September 30, 1969

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.

Addresses and Remarks

• Presidential Unit Citation (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1350, September 30, 1969)
  The President's Remarks Upon Presenting the Award to the First Marines (Reinforced).

Announcements

• Reduction of United States Forces in Thailand (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1350, September 30, 1969)
  Announcement of Agreement Between the United States Government and the Royal Thai Government.

Appointments and Nominations

• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1351, September 30, 1969)
  Announcement of Intention To Nominate Robert E. Wieczorowski as U.S. Executive Director of the Bank.
• President's Commission on Personnel Interchange (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1352, September 30, 1969)
  Announcement of Appointment of Chairman and 15 Members of the New Commission.

Statements by the President

• Electoral Reform (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1350, September 30, 1969)
  Statement by the President Urging Senate Approval of the House-Passed Amendment Providing for Direct Election.

Acts Approved by the President

• S.J. Res. 152 -- Public Law 91-78
  Joint Resolution to provide for the temporary extension of rural housing programs and Federal Housing Administration insurance authority, and to extend the period during which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may establish maximum interest rates on insured loans.

Checklist of White House Press Releases

The releases listed below, made public by the Office of the White House Press Secretary during the period covered by this issue, are not included in the issue.

• Press conference of Senator Hugh Scott and Representative Gerald R. Ford following Republican leadership meeting.
• Press conference of George P. Shultz, Secretary of Labor, following the first meeting of the Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission.

Digest of Other White House Announcements

Following is a listing of items of general interest which were announced in the press but not made public as formal White House press releases during the period covered by this issue. Appointments requiring Senate approval are not included since they appear in the list of nominations submitted to the Senate, below.

• Baron Louis Scheyven, Belgian Ambassador to the United States, paid a farewell call on the President at the White House.
• Milton Patrick, National Commander of the American Legion, met with the President at the White House.
• The President opened the first meeting of the Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission at the White House.
• The President met with Secretary of Foreign Affairs Carlos Romulo of the Philippines.

Nominations Submitted to the Senate

Does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service Officers.

• WILLIAM B. DALE, of Maryland, to be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund for a term of 2 years (Reappointment).

Each Public Papers of the Presidents volume contains the papers and speeches of the President of the United States that were issued by the White House Office of the Press Secretary during the time period specified by the volume. The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates shown in the headings are the dates of the documents or events. In instances when the release date differs from the date of the document itself, that fact is shown in the text note.

To ensure accuracy, remarks have been checked against audio recordings (when available) and signed documents have been checked against the original, unless otherwise noted. Editors have provided text notes and cross references for purposes of identification or clarity.

• Statement on Congressional Action on Electoral Reform.
• Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Unit Citation to the First Marines (Reinforced).

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 30, 1969

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

• Senate: September 30, 1969
• House of Representatives: September 30, 1969
• Extensions of Remarks: September 30, 1969

Selective document listing

President's Office Files

The President's Office Files consists of materials drawn together by the Special Files Unit from several administrative subdivisions within the White House Office. It is the handwriting and sensitive papers sent to the Staff Secretary that now comprise much of the President's Office Files. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

• President's Handwriting, Box 3, President's Handwriting, September 1969 [3 of 3]
  • Memo; Patrick J. Buchanan to The President re: Gerald Ford and Vietnam. September 30, 1969. 2 pgs.
  • Telephone Call Recommendation; Bryce N. Harlow to The President re: Congressman Sam Stratton (D-New York). September 30, 1969. 2 pgs.
• Annotated News Summaries, Box 28, News Summaries - September 1969 [During this period, the Staff Secretary only removed pages from the News Summaries which contained President Nixon's handwriting, often leaving the document with no date. In addition to the individual document(s) listed below, you should also consult the full folder for the month.]
  • Special TV Report, Senator Muskie on the nationally-televised CBS Merv Griffin Show, 11:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 30
• President's Meetings File, Box 75, Memoranda for the President--Beginning September 28, 1969
  • Patrick J. Buchanan to The President, One Observer's Notes from Republican Leadership Meeting, Tuesday, September 30, 1969. 9/30/1969, 8:31 a.m. [per President's Daily Diary]. 5 pgs.
  • Peter Flanigan to The President's File, Meeting with Michael Haider, Chairman of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and of the IPI. 9/30/1969, 3:36 p.m. [per President's Daily Diary]. 1 pg.

President's Personal File

The President's Personal File is essentially a President's secretary's file, kept by Rose Mary Woods, personal secretary to the President, for two purposes: (1) preserving for posterity a collection of documents particularly close to the President, whether because he dictated or annotated them, or because of the importance of the correspondent or the event concerned and (2) giving appropriate attention–letters of gratitude, invitations to White House social events, and the like–to members and important friends and supporters of the Nixon administration. This generalization does not describe all the varied materials of a file group which is essentially a miscellany, but it does identify the reason for the existence of the file group's core. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

• President's Speech File
  • Box 51, September [30], 1969, Citation to First Marine Regiment
  • Box 51, September 30, 1969, Press Conference [RN Meetings with Romulo of Philippines and Michael Haider]

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)
  Tuesday, September 30.
  
  Leadership meeting - Scott's first as Leader. Guess it went pretty well - mainly on need for Vietnam unity. Ran overtime as they always do. President met Scott and Ford in his office after, to lay plan for their press briefing. Felt it was productive, and Harlow says they really did well. Looks as if the new leadership will be an improvement.
  
  Presented unit citation to 1st Marines, and used the occasion for an appeal to national unity behind the war. One more step in the LBJ direction of using every occasion to plead for support. More of the reaction to the situation closing in. Not good, but hard to avoid. Several
  miscellaneous appointments in the afternoon. A session with Kissinger and Ehrlichman about the Symington hearings problem - on which they had been meeting most of the day in the Situation Room. Problem is his men, Pincus and Paul, who have been scooping up secret data all over the world and leaking it to press plus building big anti-Administration case. Question now is how to avoid having our key people testify - big issue of executive privilege. Dick Allen had been working on this for months and is really concerned about the possibilities. Mollenhoff also heavily involved and distressed.
  
  A long meeting with the good young Senator group, in late afternoon.
  
  Big thing is still the real grinding on PR. He had Ziegler in for a working over - and I had long sessions today with Nofziger, Klein, Ziegler, Dick Moore and Cliff Miller, all on this area. Main focus at the moment is October 15 - which occupied us at the Big 4 meeting this morning. But really covers the whole area. President still harassing me and everyone else regarding follow-through on the press conference. He feels - or professes to feel - that we really blew it. This is not the case. Always, of course, there is more we could have done. Question is cost and time effectiveness of additional efforts.
  
  Some concern of all I met with regarding the news summary, which is what gets him going to begin with. It clearly does present all the bad stuff and is the basis of his reactions.
  
  President called tonight, says may cancel Key Biscayne because he has too much to do, then spent rest of the time trying to figure out something to fill Wednesday and Thursday schedule.
• Handwritten diary entry (JPG)

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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 30 September 1969

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. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

Expansion of UN Headquarters

• 7. Memorandum From the President’s Counsel (Ehrlichman) to Secretary of State Rogers, Washington, September 30, 1969

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 296, Agency Files, USUN, Vol. II. No classification marking.

Vol. VI, Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

• 128. Memorandum From John Holdridge of the Operations Staff of the National Security Council to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) , Washington, September 30, 1969

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 139, Vietnam Country Files, Vol. X, September 1969. Secret. Sent for information. A stamped note on the memorandum indicates Kissinger saw it October 14.

Vol. XII, Soviet Union, January 1969-October 1970

Establishment of the Kissinger-Dobrynin Channel; Dialogue on the Middle East; and the Sino-Soviet Dispute, April 23-December 10, 1969

• 89. Memorandum From Harold Saunders of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) , Washington, September 30, 1969, 5 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 710, Country Files, Europe, USSR, Vol. V. Secret; Nodis. Sent for information. A notation on the memorandum indicates that Kissinger saw it on October 3.

• 90. Letter From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Swank) to the Ambassador to the Soviet Union (Beam) , Washington, September 30, 1969

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL US–USSR. Secret; Official-Informal. Eyes Only. Copies were sent to Llewellyn Thompson and Dubs.

Vol. XXXIV, National Security Policy, 1969-1972

Parity, Safeguard, and the SS-9 Controversy

• 50. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Buchanan) to President Nixon, Washington, September 30, 1969

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, President’s Office Files, Box 79, President’s Meetings File, Beginning September 28, 1969. Confidential. The following attended the meeting, held from 8:31 to 10:20 a.m. in the Cabinet Room of the White House: Nixon; Richardson; Kissinger; Senators Hugh Scott (Minority Leader), Robert P. Griffin (Minority Whip), Margaret Chase Smith, Milton Young, Gordon Allott, and John G. Tower; and Representatives Gerald R. Ford (Minority Leader), Leslie C. Arends (Minority Whip), John B. Anderson, William C. Cramer, Richard H. Poff, John J. Rhodes, H. Allen Smith, Bob Wilson, and Robert Taft, Jr. (Ibid., White House Central Files, President’s Daily Diary)

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

Mexico

• 442. Memorandum From Viron P. Vaky of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 30, 1969. , Washington, September 30, 1969

  National Security Council staff member Vaky reported on the effects of Operation Intercept on U.S.-Mexican relations.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 787, Country Files, Latin America, Mexico, Vol. I, January–December 31, 1969. Confidential. Sent for information. A stamped notation on the first page indicates that Kissinger saw the memorandum on October 2.

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.

Digitized versions can be found in the National Archives Catalog.

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-2061 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2061-04, Head and shoulders portrait of President Nixon during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Unit Citation to the First Marine Regiment of the First Marine Division. 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2061-04-23, President Nixon during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Unit Citation to the First Marine Regiment of the First Marine Division (Head and shoulders). 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2061-09, Head and shoulders portrait of President Nixon during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Unit Citation to the First Marine Regiment of the First Marine Division. 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2061-15, Profile of President Nixon during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Unit Citation to the First Marine Regiment of the First Marine Division. 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2061-24, Marine Colonel Stanley Hughes during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Unit Citation to the First Marine Regiment of the First Marine Division (Head and shoulders). 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. Col. Stanley Hughes.

Roll WHPO-2062 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2062-02A-15A, President Nixon presenting the Presidential Unit Citation to the First Marine Regiment of the 1st Marine Division. 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Col. Stanley Hughes, Honorable John Warner, General Cushman, General Lahue, John Chafee, General Chapman, unidentified Marine officers and officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2062-05A, President Nixon affixing battle streamers to the U.S. Marine flag while presenting the Presidential Unit Citation to the First Marine Regiment of the 1st Marine Division, while military officials stand nearby. 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Col. Stanley Hughes, Honorable John Warner, General Cushman, General Lahue, John Chafee, General Chapman, unidentified Marine officers and officials.

Roll WHPO-2063 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2063-01A-07A, President Nixon meeting in the Oval Office with Belgian Ambassador Baron Louis Scheyven and his Mrs. Scheyven. 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Baron Louis Scheyven, Mrs. Scheyven.

Roll WHPO-2065 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2065-01A-30A, Close-up portrait study of Clark Mollenhoff. 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. unknown. Clark Mollenhoff.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2065-09A, Close-up portrait study of Clark Mollenhoff. 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. unknown. Clark Mollenhoff.

Roll WHPO-2066 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2066-04A-17A, Meeting of the Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission. 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Robert Canavan, J. Curtis Counts, John T. Dunlop, William Dunn, Peter Fosco, John Gentry, C.J. Haggerty, Carl Halvorson, Robert Higgins, J.D. Hodgson, M.A. Hutcheson, Leon Kromer, John Lyons, George Miller, Thomas Murphy, thomas Owens, Charles Pillard, George Romney, Peter Schoemann, George Shultz, John Stasting, Fred Stevens, E.S. Torrence, Hunter Wharton, Dale Witcraft, John Leslie.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2066-17A, Meeting of the Construction Industry Collective Bargaining Commission. 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon; Present according to the PDD: Robert Canavan, J. Curtis Counts, John T. Dunlop, William Dunn, Peter Fosco, John Gentry, C.J. Haggerty, Carl Halvorson, Robert Higgins, J.D. Hodgson, M.A. Hutcheson, Leon Kromer, John Lyons, George Miller, Thomas Murphy, thomas Owens, Charles Pillard, George Romney, Peter Schoemann, George Shultz, John Stasting, Fred Stevens, E.S. Torrence, Hunter Wharton, Dale Witcraft, John Leslie.

Roll WHPO-2067 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2067-04-17, Pat Nixon with persons representing the United Givers Fund. 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Library. Pat Nixon, unidentified persons.

Roll WHPO-2068 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2068-09-14, President Nixon receiving a medallion from J. Milton Patrick, National Commander of the American Legion. 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, J. Milton Patrick.

Roll WHPO-2069 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2069-06-16, President Nixon with American Legion National Commander J. Milton Patrick and others. 9/30/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, J. Milton Patrick, William Hauck, Cecil Watson, Ed Smith, C. J. Wright, Kenneth BeLieu.

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-690927
  Presentation of Presidential Unit Citation to 1st Marine Regt. with Secretary Chafee. (9/30/1969)
  
  Runtime: 5:00
  
  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-3443
  Weekly News Summary.
  All networks
  Runtime: 15
  
  1. Rather: President Nixon at military awards ceremony presenting award to 1st Marine Division defenders of Hue, Vietnam. Time Code Start: 00:06. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, Vietnam War, military, troops, awards, medals, ceremonies, Marines. Network: CBS.
  
  2. Rather: President Nixon at military awards ceremony presenting award to 1st Marine Division defenders of Hue, Vietnam. Time Code Start: 00:55. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, Vietnam War, military, troops, awards, medals, ceremonies, Marines. Network: CBS.
  
  3. Kaplow: President Nixon at military awards ceremony presenting award to 1st Marine Division defenders of Hue, Vietnam. Time Code Start: 00:88. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, Vietnam War, military, troops, awards, medals, ceremonies, Marines. Network: NBC.
  
  4. Jarriel: President Nixon at military awards ceremony presenting award to 1st Marine Division defenders at Hue, Vietnam. Time Code Start: 01:26. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, Vietnam War, military, troops, awards, medals, ceremonies, Marines. Network: ABC.
  
  5. Jarriel: President Nixon at military awards ceremony presenting award to 1st Marine Division defenders of Hue, Vietnam. Time Code Start: 01:50. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, Vietnam War, military, troops, awards, medals, ceremonies, Marines. Network: ABC.

• New York Times of September 30, 1969

• AP Images photos from September 30, 1969
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The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. They have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968.

• September 1969 Broadcast Index

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• September 30, 1969