April 19, 1969

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• 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.

Announcements

• Disaster Relief for Nevada (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 585, April 19, 1969)
  Announcement of Allocation of Funds for Repair of Flood Damage.

Appointments and Nominations

• United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 584, April 19, 1969)
  Announcement of Intention To Nominate Malcolm Toon of Pennsylvania.

Swearing-In Ceremonies

• Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 584, April 19, 1969)
  The President's Remarks at the Swearing-In Ceremony of Mrs. Virginia H. Knauer.

Digest of Other White House Announcements

Following is a listing of items of general interest which were announced in the press but not made public as formal White House press releases during the period covered by this issue. Appointments requiring Senate approval are not included since they appear in the list of nominations submitted to the Senate, below.

• Foreign Minister Alberto Franco Nogueira of Portugal met with the President at the White House.
• Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands met with the President at the White House.
• Max Fisher of the New Detroit Committee and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George Romney met with the President.
• The President has appointed Charles A. Meyer, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, to be the representative of the United States on the Inter-American Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States, and also a member of the United States National Commission in the Pan American Railway Congress Association.

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 at the Swearing In of Virginia H. Knauer as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs.

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• Federal Register of Saturday, April 19, 1969

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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Vol. XXVIII, Southern Africa

Portuguese Africa

• 88. Memorandum of Conversation , Washington, April 19, 1969, 11:30 a.m.

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL PORT–US. Secret;Exdis. Drafted by Landau and approved by the White House on April 22. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the meeting was held in the Oval Office and ended at noon. (Ibid., Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files)

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

Western Europe Region and NATO

• 15. National Security Study Memorandum 44 , Washington, April 19, 1969

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 365, Subject Files, National Security Study Memoranda, Nos. 43–103. Secret. A copy was sent to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Portugal

• 254. Memorandum of Conversation , Washington, April 19, 1969, 11:30 a.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, President’s Office Files, Memos for the President. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Landau. The meeting took place in the White House. Nogueira held discussions with Under Secretary Johnson and Secretary Rogers on April 16 and 17, respectively. Memoranda of conversation are ibid., RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL PORT–US.

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.

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Roll WHPO-0827 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0827-02-07, President Nixon and Pat Nixon attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0827-05, President Nixon and Pat Nixon attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0827-08-09, President Nixon and Pat Nixon showing Virginia Knauer plants in the White House Rose Garden after her swearing in ceremony there. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0827-10-12, President Nixon and Pat Nixon with Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony guests at the White House Lawn near the Executive Office Building. In the group are Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.

Roll WHPO-0828 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-0828-01A-03A, White House rose garden flowers in full bloom include a white Dogwood tree, red and yellow tulips, and purple ground cover plants. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0828-04A-10A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0828-11A-22A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon lead a Rose Garden tour for Virginia Knauer and her swearing-in ceremony guests at the White House. In the group are Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0828-23A, The White House and lawn. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0828-24A-27A, Virginia Knauer with groups of her swearing-in ceremony guests on the White House Lawn. Guest include Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.

Roll WHPO-0831 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0831-03A-14A, Nixon at meeting in the Oval office Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Henry Kissinger.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0831-08A, President Nixon seated at his Oval Office desk during a meeting with Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0831-15A, n/a. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office.

Roll WHPO-0832 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0832-04-19, President Nixon seated at his Oval office desk during a meeting with Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Henry Kissinger.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0832-05, President Nixon seated at his Oval office desk during a meeting with Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and Henry Kissinger. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Henry Kissinger.

Roll WHPO-0833 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-0833-02A-14A, White House Rose Garden. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden.

Roll WHPO-0834 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-0834-02, Miscellaneous items on a desk. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0834-03-14, President Nixon and Pat Nixon attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony to become Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0834-11, President Nixon and Pat Nixon attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony to become Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0834-13, President Nixon and Pat Nixon attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0834-15-19, President Nixon and Pat Nixon lead a Rose Garden tour for Virginia Knauer and her swearing-in ceremony guests at the White House. In the group are Judge Catherine Kelly, (District of Columbia Court of Appeals) officiating, and attended by Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well,. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Virginia Knauer, Pat Nixon, Judge Catherine Kelly, Attorney General William C. Sennett, Deputy Atty. Gen. Richard Goldberg, Pat Hitt, Senator and Mrs. Hugh Scott, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0834-20-22, President Nixon speaking with Virginia Knauer following her swearing in ceremony as Consumer Affairs Special Assistant. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Virginia Knauer.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0834-23-24, President Nixon speaking with Senator Hugh Scott, following Virginia Knauer's swearing in ceremony as Consumer Affairs Special Assistant. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Virginia Knauer.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0834-24, President Nixon and Pat Nixon speaking with Senator Hugh Scott, following Virginia Knauer's swearing in ceremony as Consumer Affairs Special Assistant. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Hugh Scott, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0834-25-27, President Nixon and Pat Nixon walking across the lawn back to the White House with an unidentified military aide in uniform, after attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, an unidentified man.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0834-28, President Nixon and Pat Nixon standing at the lawn entrance to the White House after attending Virginia Knauer's swearing-in ceremony as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House lawn entrance. President Nixon, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0834-29, President Nixon, a military aide in uniform, and two unidentified staff members walking back toward the rose garden entrance to the White House. The Executive Office Building (EOB) façade is visible in the background and Oval office exterior in the foreground. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, unidentified staff members and military aide in uniform.
• Frame(s): WHPO-0834-30-32, A portrait of Virginia Knauer and members of her family. 4/19/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. Virginia Knauer, Wilhelm F. Knauer, Sr., Wilhelm F. Knauer Jr., Jennie Regelman, Mrs. Valerie K. Burden, I. Townsend Burden, III, Nancy Knauer, Mrs. Rose Wright, Jeanne Deavers, Paul Zdinak, Harry Well.

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P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-690413
  Remarks by President Nixon at the Swearing In of Virginia H. Knauer as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs, with Judge Kelly. (4/19/1969, Rose Garden at the White House)
  
  Runtime: 2:18
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

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