June 3, 1970

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

• The Cambodian Sanctuary Operation (6 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 721, June 3, 1970)
  The President's Interim Report to the Nation.

Bill Signings

• Improvement of Judicial Administration (6 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 720, June 3, 1970)
  Statement by the President on Signing Bills Relating to District Judge and Customs Courts.

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.

• The President's interim report to the Nation on the Cambodian sanctuary operation (advance text).

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 Signing Bills Relating to District Judges and Customs Courts.
• Address to the Nation on the Cambodian Sanctuary Operation

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 Wednesday, June 3, 1970

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

• Senate: June 3, 1970
• House of Representatives: June 3, 1970
• Extensions of Remarks: June 3, 1970

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)
• 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 03 June 1970

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

High-Level Meetings; Miscellaneous Issues

• 17. Memorandum From Winston Lord and Peter Rodman of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) , Washington, June 3, 1970

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 298, Agency Files, USUN, Vol. IV. Confidential. Sent for action.

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Europe, 1969-1972

General Policy

• 13. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) , Washington, June 3, 1970

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 369, Subject Files, U.S. Port Security Program. Secret. Sent for action. Concurred in by Ash.

Vol. XXIX, Eastern Europe, 1969-1972

• 36. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State, Bonn, June 3, 1970, 1700Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 379, Subject Files, Radio Free Europe & Radio Liberty, Vol. I. Secret; Priority; Exdis.

Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

March 10, 1970-April 2, 1971

• 48. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) and the President’s Assistant for International Economic Affairs (Flanigan), Washington, June 3, 1970, 8:05 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts, Box 5, Chronological Files. No classification marking. Blank underscores are in the original. In a June 4 memorandum, Vaky informed Kissinger that Nixon wanted him to call Flanigan with the message of an increase in the quota for Venezuela. (Ibid., NSC Files, Box 796, Country Files, Latin America, Venezuela, Vol. I)

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

United Kingdom

• 325. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Eliot) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) , Washington, June 3, 1970

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 726, Country Files—Europe, United Kingdom, Vol. II. Limited Official Use.

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

Iran 1970

• 70. Memorandum From Harold Saunders and Richard Kennedy of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) , Washington, June 3, 1970

  Saunders and Kennedy furnished Kissinger with a briefing on the subjects which would be covered at the Review Group’s upcoming Persian Gulf meeting.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-files), Box H–046, Senior Review Group Meetings, Persian Gulf, 6/5/70. Secret. National Security Decision Memorandum 92, which emerged from the June 5 meeting, is Document 97. The minutes of the meeting are scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXIV: Arabian Peninsula; Middle East Region, 1969–1972; Jordan, 1970. The attachment entitled “Programs” is not published.

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

Morocco

• 104. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, June 3, 1970

  Kissinger provided the President with briefing material for his upcoming June 4 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Laraki to discuss the Middle East crisis. In this memorandum, Kissinger presented possible requests by Laraki and underscored the need to bolster the U.S. relationship with Moroccan leadership and use the meeting as a forum for conveying to other Arab leaders the message that the United States was genuinely interested in assisting in a peace settlement.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 740, Country Files, Africa, Morocco, Vol. I. Secret. Sent for information. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates the President saw it. The attached memorandum and talking points from Secretary Rogers are not printed. The summary of the President’s conversation with Laraki is printed as Document 106.

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 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-3611 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-3611-03-07, A petition being presented by delegation from Asheville, North Carolina. 6/3/1970, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. Unknown.

Roll WHPO-3613 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-3613-03-16, President Nixon sitting at the microphone smiling while giving a nationwide television and radio address in which he gave an interim report on the Cambodian sanctuary operation. 6/3/1970, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-3613-16, President Nixon sitting at the microphone smiling while giving a nationwide television and radio address in which he gave an interim report on the Cambodian sanctuary operation. 6/3/1970, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-3614 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-3614-04-14, President Nixon giving nationwide television and radio broadcast address reporting on progress of the Cambodian sanctuary operation. 6/3/1970, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-3615 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-3615-02-12, John Ehrlichman alongside a group of students from the University of Washington. 6/3/1970, Washington, D.C. White House, Press Area. John D. Ehrlichman, University of Washington.

Roll WHPO-3616 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-3616-02-06, Pat Nixon hosting Patent Cooperation Treaty Tea. 6/3/1970, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. Pat Nixon.

Roll WHPO-3617 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-3617-04A-22A, Pat Nixon greeting several Blackfeet American Indian children in Washington, D.C. 6/3/1970, Washington, D.C. White House. Pat Nixon.

Roll WHPO-3618 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-3618-03A-25A, Vice President Agnew during various activities while visiting West Point. 6/3/1970, West Point, NY U.S. Military Academy. Spiro Agnew.

Roll WHPO-3619 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-3619-02-31, Vice President Agnew during various activities while visiting West Point. 6/3/1970, West Point, NY U.S. Military Academy. Spiro Agnew.

Roll WHPO-3620 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-3620-01-15, Vice President Agnew during various activities while visiting West Point. 6/3/1970, West Point, NY U.S. Military Academy. Spiro Agnew.

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-189
  John D. Ehrlichman's remarks to students from Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon. (6/3/1970, Family Theater, White House)
  
  Runtime: 65:00:00
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by BAC (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

• WHCA-SR-H-190
  Swearing-in ceremony for Edward Miller of National Labor Relations Board, with George Shultz and Justice White. (6/3/1970, Press Center, White House)
  
  Runtime: 13:00
  
  Keywords: ceremonies
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by BAC (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-700604
  Swearing-in of Edward Miller of NLRB with GS, Justice Byron White. (6/3/1970)
  
  Runtime: 13:00
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

• WHCA-SR-P-700605
  Televised remarks on Cambodia. (6/3/1970)
  
  Runtime: 16:00
  
  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-3740
  "Today" Show with guest Clark Mollenhoff.
  NBC
  Runtime: 0:15
• WHCA-3741
  Nixon's Address on Cambodia with commentary.
  NBC
  Runtime: 0:30
• WHCA-3742
  President Richard Nixon Address to the Nation on the Cambodian Sanctuary Operation. With NBC and CBS commentary. Also includes CBS morning news from 5/27/1970. Clark Mollenhoff.
  NBC
  Runtime: 00:55:57
• WHCA-3745
  Weekly News Summary.
  All networks
  Runtime: 0:30
  
  5. Vice President Agnew speaks at West Point, New York. Time Code Start: 06:30. Keywords: Vice Presidents, military, universities, colleges, cadets, celebrations, speeches. Network: CBS.
  
  6. Vice President Agnew speaks at West Point, New York. Time Code Start: 07:40. Keywords: Vice Presidents, military, universities, colleges, cadets, celebrations, speeches. Network: NBC.

• New York Times of June 3, 1970

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