September 5, 1972

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The President's day began at San Clemente, California

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• Remarks Following a Meeting With the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality in San Francisco, California.
• Statement About the Environmental Legislative Program
• Remarks to Reporters About the Assault on Israeli Athletes at the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany

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• Senate: September 5, 1972
• House of Representatives: September 5, 1972
• Extensions of Remarks: September 5, 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 05 September 1972

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

Post-Moscow Summit Discussions and Issues, June-August 1972

• 34. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, September 5, 1972, 8 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 495, President’s Trip Files, Dobrynin/Kissinger, Vol. 13. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. The dinner meeting took place at the Soviet Embassy.

Vol. XIX, Part 1, Korea, 1969-1972

Republic of Korea Troops in Vietnam and Force Modernization, April 1971-December 1972

• 155. Memorandum From John H. Holdridge of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig), Washington, September 5, 1972

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 543, Country Files, Far East, Korea, Vol. V, 1 Jan–31 Dec 1972, Part 2. Secret. Sent for information. Copies were sent to Odeen and Kennedy. Froebe also initialed the memorandum. Haig, who initialed the memorandum, crossed out his own name on the addressee line and wrote in “HAK.”

Vol. XXXII, SALT I, 1969-1972

The Summit and Congressional Approval of the SALT Agreements, May 19-October 4, 1972

• 339. Memorandum From Secretary of Defense Laird to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 5, 1972

  Source: Ford Library, Laird Papers, Box 26, SALT, Chronological File. Confidential.

• 340. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, September 5, 1972, 8 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 495, President’s Trip Files, Dobrynin/Kissinger, 1972, Vol. 13. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. The dinner meeting took place at the Soviet Embassy.

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

• 90. Memorandum from Samuel M. Hoskinson of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 5, 1972

  Hoskinson reported on the Israeli hostage situation in Munich and commented that the Department of State was at a loss over how to apply pressure on the terrorists.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 368, 1976 Olympics. Secret. Sent for information.

Vol. E-2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1969-1972

Chemical and Biological Warfare; Geneva Protocol; Biological Weapons Convention

• 271. Memorandum From Michael Guhin of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 5, 1972

  Guhin responded to Kissinger’s handwritten query on page 3 of Document 270 [8/23] regarding how limitations on stockpiles and production of lethal chemical weapons could be monitored.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Boxes H–192 and H–193, NSSM 157. Secret. Sent for action. The memorandum was sent through Haig, who initialed it. Attached is Document 270 and, at Tab A, presumably Document 273.

Vol. E-4, Documents on Iran and Iraq, 1969-1972

Iran 1972

• 219. Telegram 161337 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iran, Washington, September 5, 1972, 1644Z

  The Department forwarded the section dealing with Iran of a Washington Post article based on CIA narcotics reports.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, SOC 11–5 IRAN. Unclassified; Priority.

Vol. E-5, Part 2, Documents on North Africa, 1969-1972

Morocco

• 129. Memorandum From the Secretary of State (Rogers) to President Nixon, Washington, September 5, 1972

  Rogers summarized Hassan’s position in the wake of the failed coup against him by the Moroccan Air Force and noted that another assassination attempt could create a dangerously unstable and unpredictable situation in Morocco. Rogers’ outlined U.S. actions following the assassination attempt and presented 3 options for the future.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 15–1 MOR. Secret. For the draft NSSM as approved, see Document 133.

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

• 106-1; Unknown between 12:00 a.m. & 8:04 a.m.; Cole, Kenneth R., Jr.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 106-2; Unknown between 12:00 a.m. & 8:04 a.m.; White House tour group
• 106-11; Unknown between 12:00 a.m. & 8:04 a.m.; [Unknown person(s)]

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-D0295 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0295-, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, celebrity actor-singer Arthur Godfrey, and others aboard the harbor ferry "Golden Gate" in San Francisco. 9/5/1972, San Francisco Bay, California deck, ferry boat. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Arthur Godfrey, Ron Ziegler, Haldeman, unidentified man.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0295-17, Head and shoulders portrait of President Nixon, smiling aboard the harbor ferry "Golden Gate" in San Francisco. 9/5/1972, San Francisco Bay, California deck, ferry boat. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0295-19, Head and shoulders portrait of President Nixon, smiling aboard the harbor ferry "Golden Gate" in San Francisco. 9/5/1972, San Francisco Bay, California deck, ferry boat. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0295-22, Closeup portrait of Pat Nixon and celebrity actor-singer Arthur Godfrey aboard the harbor ferry "Golden Gate" in San Francisco. 9/5/1972, San Francisco Bay, California deck, ferry boat. Pat Nixon, Arthur Godfrey.

Roll WHPO-D0296 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0296-03-10, President Nixon and the Presidential party arriving at and boarding a Fort Point San Francisco ferry boat. 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California Fort Point Pier. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Mayor Joseph Alioto, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox, Steve Bull, Donald Rumsfeld, Rogers Morton, Ehrlichman, Charles Lindbergh, Arthur Godfrey, William Mailliard, Laurence Rockefeller, Ed Reinecke, Frank Borman, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0296-11-16, President Nixon conducting a meeting with members of the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality. 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California room. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Joseph Alioto, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox, Steve Bull, Rumsfeld, Rogers Morton, Ehrlichman, Charles Lindbergh, Arthur Godfrey, William Mailliard, Laurence Rockefeller, Ed Reinecke, Frank Borman, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0296-18-35, Various persons standing on the deck of a San Francisco ferry boat. 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California deck, ferry boat. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Mayor Joseph Alioto, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox, Steve Bull, Rumsfeld, Rogers Morton, Ehrlichman, Charles Lindbergh, Arthur Godfrey, William Mailliard, Laurence Rockefeller, Ed Reinecke, Frank Borman, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0296-25, President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing with Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton on the deck of a San Francisco ferry boat near the Golden Gate Bridge. 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California, Golden Gate Bridge deck, ferry boat. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rogers Morton.

Roll WHPO-D0297 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0297-04-12, President Nixon greeting the crowd upon arrival at Crissy Field in San Francisco. 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California Crissy Field,. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox, Steve Bull, Rogers Morton, Charles Lindbergh, Arthur Godfrey, Frank Borman, unidentified persons, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0297-13-20, President Nixon speaking to members of the press and boarding the ferry boat. 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California The Presidio; Fort Point Pier, ferry boat deck. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox, Steve Bull, Rogers Morton, Charles Lindbergh, Arthur Godfrey, Frank Borman, unidentified persons, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0297-21, Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward Cox on the deck of a San Francisco ferry boat . 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California ferry boat deck. Tricia Nixon Cox, Edward Cox.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0297-21-37, Various persons on the deck of a San Francisco ferry boat . 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California The Presidio; Fort Point Pier, ferry boat deck. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Tricia Nixon Cox, Ed Cox, Steve Bull, Rogers Morton, Charles Lindbergh, Arthur Godfrey, Frank Borman, unidentified persons, crowd.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0297-28, President Nixon stands with Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton on the deck of a San Francisco ferry boat near the Golden Gate Bridge. 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California The Presidio; Fort Point Pier, ferry boat deck. President Nixon, Rogers Morton.

Roll WHPO-D0298 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0298-02A-06A, President Nixon at the Environmental Quality meeting and standing on deck with members. 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California room, deck, ferry boat; room, landing, Fort Point Pier; tarmac, airport. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, committee members, unidentified persons, press corps members, Capt. & Mrs. Charles Larken, Adm. & Mrs. Mark Whalen.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0298-07A-08A, President Nixon briefing the press about the meeting. 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California room, deck, ferry boat; room, landing, Fort Point Pier; tarmac, airport. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, committee members, unidentified persons, press corps members, Capt. & Mrs. Charles Larken, Adm. & Mrs. Mark Whalen.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0298-09A-18A, President Nixon shaking hands with persons and leaving the pier site. 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California room, deck, ferry boat; room, landing, Fort Point Pier; tarmac, airport. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, committee members, unidentified persons, press corps members, Capt. & Mrs. Charles Larken, Adm. & Mrs. Mark Whalen.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0298-19A-20A, President Nixon shaking hands with Coast Guard personnel and others. 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California room, deck, ferry boat; room, landing, Fort Point Pier; tarmac, airport. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, committee members, unidentified persons, press corps members, Capt. & Mrs. Charles Larken, Adm. & Mrs. Mark Whalen.

Roll WHPO-D0299 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0299-, President Nixon on the deck of a San Francisco ferry boat with Charles Lindbergh and others. 9/5/1972, San Francisco , California deck, ferry boat. President Nixon, Charles Lindbergh, Pete Wilson, Frank Borman, Laurence Rockefeller.

Roll WHPO-D0300 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-D0300-07A, Ron Ziegler, H.R. Haldeman, and an unidentified man on the deck of a San Francisco ferry boat. Golden Gate Bridge is visible in the background. 9/5/1972, San Francisco Bay, California deck, ferry boat. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rogers Morton, Charles Lindbergh, Frank Borman, Laurence Rockefeller, Ziegler, Haldeman, unidentified man.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0300-08A-25A, President Nixon standing on the deck of a San Francisco ferry boat with other unidentified people. Golden Gate Bridge is visible in the background. 9/5/1972, San Francisco Bay, California deck, ferry boat. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Rogers Morton, Charles Lindbergh, Frank Borman, Laurence Rockefeller, Ziegler, Haldeman, unidentified man.
• Frame(s): WHPO-D0300-19, President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing with Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton on the deck of a San Francisco ferry boat near the Golden Gate Bridge. A Presidential coat of arms emblem flag is flying on the flagpole above them. (this is not a complete Presidential Seal flag). 9/5/1972, San Francisco Bay, California deck, ferry boat. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, C.B. 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.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-720904
  Remarks by President Nixon to Citizens Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality in San Francisco. (9/5/1972)
  
  Runtime: 37:33:00
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-P-720905
  Impromptu remarks in San Francisco re terrorism at the Munich Olympics. (9/5/1972)
  
  Runtime: 3:52
  
  Keywords: Sports, Olympics
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-P-720906
  Remarks by President Nixon to press in San Francisco. (9/5/1972)
  
  Runtime: 5:06
  
  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-5738
  "First Tuesday".
  ABC
  Runtime: 01:01:39
• WHCA-5739
  "Martin Agronsky: Evening Edition".
  NBC, CBS
  Runtime: 00:29:37
• WHCA-5750
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:30:00
  
  3. Smith/Jennings: Arab terrorists at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany (XX Olympiad). Time Code Start: 03:15. Keywords: world, sports, games, Olympics, West Germany, Munich Massacre, Arabian, Arabs, Israelis, Black September, PLO, Palestinian Liberation Organization, terrorism, terrorists, kidnappings, shootings, murder, death, hijackings, aircraft, airliners. Network: ABC.
  
  4. Smith/Milldyke: Israel reacts. Time Code Start: 12:44. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, war. Network: ABC.
  
  5. Smith/Jarriel: (President Nixon) comments. Time Code Start: 13:52. Keywords: Presidents,. Network: ABC.
  
  6. Smith/Zimmerman: (Shriver) campaigning. Time Code Start: 16:58. Keywords: Vice Presidents, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: ABC.
  
  7. Smith: Watergate and Mitchell. Time Code Start: 19:13. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: ABC.
  
  8. Smith: Commentary on Munich, Germany incident (at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany (XX Olympiad)). Time Code Start: 22:02. Keywords: world, sports, games, Olympics, West Germany, Munich Massacre, Arabian, Arabs, Israelis, Black September, PLO, Palestinian Liberation Organization, terrorism, terrorists, kidnappings, shootings, murder, death, hijackings, aircraft, airliners. Network: ABC.
  
  9. Chancellor/Hager: Arab terrorists at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany (XX Olympiad). Time Code Start: 23:34. Keywords: world, sports, games, Olympics, West Germany, Munich Massacre, Arabian, Arabs, Israelis, Black September, PLO, Palestinian Liberation Organization, terrorism, terrorists, kidnappings, shootings, murder, death, hijackings, aircraft, airliners. Network: NBC.
  
  10. Chancellor: President Nixon, McGovern, and others comment. Time Code Start: 34:35. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: NBC.
  
  11. Chancellor/Valeriani/Graham: President Nixon in San Francisco, California. Jones: McGovern in Seattle, Governor George Wallace at Southern Governor's conference. Time Code Start: 38:19. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Governors, Presidential elections, campaigns, primaries, candidates, reports, assassinations, shootings. Network: NBC.
  
  12. Chancellor: More on Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany (XX Olympiad). Time Code Start: 43:50. Keywords: world, sports, games, Olympics, West Germany, Munich Massacre, Arabian, Arabs, Israelis, Black September, PLO, Palestinian Liberation Organization, terrorism, terrorists, kidnappings, shootings, murder, death, hijackings, aircraft, airliners. Network: NBC.
  
  13. Cronkite/Sheahan: Munich (at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany (XX Olympiad)). Time Code Start: 45:50. Keywords: world, sports, games, Olympics, West Germany, Munich Massacre, Arabian, Arabs, Israelis, Black September, PLO, Palestinian Liberation Organization, terrorism, terrorists, kidnappings, shootings, murder, death, hijackings, aircraft, airliners. Network: CBS.
  
  14. Cronkite/Rabel/Hottelet: Israel comments; background on Arab terrorists. Time Code Start: 52:02. Keywords: world, sports, Munich Massacre, Olympics, teams, Olympians, West Germany, Arabian, Arabs, Israelis, Black September, PLO, Palestinian Liberation Organization, terrorism, terrorists, kidnappings, shootings, murder, death, hijackings, aircraft, airliners. Network: CBS.
  
  15. Cronkite/Mudd: Congress re-adjourns. Time Code Start: 54:43. Keywords: House of Representatives. Network: CBS.
  
  16. Cronkite/Schorr: Watergate and Mitchell. Time Code Start: 58:00. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals. Network: CBS.
  
  17. Sevareid: Commentary on the election. Time Code Start: 59:41. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: CBS.

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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.

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