May 24, 1971

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• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

The President's day began at Key Biscayne, Florida

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• Proclamation 4055—Flag Day and National Flag Week, 1971

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• House of Representatives: May 24, 1971
• Senate: May 24, 1971
• Extensions of Remarks: May 24, 1971

Decided

• Astrup v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
• Bell v. Burson
• Bostic v. United States
• Gainesville Utilities Department v. Florida Power Corporation
• Palmer v. City of Euclid
• United States v. Ryan

Granted

• Kirby v. Illinois

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)
• Original audio recording (MP3)

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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 24 May 1971

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

The NSC System

• 149. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, May 24, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–224, National Security Decision Memoranda, NSDM 112. Confidential. Sent for action.

Vol. VII, Vietnam, July 1970-January 1972

The Consequences of Operation Lan Som 719 and the Search for a Settlement, April 8-October 6, 1971

• 204. Minutes of a Meeting of the Senior Review Group, Washington, May 24, 1971, 3:09-4:27 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, NSC Institutional Files (H-Files), Box H–112, SRG Minutes, Originals, 1971. Top Secret; Nodis. The meeting was held in the Situation Room of the White House. All brackets are in the original.

Vol. XI, South Asia Crisis, 1971

South Asia Crisis, 1971

• 56. Letter From Pakistani President Yahya to President Nixon, Rawalpindi, May 24, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 759, Presidential Correspondence File, Pakistan (1971). No classification marking. Sent under cover of a letter from Ambassador Hilaly to Saunders on May 27. (Ibid.)

Vol. XIII, Soviet Union, October 1970-October 1971

"One of Two Routes": Soviet-American Relations and Kissinger's Secret Trip to China, April 23-July 18, 1971

• 229. Memorandum of Conversation, Washington, May 24, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 491, President’s Trip Files, Dobrynin/Kissinger, 1971, Vol. 6 [part 2]. Top Secret; Sensitive. Kissinger forwarded this memorandum and another summarizing its “main points” to the President on May 28. The meeting was held in the Map Room at the White House. According to Kissinger’s Record of Schedule, the meeting lasted from 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 438, Miscellany, 1968–76)

• 231. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) and Billy Graham of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, May 24, 1971, 6:50 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, Henry Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts, Box 10, Chronological File. No classification marking. Kissinger was in Washington; Graham was presumably in Chicago, where he held a press conference earlier in the day to publicize his upcoming 10–day crusade there.

Vol. XVII, China, 1969-1972

China,January-September 1971

• 127. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for International Economic Affairs (Peterson) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, May 24, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 521, Country Files, Far East, China, Vol. VII. Secret.

Vol. XXI, Chile, 1969-1973

Cool and Correct: The U.S. Response to the Allende Administration, November 5, 1970-December 31, 1972

• 229. Memorandum From Frank Chapin of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, May 24, 1971

  [Source: National Security Council, Nixon Intelligence Files, Subject Files, Chile, 1971–72. Top Secret; Byeman. 1 page not declassified.]

Vol. XL, Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

• 240. Message From the German State Secretary for Foreign, Defense, and German Policy (Bahr) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Bonn, May 24, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 60, Country Files, Europe, Egon Bahr, Berlin File [2 of 3]. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The message, translated here from the original German by the editor, was sent through the special Navy channel in Frankfurt. No time of transmission or receipt appears on the message. For the German text, see also Akten zur Auswärtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1971, Vol. 2, pp. 850–852.

• 241. Message From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to the Ambassador to Germany (Rush), Washington, May 24, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 59, Country Files, Europe, Ambassador Rush, Berlin, Vol. 1. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The message was sent through the special Navy channel in Frankfurt; no time of transmission or receipt appears on the message.

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-6358 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-6358-02-18, Vice President Agnew sitting during a meeting with South African Minister of Information, Connie Mulder. 5/24/1971, Washington, D.C. Executive Office Building, Vice Presidential Office. Spiro Agnew, Petrus Cornelius Mulder, staff.

Roll WHPO-6359 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-6359-04-21, Pat Nixon receiving guests for a Congressional Wives Luncheon. 5/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Blue Room. Pat Nixon, Congressional wives.

Roll WHPO-6361 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-6361-04-13, President Nixon seated at his Key Biscayne office desk during a meeting with Miss USA of 1971, Michele McDonald. 5/24/1971, Key Biscayne, Florida Key Biscayne Compound, Nixon residence. President Nixon, Michele McDonald, unidentified couple, press corps members.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6361-12, President Nixon seated at his Key Biscayne office desk during a meeting with Miss USA of 1971, Michele McDonald. 5/24/1971, Key Biscayne, Florida Key Biscayne Compound, Nixon residence. President Nixon, Michele McDonald.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6361-14-32, Julie Eisenhower and David Eisenhower fishing on the beach with a dog. 5/24/1971, Key Biscayne, Florida Key Biscayne Compound, beach. Julie Eisenhower, David Eisenhower.

Roll WHPO-6362 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-6362-02-17, Julie Eisenhower and David Eisenhower fishing on the beach with their feet in the water. 5/24/1971, Key Biscayne, Florida Key Biscayne Compound, beach. Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6362-11, Julie Nixon Eisenhower and David Eisenhower fishing on the beach with their feet in the water. 5/24/1971, Key Biscayne, Florida Key Biscayne Compound, beach. Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower.

Roll WHPO-6380 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-6380-03, President Nixon seated with Miss U.S.A. of 1971, Michele McDonald. 5/24/1971, Key Biscayne, Florida Key Biscayne Compound, residence. President Nixon, Michele McDonald.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6380-04-23, Julie and David Eisenhower on the beach, with fishing rods and dogs. 5/24/1971, Key Biscayne, Florida Key Biscayne Compound, beach. Julie Eisenhower, David Eisenhower.

Roll WHPO-6381 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-6381-02A-07A, President Nixon seated with Miss U.S.A. of 1971, Michele McDonald. 5/24/1971, Key Biscayne, Florida Key Biscayne Compound, residence. President Nixon, Michele McDonald.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6381-08A-14A, Julie and David Eisenhower fishing in the ocean while standing near the shore at the beach, holding fishing rods, while the Presidential family dogs Irish Setter King Timahoe and Yorshire terrier Pasha watch. 5/24/1971, Key Biscayne, Florida Key Biscayne, beach. Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, King Timahoe, Pasha.
• Frame(s): WHPO-6381-12A, Julie and David Eisenhower fishing in the ocean while standing near the shore at the beach, holding fishing rods, while the Presidential family dogs Irish Setter King Timahoe and Yorkshire terrier Pasha watch. 5/24/1971, Key Biscayne, Florida Key Biscayne, beach. Julie Nixon Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, King Timahoe, Pasha.

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-4387
  Common Cause: "Speak Out On The WAR". Pat Nixon.
  NBC
  Runtime: 0:30
• WHCA-4395
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 1:30
  
  17. Reasoner: Public opinion polls on the Vietnam war, President Nixon popularity. Time Code Start: 41:44. Keywords: public opinions, polls, approval ratings, Gallup poll, Harris poll, Presidents, Vietnam War. Network: ABC.
  
  18. Reasoner: Commentary on food and drink in politics. Time Code Start: 42:34. Keywords: food, meat, agriculture, animal products, dairy products, dining. Network: ABC.
  
  19. Chancellor: Gallup poll on President Nixon, the Vietnam war; White House reaction. Time Code Start: 44:36. Keywords: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam War, public opinions, polls, approval ratings, Gallup poll, Harris poll. Network: NBC.
  
  20. Cronkite/Schorr: Congressional Black Caucus and President Nixon's administration (Leonard Garment, Special Counsel to the President). Time Code Start: 45:04. Keywords: Presidents, House of Representatives, meetings, African Americans, leaders. Network: CBS.
  
  21. Cronkite: White House reaction to Gallup poll on war, President Nixon. Time Code Start: 47:28. Keywords: Presidents, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam War, public opinions, polls, approval ratings, Gallup poll, Harris poll. Network: CBS.
  
  22. Cronkite: Julie Nixon Eisenhower to teach underprivileged kids. Time Code Start: 47:54. Keywords: Presidents, families, women, children, education. Network: CBS.
• WHCA-4398A
  Network News Excerpts on Vietnam Drug Problem [Weekly News Summary]. Robert Finch, Goralski, McGee, John Chancellor, Harry Reasoner, Sam Donaldson.
  All networks
  Runtime: 00:34:07
  
  2. McGee: Robert Finch on numbers of Vietnam Veterans addicted to drugs. Time Code Start: 03:10. Keywords: Vietnam War, veterans, pharmaceuticals, medicines, drugs, drug abuse, narcotics, heroin, marijuana, alcohol, alcoholism, addicts, addiction. Network: NBC.
  
  3. Goralski: First of a three-part study on Vietnam veterans and drugs- part one, a therapy center in Palo Alto, CA. Time Code Start: 03:40. Keywords: Vietnam War, veterans, pharmaceuticals, medicines, drugs, drug abuse, narcotics, heroin, marijuana, alcohol, alcoholism, addicts, addiction, prevention, programs. Network: NBC.

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