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July 14, 1969

Introduction

This almanac page for Monday, July 14, 1969, pulls together various records created by the federal government and links to additional resources which can provide context about the events of the day.

Previous Date: Sunday, July 13, 1969

Next Date: Tuesday, July 15, 1969

Schedule and Public Documents

  • The Daily Diary files represent a consolidated record of the President's activities. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    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.

    Congress, Communications to

    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.

    • At the invitation of Prime Minister Wilson, the President will meet with the Prime Minister for informal talks during a brief stopover in Great Britain as he is returning to Washington from Romania on August 3.
    • A delegation of members of the Korean National Assembly, accompanied by Representatives Carl Albert of Oklahoma, Gerald R. Ford of Michigan, and Jackson E. Betts of Ohio, met with the President at the White House. President Park of Korea received a delegation headed by Majority Leader Albert when they visited Korea.
    • Representative Samuel S. Stratton of New York met with the President in a courtesy call relating to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

  • 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.

  • The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other Presidential documents.

    No Federal Register published on this date

  • The Congressional Record is the official daily record of the debates and proceedings of the U.S. Congress.

Archival Holdings

  • 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.

  • The National Archives Catalog is the online portal to the records held at the National Archives, and information about those records. It is the main way of describing our holdings and also provides access to electronic records and digitized versions of our holdings. 

    The Catalog searches across multiple National Archives resources at once, including archival descriptions, digitized and electronic records, authority records, and web pages from Archives.gov and the Presidential Libraries. The Catalog also allows users to contribute to digitized historical records through tagging and transcription.

    Nixon Library Holdings

    All National Archives Units

National Security Documents

  • 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.

  • The Foreign Relations of the United States series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity. Visit the State Department website for more information.

    Vol. II, Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1969-1972

    The NSC System

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

    Trade and Commerce, 1969-1972

    Commodities and Strategic Materials, 1969-1972

    Vol. VI, Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

    Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

    Vol. XII, Soviet Union, January 1969-October 1970

    Establishment of the Kissinger-Dobrynin Channel; Dialogue on the Middle East; and the Sino-Soviet Dispute, April 23-December 10, 1969

    • 66. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Helms to Secretary of State Rogers, Washington, July 14, 1969

      Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry Files, Job 80–R015080R, Box 12, Soviet. Secret; No Foreign Dissem; No Dissem Abroad; Controlled Dissem; Background Use Only. Sent under a July 16 covering memorandum to Rogers in which Helms explained, “Herewith is a copy of a paper written at White House request for an analysis of Gromyko’s address to the Supreme Soviet on 10 July. I think you will find it useful.”

    • 67. Telegram From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State, Moscow, July 14, 1969, 2205Z

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 710, Country Files, Europe, USSR, Vol. III. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. On July 15, Saunders sent Kissinger this telegram under a covering memorandum that briefly summarized the meeting between Sisco and Gromyko. (Ibid.)

    Vol. XVII, China, 1969-1972

    China, 1969

    • 18. National Security Study Memorandum 69 , Washington, July 14, 1969

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 80 D 212, National Security Files, NSSM 69. Secret. Copies were sent to Wheeler and Smith (ACDA). Little substantive discussion took place on this NSSM until March 1971 (See Document 108).

    Vol. XXXIV, National Security Policy, 1969-1972

    Parity, Safeguard, and the SS-9 Controversy

    • 42. National Security Study Memorandum 69 , Washington, July 14, 1969

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 365, Subject Files, NSSMs, Nos. 43–103. Secret. Copies were sent to General Earle Wheeler and Gerard Smith. Kissinger sent the President a memorandum on July 11 recommending that Nixon approve the draft NSSM. The President indicated his approval by initialing the memorandum. (Ibid., NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–161, NSSM 69)

    Vol. E-5, Part 1, Documents on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1969-1972

    Nigerian Civil War

    • 86. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant to the President (Butterfield) to the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) , Washington, July 14, 1969

      Butterfield reported that the President, after reading in his daily news summary an advertisement placed in the New York Times by “Americans for Biafran Relief,” stated that he agreed with it and that he (not State) should do something about Biafra.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 742, Country Files, Africa, Nigeria, Vol. I. No classification marking. An attached, but unpublished, memorandum from the Staff Secretary to Kissinger, July 15, asked that a plan of Presidential actions be submitted. A handwritten note on the memorandum states, “Roger Morris is preparing plan for HAKʼs approval, Aug 5.”

  • 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.

Audiovisual Holdings

  • 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-1545 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-1545-02-18, President Nixon with Reps. Carl Albert, Jackson Betts, Gerald Ford, members of the Korean National Assembly, and other officials. 7/14/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Gerald Ford, Carl Albert, Jackson Betts, Korean officials.

    Roll WHPO-1546 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-1546-02, President Nixon shaking hands with a Korean official while Rep. Carl Albert and others look on. 7/14/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon,Carl Albert, Korean officials.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-1546-03-20, President Nixon signing a baseball that has other Presidential signatures for the Baseball Hall of Fame while Rep. Samuel Stratton looks on. 7/14/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Samuel Stratton (baseball).
    • Frame(s): WHPO-1546-07, President Nixon signing a baseball that has other Presidential signatures for the Baseball Hall of Fame while Rep. Samuel Stratton looks on. 7/14/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Samuel Stratton.

    Roll WHPO-1547 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-1547-02A-09A, Cabinet Committee meeting on Vietnam Veterans. 7/14/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Gerald Ford, unidentified officials.

    Roll WHPO-1548 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-1548-01A-17A, Arthur Burns seated with intern Mark Pfeiffer. 7/14/1969, Washington, D.C. unknown. Arthur Burns, Mark Pfeiffer.

    Roll WHPO-1549 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-1549-04-15, Albert Toner with an intern. 7/14/1969, Washington, D.C. unknown office. Albert Toner, intern.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-1549-16-23, Ehrlichman with intern James Keogh. 7/14/1969, Washington, D.C. West Wing office, White House. Ehrlichman, James Keogh.

    Roll WHPO-1550 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-1550-02-14, Albert Toner with a White House intern. 7/14/1969, Washington, D.C. unknown office. Albert Toner, intern.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-1550-15, John Ehrlichman seated at a desk during a meeting with White House intern James Keogh. 7/14/1969, Washington, D.C. West Wing office, White House. John Ehrlichman, James Keogh.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-1550-15-23, John Ehrlichman seated at a desk during a meeting with White House intern James Keogh. 7/14/1969, Washington, D.C. West Wing office, White House. John Ehrlichman, James Keogh.

    Roll WHPO-1554 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-1554-04, Portrait of Julie Eisenhower and David Eisenhower. Julie wears a yellow-orange dress with Mandarin collar, David in a 3-piece Blue suit. 7/14/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, West Wing Colonnade. Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower.

    Roll WHPO-1555 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-1555-, Portrait of Julie Eisenhower and David Eisenhower. 7/14/1969, Washington, D.C. White House grounds. Julie Eisenhower, David Eisenhower.

    Roll WHPO-1587 Photographer: Hodge | Color or B&W:

    • Frame(s): WHPO-1587-01, Portrait of David and Julie Eisenhower against a column. 7/14/1969, Washington White House, West Wing Colonnade. David Eisenhower, Julie Eisenhower.

  • The White House Communications Agency Sound Recordings Collection contains public statements that took place between 1969 and 1974. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

    G - Cabinet Officer Briefings

    • WHCA-SR-G-028
      Department of Justice press briefing on narcotics with John Ingersoll and John Dean. (7/14/1969, Roosevelt Room, The White House)

      Runtime: 59:00:00

      Keywords: drugs, drug abuse, narcotics, heroin, marijuana, addicts, addiction, prevention, programs

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by "WHCA only"; Recorded by RER (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-3370
      Julie Nixon: White House Tour & Interview; "Washington Report;" CBS News Apollo 12. 00:00:00-00:16:10 - Julie Nixon White House Tour & Interview (no audio for footage of tour - audio starts at 00:06:18).
      00:16:10-00:23:46 "Washington Report," Barbara Walters introduction and Bill Munrow interview with Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Moynihan sp Vice President Agnew.
      ABC, CBS, CBS, NBC
      Runtime: 00:52:20

Context (External Sources)