November 20, 1971

Introduction

This almanac page for Saturday, November 20, 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.
- Original typewritten diary (PDF)
The President's day began at The White House - Washington, D. C.
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.
- Remarks Welcoming Members of the Senior Class of Wyoming High School of Cincinnati, Ohio, to the White House.
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 Saturday, November 20, 1971
The Congressional Record is the official daily record of the debates and proceedings of the U.S. Congress.
- Senate: November 20, 1971
- Extensions of Remarks: November 20, 1971

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.
- Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
- Original audio recording (MP3)
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
- Text search for November 20, 1971
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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.
- President's Daily Brief of 20 November 1971
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. IV, Foreign Assistance, International Development, Trade Policies, 1969-1972

East-West Trade, 1969-1972
- 349. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State, Moscow, November 20, 1971, 1330Z
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 73 D 153, Morning Summaries, August 25-December 31, 1971. Secret; Exdis.
Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

Chinese Representation in the United Nations
- 446. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, New York, November 20, 1971, 0227Z
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, UN 22–2 CHICOM. Confidential. Repeated to Taipei, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.
Vol. VII, Vietnam, July 1970-January 1972

Military and Diplomatic Stalemate, October 11, 1971-January 26, 1972
- 278. Conversation Between President Nixon and his Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, November 20, 1971
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Tapes, Oval Office, Conversation 621–18. No classification marking. The transcript was prepared by the editors specifically for this volume. This exchange was part of a larger conversation from 8:45 to 10:45 a.m.
Vol. XI, South Asia Crisis, 1971

South Asia Crisis, 1971
- 193. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, November 20, 1971
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 37, Presidentʼs Daily Briefs. Top Secret; Sensitive; Codeword. A stamp on the memorandum indicates the President saw it.
Vol. E-10, Documents on American Republics, 1969-1972

Nicaragua
- 510. Telegram 2682 From the Embassy in Nicaragua to the Department of State, November 20, 1971, 1713Z., November 20, 1971, 1713Z
  Nicaraguan Archbishop Miguel Obando y Bravo publicly indicated his intention to abstain from the scheduled 1972 Constituent Assembly elections. Nicaragua’s leading opposition newspaper, La Prensa, “welcomed the Archbishop’s apparent support for its position that voters should abstain because the Kupia Kumi and its elections are a farce.”
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 15–7 NIC. Confidential. Repeated to Guatemala, San José, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, and USCINCSO for POLAD. In Airgram A–134, November 24, the Embassy reported that the opposition Partido Social Cristiano (PSC) had begun a petition campaign to force the Liberal and Conservative Parties to allow it to participate in the coming elections. (Ibid., POL 12 NIC)
Vol. E-13, Documents on China, 1969-1972
- 63. Memorandum for the Record, Paris, November 20, 1971, 11:30 a.m., Paris, November 20, 1971, 11:30 a.m.
  Military Attaché Walters met with Chinese Ambassador to France Huang Chen in order to deliver the messages Haig had transmitted the previous day. Huang provided Walters with a Chinese written message concerning a potential meeting between Ambassador to the United Nations Huang Hua and Kissinger in New York.
  
  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Geopolitical Files-China, Chron, 1 September-29 December, 1971. Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. Drafted by Walters. The meeting was held at the Chinese Embassy. Attached is the English-language version of the Chinese message, with the handwritten notation: “11/20/71.”
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

Visit the White House Tapes finding aid to learn about the taping system's operation and archival processing.

Oval Office
White House Telephone
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-7837 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-7837-03A-36A, President Nixon speaking with the graduating class of Wyoming High School from Cincinnati, Ohio, while they stand in a group on the Diplomatic Entrance Steps for a portrait. 11/20/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Diplomatic Entrance steps. President Nixon, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, large group of Ohio high school seniors, adults.
Roll WHPO-7841 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W
- Frame(s): WHPO-7841-05-09, President Nixon, head and shoulders, with a student with a camera in the background, talking with graduating seniors from Wyoming High School, Cincinnati, Ohio (not pictured). 11/20/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Diplomatic Entrance steps. President Nixon, Ohio high school seniors, adults.
- Frame(s): WHPO-7841-08, Profile of President Nixon at the microphone, talking with graduating seniors from Wyoming High School, Cincinnati, Ohio (not pictured). 11/20/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Diplomatic Entrance steps. President Nixon.
- Frame(s): WHPO-7841-10-23, President Nixon talking with graduating seniors from Wyoming High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. 11/20/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Diplomatic Entrance steps. President Nixon, Ohio high school seniors, unidentified adults.
- Frame(s): WHPO-7841-12, President Nixon talking with graduating seniors from Wyoming High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. 11/20/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Diplomatic Entrance steps. President Nixon, Ohio high school seniors, unidentified adults.
- Frame(s): WHPO-7841-24, Head and shoulders portrait of President Nixon preparing to board a helicopter, bound for Camp David. 11/20/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon.
- Frame(s): WHPO-7841-24-31, President Nixon preparing to board a helicopter, bound for Camp David. 11/20/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. President Nixon, Ohio high school seniors, adults.
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-711116
  Remarks by President Nixon to high school students. (11/20/1971)
  
  Runtime: 8:35
  
  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-4834
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  17. Utley/Lewis: Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN) forces leading into Cambodia. Time Code Start: 40:17. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War, South Vietnamese Army (SVA), military, troops. Network: NBC.
  
  18. Utley/Duke/Delaney/Bell: Phase II coal miners get pay raise and railroad workers (rail workers) want pay raise. Time Code Start: 42:59. Keywords: coal mining, miners, mine workers, strikes, employees, railroads, trains, cabinet, advisors, wage and price controls, freezes, prices, costs, increases, decreases, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money. Network: NBC.
  
  19. Utley/Briggs: Agriculture and the administration. Time Code Start: 48:35. Keywords: food, agricultural products, crops, farming, bills, laws, proposals. Network: NBC.
  
  20. Utley/Brinkley: Airplanes that cost too much and then don't work. Time Code Start: 51:24. Keywords: aviation, aircraft, damages, manufacturing, costs. Network: NBC.
  
  21. Utley: President Nixon with Cincinnatti, Ohio school kids at the White House. Time Code Start: 56:41. Keywords: Presidents, students, children, youth, visits. Network: NBC.
  
  22. Mudd/Shaw: Phase II, Connally and the Pay Board. Time Code Start: 59:10. Keywords: wage and price controls, freezes, prices, costs, increases, decreases, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money. Network: CBS.
  
  23. Mudd: President Nixon's reception back to the White House after trip to Miami, Florida. Time Code Start: 62:05. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, primaries, candidates, voting, speeches. Network: CBS.
  
  24. Mudd: Sam Yorty in New Hampshire. Time Code Start: 63:03. Keywords: Mayors, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: CBS.
  
  25. Mudd/Walker: The black vote in the Presidential election. Time Code Start: 65:00. Keywords: Vote, voters, voting, Presidential elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning, voting, African Americans. Network: CBS.
  
  26. Mudd/Serafin: Anti-abortion rally in Washington, D.C.. Time Code Start: 66:19. Keywords: demonstrations, rally, protesters, demonstraters, demonstrators, anti-abortion, birth. Network: CBS.
  
  27. Mudd: Middle East conflict. Time Code Start: 67:24. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, war. Network: CBS.
  
  28. Mudd: [Blood in Cambodia]?. Time Code Start: 68:20. Keywords: Cambodia, Vietnam War, needs review, not listed in Vanderbildt News archive. Network: CBS.

Context (External Sources)

- New York Times of November 20, 1971
- AP Images photos from November 20, 1971
- Getty Images photos from November 20, 1971
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.
- November 1971 Broadcast Index
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- November 20, 1971

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