January 24, 1971

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Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

March 10, 1970-April 2, 1971

• 80. Paper Prepared by the National Security Council Staff, Washington, January 24, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–180, National Security Study Memoranda, NSSM 114. Secret; Exdis. According to a January 25 covering memorandum from Trezise to Kissinger, the Departments of Justice, Commerce, State, Treasury, Defense, and Interior, the Office of Management and Budget, the CIA, the Council of Economic Advisers, and the Office of Emergency Preparedness contributed to the paper. The paper was a response to NSSM 114, Document 71, and was scheduled for discussion at a February 2 SRG meeting. (Memorandum from Davis to SRG members, January 18; ibid.) The meeting never occurred.

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Roll WHPO-5512 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5512-02A-03A, Actress singer Ethel Waters singing during a White House religious worship service led by Rev. T. Eugene Coffin of the East Whittier Friends Church. 1/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. Ethel Waters, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5512-03A, Actress and singer Ethel Waters singing during a White House religious worship service led by Rev. T. Eugene Coffin of the East Whittier Friends Church. 1/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. Ethel Waters, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5512-04A, Actress and singer Ethel Waters singing during a White House religious worship service led by Rev. T. Eugene Coffin of the East Whittier Friends Church. 1/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. Ethel Waters, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5512-04A-09A, Rev. T. Eugene Coffin of the East Whittier Friends Church leading a White House East Room religious worship service. 1/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. Ethel Waters, Rev. T. Eugene Coffin, guests.

Roll WHPO-5513 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5513-01A-17A, Rev. T. Eugene Coffin of the East Whittier Friends Church leading a White House East Room religious worship service. 1/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, T. Eugene Coffin, Mrs. Coffin, Ethel Waters, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5513-11A, Actress and singer Ethel Waters singing during a White House religious worship service led by Rev. T. Eugene Coffin of the East Whittier Friends Church. 1/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. Ethel Waters, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5513-14A, Rev. T. Eugene Coffin of the East Whittier Friends Church leading a White House East Room religious worship service. 1/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, East Room. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, T. Eugene Coffin, Mrs. Coffin, Ethel Waters, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5513-18A-30A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon with Ethel Waters, Rev. T. Eugene Coffin and Mrs. Coffin after the worship services. 1/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Grand Hall. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, T. Eugene Coffin, Mrs. Coffin, Ethel Waters, guests.
• Frame(s): WHPO-5513-22A, President Nixon, Pat Nixon, actress and singer Ethel Waters, Rev. T. Eugene Coffin and Mrs. Coffin pose for a photo outside the East Room door, after the White House East Room religious worship service. 1/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Grand Hall. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, T. Eugene Coffin, Mrs. Coffin, Ethel Waters.

Roll WHPO-5514 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-5514-02A-29A, Various guests after a White House East Room religious worship service. 1/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Grand Hall. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, Ethel Waters, Rev. T. Eugene Coffin, Mrs. Coffin.

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• WHCA-SR-P-710109
  Remarks by President Nixon at White House worship service with Dr. Eugene Coffman, Ethel Waters. (1/24/1971)
  
  Runtime: 2:45
  
  Keywords: Church service, worship service, prayer service, religion
  
  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-4114
  William F. Buckley' "Firing Line" with Salisbury and Pike. "Vietnam-ization"
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:06:15
• WHCA-4115
  NBC News Special: "The New Faces in the Senate".
  Post/Newsweek Stations, Inc.
  Runtime: 00:59:00
• WHCA-4116
  NBC Special - "Whitney Young: 'Which Way, America?' ". Salisbury and Pike.
  Southern Educational Communications Association
  Runtime: 00:59:42
• WHCA-4117
  "Comment".
  NBC
  Runtime: 00:29:21
• WHCA-4128
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:00
  
  8. Chancellor/Brady: Drugs in Vietnam. Time Code Start: 13:36. Keywords: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam War, pharmaceuticals, medicines, drugs, drug abuse, narcotics, heroin, marijuana, alcohol, alcoholism, addicts, addiction, prevention, programs. Network: NBC.
  
  9. Brinkley/Bourgholtzer: Atomic tests in Nevada; Frequent radioactive leakage from atomic tests in West states; Rancher Elmer Jackson eyes damaged, Atomic Energy Commission claims testing harmless, Applied Ecology Group established. Time Code Start: 18:33. Keywords: Cannikin, Spartan anti-ballistic missile (ABM) interceptor, underground tests, nuclear weapons, atomic bombs, explosions, Aleutian Islands, atomic energy, nuclear safety, ecosystem ecology, radiation protection. Network: NBC.

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