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March 8, 1971

Introduction

This almanac page for Monday, March 8, 1971, pulls together various records created by the federal government and links to additional resources which can provide context about the events of the day.

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Schedule and Public Documents

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

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

    No Federal Register published on this date

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

  • Decided

    Granted

Archival Holdings

  • 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.

  • The National Archives Catalog is the online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records. It is the main way of describing our holdings and also provides access to electronic records and digitized versions of our holdings. 

    The Catalog searches across multiple National Archives resources at once, including archival descriptions, digitized and electronic records, authority records, and web pages from Archives.gov and the Presidential Libraries. The Catalog also allows users to contribute to digitized historical records through tagging and transcription.

    Nixon Library Holdings

    All National Archives Units

National Security Documents

  • 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.

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

    The Intelligence Community and the White House

    Vol. III, Foreign Economic Policy; International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

    Foreign Economic Policy

    • 55. CIEP Study Memorandum No. 1, Washington, March 8, 1971

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Agency Files, Box 218, CIEP. Confidential. Initialed by Haig.

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

    Foreign Assistance Policy, 1969-1972

    Vol. XXIX, Eastern Mediterranean, 1969-1972

    Greece

    • 306. Response to National Security Study Memorandum 116, Washington, March 8, 1971

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–181, National Security Study Memoranda, NSSM 116. Secret; Nodis. This response to NSSM 116 (Document 301) was prepared by the NSC Interdepartmental Group for Near East and South Asia and submitted to Kissinger by Chairman of the Group Sisco. Davis sent it to the members of the Senior Review Group on March 11 indicating it would be discussed at the March 22 SRG meeting. It was discussed at the March 31 meeting of the SRG; see Document 310.

    Vol. XXXII, SALT I, 1969-1972

    From Stalemate to Breakthrough, August 24, 1970-May 20, 1971

    • 137. Minutes of a National Security Council Meeting, Washington, March 8, 1971, 8:35-10:27 a.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–110, NSC Minutes Originals 1971 thru 6–20–74. Top Secret. Nixon, Agnew, Rogers, Laird, Lincoln, Mitchell, Moorer, Helms, Gerard Smith, Spiers, Farley, David, Kissinger, K. Wayne Smith, Sonnenfeldt, Kennedy, Duckett, McCloy, Jeanne Davis, Connally, Packard, and Nitze attended the meeting (Ibid., Presidential Tape Recordings, Nixon Tape Log) A tape recording of this meeting is ibid., White House Tapes, Cabinet Room, Conversation No. 49–12, 8:32 a.m. to unknown time after 10:27 a.m. On March 6 Kissinger sent Nixon talking points, an issues paper, a summary of ABM options, and data on ABM sites in preparation for the meeting. All ibid., NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–031, NSC Meeting SALT, 3/8/71.

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

    The Horn

    • 311. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, March 8, 1971

      Somali Ambassador Addou told Assistant Secretary of State Newsom that the United States was doing very little to improve relations with Somalia. Newsom commented that the United States wanted good relations but saw no indication this was shared by the Somali Republic.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, POL Somali-US. Secret. Drafted by Newsom.

  • 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.

Audiovisual Holdings

  • 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

    Oval Office

  • 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-5820 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5820-, Closeup portrait of John Nidecker. 3/8/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. John Nidecker.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5820-11, Closeup portrait of John Nidecker. 3/8/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. John Nidecker.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5820-19, Closeup portrait of John Nidecker leaning forward with hand on chin. 3/8/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. John Nidecker.

    Roll WHPO-5822 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5822-17A-30A, President Nixon with the Farm Family of the Year, Mr. & Mrs. Gerritt Boerema and children, and others. 3/8/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Mr. & Mrs. Gerritt Boerema, Bourema children, Clifford Hardin, unidentified official.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5822-2A-14A, President Nixon presenting the first Membership Plaque in Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., to Dr. A. Edward Maumenee while his family and others stand with him. 3/8/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Dr. A. Edward Maumenee, Lulie Maumenee, Ann Maumenee, David Weeks, Rep. John Young.

    Roll WHPO-5826 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5826-, President Nixon meeting with Lord Cromer and other Administration officials in the Executive Office Building (EOB). 3/8/1971, Washington, D.C. Presidential Office, Executive Office Building (EOB). President Nixon, Lord Cromer (Ambassador), John B. Connally, David Packard, Arthur Burns, Peter Peterson, George P. Shultz, Peter Flanigan, Hebert Stein, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5826-06, President Nixon meeting with Lord Cromer and other Administration officials in the Executive Office Building (EOB). 3/8/1971, Washington, D.C. Presidential Office, Executive Office Building (EOB). President Nixon, Lord Cromer (Ambassador), John B. Connally, David Packard, Arthur Burns, Peter Peterson, George P. Shultz, Peter Flanigan, Hebert Stein, William P. Rogers, Henry A. Kissinger.

    Roll WHPO-5827 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5827-, President Nixon seated informally with New York Times columnist Cy Sulzberger. 3/8/1971, Washington, D.C. Presidential Office, Executive Office Building. President Nixon, Cy Sulzberger.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-5827-04, President Nixon seated informally with New York Times columnist Cy Sulzberger. 3/8/1971, Washington, D.C. Presidential Office, Executive Office Building.

    Roll WHPO-5828 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-5828-, President Nixon seated at his desk with Fred Malek and other assistants. 3/8/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Fred Malek, Dan Kingsley, Bill Horton.

  • 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-089
      President's staff dinner at Blair House, with J. Connally, H.R. Haldeman, George Shultz, Harry Dent, Richard Moore, Charles Colson, William Safire, Robert Finch, Clark MacGregor, John Ehlrichman, Donald Rumsfeld, Peter Flanigan, Kissinger and Ronald Ziegl. (3/8/1971, Blair House, Washington D.C.)

      Runtime: 1:55:00

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by BAC & RRS (initials of WHCA engineer)

      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-4213
      "Eyewitness News".
      CBS
      Runtime:
    • WHCA-4217
      Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
      ALL NETWORKS
      Runtime: 1:30

      16. Reasoner/Farmer: Laos. Time Code Start: 23:27. Keywords: Laos, Vietnam War. Network: ABC.

      17. Smith: Chou En Lai in Hanoi, Vietnam. Time Code Start: 26:00. Keywords: People's Republic of China, leaders, travel, trips, speeches, Vietnam War. Network: ABC.

      18. Scali: Laos (Secretary of State Rogers). Time Code Start: 26:40. Keywords: Laos, Vietnam War, cabinet, advisors. Network: ABC.

      19. Brinkley: Indochina: State Secretary Rogers says South Vietnam should be under no military restrictions; able to attack as chooses; Cambodia operation saved US lives; made Vietnamization Program successful. Time Code Start: 28:20. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War, cabinet, advisors, speeches. Network: NBC.

      20. McGee/Streithorst: Indochina. Time Code Start: 30:41. Keywords: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam War. Network: NBC.

      21. Brinkley: Dept of HEW on colleges, massive inertia; resistance to change; faculties arrange to fit own needs, complaints of irrelevancy justified (Department of Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Richardson). Time Code Start: 33:05. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, education, universities. Network: NBC.

      22. Cronkite/Rather: Chou En Lai in Hanoi, Vietnam. Time Code Start: 34:07. Keywords: People's Republic of China, leaders, travel, trips, speeches, Vietnam War. Network: CBS.

      23. Cronkite: Secretary of State Rogers speaking to veterans. Time Code Start: 35:48. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, speeches, Armed Forces, military, troops. Network: CBS.

      24. Cronkite: Laos. Time Code Start: 38:06. Keywords: Laos, Vietnam War. Network: CBS.

Context (External Sources)