December 28, 1971

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The President's day began at Key Biscayne, Florida

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• Statement on Signing a Bill Amending the Social Security Act.

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• Federal Register of Tuesday, December 28, 1971

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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• President's Daily Brief of 28 December 1971

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

Trade and Commerce, 1969-1972

• 263. Memorandum From the Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy (Peterson), Washington, December 28, 1971

  Source: Washington National Records Center, Department of the Treasury, Files of Under Secretary Volcker: FRC 56 79 A 15, National Advisory Committee. No classification marking.

Vol. XL, Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

• 335. Memorandum For the President’s File by the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig), Key Biscayne, December 28, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, President’s Office Files, Box 87, Memoranda for the President, Beginning December 26, 1971. Top Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only.

Vol. E-2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1969-1972

Chemical and Biological Warfare; Geneva Protocol; Biological Weapons Convention

• 248. Memorandum From the Acting Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (Farley) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, December 28, 1971

  Farley contended that DOD’s studies on the utility of herbicides and riot control agents (see attachments to Document 246) did not generate a need to modify the judgments contained in the Geneva Protocol study (Document 236). [ca. 9/8]
  
  Source: Washington National Records Center, Office of the Director, DD/ACDA, P. Farley Subject Files, March 1969–June 1973: FRC 383–98–96, Chron Files: Deputy Director, ACDA, J. Philip Farley, September–December 1971. Secret.

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

Iran 1971

• 156. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, December 28, 1971

  Kissinger advised the President that Ambassador MacArthur and Secretary Rogers both urged Nixon to make his long-awaited trip to Iran, both to assuage the Shah’s pride and to ease the Shah’s concerns over long-range Soviet objectives in the region.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 481, Presidential Trip Files, Iran Visit, [Cherokee] (Part 1). Confidential. Nixon wrote at the bottom of the memorandum: “H + K—I agree [that a visit to Iran is a serious proposition.] Right after Democratic Convention?”

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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-8130 Photographer: Grove | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-8130-, Robert Finch and William Marumoto. 12/28/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. Robert (Bob) Finch, William (Mo) Marumoto.

Roll WHPO-8131 Photographer: Grove | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-8131-, Rumsfeld and advisory commission for the Wage Price Board luncheon. 12/28/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. Economic Stabilization Program Director Donald Rumsfeld, unidentified Wage Price Board advisory commission members.

Roll WHPO-8132 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-8132-03, Tourists on a Candlelight Tour of the White House look at the fully lit Oval Room Christmas tree. Christmas lights are particularly highlighted due ot darkened room. 12/28/1971, Washington, D.C. White House East Room. tourists in tour group.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8132-04-10, The Marine Band performing in the for tourists on a Candlelight Tour of the White House. Christmas lights decorations in pine swags are particularly highlighted due ot darkened room. 12/28/1971, Washington, D.C. White House East Room. military band, Santa Claus, tour group.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8132-14, Small trees in tall pedestals flank a doorway, lit with Christmas lights particularly highlighted due ot darkened room. 12/28/1971, Washington, D.C. White House East Room. tourists in tour group.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8132-16-17, A line of tourists line up outside the White House waiting to enter the Candlelight Tour. 12/28/1971, Washington, D.C. White House East Room. military band, Santa Claus, tourists in tour group.

Roll WHPO-8136 Photographer: Grove | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-8136-, Velma Baldwin portraits. 12/28/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. Office of Management and Budget administrator Velma Baldwin.

Roll WHPO-8137 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-8137-, President Nixon meeting with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in Key Biscayne. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne home. President Nixon, Willy Brandt.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8137-11, President Nixon seated informally during a meeting with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in a Key Biscayne living room. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne home. President Nixon, Willy Brandt.

Roll WHPO-8138 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-8138-, President Nixon and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt walk the red carpet past an honor guard, as they disembark the helicopter at their Key Biscayne helipad arrival. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne heliport. President Nixon, Willy Brandt, unidentified officials, honor guard.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8138-10A, President Nixon and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and officials exit the Presidential helicopter at Key Biscayne's helipad. Soldiers in silver helmets hold rifles at attention on either side of the red carpet. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne heliport. President Nixon, Willy Brandt, unidentified officials, honor guard.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8138-27A, President Nixon stands near West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, who is waving to an unseen person, as they walk on the grounds of the the Key Biscayne compound. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne home. President Nixon, Willy Brandt.

Roll WHPO-8139 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-8139-, President Nixon at West German Chancellor Willy Brandt's Key Biscayne arrival. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne heliport. President Nixon, Willy Brandt, unidentified aides, honor guard.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8139-21A, Profile view of President Nixon standing with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt near the Presidential helicopter at the heliport. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne heliport. President Nixon, Willy Brandt.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8139-22A, West German Chancellor Willy Brandt shaking hands with President Nixon near the stair ramp of the Presidential helicopter parked at the Key Biscayne heliport. One military officer salutes. No honor guards are present. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne heliport. President Nixon, Willy Brandt.

Roll WHPO-8140 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-8140-, President Nixon meets with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in Key Biscayne. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne home & heliport. President Nixon, Willy Brandt, unidentified aides, honor guard.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8140-07A, President Nixon and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and officials wlak away from the Presidential helicopter at Key Biscayne's helipad. Soldiers in silver helmets hold rifles at attention on either side of the red carpet. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne heliport. President Nixon, Willy Brandt, unidentified officials, aides, honor guard.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8140-10A, President Nixon walking with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt on the Presidential complex grounds at Key Biscayne. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne grounds. President Nixon, Willy Brandt.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8140-35A, President Nixon and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt (seen from behind) watching the presidential helicopter take off in Key Biscayne. 12/28/1971, Key Biscayne, Florida Key Biscayne home. President Nixon, Willy Brandt.

Roll WHPO-8141 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-8141-, President Nixon Brandt Key Biscayne meeting. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne home. President Nixon, Willy Brandt, unidentified aides, Secret Service agents.

Roll WHPO-8142 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-8142-, West German Chancellor Willy Brandt's Key Biscayne visit. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne home. President Nixon, Willy Brandt, unidentified aides, Secret Service agents.

Roll WHPO-8143 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-8143-, Night view of the Presidential yacht USS Sequoia. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne bay. none.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8143-, West German Chancellor Willy Brandt's Key Biscayne visit. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne home exterior. President Nixon, Willy Brandt, unidentified aides, Secret Service agents.
• Frame(s): WHPO-8143-23A, President Nixon and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt viewed from behind looking out at the water while standing next to one another. 12/28/1971, Florida Key Biscayne grounds. President Nixon, Willy Brandt.

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• WHCA-SR-F-025
  Press briefing by Sec. Rogers in the West Ballroom of the Four Ambassadors Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, with Ronald Ziegler. (12/28/1971, West Ballroom, Four Ambassadors Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida)
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by MJP (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-4917
  "The Advocates". A discussion of desegregation
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 60
• WHCA-4918
  "China: A Revolution Revisited". People's Republic of China
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
• WHCA-4919
  "Martin Agronsky: Evening Edition". McCaff: Representative Ruess (WI).
  WMAL, Eastern Educational Network
  Runtime: 00:32:47
• WHCA-4926
  Weekly News Summary 24-30 December 1971, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  29. Smith/Zimmerman: North Vietnam air war. Time Code Start: 76:41. Keywords: Vietnam War, bombings, aircraft, military, weapons. Network: ABC.
  
  30. Reasoner/Gill: West German Chancellor Willy Brandt meets President Nixon in Key Biscayne, Florida. Time Code Start: 80:11. Keywords: West Germany, Chancellors, leaders, meetings, Presidents, residences, homes. Network: ABC.
  
  31. Reasoner/Jackson: Mayor John Lindsay announces for 1972. Time Code Start: 82:08. Keywords: Mayors, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: ABC.
  
  32. Reasoner/Snell: Phase II and operation price watch. Time Code Start: 85:05. Keywords: wage and price controls, freezes, prices, costs, increases, decreases, economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money. Network: ABC.
  
  33. Reasoner: Commentary on Mayor John Lindsay in 1972. Time Code Start: 88:12. Keywords: Mayors, elections, campaigns, campaigning, primaries, candidates, speeches. Network: ABC.
  
  34. Smith: Peking, China trip. Time Code Start: 90:08. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, People's Republic of China. Network: ABC.
• WHCA-4927
  Weekly News Summary 24-30 December 1971, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  1. Chancellor/Kaplan: Vietnam air war and Paris Peace Talks. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Vietnam War, bombings, aircraft, military, weapons, Paris Peace Talks, treaty, treaties, negotiations. Network: NBC.
  
  2. Chancellor/Brinkley: Vietnam veterans. Time Code Start: 05:20. Keywords: Vietnam War, veterans. Network: NBC.
  
  3. Chancellor/Delany: Mayor John Lindsay declares in Miami, Florida. Time Code Start: 10:47. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, primaries, candidates, speeches. Network: NBC.
  
  4. Chancellor/Burrington: Talk with Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi. Time Code Start: 13:38. Keywords: Presidents, Prime Ministers, meetings. Network: NBC.
  
  5. Chancellor/Kaplow: West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in Key Biscayne, Florida. Time Code Start: 16:08. Keywords: West Germany, Chancellors, leaders, meetings, Presidents, residences, homes. Network: NBC.
  
  6. Chancellor: Peking China trip with General Haig. Time Code Start: 17:34. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, People's Republic of China. Network: NBC.
  
  7. Chancellor: McGovern. Time Code Start: 17:54. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: NBC.
  
  8. Chancellor: Jimmy Hoffa. Time Code Start: 18:50. Keywords: labor, unions, IBT, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, leaders, prisons, inmates, sentences, releases. Network: NBC.
  
  9. Chancellor: Economic indicatiors. Time Code Start: 20:10. Keywords: economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices, reports. Network: NBC.
  
  10. Collingwood/Dunning: Vietnam air war (Muskie). Time Code Start: 20:46. Keywords: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam War, bombings, aircraft, military, weapons. Network: CBS.
  
  11. Collingwood/Dean/Culhane: Mayor John Lindsay announces candidacy and Hartke almost announces. Time Code Start: 26:51. Keywords: Mayors, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: CBS.
  
  12. Collingwood/Pierpoint: West German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits President Nixon at Key Biscayne, Florida. Time Code Start: 30:55. Keywords: West Germany, Chancellors, leaders, meetings, Presidents, residences, homes. Network: CBS.
  
  13. Collingwood/Threlkeld: Yakima Indians effort to regain Mt. Adams in Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington state; History of U.S. government VS American Indian conflict, Chief Robert Jim. Time Code Start: 32:30. Keywords: American Indians, Native Americans, tribes, war, historic, documentary, tribal leaders. Network: CBS.

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