September 26, 1972

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• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

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

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• Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report on the Coal Mine Health Program.
• Remarks at the Dedication of the American Museum of Immigration on Liberty Island in New York Harbor.
• Statement About the Dedication of the American Museum of Immigration
• Remarks at a "Victory '72" Dinner in New York City.

The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other Presidential documents.

• Federal Register of Tuesday, September 26, 1972

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• House of Representatives: September 26, 1972
• Senate: September 26, 1972
• Extensions of Remarks: September 26, 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.

• Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
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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 26 September 1972

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Vol. I, Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1969-1972

Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1969-1972

• 122. Statement by Secretary of the Treasury Shultz, Washington, September 26, 1972

  Source: Department of State Bulletin, October 23, 1972, pp. 460-462, 465-466. Secretary Shultz made his statement before the combined IMF-IBRD Boards of Governors. He was U.S. Governor of the Fund and the Bank.

Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

Committee of 24

• 80. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, New York, September 26, 1972, 1332Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 19 UN. Confidential; Priority.

U.S. Position Papers and Assessments of General Assembly Sessions

• 107. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, New York, September 26, 1972, 2230Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, UN 3 GA. Limited Official Use. Repeated to Moscow, Brussels for USNATO, London, Paris, Rome, Bonn, Saigon, Tel Aviv, Beirut, and the Interests Section in Cairo.

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

Economic Normalization and Soviet Jewish Emigration, September-December 1972

• 52. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 26, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 720, Country Files—Europe—USSR, Vol. XXV. Secret. Sent for action. Concurred in by Fernando Rondon, NSC Staff member for African and UN Affairs. Haig wrote at the top of the memorandum, “thru Haig.”

• 53. Memorandum for the President’s File by the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig), New York, September 26, 1972, 4:40 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 720, Country Files—Europe—USSR, Vol. XXV, September 1972 [1 of 3]. Secret. The meeting took place in the Carpenter’s Suite at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The original is incorrectly dated September 27. On September 25, Kissinger forwarded a set of talking points to Nixon for the meeting. In a covering memorandum, Kissinger wrote: “Given the natural tendency of any group such as this with a strong special interest to over-interpret what they hear, it seems to me important to stay fairly close to the suggested talking points.” (Ibid.) Kissinger also spoke with Rabin, September 25, telling him: “One other thing as long as I have you on the phone, the President is very nervous about this meeting with the Jewish leaders tomorrow. I don’t know whether you have any influence on them to keep them from harassing him too much.” Rabin replied: “I don’t believe there will be any harassment there. They’ll ask questions. I think what they’ll try—two of them talked to me and they would like practically to get the . . . If he could start with a few words rather than to let them set a tone, if I may advise.” Kissinger replied: “Right.” (Transcript of telephone conversation, September 25; ibid., Kissinger Telephone Conversations (Telcons), Box 15, Chronological File)

Vol. XX, Southeast Asia, 1969-1972

Philippines

• 261. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, September 26, 1972

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, FN 9 PHIL–US. Secret. Drafted by Lowman and approved by Barger. The meeting was held in Deputy Assistant Secretary Barger’s office.

Vol. XLII, Vietnam: The Kissinger-Le Duc Tho Negotiations

Serious Negotiations and the October Settlement, July 1972-October 1972

• 19. Memorandum of Conversation, Paris, September 26, 1972, 10:30 a.m.-4:20 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1021, Alexander M. Haig Special File, Kissinger and Haig Memcons with Thieu [3 of 4]. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting took place at 108 Avénue du Général Leclerc in Gif-sur-Yvette. The residence, formerly owned by the artist Fernand Léger, became a property of the French Communist Party on Léger’s death in 1965. The Party made it available to the North Vietnamese as one of the locations for the negotiations. All brackets, except those indicating illegible text, are in the original. The tabs are attached but not printed.

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

• 343. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 26, 1972

  Sonnenfeldt discussed options for responding to the Soviet proposal for a UN resolution on the non-use of force and asked Kissinger how he preferred to proceed.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 720, Country Files, Europe, USSR Vol. XXV. Secret. Sent for action. Rondon concurred with the memorandum. Option #2, “Ask for SRG paper,” is checked. The attached telegram at Tab A is published. It was repeated to Bonn, London, Moscow, Paris, Tokyo, and Geneva.

• 344. Soviet Draft Resolution Introduced in the United Nations General Assembly, New York, September 26, 1972

  Text of Soviet draft resolution on the renunciation of the use of force and the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons.
  
  Source: Documents on Disarmament, 1972, p. 672. No classification marking. For the text of Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko’s discussion of the proposal during his September 26 address to the UN, see ibid., pp. 662–672.

Vol. E-10, Documents on American Republics, 1969-1972

Peru

• 638. Memorandum Prepared by the NSC Interdepartmental Group on Latin American Affairs, Washington, September 26, 1972., Washington, September 26, 1972

  This National Security Council Interdepartmental Group for Latin American Affairs (NSC–IG/ARA) study reviewed U.S. policy towards Peru. United States interests included fostering a favorable trade and investment climate, and maintaining U.S. influence. Three policy options were presented: maintaining the present policy; enacting a harder line policy; or softening the policy stance.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S–I, NSSMs, 1/69–5/80: Lot 80 D 212, NSSM 158. Confidential. NSSM 158/CIEPSM 23 is printed as Document 637. The minutes of the SRG meeting are printed as Document 639. The Gonzalez Amendment of March 10, 1972 (86 Stat. 59) required U.S. representatives to the IDB to vote against providing loans to nations that had expropriated U.S. investments; or, if U.S. officials voted to proved such loans, to publicly state their legal rationale for their vote.

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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Oval Office

• 787-1; Unknown between 9:20 a.m. & 9:45 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 787-2; Unknown between 9:20 a.m. & 9:45 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 787-3; 9:45 a.m. - 9:47 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 787-4; 9:50 a.m. - 10:11 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 787-5; 10:11 a.m. - 10:53 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Bull, Stephen B.; Merriam, Robert E.; Engman, Lewis A.; White House photographer
• 787-6; 10:54 a.m. - 11:17 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Tonelli, Joseph P.; Silberman, Laurence H.; Usery, Willie J., Jr.; Rodgers, Donald F.; White House photographer; [Unknown person(s)]; Hodgson, James D.
• 787-7; Unknown between 11:17 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 787-8; Unknown between 11:17 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 787-9; 11:30 a.m. - 11:49 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 787-10; Unknown between 11:49 a.m. & 12:04 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.
• 787-11; Unknown between 11:49 a.m. & 12:04 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 787-12; 12:04 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Lyons, John H. ("Jack"); Ward, Martin J.; Fosco, Peter; Murphy, Thomas F.; Haas, Andrew T.; Lawhead, Wylie; Edwards, Kenneth M.; Wharton, Hunter P.; Power, Joseph T.; Pillard, Charles H.; Carough, Edward J.; Hodgson, James D.; Silberman, Laurence H.; Usery, Willie J., Jr.; Raftery, S. Frank; White House photographer; Bull, Stephen B.
• 787-13; 12:30 p.m. - 12:39 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Nixon, Thelma C. ("Pat") (Ryan); Baring, George R. S.; Baring, George R. S. (Mrs.); Haig, Alexander M., Jr.; White House photographer
• 787-14; Unknown between 12:39 p.m. & 12:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 787-15; Unknown between 12:39 p.m. & 12:45 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 787-16; 12:45 p.m. - 1:31 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Colson, Charles W.; Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 787-17; Unknown between 1:31 p.m. & 11:59 p.m.; Sanchez, Manolo; United States Secret Service agents

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-D0524 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0524-, President Nixon in the Oval Office shaking hands with an unidentified man. 9/26/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, unidentified man.

Roll WHPO-D0525 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0525-, Vice President Agnew, Judy Agnew, and unidentified persons seated informally and dining in Mexico. 9/26/1972, Mexico unknown. Agnew, Judy Agnew, unidentified men and women.

Roll WHPO-D0526 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0526-, Vice President Agnew arriving by plane, addressing a large audience, leaving by plane, and standing in a receiving line with Judy Agnew. 9/26/1972, Mexico unknown. Agnew, Judy Agnew, unidentified men and women.

Roll WHPO-D0527 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0527-03-04, President Nixon seated at his desk during a meeting with Robert Merriam, Lewis Engman, and John Ehrlichman. 9/26/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Robert Merriam, Lewis Engman, Ehrlichman, Joseph Tonelli, Laurence Silberman, William Usery, Donald Rodgers, James Hodgson.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0527-06-08, President Nixon seated informally with Dept. of Labor officials and Joseph Tonelli. 9/26/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Robert Merriam, Lewis Engman, Ehrlichman, Joseph Tonelli, Laurence Silberman, William Usery, Donald Rodgers, James Hodgson.

Roll WHPO-D0528 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0528-, President Nixon shaking hands individually and in group shots with Building Trades Unions Presidents and Labor Dept. officials. 9/26/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, trade union presidents, Hodgson, William J. Usery.

Roll WHPO-D0530 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0530-, Copies of posed first family photos. 9/26/1972, Washington, D.C. West Wing Sitting Hall, White House. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, David Eisenhower, Julie Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox.

Roll WHPO-D0531 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0531-, Nixon and Pat Nixon standing with British ambassador the Earl of Cromer and Lady Cromer. 9/26/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, the Earl of Cromer, Lady Cromer.

Roll WHPO-D0532 Photographer: Grove, Andrew | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0532-, Head and shoulders photos of Bill Rhatican. 9/26/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. Bill Rhatican.

Roll WHPO-D0533 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0533-, President Nixon standing with members of the NY Democrats for President Nixon. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York Suite 35F, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. President Nixon, NY Democrats for Nixon.

Roll WHPO-D0534 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0534-, President Nixon speaking at a Re-election of the President (CRP) campaign fund raising Victory '72 Dinner. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York ballroom, Americana Hotel. President Nixon, Clark MacGregor, Campaign Director for the Committee for the Re-election of the President (CRP) . Unidentified persons and attendees.

Roll WHPO-D0535 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0535-02A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon being greeted upon arrival at the Newark airport by New Jersey Governor William Cahill. 9/26/1972, New Jersey, New York Newark Municipal Airport, Liberty Island. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, William Cahill, Rogers Morton, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0535-03A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon being greeted upon arrival at the Newark airport by Rogers Morton, Secretary of the Interior. 9/26/1972, New Jersey, New York Newark Municipal Airport, Liberty Island. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rogers Morton, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0535-04A-10A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon greeting people in the crowd waiting where President Nixon will speak at the Liberty Island American Immigration Museum dedication ceremony. 9/26/1972, New Jersey, New York Newark Municipal Airport, Liberty Island. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, William Cahill, Rogers Morton, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0535-09, President Nixon and Pat Nixon walking hand in hand through a partitioned walkway in a crowd waiting where President Nixon will speak at the American Immigration Museum at Liberty Island dedication ceremony. 9/26/1972, New Jersey, New York Newark Municipal Airport, Liberty Island. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rogers Morton, crowd, officials.

Roll WHPO-D0537 Photographer: Moore, Robert (Supervisor/Director, WHPO Photographic Laboratory) | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0537-, Views of the crowd waiting at Liberty Island where President Nixon will speak at the American Immigration Museum dedication ceremony. Statue of Liberty visible. 9/26/1972, Liberty Island, New York outdoors. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rogers C.B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior. New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, New Jersy Governor William T. Cahill, unidentified officials, crowd, children, Jewish group holding a support sign.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0537-04, President Nixon standing at the speaker's podium where Pat Nixon and officials sit, while jubilant children and teenagers in the crowd cheer in the foreground. Some Orthodox Jewish boys with long side locks wearing yarmulke head caps are among the crowd at the Liberty Island American Immigration Museum dedication ceremony. 9/26/1972, Liberty Island, New York outdoors. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rogers C.B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior. New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, New Jersy Governor William T. Cahill, unidentified officials, crowd, children, Jewish group holding a support sign.

Roll WHPO-D0538 Photographer: Moore, Robert (Supervisor/Director, WHPO Photographic Laboratory) | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0538-, Photos of the Statue of Liberty. 9/26/1972, Liberty Island, New York outdoors.

Roll WHPO-D0539 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0539-07-09, Vice President Agnew being driven in a limousine motorcade during a campaign trip to Chicago. 9/26/1972, Chicago, Illinois street. Spiro Agnew, Secret Service agents, crowd.

Roll WHPO-D0540 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0540-, Vice President Agnew greeting three young teenage girls cheering him in a crowd while on a campaign trip to Chicago. 9/26/1972, Chicago, Illinois unknown. Spiro Agnew, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0540-11, Vice President Agnew greeting teenage girls holding an American flag in a crowd, while on a campaign trip to Chicago. 9/26/1972, Chicago, Illinois unknown. Spiro Agnew, crowd.

Roll WHPO-D0541 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0541-07, Vice President Agnew and Judy Agnew descending from the Air Force Two (AF2) plane while on a campaign trip to Chicago. 9/26/1972, Chicago, Illinois airport; unknown. Spiro Agnew, Judy Agnew, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0541-08-19, Vice President Agnew speaking from a podium in front of a large audience while on a campaign trip to Chicago. 9/26/1972, Chicago, Illinois airport; unknown. Spiro Agnew, Judy Agnew, guests.

Roll WHPO-D0542 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0542-03-04, Vice President Agnew and Judy Agnew descending from the Air Force Two (AF2) plane while on a campaign trip to Chicago. 9/26/1972, Chicago, Illinois airport. Spiro Agnew, Judy Agnew, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0542-05-20, Vice President Agnew speaking from a podium in front of a large audience while on a campaign trip to Chicago.. 9/26/1972, Chicago, Illinois unknown. Spiro Agnew, Judy Agnew, guests.

Roll WHPO-D0548 Photographer: Moore, Robert (Supervisor/Director, WHPO Photographic Laboratory) | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0548-, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rogers C.B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior. New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, New Jersy Governor William T. Cahill, and unidentified officials attend the Liberty Island American Immigration Museum dedication. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York grounds, dais, Liberty Island. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rogers C.B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior. New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, New Jersy Governor William T. Cahill, unidentified officials, crowd, children, Jewish group holding a support sign.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0548-07, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rogers C.B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior. New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, New Jersy Governor William T. Cahill, and unidentified officials attend the Liberty Island American Immigration Museum dedication. Members of the crowd hold a JEWS FOR NIXON sign. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York grounds, dais, Liberty Island. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rogers C.B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior. New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, New Jersy Governor William T. Cahill, unidentified officials, crowd, children, Jewish group holding a support sign.

Roll WHPO-D0549 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0549-, Ron Ziegler conducting a press briefing. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York unidentified room. Ronald Ziegler, press corps reporters and members.

Roll WHPO-D0550 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0550-, Views of the Manhattan skyline and of the Statue of Liberty. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York Liberty Island.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0550-08-27, 29, President Nixon and Pat Nixon being seated at the head table. President Nixon addressing guests at the campaign fund raising Victory '72 Dinner. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York ballroom, Americana Hotel. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Bob Dole, Clark MacGregor, governor Cahill, Governor Nelson Rockefeller, officials, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0550-28, President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing at the podium receive a standing ovation from the campaign fund raising Victory '72 Dinner guests. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York ballroom, Americana Hotel. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Bob Dole, Clark MacGregor, officials, guests.

Roll WHPO-D0551 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0551-, President Nixon addressing the crowd, and then shaing hands with Governor Nelson Rockefeller after speaking at the Liberty Island American Immigration Museum dedication. The Statue of Liberty visible in the background. 9/26/1972, New York City, Liberty Island, New York grounds, Liberty Island. President Nixon, Governor Rockefeller, secret service officers watching the crowd around the stage, Rogers C.B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior. New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, New Jersy Governor William T. Cahill.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0551-, President Nixon's helicopter Air Force One (AF1) in flight after the departure ceremony. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York grounds, Liberty Island. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, band members, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0551-10A, President Nixon speaking at the Liberty Island American Immigration Museum dedication. Statue of Liberty visible in the background. 9/26/1972, New York City, Liberty Island, New York grounds, Liberty Island. President Nixon, unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0551-13A, President Nixon shaking hands with Governor Nelson Rockefeller after speaking at Liberty Island American Immigration Museum dedication. The Statue of Liberty visible in the background. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York grounds, Liberty Island. President Nixon, New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, possibly New Jersy Governor William T. Cahill, and unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0551-24, Ron Ziegler conducting a press briefing. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York unidentified room. Ziegler, press corps members.

Roll WHPO-D0553 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0553-02-07, President Nixon addressing a campaign fund raising luncheon. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York ballroom, Americana Hotel; unknown room. President Nixon, officials, guests, unidentified men.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0553-08-09, Four unidentified men standing together in a group. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York ballroom, Americana Hotel; unknown room. President Nixon, officials, guests, unidentified men.

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

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0596-00A-01A, Nixon, Pat Nixon, and Rogers Morton standing with the Statue of Liberty in the background. 9/26/1972, New York City, New York grounds, Liberty Island. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rogers Morton.

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-656
  Remarks by Colonel Binchney to members of the Naval War College. (9/26/1972, Family Theater, White House)
  
  Runtime: 65:00:00
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by GLG (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

L - White House Press Office Briefings

• WHCA-SR-L-028
  Press briefing by Ronald Ziegler in the Commodore Hotel in New York. (9/26/1972, Windsor Ballroom, Commodore Hotel, New York, New York)
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-720920
  Remarks by President Nixon at the dedication of Immigration Museum at the Statue of Liberty. (9/26/1972, New York City, New York)
  
  Runtime: 0:08:43
  
  Production credits: Audio feed (mult) supplied by WHCA; Recorded by MJP (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-P-720921
  Remarks by President Nixon at Victory 72 fundraising dinner in NYC with PN, CM, Senator Robert Dole. (9/26/1972)
  
  Runtime: 24:40:00
  
  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-5788
  "Today" Show excerpt. Sallyanne Payton.
  Undetermined
  Runtime: 0:12
• WHCA-5789
  NBC News Special: "Politics and the Media". FTN: Clark MacGregor, chairman of the Committee to Re-elect the President; "MTP": feminist Gloria Steinem, Mrs. William Ruckelshaus.
  CBS, NBC
  Runtime: 00:59:58
• WHCA-5790
  President Nixon in Rio Grande, Texas. Sargent Shriver, 1972 Democratic vice-presidential nominee.
  NBC
  Runtime: 01:06:19
• WHCA-5794
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  10. Reasoner: Kissinger in Paris. Time Code Start: 23:09. Keywords: Paris Peace Talks, Vietnam War, treaty, treaties, negotiations, government, officials, travel, trips. Network: ABC.
  
  11. Reasoner/Reynolds: (McGovern) and the POWs; Mrs. Mullen speaks; Humphrey. Time Code Start: 23:30. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, voting, speeches. Network: ABC.
  
  12. Smith/Clark: End of the Vietnam war amendment; Senator Brooke. Time Code Start: 26:30. Keywords: Vietnam War, ceasefires, endings, laws, bills. Network: ABC.
  
  13. Smith/Zimmerman: (Shriver) campaigning. Time Code Start: 28:18. Keywords: Vice Presidents, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: ABC.
  
  14. Reasoner/Gill: Vice President Agnew campaigning. Time Code Start: 30:33. Keywords: Vice Presidents, travel, trips, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: ABC.
  
  15. Reasoner/Jarriel: (President Nixon) campaigning in New York. Time Code Start: 33:07. Keywords: Presidents,. Network: ABC.
  
  16. Smith: Commentary on election landslides unhealthy. Time Code Start: 35:08. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, voting, results, debates. Network: ABC.
  
  17. Chancellor: Something up with Paris Peace Talks; POWs. Time Code Start: 37:50. Keywords: Paris Peace Talks, Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, treaty, treaties, negotiations. Network: NBC.
  
  18. Brinkley: Commentary on POWs. Time Code Start: 37:58. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War. Network: NBC.
  
  19. Chancellor/Mackin/Valeriani: (President Nixon) in New York; (McGovern) in California with Humphrey. Time Code Start: 39:47. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, primaries, candidates, voting, speeches. Network: NBC.
  
  20. Chancellor/Jones: Vietnam; South Vietnam's President Thieu- ruling by decree. Time Code Start: 44:06. Keywords: South Vietnam, Presidents, speeches, statements, Vietnam War. Network: NBC.
  
  21. Chancellor/Levine: U.S. proposals to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Time Code Start: 47:37. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, international organizations, foreign aid, savings funds, global monetary cooperation, financial stability, trade, employment, economic growth. Network: NBC.
  
  22. Cronkite/Mudd: Senate kills anti-war amendment. Time Code Start: 50:10. Keywords: bills, laws, vetoes. Network: CBS.
  
  23. Cronkite/Chung: (McGovern) in California with Humphrey. Time Code Start: 52:53. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, primaries, candidates, voting, speeches. Network: CBS.
  
  24. Cronkite/Rather: Harris Poll shows McGovern gaining; (President Nixon) in New York. Time Code Start: 54:43. Keywords: public opinions, polls, approval ratings, Gallup poll, Harris poll. Network: CBS.
  
  25. Cronkite/Hart: Kissinger in Paris for peace talks; POW's; Catholic mass in North Vietnam. Time Code Start: 58:07. Keywords: Paris Peace Talks, Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, treaty, treaties, negotiations, travel, trips, religious services. Network: CBS.

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