August 5, 1971

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.

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• Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report on the International Educational and Cultural Exchange Program.
• Statement on Signing Bill Extending Special Assistance to Depressed Rural Areas.
• Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report on the National Wilderness Preservation System.
• Executive Order 11614—Establishing the National Business Council for Consumer Affairs
• Statement on Signing Executive Order Establishing the National Business Council for Consumer Affairs.

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• Federal Register of Thursday, August 5, 1971

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• House of Representatives: August 5, 1971
• Senate: August 5, 1971

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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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 05 August 1971

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Vol. II, Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1969-1972

The NSC System

• 160. Memorandum by the Chairman of the Under Secretaries Committee (Irwin), Washington, August 5, 1971

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S–NSDM Files: Lot 83 D 305, NSDM 112. Confidential. The memorandum was rescinded and a revised memorandum issued on August 20. (Ibid.) The revisions, proposed to Rogers by Haig in an August 16 memorandum (ibid.) and agreed to on August 19 (see Document 162), are noted in footnotes 2 and 3.

Vol. IV, Foreign Assistance, International Development, Trade Policies, 1969-1972

Expropriation Policy, 1969-1972

• 161. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Program and Policy Coordination, Agency for International Development (Jonnes) to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Hannah), Washington, August 5, 1971

  Source: Washington National Records Center, Agency for International Development, AID Administrator Files: FRC 286 75 A 13, Chron, August 1971. Confidential.

East-West Trade, 1969-1972

• 346. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to Secretary of Commerce Stans, Washington, August 5, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Agency Files, Box 213, Commerce, Volume II 1971. Confidential. Copies were sent to the Secretaries of State and Defense. A typewritten note at the bottom of the page indicates the memorandum was sent to the outside recipients on August 5 and that copies went to Davis, Kennedy, Hormats, and Sonnenfeldt at the NSC.

Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

Appointment of UN Development Program Administrator

• 258. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, August 5, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 301, Agency Files, USUN, Vol. VII. No classification marking. Sent for action. A stamped notation reads: “The President has seen.”

Chinese Representation in the United Nations

• 391. Memorandum From the Assistant Legal Adviser for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Starr) to the Assistant Secretary of State (Green) and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (Brown) for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Washington, August 5, 1971

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, EA/ROC Files: Lot 75 D 76, Exdis, 1971. Confidential; Exdis. Drafted by Robert I. Starr.

Vol. XIII, Soviet Union, October 1970-October 1971

Between Beijing and Moscow: Summit Announcement, July 19-October 12, 1971

• 310. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, August 5, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Henry Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts, Box 29, Home File. No classification marking. According to a typed note, the tape of the conversation was “brought in” for transcription on August 5. Although the transcript is otherwise undated, the conversation clearly took place after Nixon’s trip to New York on August 4. According to the President’s Daily Diary, Nixon returned to Washington at 12:15 a.m. on August 5 and called Kissinger at 12:26; the two men talked until 12:52. (Ibid., White House Central Files)

• 311. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, August 5, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 492, President’s Trip Files, Dobrynin/Kissinger, 1971, Vol. 7 [part 2]. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Lord and Rodman submitted a draft of this memorandum and another summarizing its “highlights” for the President to Kissinger on August 9. Kissinger forwarded both to Nixon two days later. The meeting was held in the Map Room at the White House. According to Kissinger’s Record of Schedule, the meeting lasted from 5:13 to 5:50 p.m. (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 438, Miscellany, 1968–76)

Vol. XIX, Part 2, Japan, 1969-1972

April-October 1971: Change and Reassessment

• 86. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for International Economic Affairs (Peterson) to President Nixon, Washington, August 5, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, Staff Member and Office Files, Box 1, Peter Peterson, Subject Files, Textile Negotiations, April–July 1971. Secret. Sent for information. The source text is a copy that indicates Peterson signed the original.

Vol. XX, Southeast Asia, 1969-1972

Thailand

• 131. Memorandum for the Record, Bangkok, August 5, 1971

  Source: Department of State, INR Historical Files, Country Files, Thailand, 1972–1975. Secret. [text not declassified] Forwarded to Under Secretary Johnson under an attached August 7 cover letter from Newman.

Vol. XXI, Chile, 1969-1973

Cool and Correct: The U.S. Response to the Allende Administration, November 5, 1970-December 31, 1972

• 242. Memorandum of Meeting, Washington, August 5, 1971, noon

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL CHILE–US. Confidential; Exdis. The meeting took place in Kissinger’s office.

Vol. XXVIII, Southern Africa

Portuguese Africa

• 96. Conversation Among President Nixon, Vice President Agnew, and Secretary of State Rogers, Washington, August 5, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Cabinet Room, Conversation 67–11. No classification marking. The editors transcribed the portions of the tape recording printed here specifically for this volume. The exchange is part of a larger conversation, 10–11:57 a.m. According to the President’s Daily Diary, other participants in the Cabinet meeting were John B. Connally, Melvin Laird, John N. Mitchell, J. Phil Campbell, Maurice Stans, James Hodgson, John Veneman, George Romney, John Volpe, George Shultz, Robert Finch, Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush, Raymond K. Price, Herbert G. Klein, Ronald L. Ziegler, Alexander P. Butterfield, and Robert Dole. (Ibid., White House Central Files)

Vol. XXXII, SALT I, 1969-1972

From SALT Announcement to Summit Announcement, May 27-October 12, 1971

• 188. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, August 5, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 881, SALT, SALT talks (Helsinki), Vol. XVI, August 1971. Secret. Sent for information. Initialed by Haig and Kissinger, and a notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it.

Vol. XXXIV, National Security Policy, 1969-1972

The Defense Budget and U.S. National Security Policy

• 190. Minutes of Defense Program Review Committee Meeting, Washington, August 5, 1971, 2:45-3:54 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–118, DPRC Meetings Minutes, Originals, 1969–73 [2 of 3]. Top Secret. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room. Brackets are in the original. In an August 4 memorandum to Kissinger, Wayne Smith stated that the purpose of the meeting was “to review the state of our defense posture and the capabilities it makes available to meet our strategic objectives.” (Ibid., Box H–104, DPRC Meeting, DOD Strategy and Fiscal Guidance, 8/5/71)

Vol. XL, Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

• 277. Message From the Ambassador to Germany (Rush) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Bonn, August 5, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 59, Country Files, Europe, Ambassador Rush, Berlin, Vol. 2. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The message was sent through the special Navy channel in Frankfurt. No time of transmission is on the message; a handwritten note indicates that it was received in Washington at 2226Z. According to an attached note, the message was disseminated only to Kissinger and Haig.

• 278. Memorandum From Arthur Downey and William Hyland of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, August 5, 1971

  Source: National Security Council, Senior Review Group Files, SRG Meeting 8–6–71, Berlin Negotiations (NSSM 136). Secret. Sent for information. A typed note indicates that Sonnenfeldt saw the memorandum “before he left,” apparently for summer vacation.

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

International Environmental Policy

• 309. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Eliot) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, August 5, 1971

  Under a covering memorandum, Eliot transmitted scenarios in which the U.S. would support an invitation to the People’s Republic of China to attend the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970-73, SCI 41-3 UN. Secret. Drafted by Barbara J. Schrage (IO/UNP) on August 1 and cleared in IO, EA, EUR, L, C, and SCI.

Oceans Policy

• 407. Memorandum From Arnold Nachmanoff of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, August 5, 1971

  Nachmanoff explained the importance of resuming fishing negotiations with the Ecuadorian Government, and perhaps with the Peruvian and Chilean Governments, as quickly as possible.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 799, Country Files, Latin America, LA Gen., Vol. VI, Jul 71-1974. Secret; Exdis. Sent for action. Sent to Kissinger through Haig. Haig’s handwritten notation on the memorandum reads: “If no reply in 48 hours approve for President.” Concurred in by Levine, Clift, and Kennedy. Haig initialed for Levine and Clift. The attached memorandum is published as Document 408.

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

Chemical and Biological Warfare; Geneva Protocol; Biological Weapons Convention

• 235. Draft Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, Geneva, August 5, 1971

  Text of the draft convention submitted to the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament.
  
  Source: Documents on Disarmament, 1971, pp. 456–460. No classification marking. The text of the draft convention was transmitted to Washington in telegram 3312.

Vol. E-13, Documents on China, 1969-1972

• 13. Letter From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig) to the Military Attaché at the Embassy in France (Walters), Washington, August 5, 1971, Washington, August 5, 1971

  Haig instructed Walters about the delivery of a written message to the PRC Ambassador and an oral message to the North Vietnamese representative. Haig indicated that a third message contained information about the President’s trip to China.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 849, President’s File-China Trip, China Exchanges, July 1971-Oct 20, 1971. Top Secret; Sensitive. Attached at Tab A and B are two of the notes. Attached but not published at Tab C is the memorandum containing logistical details about the trip.

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 of many of these transcripts can be found on the Yale University Library website.

The White House Tapes are sound recordings of President Richard Nixon's telephone conversations and of meetings held in the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room in the White House, the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building (OEOB), the Lincoln Sitting Room in the residence section of the White House, and several locations at the Presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. These recordings document many of the major events and decisions of the Nixon Administration from February 16, 1971 to July 18, 1973. Visit the White House Tapes finding aid to learn about the taping system's operation and archival processing.

Cabinet Room

• 67-11; 10:10 a.m. - 11:55 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President); Cabinet officers; Rogers, William P.; Connally, John B.; Laird, Melvin R.; Mitchell, John N.; Campbell, J. Philip; Stans, Maurice H.; Hodgson, James D.; Veneman, John G.; Romney, George W.; Volpe, John A.; Shultz, George P.; Finch, Robert H.; Rumsfeld, Donald H.; Bush, George H. W.; Price, Raymond K., Jr.; Klein, Herbert G.; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Dole, Robert J.
• 67-13; Unknown between 11:57 a.m. & 12:35 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for the Spanish Speaking; Finch, Robert H.; Malek, Frederic V.; Hitt, Patricia R.; Rodriguez, Antonio; Cespedes, Louie; Hardin, Clifford M.; Hodgson, James D.; Richardson, Elliot L.; Romney, George W.; Connally, John B.; Mitchell, John N.; Carlucci, Frank C., III; Kleppe, Thomas S.; Brown, William H., III; Hampton, Robert E.; Marin, Eugene A.; Yturri, Edward M.; Martinez, Ted F.; Lozano, Ignacio E., Jr.; Buttari, Edgar A.; Giberga, Manuel R.; Tristani, Jorge E.; Gonzalez, Manuel A.; Hidalgo, Hilda A.; Oldaker, William C.; Sanchez, Phillip V.; Ramirez, Henry M. (Dr.); Mitchell, John N.
• 68-2; Unknown between 5:22 p.m. & 6:20 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Gifford, Claude; Huheey, Thomas; Fraderich, Royal; Swegle, Wayne; Elliot, Joseph A.; Tindall, Cordell W.; Albrecht, Richard E.; Deering, Ferdie J.; Knox, William D.; Rupp, Robert G.; Palmer, Lane; Pickett, Jack; Klein, Herbert G.; White House photographer
• 68-3; Unknown between 5:22 p.m. & 6:20 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 68-4; Unknown between 5:22 p.m. & 6:20 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 68-5; Unknown between 5:22 p.m. & 6:20 p.m.; [Unknown person(s)]

Oval Office

• 555-1; 9:40 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Kissinger, Henry A.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Woods, Rose Mary; Bull, Stephen B.
• 555-2; Unknown between 1:57 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Baker, Steven
• 555-3; 12:00 p.m. - 12:13 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for the Spanish Speaking; Ramirez, Henry M. (Dr.); Rodriguez, Antonio; Cespedes, Louie; Marin, Eugene A.; Yturri, Edward M.; Martinez, Ted F.; Lozano, Ignacio E., Jr.; Buttari, Edgar A.; Giberga, Manuel R.; Tristani, Jorge E.; Gonzalez, Manuel A.; Hidalgo, Hilda A.; Oldaker, William C.; Sanchez, Philip; Ziegler, Ronald L.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 555-4; Unknown between 1:13 p.m. & 1:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 555-5; 1:15 p.m. - 1:46 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Percy, Charles H.; Atkins, Oliver F. ("Ollie"); Brock, William; Henderson, M. A.; Davenport, W. R.; Taft, Robert A., Jr.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Williams, Zachery; Williams, John C. (Mrs.); Funk, Paul E.; Gilbert, David; Semiatin, Morris; Gubser, Charles S.; Schuyler, Philip; Williams, Lawrence G.; Williams, Lawrence G. (Mrs.); Boyer, Marie A.; Simmonds, Marie A.; Conte, Silvio O.; Hitchcock, Wilfred S. (Mrs.); Voskly, George (Mrs.); Ferry, Hugh K.; Mattis, Joseph F.; Bull, Stephen B.
• 555-6; 1:46 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Sanchez, Manolo; Bull, Stephen B.; Colson, Charles W.
• 555-7; Unknown between 2:40 p.m. & 3:13 p.m.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Bull, Stephen B.; Nixon, Richard M. (President)
• 555-8; Unknown between 3:21 p.m. & 3:23 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 555-9; 3:23 p.m. - 4:35 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Romney, George W.; Connally, John B.; Shultz, George P.; Ehrlichman, John D.; Flanigan, Peter M.; McCracken, Paul W.
• 555-10; 4:35 p.m. - 5:16 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Buckley, James L.; Mitchell, John N.; White House photographer
• 555-11; Unknown between 5:16 p.m. & 5:22 p.m.; United States Secret Service agents
• 555-12; Unknown between 5:16 p.m. & 5:22 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]
• 555-13; Unknown between 8:50 p.m. & 9:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Whitaker, John C.; Keeler, Ruby; Van, Bobby; Marriott, J. Willard
• 555-14; Unknown between 8:50 p.m. & 9:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Kissinger, Henry A.
• 555-15; Unknown between 8:50 p.m. & 9:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary
• 555-16; Unknown between 8:50 p.m. & 9:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Woods, Rose Mary; Brown, Jim
• 555-17; Unknown between 8:50 p.m. & 9:43 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 555-18; Unknown between 10:10 a.m. & 11:57 a.m.; United States Secret Service agents
• 555-19; 12:35 p.m. - 12:36 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ziegler, Ronald L.

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-6935 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-6935-, West Wing offices. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. West Wing, White House.

Roll WHPO-6937 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6937-01-03, President Nixon receiving a 13 star flag from Mrs. Marie A. Boyer, President of the Upper-Darby Township Council of Republican Women, while Congressman Lawrence Williams, Mrs. Williams, and Mrs. Marie A. Simmonds, mother of Mrs. Boyer, look on. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Lawrence G. Williams, Mrs. Lawrence Williams, Marie Boyer, Marie Simmonds.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6937-02, President Nixon receiving a 13 star flag from Mrs. Marie A. Boyer, President of the Upper-Darby Township Council of Republican Women, while Congressman Lawrence Williams, Mrs. Williams, and Mrs. Marie A. Simmonds, mother of Mrs. Boyer, look on. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Lawrence Williams, Mrs. Lawrence Williams, Marie Boyer, Marie Simmonds.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6937-06-12, President Nixon receiving a coin coin commemorating the 200th anniversary of Windsor, Massachusetts from Representative Silvio Conte, Mrs. Wilfred Hitchcock, Mrs. George Volsky, Hugh Perry and Joseph Mattis. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. Silvio Conte, Mrs. Wilfred Hitchcock, Mrs. George Volsky, Hugh Perry, Joseph Mattis.

Roll WHPO-6938 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6938-, President Nixon with members of the Advisory Council of the Cabinet Committee on Opportunity for the Spanish Speaking. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. Oval Office, White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Advisory Council members: Henry Ramirez, Antonio Rodriguez, Louie Cespedes, Eugene Marin, Edward Yturri, Ted Martinez, Ignacio Lozano, Jr. Edgar Buttari, Manuel Giberga, Jorge Tristani, Manuel Gonzalez, Hilda Hidalgo, William Oldaker, Philip Sanchez.

Roll WHPO-6939 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6939-, Pat Nixon seated with men from Hawthorne Press. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. Yellow Oval Room, White House. Pat Nixon, Paul Fargis, Alan Pedkolick.

Roll WHPO-6940 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-6940-03-05, President Nixon signing the Veterans' Direct Loans bill H.R. 3344, while Senator Clifford Hansen watches. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Clifford Hansen, William Brock, M. A. Henderson, W. R. Davenport, Lawrence Williams, Mrs. Lawrence Williams, Marie Boyer, Marie Simmonds, unidentified man.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6940-06-07, President Nixon with Senator William Brock and Gideons International officials. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Clifford Hansen, William Brock, M. A. Henderson, W. R. Davenport, Lawrence Williams, Mrs. Lawrence Williams, Marie Boyer, Marie Simmonds, unidentified man.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6940-08-10, President Nixon receiving a flag from Representative. L. Williams and others. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Clifford Hansen, William Brock, M. A. Henderson, W. R. Davenport, Lawrence Williams, Mrs. Lawrence Williams, Marie Boyer, Marie Simmonds, unidentified man.

Roll WHPO-6941 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6941-, President Nixon standing with Representative Charles Gubser and artist Philip Schuyler. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Charles Gubser, Philip Schuyler.

Roll WHPO-6942 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6942-01A-03A, President Nixon addressing a meeting of the National Business Council for Consumer Affairs. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. Treaty Room, Executive Office Building. President Nixon, Stans, council members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6942-07A-10A, President Nixon receiving a Bible from Senator William Brock and Gideons International officials. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, William Brock, M. A. Henderson, W. R. Davenport.

Roll WHPO-6943 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6943-, President Nixon standing in the Oval Office visiting with Senator Robert Taft, Jr., and Epilepsy Poster Child Zachery Williams, his mother, and Epilepsy Foundation officials. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Robert Taft, Jr., Zachery Williams, Mrs. John Williams, Epilepsy Foundation officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6943-04, President Nixon standing in the Oval Office visiting with Senator Robert Taft, Jr., and Epilepsy Poster Child Zachery Williams. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Robert Taft, Jr., Zachery Williams.

Roll WHPO-6945 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6945-, Vice President Agnew with American Indian leaders. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. Spiro Agnew, American Indian leaders.

Roll WHPO-6946 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6946-, President Nixon at the signing ceremony for the Extension of the Economic Development Act and the Appalachian Commission. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, senators, representatives, officials, members of the press.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6946-10, President Nixon at the signing ceremony for the Extension of the Economic Development Act and the Appalachian Commission. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, senators, representatives, officials, members of the press.

Roll WHPO-6947 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6947-, President Nixon at the signing ceremony for the Extension of the Economic Development Act and the Appalachian Commission. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, senators, representatives, officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6947-03, President Nixon at the signing ceremony for the Extension of the Economic Development Act and the Appalachian Commission. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, senators, representatives, officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6947-06, President Nixon signing the Extension of the Economic Development Act and the Appalachian Commission. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, senators, representatives, officials.

Roll WHPO-6948 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6948-02-17, President Nixon with editors of farm publications. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, farm publication editors.

Roll WHPO-6949 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6949-, President Nixon standing with Congressional "Early Bird" supporters and administration officials. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. Blue Room, White House. President Nixon, senators and representatives, officials.

Roll WHPO-6950 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6950-, President Nixon standing with Congressional "Early Bird" supporters and administration officials. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. Blue Room, White House. President Nixon, senators and representatives, officials.

Roll WHPO-6951 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6951-, Max Friedersdorf sitting at his desk. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. East Wing, White House. Max Friedersdorf.

Roll WHPO-6952 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6952-, Max Friedersdorf poses for portraits. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. East Wing, White House. Max Friedersdorf.

Roll WHPO-6953 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-6953-, Pat Nixon hosting a reception for the Wolf Trap Farm Company. 8/5/1971, Washington, D.C. State Dining Room, Grand Hall, White House. Pat Nixon, unidentified adults and children, musicians.

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.

G - Cabinet Officer Briefings

• WHCA-SR-G-131
  Secretary of Commerce Maurice Stans's meeting with the National Business Council for Consumer Affairs. (8/5/1971, Indian Treaty Room)
  
  Runtime: 4:00:00
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by BAC & GLG (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

H - White House Staff Member Recordings

• WHCA-SR-H-423
  Sound briefing by Ronald Ziegler, Robert Finch, and Henry Ramirez. (8/5/1971, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 0:17:45
  
  Keywords: Cabinet Committee on Opportunities for Spanish Speaking People (CCOSSP)
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by RSM (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original. Technical notes: 47 minutes and 1 second of silence at end of recording removed from access copies.

K - Informal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-K-226
  Arrival, Essex House, 46th Street Theater-New York City, NY. (8/5/1971)
  
  Runtime: 23:00
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-710802
  Remarks by President Nixon to the National Business Council for Consumer Affairs with Secretary Stans. (8/5/1971)
  
  Runtime: 24:08:00
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

• WHCA-SR-P-710803
  Remarks by President Nixon at informal Early Bird supporters reception with John Tower. (8/5/1971)
  
  Runtime: 12:25
  
  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-4562
  "Black Perspectives In The News".
  Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc.
  Runtime: 00:29:30
• WHCA-4563
  "Washington Week in Review". FTN: U.S. Representative Wilbur Mills (D-OK); "MTP": U.S. Representative Paul McCloskey.
  CBS, NBC, ABC
  Runtime: 00:29:36
• WHCA-4564
  "The David Frost Show" with guest Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller (R-NY). Robert Brown, Special Assistant to the President.
  WETA
  Runtime: 01:31:01
• WHCA-4565
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I. Excerpts of evening network news broadcasts from the week of 7/30/71 to 8/5/71 Author Sam Levinson and Broadcast journalist 'Sandy" Sander Vanocur (White House correspondent and national political correspondent for NBC News).
  Group W Productions
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-4566
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II. Excerpts of evening network news broadcasts from the week of 7/30/71 to 8/5/71
  CBS
  Runtime: 1:00

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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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