November 26, 1971

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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 26 November 1971

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

International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

• 208. Telegram From the Embassy in France to the Department of State, Paris, November 26, 1971, 1815Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970-73, FN 10. Confidential. Repeated to Bern, Bonn, Brussels, The Hague, London, Rome, Tokyo, and USEC.

Vol. VII, Vietnam, July 1970-January 1972

Military and Diplomatic Stalemate, October 11, 1971-January 26, 1972

• 279. National Security Decision Memorandum 141, Washington, November 26, 1971

  Source: Ford Library, Laird Papers, Box 39, Chemical Warfare & Biological Research, Vol. III. Secret. A copy was sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Vol. XI, South Asia Crisis, 1971

South Asia Crisis, 1971

• 203. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, November 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 37, Presidentʼs Daily Briefs, November 17–30, 1971. Top Secret; Sensitive; Codeword. A stamp on the memorandum indicates the President saw it.

• 204. Backchannel Message From the Ambassador to Pakistan (Farland) to the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Islamabad, November 26, 1971, 0749Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 426, Backchannel Files, Backchannel Messages, 1971, Amb. Farland, Pakistan. Top Secret. Received at 10:40 a.m.

Vol. XVII, China, 1969-1972

China, October 1971-February 1972

• 173. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, November 26, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 849, President’s File—China Trip, China Exchanges. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. A notation on the memorandum indicates that the President saw it.

Vol. E-7, Documents on South Asia, 1969-1972

India and Pakistan: Crisis and War, March-December 1971

• 157. Transcript of Telephone Conversation Between President Nixon and the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, November 26, 1971, 10:42 a.m.

  Nixon and Kissinger discussed the fighting in East Pakistan. Nixon said he “would like the Indians to be embarrassed.”
  
  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 370, Telephone Conversations, Chronological File, 24–30 November 1971. No classification marking. The omissions are in the original transcript.

Vol. E-10, Documents on American Republics, 1969-1972

Panama

• 557. Memorandum From Arnold Nachmanoff of the National Security Council Staff, to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, November 26, 1971., Washington, November 26, 1971

  National Security Council staff member Nachmanoff summarized a recent memorandum from Executive Secretary Eliot regarding potential problems that might result from a recent narcotics seizure and informed President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs Kissinger that Panama had become a major conduit for heroin and cocaine traffic to the United States. Nachmanoff’s main concern was the possible effect that public and Congressional attention on the narcotics problem might have on the Canal negotiations.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 791, Country Files, Latin America, Panama, Vol. 1, 1 March 1970–31 December 1971. Secret; Exdis. Sent for information. Attached but not published at Tab A is a November 23 memorandum from Eliot to Kissinger. (Ibid.)

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-7857 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-7857-06-18, Unidentified group of men and women with John Nidecker. 11/26/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Diplomatic Entrance steps. John Nidecker, unidentified men and women.

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-4837
  "Panorama". Governor of California Ronald W. Reagan (R).
  Group W Productions
  Runtime: 00:30:00
• WHCA-4838
  "Chronolog", 1st hour. David Wolper.
  
  Runtime: 01:04:20
• WHCA-4839
  "Chronolog", 2nd hour. Julie Nixon Eisenhower.
  
  Runtime: 00:58:50
• WHCA-4849
  Weekly News Summary , Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  1. Smith: President Nixon to visit British Prime Minister and German Chancellor. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, international, Europe, meetings. Network: ABC.
  
  2. Smith/Jarriel: Dock strikes; international trade problems (Ziegler). Time Code Start: 00:35. Keywords: harbors, Stevedores, dock workers, longshoremen, strikes, economy, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, foreign relations, business, exchanges, agreements, contracts, profits, finance, sales, buying, selling, negotiations. Network: ABC.
  
  3. Reasoner: Silent news; Former President Johnson (LBJ) Presidential Library dedication. Time Code Start: 02:19. Keywords: Presidents, history, collections, openings, national archives, museums. Network: ABC.
  
  4. Smith: Commentary on all Americans. Time Code Start: 06:38. Keywords: citizens, populations, cultures, lifestyles, public opinions. Network: ABC.
  
  5. Chancellor: U.S. foreign trade in the red; economic indicators; Justice department moves to end dock strike. Time Code Start: 08:20. Keywords: harbors, Stevedores, dock workers, longshoremen, strikes, recession, inflation, wages, unemployment, trade, negotiations, foreign relations, business, exchanges, agreements, contracts, profits, finance, sales, buying, selling, negotiations. Network: NBC.
  
  6. Chancellor: President Nixon plans to visit Bermuda Dec. 20-21. Time Code Start: 10:29. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, international, Caribbean. Network: NBC.
  
  7. Chancellor/Casella: China today- a new look. Time Code Start: 10:58. Keywords: People's Republic of China. Network: NBC.
  
  8. Cronkite: Stock market up; move to end dock strike. Time Code Start: 16:04. Keywords: stock markets, investments, securities, Wall Street, Dow Jones, New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, finances, recession, inflation, money, harbors, Stevedores, dock workers, longshoremen, strikes, wages, unemployment, trade, negotiations. Network: CBS.
  
  9. Cronkite: Balance of trade for October is worst in history. Time Code Start: 17:03. Keywords: business, exchanges, agreements, contracts, profits, finance, sales, buying, selling, economy, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs. Network: CBS.
  
  10. Cronkite/Schakney: Rahway State Prison riot now over. Time Code Start: 18:15. Keywords: prisons, riots, rebellions, uprisings, jails, penal institutions, incarceration, penitentiary, inmates, violence, stabbings, hostages, New Jersey. Network: CBS.
  
  11. Cronkite/Rather: Israel wants military aid from U.S.. Time Code Start: 21:27. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, war, weapons, aid. Network: CBS.
  
  12. Cronkite/Sevareid: President Nixon to meet British Prime Minister Heath in Bermuda. Time Code Start: 22:50. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, international, Caribbean, Prime Ministers, meetings. Network: CBS.

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