September 29, 1972

The Daily Diary files represent a consolidated record of the President's activities. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

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

The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents made available transcripts of the President's news conferences; messages to Congress; public speeches, remarks, and statements; and other Presidential materials released by the White House.

Digitized versions can be found at HathiTrust.

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 Friday, September 29, 1972

The Congressional Record is the official daily record of the debates and proceedings of the U.S. Congress.

• Senate: September 29, 1972
• Extensions of Remarks: September 29, 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 29 September 1972

The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Visit the State Department website for more information.

Vol. VIII, Vietnam, January-October 1972

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

• 269. Conversation Among President Nixon, the Assistant to the President (Haldeman), and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 29, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Oval Office, Conversation 788–1. No classification marking. The editors transcribed the portions of the tape recording printed here specifically for this volume. The transcript is part of a larger conversation, 9:45–10:45 a.m.

• 270. Conversation Between President Nixon and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 29, 1972, 3:16-3:30 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Oval Office, Conversation 788–11. No classification marking. The editors transcribed the portions of the tape recording printed here specifically for this volume.

• 271. Conversation Among President Nixon, the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), and the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig), Washington, September 29, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Oval Office, Conversation 788–18. No classification marking. The editors transcribed the portions of the tape recording printed here specifically for this volume. The conversation occurred at an unknown time between 5:15 and 6:30 p.m. Haig was about to depart for Saigon to meet with Thieu as President Nixon’s personal emissary.

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

Economic Normalization and Soviet Jewish Emigration, September-December 1972

• 54. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 29, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 67, Country Files—Europe—USSR, Map Room, Aug. 1972–May 31, 1973, 3 of 3. Confidential; Sensitive; Eyes Only. Sent for action.

Vol. XXIV, Middle East Region and Arabian Peninsula, 1969-1972; Jordan, September 1970

Saudi Arabia

• 164. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, September 29, 1972

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, PET SAUD. Confidential. Drafted by Dickman and approved on October 3 by Nicholas Veliotes.

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Europe, 1969-1972

Austria

• 71. Telegram From Secretary of State Rogers to the Department of State, New York, September 29, 1972, 2034Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL AUS–US. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Vienna. Rogers and Kirchschlaeger were in New York attending the UN General Assembly meeting.

Bulgaria

• 75. Telegram From Secretary of State Rogers to the Department of State, New York, September 29, 1972, 2055Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 7 BUL. Confidential. Repeated to Sofia. Rogers and Mladenov were in New York attending the UN General Assembly meeting.

Vol. XLI, Western Europe; NATO, 1969-1972

Canada

• 114. Telegram From Secretary of State Rogers to the Department of State, New York, September 29, 1972, 2042Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 7 CAN. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Ottawa. Rogers was in New York for the U.N. General Assembly session.

Vol. E-1, Documents on Global Issues, 1969-1972

U.S. Policy Towards Terrorism, Hijacking of Aircraft, and Attacks on Civil Aviation: The Olympic Attack and the Anti-Terrorism Initiatives, September−December 1972

• 111. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, September 29, 1972

  Kissinger answered the President’s query about attacks on U.S. businesses overseas in a 3-page memorandum that summarized a longer CIA memorandum on the topic.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 310, Cabinet Committee on Terrorism. Secret. Sent for information. A notation on the memorandum indicated that the President saw it. Tab B was attached but not published.

Oceans Policy

• 438. Memorandum From the Chairman of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Law of the Sea (Stevenson) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 29, 1972

  In response to NSDM 177, Stevenson forwarded recommended instructions on law of the sea matters for the U.S. delegation to the 27th UN General Assembly. He also forwarded a report on the July-August meeting of the UN Seabeds Committee.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H-237, NSDM Files, NSDM 196. Confidential. Only the summary of the lengthy report on the July-August UN Seabeds Committee meeting, sent to the Department and all diplomatic posts on August 18 as telegram 3844 from Geneva, is published. The full text of telegram 3844 is ibid.

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

Burundi

• 226. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, September 29, 1972

  Kissinger summarized Belgiumʼs reactions to the situation in Burundi.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 735, Country Files, Africa, Burundi, Vol. I. Secret; Sensitive. Sent for information. The memorandum is stamped, “The President has Seen.” The President wrote adjacent to the subject line on page one, “What have we done?” Written at the top of page one is, “HK has seen.”

Uganda

• 259. Memorandum From Denis Clift of the National Security Council Staff to Richard Kennedy of the National Security Council Staff, Washington, September 29, 1972

  Clift informed Kennedy that all arrangements and clearances had been made for admittance to the United States of 1,000 Ugandan Asians.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 746, Country Files, Africa, Uganda, Vol. I. Confidential.

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

Venezuela

• 681. Telegram 3557 From the U.S. Mission in the United Nations, New York, September 29, 1972, 0012Z., New York, September 29, 1972, 0012Z

  Venezuelan Foreign Minister Calvani and Ambassador McClintock discussed comments made by Secretary of State Rogers about Venezuelan Petroleum legislation in testimony before the U.S. Congress.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL

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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Cabinet Room

• 105-9; Unknown between 9:19 a.m. & 10:06 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cost of Living Council; Shultz, George P.; Rumsfeld, Donald H.; Butz, Earl L.; Peterson, Peter G.; Hodgson, James D.; Romney, George W.; Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); Lincoln, George A. (Gen.); Knauer, Virginia H.; Burns, Arthur F.; Veneman, John G.; Walters, Johnnie M.; Flemming, Arthur S.; Curtis, Thomas B.; Preston, Edward; Whitman, Marina von Neumann; McLane, James W.; Geimer, William; Cheney, Richard B.; Concklin, Bert M.; Walker, William; Kosters, Marvin H.; Murdoch, Donald R.; Greener, William I. ("Bill"), Jr.; Lane, C. Robert; White House photographer

Old Executive Office Building

• 354-1; Unknown between 2:04 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 354-2; Unknown between 2:04 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 354-3; Unknown between 2:04 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); [Unknown person(s)]
• 354-4; Unknown between 2:04 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Sanchez, Manolo
• 354-5; Unknown between 2:04 p.m. & 3:05 p.m.; Sanchez, Manolo; [Unknown person(s)]

Oval Office

• 788-1; 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.; Schumann, Maurice; Kosciusko-Morizet, Jacques; White House photographer
• 788-2; 10:45 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 788-3; 10:51 a.m. - 10:53 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 788-4; Unknown between 10:54 a.m. & 11:07 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 788-5; Unknown between 10:56 a.m. & 11:07 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Burns, Arthur F.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 788-6; Unknown between 11:07 a.m. & 12:03 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 788-7; Unknown between 12:03 p.m. & 12:11 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 788-8; 12:11 p.m. - 2:03 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Butterfield, Alexander P.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 788-9; Unknown between 2:04 p.m. & 3:15 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 788-10; Unknown between 2:04 p.m. & 3:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 788-11; 3:16 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 788-12; 3:32 p.m. - 3:58 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); SerVass, Beurt; SerVass, Cory; White House photographer
• 788-13; Unknown between 3:58 p.m. & 4:04 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 788-14; Unknown between 3:58 p.m. & 4:04 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 788-15; 4:04 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Douglas-Home, Alexander F. (Sir); Kissinger, Henry A.; Bull, Stephen B.; Sanchez, Manolo
• 788-16; Unknown between 5:16 p.m. & 5:21 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 788-17; Unknown between 5:16 p.m. & 5:21 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 788-18; Unknown between 5:15 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.; Haig, Alexander M., Jr.
• 788-19; Unknown between 6:30 p.m. & 6:36 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 788-20; Unknown between 6:30 p.m. & 6:36 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 788-21; Unknown between 6:30 p.m. & 6:36 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 788-22; Unknown between 3:05 p.m. & 3:16 p.m.; United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]

White House Telephone

• 30-31; Unknown between 12:00 a.m. & 6:44 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 30-32; 6:42 p.m. - 6:44 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Carter, Edward W.
• 30-33; Unknown between 6:44 p.m., 9/29 & 11:52 a.m., 7/19; Cox, Edward R. F.; White House operator
• 30-34; Unknown between 6:44 p.m., 9/29 & 11:52 a.m., 7/19; Cox, Edward R. F.; Cox, Anne C. B. (Finch)

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-D0574 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0574-, President Nixon meeting with the Cost of Living Council. 9/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Shultz, Donald Rumsfeld, Richard (Dick) Cheney, Earl L. Butz, Peter Peterson, James Hodgson, Romney, Weinberger, Lincoln, stein, Knauer, Burns, Veneman, Robert M. Ball, Johnnie Walters, arthur Flemming, thomas Curtis, Edward Preston, Marina Whitman, James McLane, Geimer, Concklin, William Walker, Kosters, Donald Murdoch, William Greener Jr., Robert Lane.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0574-08, President Nixon meeting with the Cost of Living Council. 9/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Shultz, Donald Rumsfeld, Richard (Dick) Cheney, Earl L. Butz, Peter Peterson, James Hodgson, Romney, Weinberger, Lincoln, stein, Knauer, Burns, Veneman, Robert M. Ball, Johnnie Walters, arthur Flemming, thomas Curtis, Edward Preston, Marina Whitman, James McLane, Geimer, Concklin, William Walker, Kosters, Donald Murdoch, William Greener Jr., Robert Lane.

Roll WHPO-D0575 Photographer: Grove, Andrew | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0575-, President Nixon seated informally with French Ambassador Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet, French Minister of Foreign Affairs Maurice Schumann, and Henry Kissinger. 9/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Jacques Kosciusko-Morizet, Maurice Schumann, Kissinger.

Roll WHPO-D0576 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0576-03-11, A student group from Grambling College. 9/29/1972, Washington, D.C. Diplomatic Entrance stairs, balcony, White House. Grambling College students.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0576-12-14, Closeup portraits of an unidentified lieutenant. 9/29/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. unidentified lieutenant.

Roll WHPO-D0577 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0577-, President Nixon in the Oval Office standing and seated at his desk during a meeting with "Saturday Evening Post" Editors Beurt and Cory SerVaas and Ollie Atkins, the presidential photographer and manager of the White House Photo Office. 9/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Beurt SerVaas, Cory SerVaas, Oliver Atkins.

Roll WHPO-D0578 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0578-, President Nixon seated informally with British Secretary of State Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Henry Kissinger. 9/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. Alec Douglas-Home, Henry Kissinger.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0578-07, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with British Secretary of State Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Henry Kissinger. 9/29/1972, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Henry Kissinger.

Roll WHPO-D0579 Photographer: Grove, Andrew | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0579-, Weinberger meeting with unidentified persons. 9/29/1972, Washington, D.C. unknown. Weinberger, unidentified persons.

Roll WHPO-D0581 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0581-, Formal dinnerware table setting for 16, set for a dinner to honor Sir Alec Douglas-Home. May be Eisenhower dinnerware plates. Gold bowl vases hold low floral arrangements of white and yellow daisies with blue batchelor button flowers. 9/29/1972, Washington, D.C. Blue Room, White House.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0581-07A, Formal dinnerware table setting for 16, set for a dinner to honor Sir Alec Douglas-Home. May be Eisenhower dinnerware plates. Gold bowl vases hold low floral arrangements of white and yellow daisies with blue batchelor button flowers. 9/29/1972, Washington, D.C. Blue Room, White House.

Roll WHPO-D0583 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0583-, Vice President Agnew at various sites: arriving by plane; addressing a large audience; and shaking hands individually with unidentified men. 9/29/1972, Tampa, Florida tarmac, unknown indoor sites. Agnew, audience, unidentified men.

Roll WHPO-D0584 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0584-, Vice President Agnew on an airplane and addressing a large audience. 9/29/1972, air, Tampa, Florida plane, unknown indoor site. Agnew, audience, unidentified men and women.

Roll WHPO-D0585 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0585-, Vice President Agnew addressing a large outdoor audience and greeting people in the crowd during a campaign trip. 9/29/1972, Jackson, Mississippi unknown outdoor location. Spiro Agnew, policemen, audience, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0585-11, Vice President Agnew (seen from overhead and behind) addressing a large outdoor audience gathered at the end of a street during a campaign trip. TV news cameramen and photographers stand in a group amid the crowd. 9/29/1972, Jackson, Mississippi unknown outdoor location. Spiro Agnew, policemen, audience, crowd, members of the press.

Roll WHPO-D0586 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0586-, Vice President Agnew addressing a large outdoor audience and greeting people in the crowd during a campaign trip. 9/29/1972, Jackson, Mississippi unknown outdoor location. Spiro Agnew, policemen, audience, crowd.

Roll WHPO-D0587 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0587-, Vice President Agnew arriving by plane, addressing a large outdoor audience, and leaving by his Air Force Two (AF2) plane. 9/29/1972, Jackson, Mississippi tarmac, unknown outdoor location. Spiro Agnew, audience.

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-692
  Press briefing by Donald Rumsfeld of the Cost of Living Council, Ronald Ziegler, and Richard Cheney. (9/29/1972, Press Lobby, White House)
  
  Runtime: 0:38:53
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary
  
  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: 57 minutes and 51 seconds of silence at end of recording removed from access copies.

L - White House Press Office Briefings

• WHCA-SR-L-029
  Press briefing by Gerald Warren. (9/29/1972, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 0:06:11
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media, press secretary, briefings, public statements to the press, SALT, S.A.L.T, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Cold War detente, treaty, treaties signing ceremony, signings
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JBA (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original. Technical notes: 1 hour, 30 minutes and 31 seconds of silence at end of recording removed from access copies.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-720926
  Remarks by President Nixon for Salute to Ethel Waters dinner in DC. (9/29/1972)
  
  Runtime: 0:43
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-P-720927
  Remarks by President Nixon re Opportunities Industrialization Center. (9/29/1972)
  
  Runtime: 1:55
  
  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-5806
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:37:00
  
  1. Smith/Jarriel: Paris peace talks; General Haig in Vietnam. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Paris Peace Talks, Vietnam War, treaty, treaties, negotiations. Network: ABC.
  
  2. Reasoner/Jackson/Shoumacher: POWs have returned. Time Code Start: 01:48. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, releases, arrivals. Network: ABC.
  
  3. Smith/Koppel: Interview with Lieutenant Gartley, newly released POW. Time Code Start: 06:45. Keywords: Vietnam War, POW (Vietnam Prisoner of War). Network: ABC.
  
  4. Reasoner/Donaldson: Vietnam, Lavelle hearings. Time Code Start: 08:56. Keywords: Vietnam War, Air Force, military officials, bombings, Sentate, hearings, investigations, retirement, hearings, investigations. Network: ABC.
  
  5. Smith/Gill: Vice President Agnew heckled in Tampa, Florida. Time Code Start: 11:02. Keywords: Vice Presidents, demonstrations, rally, protesters, demonstraters, demonstrators. Network: ABC.
  
  6. Reasoner/Kincaid: Black vote in Columbus, Ohio. Time Code Start: 13:36. Keywords: Vote, voters, voting, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, voting, registrations, African Americans. Network: ABC.
  
  7. Smith: Commentary on Taiwan. Time Code Start: 17:10. Keywords: People's Republic of China. Network: ABC.
  
  8. Chancellor: POWs return to U.S.. Time Code Start: 19:00. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, releases, arrivals. Network: NBC.
  
  9. Chancellor/Scott/Osborne/Oliver/Davis: Military bases where POWs are hospitalized. Time Code Start: 22:55. Keywords: hospitals, Armed Forces, military, air bases, airfields, airports, troops, Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, returning, releases, illness, health, Armed Forces, Air Force, Army, Navy, Marines. Network: NBC.
  
  10. Chancellor/Streithorst: Haig goes to Vietnam; Film on French peace plan for Vietnam. Time Code Start: 27:06. Keywords: Paris Peace Talks, Vietnam War, treaty, treaties, negotiations. Network: NBC.
  
  11. Cronkite: Wheat scandal: The Great Grain Robbery. Time Code Start: 30:25. Keywords: American, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, agriculture, food, crops, products, sales, agreements, business, imports, exports, trade, Federal Bureau of Investigations, government, organizations, crime. Network: CBS.
  
  12. Cronkite/Serafin: Vice President Agnew in Tampa, Florida. Time Code Start: 38:10. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, primaries, candidates, voting, speeches. Network: CBS.
  
  13. Cronkite/Strauser: Lavelle hearings. Time Code Start: 40:45. Keywords: Vietnam War, Air Force, military officials, bombings, Sentate, hearings, investigations, retirement, hearings, investigations. Network: CBS.
  
  14. Cronkite/Schieffer/Curtis: POWs return to U.S.. Time Code Start: 42:43. Keywords: Vietnam War, Vietnam Prisoner of War, releases, arrivals. Network: CBS.

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