September 23, 1972

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• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

The President's day began at La Picosa Ranch, Floresville, Texas

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• Statement About the Latest Economic Statistics
• Remarks to Members of Young Labor for Nixon.
• Proclamation 4158—National Microfilm Week

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• Federal Register of Saturday, September 23, 1972

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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• President's Daily Brief of 23 September 1972

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Vol. VIII, Vietnam, January-October 1972

The Parties Move Toward Agreement, July 19-October 7, 1972

• 265. Backchannel Message From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Ambassador to South Vietnam (Bunker), Washington, September 23, 1972, 0145Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 869, For the President’s Files (Winston Lord)—China Trip/Vietnam, Camp David Cables, August–September 1972. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only.

• 266. Backchannel Message From the Ambassador to South Vietnam (Bunker) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Saigon, September 23, 1972, 1035Z

  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box TS 44, Geopolitical File, Vietnam, Cables, 5–30 September 1972. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only; Immediate.

Vol. XX, Southeast Asia, 1969-1972

Philippines

• 260. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, September 23, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 557, Country Files, Far East, Philippines, Vol. IV. Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. Haig signed for Kissinger. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it.

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

Burundi

• 223. Conversation Between President Nixon and the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Camp David, September 23, 1972, 4:50-5:10 p.m.

  The President told Kissinger that he wanted the Ambassador recalled and a follow-up report on his return. Kissinger indicated that Secretary of State Rogers did not want to recall Ambassador Yost because the killing had essentially stopped.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Camp David Secretaryʼs Table, Conversation No. 154-3. This transcript was prepared in the Office of the Historian specifically for this volume.

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

• 213-1; Unknown between 3:31 p.m. & 4:49 p.m.; Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; [Unknown person(s)]
• 213-2; 4:49 p.m. - 4:49 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 213-3; 4:50 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 213-4; 4:50 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 213-5; 4:50 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon
• 213-6; 4:50 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 213-7; Unknown between 5:10 p.m. & 5:32 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon
• 213-8; Unknown between 5:10 p.m. & 5:32 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 213-9; Unknown between 5:10 p.m. & 5:32 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 213-10; 5:32 p.m. - 5:59 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 213-11; Unknown between 5:59 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.; Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)
• 213-12; Unknown between 10:00 p.m. & 11:00 p.m.; Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)

Camp David Study Table

• 154-1; Unknown between 3:31 p.m. & 4:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 154-2; Unknown between 3:31 p.m. & 4:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 154-3; 4:50 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 154-4; Unknown between 5:10 p.m. & 5:32 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 154-5; 5:32 p.m. - 5:59 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.

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-D0486 Photographer: Moore, Robert (Supervisor/Director, WHPO Photographic Laboratory) | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0486-, President Nixon and Pat Nixon greeting well wishers and supporters in the crowd at the airport in San Antonio, Texas. 9/23/1972, San Antonio, Texas tarmac, San Antonio International Airport. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, John Tower, crowd.

Roll WHPO-D0487 Photographer: Moore, Robert (Supervisor/Director, WHPO Photographic Laboratory) | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0487-, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, and Senator John Tower leaving a helicopter. President Nixon greeting people in the crowd upon his arrival at San Antonio, Texas. 9/23/1972, San Antonio, Texas tarmac, San Antonio International Airport. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, John Tower, crowd.

Roll WHPO-D0488 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0488-04A-35A, President Nixon shaking hands with Texas Republican leaders of the GOP state Committee in San Antonio. 9/23/1972, San Antonio, Texas VIP Lounge, airport terminal. President Nixon, Texas Republican leaders, James Baker (State Finance Chairman of the Texas Republican Party and future White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State) in frames 14, 15, 16 and 28.

Roll WHPO-D0489 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0489-02, Pat Nixon greeting young women wearing fringed sombreros in a crowd waiting to greet her after arrival in San Antionio, during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, San Antonio, Texas San Antonio International Airport, tarmac. Pat Nixon, crowd, teenage girls.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0489-02A-06A, Pat Nixon greeting people in the crowd during a campaign trip. President Nixon seeing her off to her plane. 9/23/1972, San Antonio, Texas San Antonio International Airport, tarmac. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, John Tower, John Gartland, aides, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0489-07A-10A, President Nixon walking to the terminal, where he talks with John Gartland and others. President Nixon greeting people in the crowd prior to departure from San Antonio, Texas. 9/23/1972, San Antonio, Texas San Antonio International Airport, terminal. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, John Tower, John Gartland, aides, crowd.

Roll WHPO-D0501 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0501-, Vice President Agnew arriving at the airport, addressing the crowd, and greeting people in the crowd during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, London, Kentucky airport. Spiro Agnew, officials, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0501-23, Vice President Agnew greeting people in the crowd after arriving at the airport in Kentucky, during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, London, Kentucky airport. Spiro Agnew, officials, crowd.

Roll WHPO-D0502 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0502-, Vice President Agnew speaking from a podium at a Louisville fundraising event during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Louisville, Kentucky unknown. Spiro Agnew, officials, guests.

Roll WHPO-D0503 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0503-, Vice President Agnew addressing an assembly during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Chattanooga, Tennessee airport, unidentified location. Spiro Agnew, unidentified officials, guests.

Roll WHPO-D0504 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0504-02A, Vice President Agnew arriving at the Chattanooga airport during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Chattanooga, Tennessee airport, unidentified location. Spiro Agnew, unidentified officials, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0504-06A-26A, Vice President Agnew addressing an assembly during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Chattanooga, Tennessee airport, unidentified location. Spiro Agnew, unidentified officials, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0504-27A-28A, Vice President Agnew leaving the Chattanooga airport during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Chattanooga, Tennessee airport, unidentified location. Spiro Agnew, unidentified officials, guests.

Roll WHPO-D0505 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0505-, Vice President Agnew at various indoor and outdoor sites in Tennessee during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Chattanooga, Tennessee unknown. Spiro Agnew, officials, guests, children, policemen.

Roll WHPO-D0506 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0506-20-23, Vice President Agnew addressing an assembly during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Chattanooga, Tennessee unknown. Spiro Agnew, officials, attendees.

Roll WHPO-D0507 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0507-, Vice President Agnew at the airport standing with individuals in front of an American flag, meeting officials and addressing an assembly during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Chattanooga, Tennessee airport, unknown. Spiro Agnew, officials, unidentified men and women, guests.

Roll WHPO-D0510 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0510-, Vice President Agnew at various sites in Tennessee during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, unknown unknown. Spiro Agnew, officials, policemen, guests, crowds.

Roll WHPO-D0511 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0511-, Vice President at various sites in Chattanooga, Tennessee during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Chattanooga, Tennessee unknown. Spiro Agnew, officials, guests, crowds.

Roll WHPO-D0512 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0512-03-32, Pat Nixon visits an agricultural fair in Oklahoma during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; unknown fairgrounds,. Pat Nixon, unidentified men, women, and children; officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0512-13, Pat Nixon (wearing a 19th c. style prairie cap) greeting teenage girls with candy apple and shaved ice fair food near a Pop Corn Cotton Candy food truck, while visiting the Oklahoma State Fair during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Oklahoma City, OK; unknown fairgrounds,. Pat Nixon, unidentified men, women, and children.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0512-33-36, Pat Nixon arriving at an airport during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; unknown airport. Pat Nixon, unidentified men, women, and children; officials.

Roll WHPO-D0513 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0513-03A-07A, Pat Nixon (wearing a 19th c. style prairie cap) while visiting an agricultural fair in Oklahoma during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Oklahoma City, OK; unknown fairgrounds,. Pat Nixon, unidentified men, women, and children, officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0513-08-12A, Pat Nixon arriving at an airport in Oklahoma. 9/23/1972, Oklahoma City, OK; unknown airport. Pat Nixon, unidentified men, women, and children, officials.

Roll WHPO-D0514 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0514-02A-04A, Pat Nixon entering a plane in Oklahoma. 9/23/1972, unknown; Oklahoma City, OK airport. Pat Nixon, unidentified men, women, and children, officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0514-05A-14A, Pat Nixon (wearing a 19th c. style prairie cap) speaking at a fair, possibly the Oklahoma State Fair, during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, unknown; Oklahoma City, OK outdoors. Pat Nixon, unidentified men, women, and children, officials, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0514-15A-35A, Pat Nixon (wearing a 19th c. style prairie cap) speaking at a fair and riding a carousel possibly the Oklahoma State Fair, during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, unknown; Oklahoma City, OK fair grounds. Pat Nixon, unidentified men, women, and children, officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0514-34A, Pat Nixon (wearing a 19th c. style prairie cap) riding a carousel at the Oklahoma State Fair, during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, unknown; Oklahoma City, OK fair grounds. Pat Nixon.

Roll WHPO-D0515 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0515-04, Pat Nixon leaving a plane in Oklahoma during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Oklahoma City, OK airport. Pat Nixon, unidentified men and women, officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0515-05-16, Pat Nixon (wearing a 19th c. style prairie cap) speaking at a fair and riding a carousel possibly the Oklahoma State Fair, during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Oklahoma City, OK outdoors. Pat Nixon, unidentified men and women, officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0515-17-33, Pat Nixon (wearing a 19th c. style prairie cap) speaking at a fair, possibly the Oklahoma State Fair, during a campaign trip. 9/23/1972, Oklahoma City, OK fair grounds. Pat Nixon, unidentified men and women, officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0515-24, Pat Nixon (wearing a 19th c. style prairie cap) , receives applause while standing on stage during a speaking engagement at the Oklahoma State Fair. 9/23/1972, Oklahoma City, OK fair grounds. Pat Nixon, unidentified men and women, officials.

Roll WHPO-D0522 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0522-, President Nixon speaking to and standing with members of "Young Labor for the President.". 9/23/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Donald Chiulli, Colleen Russell, group officers and members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0522-24A, President Nixon standing on a stage in the East Room with two children, members of "Young Labor for the President.". 9/23/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Donald Chiulli, Colleen Russell.

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.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-720917
  Remarks by President Nixon to Texas GOP leaders in San Antonio. (9/23/1972)
  
  Runtime: 17:45
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-P-720918
  Remarks by President Nixon at Young Labor for Nixon meeting in DC. (9/23/1972)
  
  Runtime: 26:00:00
  
  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-5785
  "Agronsky & Company". Spiro T. Agnew, Vice President of the United States; U.S. Senator George McGovern (D-SD).
  Undetermined
  Runtime: 00:29:51
• WHCA-5786
  Republican Convention: Nixon Arriving at Homestead AFB on AF-1 and Departing on Marine One Helicopter. Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew.
  NA, producer Undetermined, probably made for RNC or CREP
  Runtime: 0:12
• WHCA-5793
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  15. Utley/Bell: (McGovern) in Cleveland, New York. Time Code Start: 36:55. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: NBC.
  
  16. Utley/Moss: Vice President Agnew in Virginia. Time Code Start: 39:46. Keywords: Vice Presidents, travel, trips, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: NBC.
  
  17. Utley/Mackin: President Nixon in Texas. Time Code Start: 42:30. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, domestic, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: NBC.
  
  18. Utley/Dancy: (Shriver) in Texas. Time Code Start: 44:42. Keywords: Vice Presidents, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: NBC.
  
  19. Utley/Troute: POW's, Vietnam, Song Te. Time Code Start: 46:45. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War. Network: NBC.
  
  20. Mudd/Pierpoint: McGovern and President Nixon in Texas. Time Code Start: 49:43. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: CBS.
  
  21. Morton: McGovern in Ohio. Time Code Start: 52:12. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: CBS.
  
  22. Mudd/Kilpatrick: Youth vote. Time Code Start: 54:25. Keywords: Vote, voters, voting, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, young people, issues, voting age, registrations. Network: CBS.
  
  23. Mudd/Hart: POWs. Time Code Start: 60:20. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War. Network: CBS.

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