February 11, 1971

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• Statement on Releasing a Report on Selected Independent Regulatory Agencies by the President's Advisory Council on Executive Organization.
• Remarks at the Signing Ceremony of the Seabed Arms Control Treaty.
• Remarks at the Swearing In of David M. Kennedy as Ambassador at Large for Foreign Economic Policy Development.
• Remarks at the Swearing In of John B. Connally as Secretary of the Treasury.
• Statement on the Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln.
• Executive Order 11582—Observance of Holidays by Government Agencies

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• Federal Register of Thursday, February 11, 1971

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• Senate: February 11, 1971
• Extensions of Remarks: February 11, 1971

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• President's Daily Brief of 11 February 1971

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Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

Committee of 24

• 71. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, New York, February 11, 1971, 2355Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 19 UN. Limited Official Use.

Vol. XXIV, Middle East Region and Arabian Peninsula, 1969-1972; Jordan, September 1970

The Two Yemens

• 182. Special National Intelligence Estimate, Washington, February 11, 1971

  Source: Central Intelligence Agency, NIC Files, Job 79–R01012A, Box 418. Secret. The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State and Defense and NSA participated in the preparation of this estimate. The Director of CIA submitted it with the concurrence of all members of the USIB with the exception of the AEC and the FBI who abstained on the grounds that it was outside their jurisdiction. The conclusions of the SNIE were passed on to Jidda in telegram 32516, February 26. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 23–9 YEMEN)

Vol. XXXIV, National Security Policy, 1969-1972

The Defense Budget and U.S. National Security Policy

• 174. Minutes of National Security Council Meeting, Washington, February 11, 1971, 10:15-11:15 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. Confidential. The meeting was held in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Kissinger sent Nixon a memorandum on February 10 briefing him on the purpose of the meeting. (Ibid.) The memorandum is printed in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, volume I, Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1969–1972, Document 84.

Vol. XL, Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

• 179. Telegram From the Embassy in Germany to the Department of State, Bonn, February 11, 1971, 1710Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 28 GER B. Secret; Limdis. Repeated to Berlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, and Stuttgart.

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

Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee; Seabed Arms Control Treaty

• 138. Seabed Arms Control Treaty

  Text of the “Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof,” opened on this day for signature in Washington, London, and Moscow.
  
  Source: Documents on Disarmament, 1971, pp. 7–11. No classification marking. For text of President Nixon’s remarks at the signing ceremony on February 11, see Public Papers: Nixon, 1971, pp. 150–151. The treaty was approved by the U.S. Senate on February 15, 1972, by a vote of 83 to 0, and ratified by the President on April 26, 1972. It entered into force on May 18, 1972.

Chemical and Biological Warfare; Geneva Protocol; Biological Weapons Convention

• 214. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rogers to President Nixon, Washington, February 11, 1971

  Rogers discussed the possibilities for the Senate ratification of the Geneva Protocol and, in light of his upcoming testimony in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asked the President to order an immediate phase out of the use of chemical herbicides in Vietnam.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–1973, Top Secret, POL 27–10. Top Secret; Exdis. In a February 11 memorandum, Eliot informed Rogers that DOD did not concur with an immediate phase-out of defoliants in Vietnam and Rogers’ memorandum to the President had been revised to reflect that fact. (Ibid.)

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

Peru

• 622. Telegram 23385 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Peru, February 11, 1971, 0312Z., February 11, 1971, 0312Z

  The Department of State instructed Ambassador Belcher to inform the Peruvian Government that the United States would show restraint in applying sanctions if Peru did not seize U.S. fishing boats.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, POL 33–4 PERU–US. Confidential. Drafted on February 10 by Weber; cleared in draft form by VanCampen and Hamwell; and approved by Crimmins, Smith, and Feldman. Repeated to Mexico City, Quito, and Santiago.

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Roll WHPO-5639 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5639-01A-12A, President Nixon seated between Secretary of State William Rogers and Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer on the dais for the signing ceremony of Seabed Arms Control Treaty. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. State Department. President Nixon, William Rogers, Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, Anatoly Dobrynin, unidentified officials, Henry Kissinger, Ron Ziegler, unidentified others.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5639-03-21, President Nixon seated between Secretary of State William Rogers and Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer on the dais for the signing ceremony of Seabed Arms Control Treaty. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. State Department. President Nixon, William Rogers, Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, Anatoly Dobrynin, unidentified officials, Henry Kissinger, Ron Ziegler, unidentified others.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5639-05, President Nixon seated between Secretary of State William Rogers and Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, on the dais for the signing ceremony of Seabed Arms Control Treaty. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. State Department. President Nixon, William Rogers, Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, Anatoly Dobrynin, unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5639-10, President Nixon seated between Secretary of State William Rogers and Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, on the dais for the signing ceremony of Seabed Arms Control Treaty. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. State Department. President Nixon, William Rogers, Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, Anatoly Dobrynin, unidentified officials.

Roll WHPO-5640 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5640-03-31, President Nixon seated between Secretary of State William Rogers and Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, on the dais for the signing ceremony of Seabed Arms Control Treaty. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. State Department. President Nixon, William Rogers, Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, Anatoly Dobrynin, unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5640-27, President Nixon seated between Secretary of State William Rogers and Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, on the dais for the signing ceremony of Seabed Arms Control Treaty. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. State Department. President Nixon, William Rogers, Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, Anatoly Dobrynin, unidentified officials.

Roll WHPO-5641 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5641-03A-14A, President Nixon seated between Secretary of State William Rogers and Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer on the dais for the signing ceremony of Seabed Arms Control Treaty. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. State Department. President Nixon, William Rogers, Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, Anatoly Dobrynin, unidentified officials, attendees.

Roll WHPO-5642 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5642-02A-10A, President Nixon seated between Secretary of State William Rogers and Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer on the dais for the signing ceremony of Seabed Arms Control Treaty. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. State Department. President Nixon, William Rogers, Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, Anatoly Dobrynin, unidentified officials.

Roll WHPO-5643 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5643-01A-18A, Justice Harry Blackmun presiding over the swearing-in ceremony of John Connally as Secretary of the Treasury. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Justice Harry Blackmun, John Connally, Idanell ("Nellie") Connally, Pat Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5643-05, Justice Harry Blackmun presiding over the swearing-in ceremony of John Connally as Secretary of the Treasury. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Justice Harry Blackmun, John Connally, Idanell ("Nellie") Connally.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5643-12, Justice Harry Blackmun presiding over the swearing-in ceremony of John Connally as Secretary of the Treasury. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Justice Harry Blackmun, John Connally, Idanell ("Nellie") Connally.

Roll WHPO-5644 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5644-01A-15A, Justice Harry Blackmun presiding over the swearing-in ceremony of John Connally as Secretary of the Treasury. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Justice Harry Blackmun, John Connally, Idanell ("Nellie") Connally, Pat Nixon, David Kennedy, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5644-08, Justice Harry Blackmun presiding over the swearing-in ceremony of John Connally as Secretary of the Treasury. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Justice Harry Blackmun, John Connally, Idanell ("Nellie") Connally, Pat Nixon, David Kennedy, guests.

Roll WHPO-5645 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5645-01A-07A, Gordon Metcalf, Chairman of the Board of Sears-Roebuck, presenting President Nixon with a mechanical bank as David Kennedy watches. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, David Kennedy, Gordon Metcalf.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5645-10A-32A, President Nixon with participants at the swearing-in of David Kennedy as Ambassador-at-large. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, David Kennedy, Lenora Kennedy, Justice Harry Blackmun, Dorothy (Clark) Blackmun, William Rogers, Maurice Stans.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5645-24, President Nixon with participants at the swearing-in of David Kennedy as Ambassador-at-large. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, David Kennedy, Lenora Kennedy, Justice Harry Blackmun, Dorothy (Clark) Blackmun, William Rogers, Maurice Stans.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5645-29, President Nixon with participants at the swearing-in of David Kennedy as Ambassador-at-large. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, David Kennedy, Lenora Kennedy, Justice Harry Blackmun, Dorothy (Clark) Blackmun, William Rogers, Maurice Stans.

Roll WHPO-5647 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5647-02A-25A, Pat Nixon with unidentified persons in a room prior to the Heart Association Luncheon. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. Pat Nixon, unidentified persons.

Roll WHPO-5648 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5648-03-09, Pat Nixon on the dais at the Heart Association Luncheon. 2/11/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. Pat Nixon, unidentified persons.

Roll WHPO-5658 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5658-01-04, Vice President Agnew speaking at a podium. 2/11/1971, California unknown. Spiro Agnew, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5658-05-09, Vice President Agnew, Randy Agnew, and others on a plane. 2/11/1971, air airplane, interior. Spiro Agnew, Randy Agnew, Judy Agnew, unidentified men and women.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5658-10-20, Vice President Agnew, his family, and others in Palm Springs for the Bob Hope Desert Classic. 2/11/1971, air, Palm Springs, California unidentified building. Spiro Agnew, Randy Agnew, Judy Agnew, unidentified men and women.

Roll WHPO-5659 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5659-01-35, Vice President Agnew playing golf. 2/11/1971, Palm Springs, California golf course. Spiro Agnew.

Roll WHPO-5660 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5660-01-11, 17-34, Vice President Agnew playing golf. 2/11/1971, Palm Springs, California golf course. Spiro Agnew.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5660-12-16, Unidentified men playing golf. 2/11/1971, Palm Springs, California golf course. unidentified men.

Roll WHPO-5661 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5661-00, 03-06, 08, 10-21, 24-25, 27-29, Vice President Agnew playing golf. 2/11/1971, Palm Springs, California golf course. Spiro Agnew, Randy Agnew, unidentified men and women.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5661-01-02, 09, 22-23, 31, Vice President Agnew in a golf cart with Randy Agnew. 2/11/1971, Palm Springs, California golf course. Spiro Agnew, Randy Agnew, unidentified men and women.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5661-26, 30, Randy Agnew playing golf. 2/11/1971, Palm Springs, California golf course. Spiro Agnew, Randy Agnew, unidentified men and women.

Roll WHPO-5662 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5662-00-10, 12-34, Vice President Agnew and others playing golf. 2/11/1971, Palm Springs, California golf course. Spiro Agnew, Randy Agnew, unidentified men.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5662-11, Vice President Agnew in a golf cart. 2/11/1971, Palm Springs, California golf course. Spiro Agnew.

Roll WHPO-5663 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-5663-01-34, Vice President Agnew and Randy Agnew taking golf swings. 2/11/1971, Palm Springs, California golf course. Spiro Agnew, Randy Agnew.

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I - Various Administration Events

• WHCA-SR-I-069
  Funeral service for Senator Richard B. Russell. (2/11/1971, [None listed])
  
  Runtime: 0:39:05
  
  Keywords: Church service, worship service, prayer service, religion
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by "VTR"; Recorded by RSM (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original. Technical notes: 33 minutes and 52 seconds of silence at end of recording removed from access copies.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-710213
  Signing ceremony for Seabed Treaty in State Dept. (2/11/1971)
  
  Runtime: 2:39
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

• WHCA-SR-P-710214
  Swearing-in ceremony for JC as Secretary of Treasury. (2/11/1971)
  
  Runtime: 3:15
  
  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-4170
  Vice President Agnew at Russell's Funeral.
  
  Runtime: 00:34:02
• WHCA-4171
  "Street Signs in D.C.".
  
  Runtime: 00:32:23
• WHCA-4174
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  25. Reasoner/Tuckner/Farme/Smith: Indochina War including Laos situation and possible U.S. troops in Laos. Time Code Start: 75:22. Keywords: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam War, Armed Forces, mlitary, troops, decreases, withdrawals. Network: ABC.
  
  26. Smith/Jarriel: Signing of the Underseas Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (President Nixon, Secretary of State); also David Kennedy and new Secretary of the Treasury John Connally sworn in. Time Code Start: 80:59. Keywords: bills, laws, signings, treaty, treaties, signing ceremony, summits, meetings, nuclear bombs, atomic, explosions, tests, testings, bans, banned, swearing in, ceremony, ceremonies. Network: ABC.
  
  27. Smith/Rukeyser: Inflation and possible actions. Time Code Start: 83:10. Keywords: economy, economics, budgets, finances, recession, inflation, money, wages, costs, unemployment, prices, reports. Network: ABC.
  
  28. Reasoner: Commentary on his fan mail. Time Code Start: 85:58. Keywords: celebrities, television, programs, news, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Post Office, letters, support. Network: ABC.
  
  29. Brinkley: Martha Mitchell says violent revolution advocates should be kicked out of U.S.; Underseas Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signing by US, Britain, USSR and 59 countries; Treasury Secretary John Connally sworn in. Time Code Start: 86:38. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, law officials, families, wife, bills, laws, signings, treaty, treaties, signing ceremony, nuclear bombs, atomic, explosions, tests, testings, bans, banned, officials, Secretaries, swearing in, ceremony. Network: NBC.
  
  30. Newman/Duke: Inflation and Revenue Sharing. Time Code Start: 87:29. Keywords: bills, laws, State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972, financial aid, economy, inflation,. Network: NBC.
  
  31. Cronkite/Rather: John Connally sworn in as Secretary of the Treasury (President Nixon) and David Kennedy gets new assignment. Time Code Start: 89:33. Keywords: Presidents, cabinet, advisors, swearings in, sworn in, swearing in ceremony. Network: CBS.
  
  32. Kalb: Signing of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty for Underseas Testing. Time Code Start: 91:36. Keywords: bills, laws, signings, treaty, treaties, signing ceremony, nuclear bombs, atomic, explosions, tests, testings, oceans, bans, banned. Network: CBS.
  
  33. End of Tape I. Time Code Start: 93:16. Keywords: program finishing time reminder. Network: CBS.
• WHCA-4175
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 0:30
  
  1. Cronkite/Sevareid: Commentary on President Nixon's power. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Presidents, reports. Network: CBS.

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