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Attached but not printed were Kissinger’s talking points.

Vol. XXIII, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1969-1972

Proximity Talks and the Backchannel: Separate Department of State and White House Negotiating Tricks

• 312. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Eliot) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, October 3, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 658, Country Files, Middle East, Middle East Nodis/Cedar/Plus, Vol. V. Secret; Nodis; Cedar.

Vol. E-2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1969-1972

Conferences on Nuclear and World Disarmament and Soviet UN Initiative on Non-Use of Force

• 345. National Security Study Memorandum 162, Washington, October 3, 1972

  The NSSM directed that a study be prepared on U.S. options for addressing the Soviet proposed UN resolution on the non-use of force and the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 365, Subject Files, NSSMs (104-206). Secret. A copy was sent to Moorer.

Vol. E-5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969-1972

Burundi

• 227. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, October 3, 1972

  Kissinger responded to Nixonʼs question regarding what the United States had done in reaction to the situation in Burundi. After outlining several measures, he recommended that the Department of State and Ambassador Yost be informed that while the present Burundi Government remained in power official relations were expected to be minimal.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 735, Country Files, Africa, Burundi, Vol. I. Confidential. Sent for action. The President initialed “Agree” and wrote below: “K also see the Burundi Ambassador.” Tab 1 is Document 225. Tab 2 is Document 226.

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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Camp David Hard Wire

• 215-1; Unknown between 6:00 p.m. & 7:19 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo
• 215-2; Unknown between 6:00 p.m. & 7:19 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 215-3; 7:19 p.m. - 7:23 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon

Camp David Study Table

• 145-27; Unknown between 9:19 a.m. & 11:59 a.m.; [Unknown person(s)]; Camp David Operator
• 146-1; Unknown between 6:00 p.m. & 7:19 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 146-2; 7:19 p.m. - 7:23 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon

Old Executive Office Building

• 355-1; Unknown between 12:50 p.m. & 12:59 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 355-2; Unknown between 12:50 p.m. & 12:59 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 355-3; Unknown between 12:50 p.m. & 12:59 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 355-4; 12:59 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)
• 355-5; Unknown between 1:00 p.m. & 1:56 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 355-6; Unknown between 1:00 p.m. & 1:56 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 355-7; Unknown between 1:00 p.m. & 1:56 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 355-8; 1:56 p.m. - 2:07 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.
• 355-9; Unknown between 2:07 p.m. & 2:08 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 355-10; 2:08 p.m. - 2:09 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon
• 355-11; Unknown between 2:09 p.m. & 2:10 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 355-12; Unknown between 2:09 p.m. & 2:10 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 355-13; 2:10 p.m. - 2:11 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 355-14; 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Kissinger, Henry A.; Ehrlichman, John D.

Oval Office

• 791-1; Unknown between 10:58 a.m. & 10:59 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 791-2; 10:59 a.m. - 11:31 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.
• 791-3; 11:56 a.m. - 12:06 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo; White House operator; [Unknown person(s)]; Malek, Frederic V.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 791-4; 12:07 p.m. - 12:16 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Matthews, Joseph L.; Hauck, William F.; Rhatican, William F.; Stephens, Melville L.; White House photographer; Bull, Stephen B.
• 791-5; 12:17 p.m. - 12:24 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization; Leyden, John F.; Poli, Robert E.; Sturgil, Robert C.; Cashen, Henry C., II; White House photographer
• 791-6; Unknown between 12:24 p.m. & 12:27 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 791-7; 12:27 p.m. - 12:47 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Sanchez, Manolo
• 791-8; Unknown between 12:50 p.m. & 3:25 p.m.; United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]
• 791-9; 3:25 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 791-10; 3:25 p.m. - 3:32 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Bull, Stephen B.
• 791-11; 3:32 p.m. - 4:16 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Richardson, Elliot L.; Hoopes, David C.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]; Griffin, Robert P.; Timmons, William E.; Goode, Mark I.; Johnson, Robert; Gordon, John Marshall
• 791-12; Unknown between 4:16 p.m. & 4:24 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 791-13; 4:24 p.m. - 4:25 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Griffin, Robert P.; Timmons, William E.
• 791-14; 4:26 p.m. - 4:28 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
• 791-15; Unknown between 4:30 p.m., 10/3 & 11:05 a.m., 9/14; United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]

White House Telephone

• 30-42; Unknown between 11:56 a.m. & 12:06 p.m.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator
• 30-43; Unknown between 11:56 a.m. & 12:06 p.m.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Malek, Frederic V.
• 30-44; Unknown between 12:50 p.m. & 12:59 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 30-45; 12:59 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)
• 30-46; Unknown between 1:00 p.m. & 1:56 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 30-47; 1:56 p.m. - 2:07 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.
• 30-48; Unknown between 2:07 p.m. & 2:08 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 30-49; 2:08 p.m. - 2:09 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon
• 30-50; Unknown between 2:09 p.m. & 2:10 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 30-51; 2:10 p.m. - 2:11 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.

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-D0596 Photographer: Royer | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0596-03A-36A, President Nixon, top Russian officials, and others at the signing of the SALT Agreement. A closeup agreement itself. 10/3/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. Nixon, President Nixon, Gromyko, Dobrynin, William Rogers, Agnew, Pat Nixon, officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0596-30A, President Nixon speaking with Andrei Gromyko at the signing of the SALT Agreement. A closeup agreement itself. 10/3/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, William Rogers, Andrei Gromyko, Anatoly Dobrynin.

Roll WHPO-D0597 Photographer: Royer | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0597-, President Nixon, top Russian officials, and others at the signing of the SALT Agreement. Photos of the SALT agreement document. 10/3/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Gromyko, Dobrynin, William Rogers, Gerard Smith, officials, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0597-21A, President Nixon signing the SALT Agreement. 10/3/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Andrei Gromyko, Anatoly Dobrynin, William Rogers, Gerard Smith, officials, guests.

Roll WHPO-D0598 Photographer: Royer | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0598-, President Nixon, top Russian officials, and others at the signing of the SALT Agreement. 10/3/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Andrei Gromyko, Anatoly Dobrynin, William Rogers, Gerard Smith, officials, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0598-18, President Nixon, top Russian officials, and others at the signing of the SALT Agreement. 10/3/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Andrei Gromyko, Anatoly Dobrynin, William Rogers, Gerard Smith, officials, guests.

Roll WHPO-D0599 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0599-, President Nixon, top Russian officials, and others at the signing of the SALT Agreement. 10/3/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Gromyko, Dobrynin, William Rogers, Gerard Smith, officials, guests.

Roll WHPO-D0600 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0600-, President Nixon shaking hands with Professional Air Traffic Controllers Org. President John Leyden and standing with him and other PATCO officers. 10/3/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, John Leyden, Robert Poli, Robert Sturgil.

Roll WHPO-D0601 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0601-01A-07A, President Nixon and others after the signing of the SALT Agreement. 10/3/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, , Pat Nixon, Gromyko, William Rogers, Marion Smoak, officials, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0601-11A-15A, President Nixon standing with National American Legion Commander Joseph Matthews and seated at his desk with him and others. 10/3/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Joseph Matthews, William Hauck, William Rhatican, Melville Stephens.

Roll WHPO-D0602 Photographer: Royer | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0602-, Mike Farrell accepting the Colorado Convention Board Award. 10/3/1972, Washington, D.C. grounds, White House. Farrell, unidentified man and woman.

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L - White House Press Office Briefings

• WHCA-SR-L-032
  Press briefing by Ronald Ziegler. (10/3/1972, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 0:16:46
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary, briefings, public statements to the press, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, cabinet, advisors, SALT, S.A.L.T, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Cold War, detente, signing, treaty, treaties
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by CRB (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original. Technical notes: 50 minutes and 32 seconds of silence at end of recording removed from access copies.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-721001
  Remarks by President Nixon on signing SALT Ratification Agreement. (10/3/1972, East Room, the White House)
  
  Runtime: 0:24:34
  
  Keywords: SALT, S.A.L.T., Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Cold War, détente, summits, meetings
  
  Production credits: Mult feed supplied by ABC; Recorded by JA (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.

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