September 24, 1972

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The President's day began at Camp David, Maryland

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Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

UN Finances and Reduction of the U.S. Assessment

• 189. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Eliot) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 24, 1972

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

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

Burundi

• 225. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Eliot) to the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 24, 1972

  Eliot provided a summary of the U.S. diplomatic and humanitarian response to the violence in Burundi, calling it a role of active, quiet leadership. He indicated that Ambassador Yost was returning for consultations.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 735, Country Files, Africa, Burundi, Vol. I. Confidential.

Uganda

• 258. Conversation Between President Nixon and the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Camp David, September 24, 1972, 11:37-11:52 a.m.

  In their lengthy conversation on Uganda and Burundi, Nixon and Kissinger discussed possible actions to evacuate American and British citizens from Uganda.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Camp David Secretaryʼs Table, Conversation No. 154–7. This transcript was prepared in the Office of the Historian specifically for this volume. No classification marking.

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

• 213-13; Unknown between 12:00 a.m. & 10:03 a.m.; Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)
• 213-14; Unknown between 12:00 a.m. & 10:03 a.m.; Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)
• 213-15; Unknown between 10:03 a.m. & 11:37 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 213-16; 11:37 a.m. - 11:52 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 213-17; Unknown between 11:52 a.m. & 11:56 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 213-18; Unknown between 11:52 a.m. & 11:56 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)
• 213-19; 11:56 a.m. - 12:46 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 213-20; Unknown between 12:46 p.m. & 12:56 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon
• 213-21; Unknown between 12:46 p.m. & 12:56 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon
• 213-22; 12:56 p.m. - 12:56 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 213-23; 12:58 p.m. - 1:01 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon
• 213-24; Unknown between 1:01 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 213-25; Unknown between 1:01 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 213-26; Unknown between 1:01 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 213-27; Unknown between 1:01 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Sanchez, Manolo
• 213-28; Unknown between 1:01 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 213-29; Unknown between 1:01 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon
• 213-30; Unknown between 1:01 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.; Eisenhower, Julie Nixon; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan)
• 213-31; 3:30 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Camp David Operator; Woods, Rose Mary
• 213-32; Unknown between 4:50 p.m. & 6:45 p.m.; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon
• 213-33; Unknown between 4:50 p.m. & 6:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon
• 213-34; Unknown between 5:00 p.m. & 9:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon
• 213-35; Unknown between 5:00 p.m. & 9:12 p.m.; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan); Eisenhower, Julie Nixon

Camp David Study Table

• 154-6; Unknown between 10:03 a.m. & 11:37 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 154-7; 11:37 a.m. - 11:52 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 154-8; Unknown between 11:52 a.m. & 11:56 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 154-9; 11:56 a.m. - 12:46 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 154-10; Unknown between 12:46 p.m. & 1:01 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 154-11; 12:58 p.m. - 1:01 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cox, Tricia Nixon
• 154-12; Unknown between 3:30 p.m. & 4:47 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David Operator
• 154-13; 4:46 p.m. - 4:47 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary

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-5787
  "Face the Nation", "Meet the Press" AND "Issues and Answers".
  Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc.
  Runtime: 01:29:27
• WHCA-5793
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  24. Utley/Erikson: POWs to be released send message to President Nixon; Swedish film from Vietnam. Time Code Start: 64:50. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War. Network: NBC.
  
  25. Utley/Valeriani: McGovern in New York City. Time Code Start: 68:57. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: NBC.
  
  26. Utley/Moss: Vice President Agnew in Louisville, Kentucky. Time Code Start: 71:27. Keywords: Vice Presidents, travel. Network: NBC.
  
  27. Utley/Nessen: (Shriver) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Time Code Start: 73:43. Keywords: Vice Presidents, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: NBC.

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• September 1972 Broadcast Index

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