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May 5, 1969

Introduction

This almanac page for Monday, May 5, 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.

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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.

    Appointments and Nominations

    Bill Signings

    • Marine Corps (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 654, May 5, 1969)
      Announcement of Signing of Bill Relating to the Rank of the Assistant Commandant.

    Congress, Communications to

    • Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 654, May 5, 1969)
      The President's Message to the Senate Transmitting the Convention and the Optional Protocol Concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, for Advice and Consent to Their Ratification.

    Swearing-In Ceremonies

    • Peace Corps (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 652, May 5, 1969)
      The President's Remarks at the Swearing In of Joseph H. Blatchford as Director.

    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.

    • The President met with members of the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO at the White House.
    • Dr. Ludwig Erhard, former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, called on the President at the White House.
    • List of members of the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting with the President on May 5.
    • Press conference of Joseph H. Blatchford, Director of the Peace Corps.

    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.

    • JACK HOOD VAUGHN, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Colombia.
    • MURRAY L. WEIDENBAUAI, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
    • JAMES F. LEONARD, JR., of Maryland, a Foreign Service Officer of Class one, to be an Assistant Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
    • LT. GEN. JOHN JOSEPH DAVIS, 018530, Army of the United States (major general, United States Army), to be placed on the retired list in the grade of lieutenant general under the provisions of title 10, United States Code, section 3962.
    • NICHOLAS O. THEODORE, of Pennsylvania, to be Superintendent of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia.
    • R. ALEX MCCULLOUGH, of South Carolina, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

    Nominations Submitted to the Senate

    • PETER A. BOVE, of Vermont, to be Governor of the Virgin Islands, which was sent to the Senate on March 7, 1969.

  • 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.

  • Decided

    Granted

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

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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. 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

    • 42. Memorandum of Conversation , Washington, May 5, 1969

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, DEF 1 US–USSR. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by Thompson on May 6. Copies were distributed to Rogers, Smith, Kissinger, Laird, and the Embassy in Moscow. On May 8, Kissinger sent Nixon a copy of this memorandum of conversation with a covering memorandum that reads: “I particularly draw your attention to the third paragraph on page 2 which indicates that Ambassador Thompson—under instructions—told Dobrynin that we ‘hoped to be in a position to discuss the matter of date and place’ for SALT before Secretary Rogers left for the Far East. This conversation took place before you had made your decision on how to proceed with SALT.” Kissinger’s covering memorandum and copy of the memorandum of conversation between Thompson and Dobrynin are stamped “the President has seen” and are ibid., Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 725, Country Files, Europe, USSR, Memcons, Thompson/Dobrynin.

    Vol. XIX, Part 1, Korea, 1969-1972

    North Korean Shootdown of a U.S. Reconnaissance Flight and Contingency Planning, January-November 1969

    Vol. XXVIII, Southern Africa

    Regional Issues

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

    Nigerian Civil War

    • 63. Memorandum of Conversation , Washington, May 5, 1969

      In a meeting with Special Coordinator Clyde Ferguson, Ambassador Iyalla stated that the Cross River surface corridor was all right in principle. However, the Federal Military Government opposed two more C–97s for church groups involved in relief, and airdrops would be acceptable only if inspected first in Lagos.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 27–9 Biafra-Nigeria. Secret. Drafted by S.C. Schott (U/CF).

    • 64. Telegram 3911 From the Embassy in Nigeria to the Department of State , Lagos, May 5, 1969, 1600Z

      The Embassy assumed the Federal Military Government (FMG) would win the war, then devise a multi-state structure to provide stability, and there would not be a pattern of recurring coups.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 2 Nigeria. Secret. Repeated to Paris, Ibadan, Kaduna, CINCSTRIKE, and DIA

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

    Cuba

  • 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-0961 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0961-00-06, President Nixon participating in the swearing-in ceremony of Joseph Blatchford as Director of the Peace Corps. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Joseph Blatchford,Winifred A. (Marich) Blatchford, District Court Judge George Hart.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0961-01, President Nixon participating in the swearing-in ceremony of Joseph Blatchford as Director of the Peace Corps. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Joseph Blatchford, Winifred A. (Marich) Blatchford, District Court Judge George Hart.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0961-08-11, AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, George Meany, George Shultz, unidentified man.

    Roll WHPO-0962 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0962-03A-19A, President Nixon meeting with the AFL-CIO Executive Council. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, AFL-CIO leaders.

    Roll WHPO-0963 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0963-02-17, President Nixon meeting with the AFL-CIO Executive Council. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, AFL-CIO leaders.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0963-09A, President Nixon meeting with the AFL-CIO Executive Council. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, members of the AFL-CIO Executive Council; a full list of those present can be found in the PDD.

    Roll WHPO-0964 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0964-03A-06A, Several AFL-CIO leaders, and President Nixon greeting two of them. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, AFL-CIO leaders.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0964-07A-08A, President Nixon greeting two AFL-CIO leaders. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, AFL-CIO leaders.

    Roll WHPO-0966 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0966-, Copy of a portrait of Pat Nixon seated, Julie Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon standing behind her. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. Pat Nixon, Julie Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon.

    Roll WHPO-0967 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0967-, Copy of a family portrait possibly taken by hired photographer, of Pat Nixon seated, Julie Nixon Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon standing behind her. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. Pat Nixon, Julie Eisenhower, Tricia Nixon.

    Roll WHPO-0968 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0968-03-09, President Nixon with father and son, Col. Hughes and Col. Hughes. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Col. Hughes.

    Roll WHPO-0969 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0969-02A-28A, King Timahoe the Irish Setter dog posing for portraits on the White House South Lawn. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. King Timahoe.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0969-09, King Timahoe the Irish Setter dog posing for portraits on the White House South Lawn. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. King Timahoe.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0969-14, King Timahoe the Irish Setter dog posing for portraits on the White House South Lawn. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, South Lawn. King Timahoe.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0969-29A-30A, King Timahoe the Irish Setter dog posing for portraits on the White House South Lawn. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. King Timahoe.

    Roll WHPO-0970 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0970-00-02, President Nixon standing with Joseph Blatchford in the White House Rose Garden after Blatchford's swearing-in ceremony as Peace Corps Director. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Rose Garden. President Nixon, Joseph Blatchford, Mrs. Joseph Blatchford, press.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0970-04-05, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with Secretary of Labor George Shultz and George Meany, President, AFL-CIO. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, George Meany, George Shultz.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0970-05, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with Secretary of Labor George Shultz and George Meany, President of the AFL-CIO. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, George Meany, George Shultz.

    Roll WHPO-0971 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0971-02-07, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with former West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and other officials. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Ludwig Erhard, Rolf Friedmann Pauls, Amb. of the Federal Republic of Germany. Harry Obst, Interpreter. Henry A. Kissinger, Asst. for NSA. Helmut Sonnenfeldt. Member. NSC. Emil Mosbacher. Chief of Protocol.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-0971-05A, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with former West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and other officials. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Ludwig Erhard, Harry Obst, Interpreter.

    Roll WHPO-0987 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-0987-00-01A, President Nixon, George Meany, and Melvin Laird during AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting. 5/5/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, George Meany, Melvin Laird.

  • 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.

    P - Formal Presidential Remarks

    • WHCA-SR-P-690505
      Remarks by President Nixon at swearing-in of Joseph Blatchford as Director of Peace Corps, with Remarks by Blatchford, Judge G. Hart. (5/5/1969, Rose Garden at the White House)

      Runtime: 1:27

      Keywords: Peace Corps, volunteer programs, related: ACTION (U.S. government agency), volunteerism

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

Context (External Sources)