May 22, 1969

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

• 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.

Appointments and Nominations

• Department of State (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 728, May 22, 1969)
  Announcement of Intnetion To Nominate John Richardson, Jr., To Be Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.
• Peace Corps (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 728, May 22, 1969)
  Announcement of Intention To Nominate Thomas J. Houser To Be Deputy Director.

Awards and Citations

• Presidential Unit Citation (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 728, May 22, 1969)
  Announcement of Award to 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, United States Air Force.
• Presidential Unit Citation (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 729, May 22, 1969)
  Announcement of Award to 173d Airborne Brigade (Separate) and Attached and Assigned Units, United States Army.

Checklist of White House Press Releases

The releases listed below, made public by the Office of the White House Press Secretary during the period covered by this issue, are not included in the issue.

• Press conference of Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

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.

• Representatives of the Business Council met with the President at the White House.
• The President met informally with members of the White House press corps to describe the considerations and processes underlying his decision on the appointment of the Chief Justice of the United States.

Nominations Submitted to the Senate

Does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service Officers.

• JOHN RICHARDSON, JR., of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of State.
• THOMAS J. HOUSER, of Illinois, to be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps.
• EDWARD J. MICHAELS, of Delaware, to be United States Marshal for the District of Delaware for the term of four years vice Joseph Novak.
• CHRISTIAN HANSEN, JR., of Vermont, to be United States Marshal for the District of Vermont for the term of four years vice Thomas W. Sorrell.
• MAJ. GEN. ANDREW PEACH ROLLINS, JUNIOR, 024237, Army of the United States (brigadier general, United States Army), to be a member and President of the Mississippi River Commission, under the provisions of Section 2 of an Act of Congress approved 28 June 1879 (21 Stat. 37) (33 U.S.C. 642).

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.

• Conversation With Newsmen on the Nomination of the Chief Justice of the United States

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.

• Federal Register of Thursday, May 22, 1969

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

• House of Representatives: May 22, 1969
• Extensions of Remarks: May 22, 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.

• Transcript of diary entry (PDF)
• Handwritten diary entry (JPG)

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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.

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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.

• President's Daily Brief of 22 May 1969

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

Foreign Assistance Policy, 1969-1972

• 9. Memorandum From the President’s Counselor (Burns) to President Nixon, Washington, May 22, 1969

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Agency Files, Box 194, AID Volume III 8/11/70-9/10/70. No classification marking. This memorandum is Tab E to Document 31. Another copy of the memorandum, without the President’s written decisions, is attached to an undated handwritten note from Haig to Kissinger informing Kissinger that “all has been taken care of.” (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Agency Files, Box 194, AID Volume I 1969)

• 10. Action Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, May 22, 1969

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 324, President’s Foreign Aid Program. Secret. A handwritten note, with a May 27 date, reads: “Pres has seen.” This memorandum is attached to a May 21 memorandum from Bergsten to Kissinger recommending that Kissinger “urgently” send the attached package to the President and that no specific reference to Latin America be added to the draft message to Congress. A note on Bergsten’s memorandum reads: “Retd from HAK 5/22.”

International Development Policy, 1969-1972

• 112. Letter From the Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Hannah) to the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Monetary Affairs (Volcker) , Washington, May 22, 1969

  Source: Washington National Records Center, Department of the Treasury, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Files: FRC 56 76 A 108, US/3/500 BOP Problem, Aid and Development Programs, Volume 4, 1966-1971. Confidential.

Vol. VI, Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

• 72. Memorandum From Dean Moor of the Operations Staff of the National Security Council to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) , Washington, May 22, 1969

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 182, Paris Talks/Meetings, Paris Talks, Memos and Miscellaneous, Vol. III, 4/5–69. Secret; Nodis; Paris Negotiations; Plus. Sent for information. Sent through Sneider. Haig wrote on this memorandum: “HAK said good job.” Kissinger had this memorandum reworked slightly and sent to the President, May 23. (Ibid.)

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

• 50. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) , Washington, May 22, 1969

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 710, Country Files, Europe, USSR, Vol. V. Secret; Sensitive.

Vol. XXXII, SALT I, 1969-1972

Preparations for SALT, January 27-November 12, 1969

• 9. Memorandum From Acting Secretary of State Richardson to President Nixon, Washington, May 22, 1969

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 845, ABM–MIRV, MIRV Test Program, Vol. I, Closed June 30, 1969. Secret. The date is handwritten at the bottom of the last page. The memorandum was forwarded to Nixon on May 27 under a covering memorandum from Kissinger explaining that it outlined the relationship of the MIRV program to the forthcoming SALT negotiations. Kissinger also sent Richardson’s memorandum to Laird with a request for comment by May 30. (Ibid.)

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

France

• 128. Minutes of a National Security Council Review Group Meeting , Washington, May 22, 1969, 2:10-3:15 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–111, Senior Review Group, SRG Minutes Originals 1969. Secret; Nodis. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room.

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

Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee; Seabed Arms Control Treaty

• 105. Draft Treaty Submitted to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee

  The text of draft treaty, titled “United States Proposal Submitted to the Eighteen Nation Disarmament Committee: Draft Treaty Prohibiting the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and Ocean Floor,” recognized national and global interest in restricting nuclear testing on the ocean floor and proposed six provisions articulating specific limitations.
  
  Source: Documents on Disarmament, 1969, pp. 211–213. No classification marking.

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

Dominican Republic

• 269. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, May 22, 1969. , Washington, May 22, 1969

  President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs Kissinger recommended that President Nixon approve a special sugar allocation for the Dominican Republic to support the Balaguer administration’s efforts at stabilizing the Dominican economy and demonstrate the continued United States support of the constitutional government.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 783, Country Files, Latin America, Dominican Republic, Vol. I. Confidential. Sent for action. Kissinger initialed the memorandum. President Nixon approved Kissinger’s recommendation. Attached but not published at Tab A is a May 23 memorandum from the President to Secretary of Agriculture Hardin, which President Nixon signed. Attached but not published at Tab B is a May 14 memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Richardson to the President.

Peru

• 598. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, May 22, 1969.

  President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs Kissinger proposed a list of five possible conditions that the Peruvian Government would have to meet in order for the United States to waive the suspension of military sales.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 795, Country Files, Latin America, Peru, IPC, Hickenlooper Amendment, Vol. 2. Confidential. Sent for action. Nixon approved the recommendation.

• 599. Minutes of NSC Review Group Meeting, Washington, May 22, 1969, 2:10–3:15 p.m. , Washington, May 22, 1969, 2:10-3:15 p.m.

  The Review Group discussed the NSC Interdepartmental Group for Latin American Affairs (NSC–IG/ARA) Study on Peru, dated May 16, which analyzed the affect of U.S. economic policy on Peru and on the U.S. relations with the hemisphere. Kissinger concluded that the present course of U.S. policy was unlikely to achieve its objectives. He recommended that an assessment of Velasco’s strength within the hemisphere be added to the paper and with that addition, he would submit the information to President Nixon for his consideration.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–111, SRG Minutes, Originals, 1969. Secret; Nodis. The meeting was held in the White House Situation Room. The May 16 NSC/IG, “Peru and IPC—Review of U.S. Strategy,” is ibid., Box H–36, East-West Trade, Peru 5/7/69. A revised version, is printed as Document 600.

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.

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-1120 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1120-, Ronald Ziegler conducting a press briefing. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. unknown. Ziegler, press corps members.

Roll WHPO-1121 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1121-03A-29A, President Nixon holding a meeting with members of White House Press Corps. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, White House Press Corps members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1121-07A, President Nixon holding a meeting with members of White House Press Corps. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1121-09A, President Nixon holding a meeting with members of White House Press Corps. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1121-30A-32A, Unidentified staff members. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. unknown. unknown staff members.

Roll WHPO-1122 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1122-, President Nixon holding a meeting with members of White House Press Corps. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, White House Press Corps members.

Roll WHPO-1123 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1123-02A-11A, President Nixon with Speaker of the House John W. McCormack and Paul Yu Pin, Cardinal of Formosa. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, John W. McCormack, Cardinal Paul Yu Pin.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1123-12A-35A, President Nixon and Congressman Robert McEwen standing near the Spanish American War scene painting by Frederic Remington titled CHARGE OF THE ROUGH RIDERS AT SAN JUAN HILL. The central figure on horseback is Col. Theodore Roosevelt commanding the famous July 1, 1898 charge. This work was loaned to the White House from the Remington Art Memorial Museum for 2 years. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. President Nixon, Rep. Robert McEwen.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1123-28A, President Nixon and Congressman Robert McEwen standing near the Spanish American War scene painting by Frederic Remington titled CHARGE OF THE ROUGH RIDERS AT SAN JUAN HILL. The central figure on horseback is Col. Theodore Roosevelt commanding the famous July 1, 1898 charge. This work was loaned to the White House from the Remington Art Memorial Museum for 2 years. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. President Nixon, Rep. Robert McEwen.

Roll WHPO-1124 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1124-03-06, President Nixon with Speaker of the House John W. McCormack and Paul Yu Pin, Cardinal of Formosa. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office,. President Nixon, John W. McCormack, Cardinal Paul Yu Pin.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1124-07-14, President Nixon and Rep. Robert McEwen admiring a painting. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Roosevelt Room. President Nixon, Robert McEwen.

Roll WHPO-1125 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1125-02-12, 15-23, President Nixon with Rep. Ed Foreman. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Ed Foreman.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1125-13-14, Unidentified staff member. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. White House.

Roll WHPO-1126 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-1126-, White House Chef Henry Haller standing outside White House. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. White House grounds. Chef Henry Haller.

Roll WHPO-1127 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-1127-02-08, A workman on a ladder changing light bulbs in White House Swimming Pool. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. Swimming Pool, White House. unidentified workman.
• Frame(s): WHPO-1127-09-16, Ronald Ziegler conducting a press briefing. 5/22/1969, Washington, D.C. unknown. Ziegler, press corps members.

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.

B - Vice-Presidential (Agnew and Ford)

• WHCA-SR-B-013
  Agnew and others in a "New Town Meeting"-Indian Treaty Rm., E.O.B. (two tapes). (5/22/1969)
  
  Runtime: 1:50
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

H - White House Staff Member Recordings

• WHCA-SR-H-028
  Press conference by Daniel Patrick Moynihan for the vice president. (5/22/1969, Room 401, Executive Office Building)
  
  Runtime: 35:00:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by GLT (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-690526
  Remarks by President Nixon in an informal press conference on the nomination of Warren Burger. (5/22/1969, Oval Office, White House)
  
  Runtime: 0:48:45
  
  Keywords: presidential news conferences, presidential press conferences
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

• New York Times of May 22, 1969

• AP Images photos from May 22, 1969
• Getty Images photos from May 22, 1969

The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. They have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968.

• May 1969 Broadcast Index

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• May 22, 1969