November 11, 1969

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• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

The President's day began at The White House - Washington, D. C.

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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 Jacqueline Goyette Gutwillig, Chairman, Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women, following a meeting with the President.

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.

• In commemoration of Veterans Day, the President and the First Lady visited with patients and staff at the Veterans Hospital in Washington.
• Members of the Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women met with the President at the White House.
• The President today announced the appointment of Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland and Mrs. Lucille Ireland as members of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

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 Tuesday, November 11, 1969

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

• Senate: November 11, 1969
• Extensions of Remarks: November 11, 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 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 11 November 1969

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Vol. V, United Nations, 1969-1972

Expansion of UN Headquarters

• 8. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rogers to President Nixon, Washington, November 11, 1969

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, UN 10–4. Confidential. Drafted by Ward P. Allen and Richard V. Hennes (IO) on November 1, and cleared by Ambassador Horace G. Torbert, Jr. (H), Assistant Secretary Frank G. Meyer, Louis Frechtling, Stephen M. Boyd, and Roberts. At the top of the page is the typewritten note: “Approved by memo of 11/25/69 from Mr. Watts to Mr. Eliot, recd 11/27,” and a handwritten note reading: “IO informed 11/28.”

Vol. XX, Southeast Asia, 1969-1972

Thailand

• 35. Telegram From the Embassy in Thailand to the Department of State, Bangkok, November 11, 1969, 0623Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 398, Subject Files, Symington Subcommittee, Vol. II. Secret; Exdis.

Philippines

• 197. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Philippines, Washington, November 11, 1969, 2326Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 556, Country Files, Far East, Philippines, Vol. II. Secret; Exdis. Drafted by Usher and approved by Green and Curtis H. Taylor (S/S).

Vol. XXIII, Arab-Israeli Dispute, 1969-1972

The Rogers Plan

• 66. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, November 11, 1969

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 651, Country Files, Middle East, Middle East through December 1969. Secret; Nodis. Sent for action.

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

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; Implementation of Safeguard System

• 39. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rogers to President Nixon, Washington, November 11, 1969

  Rogers asked Nixon to authorize release of a statement in connection with the signing of the NPT by the FRG. Rogers noted that recent talks between U.S. and FRG representatives revealed two requisite provisions before the FRG would adhere to the NPT, the continuation of NATO and U.S. commitment to European security. Rogers assured the President that the drafted statement would confirm U.S. support while not further extending U.S. international commitments.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 366, Subject Files, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Vol. I, April 69–March 70. Kissinger approved the statement for the President on November 12. (Draft memorandum to the President, undated; ibid.)

Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee; Seabed Arms Control Treaty

• 129. Notes of Telephone Conversation Between the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) and Secretary of State Rogers, Washington, November 11, 1969

  Kissinger complained to Rogers about the way that ACDA Director Smith handled the seabed arms control treaty.
  
  Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box 361, Telephone Conversations, Chronological File, November 11–17, 1969. No classification marking.

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

Nigerian Civil War

• 138. Memorandum From the Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, November 11, 1969

  Kissinger informed the President that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had ceased direct relief to Biafra and would channel its funds, food stocks, and equipment (including U.S. donated aircraft) to French and Scandinavian Red Cross agencies operating out of Sao Tome and Libreville.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 13, Presidentʼs Daily Briefs. Nixon wrote on page 2, “What does State suggest we do?”

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-2382 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2382-01A-26A, President Nixon and Pat Nixon visiting the Washington Veterans' Administration Hospital, and greeting the patients there. 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. Veterans' Administration Hospital. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, unidentified hospital doctors, nurses and patients.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2382-06, President Nixon and Pat Nixon greeting various patients in wheelchairs wearing hospital pajamas gathered in a reception room at the Washington Veterans' Administration Hospital. 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. Veterans' Administration Hospital. President Nixon, Pat Nixon, unidentified hospital doctors, nurses and patients.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2382-27A-31A, President Nixon walking on White House grounds. 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. White House grounds. President Nixon.

Roll WHPO-2383 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2383-02-16, President Nixon seated at his desk during a meeting with Senator Mark Hatfield. 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Mark Hatfield.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2383-14, President Nixon seated at his Oval Office desk during a meeting with Senator Mark Hatfield. 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Mark Hatfield.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2383-21-27, Close-up of the lock on Dwight Chapin's office door. 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. Dwight Chapin's office door.

Roll WHPO-2384 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2384-04-12, Vice President Agnew seated during a meeting with members of the Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women. (CAC). 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, George Shultz (Secretary of Labor), Spiro Agnew, Ron Ziegler, J. Phil Campbell (Under Secretary of Agruculture), Carl W. Clewlow (Defense Dept), Miss Mary Eastwood (Justice Department), David Peacock (Deputy Under-Secretary of Commerce), Fred D. Pollard, Jr. (State Dept ), Advisory Council members: Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan Koontz (Director, Women's Bureau Executive Vice Chairman), Mrs. Elizabeth Kuck (Commissioner Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), Mrs. Carol M. Khosrovi (Office of Economic Opportunity), Mrs. David Peacock (Deputy Under-Secretary of Commerce), Hon. James E. Johnson (Commissioner U. S. Civil Service Commission), Miss Virginia R. Allan, Miss Nola A. Allen, Dr. Margaret Long Arnold, Mrs. Lorraine L. Blair, Dr. Rita Ricardo Campbell, Mrs. Julie Casterman Connor, Miss Sarah Jane Cunningham, Mrs. Mary Charles Griffin, Miss Maxine R. Hacke, Mrs. Marie Hamel, Mrs. Mary J. Kyle, Miss Margaret J. Mealey, Miss Hazel Palmer, Mrs. SaraH. Revercomb, Mrs. Patricia Saiki, Miss Rachel E. Scott, Mrs. Yetta Wasserman, Mrs. Irene Wischer, Mrs. Catherine East (Executive Secretary Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women), Mrs. Bertha Whittaker (Administrative' Assistant to Mrs. Catherine East), Mrs. Isabel A. Burgess (Member National Transportation Safety Board), unidentified butlers.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2384-13-26, President Nixon sitting with members of the Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women. (CAC). 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, George Shultz (Secretary of Labor), Spiro Agnew, Ron Ziegler, J. Phil Campbell (Under Secretary of Agruculture), Carl W. Clewlow (Defense Dept), Miss Mary Eastwood (Justice Department), David Peacock (Deputy Under-Secretary of Commerce), Fred D. Pollard, Jr. (State Dept ), Advisory Council members: Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan Koontz (Director, Women's Bureau Executive Vice Chairman), Mrs. Elizabeth Kuck (Commissioner Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), Mrs. Carol M. Khosrovi (Office of Economic Opportunity), Mrs. David Peacock (Deputy Under-Secretary of Commerce), Hon. James E. Johnson (Commissioner U. S. Civil Service Commission), Miss Virginia R. Allan, Miss Nola A. Allen, Dr. Margaret Long Arnold, Mrs. Lorraine L. Blair, Dr. Rita Ricardo Campbell, Mrs. Julie Casterman Connor, Miss Sarah Jane Cunningham, Mrs. Mary Charles Griffin, Miss Maxine R. Hacke, Mrs. Marie Hamel, Mrs. Mary J. Kyle, Miss Margaret J. Mealey, Miss Hazel Palmer, Mrs. SaraH. Revercomb, Mrs. Patricia Saiki, Miss Rachel E. Scott, Mrs. Yetta Wasserman, Mrs. Irene Wischer, Mrs. Catherine East (Executive Secretary Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women), Mrs. Bertha Whittaker (Administrative' Assistant to Mrs. Catherine East), Mrs. Isabel A. Burgess (Member National Transportation Safety Board), unidentified butlers.

Roll WHPO-2385 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2385-, Unknown. 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. Spiro Agnew,unidentified men and women.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2385-04-23, Vice President Agnew standing in his EOB office during a meeting with visitors. 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. Vice Presidential Office, Executive Office Building. Spiro Agnew, unidentified men and women.

Roll WHPO-2386 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2386-, President Nixon seated with members of the Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women. (CAC). Butlers serving coffee or standing near the wall. 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, George Shultz (Secretary of Labor), Spiro Agnew, Ron Ziegler, J. Phil Campbell (Under Secretary of Agruculture), Carl W. Clewlow (Defense Dept), Miss Mary Eastwood (Justice Department), David Peacock (Deputy Under-Secretary of Commerce), Fred D. Pollard, Jr. (State Dept ), Advisory Council members: Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan Koontz (Director, Women's Bureau Executive Vice Chairman), Mrs. Elizabeth Kuck (Commissioner Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), Mrs. Carol M. Khosrovi (Office of Economic Opportunity), Mrs. David Peacock (Deputy Under-Secretary of Commerce), Hon. James E. Johnson (Commissioner U. S. Civil Service Commission), Miss Virginia R. Allan, Miss Nola A. Allen, Dr. Margaret Long Arnold, Mrs. Lorraine L. Blair, Dr. Rita Ricardo Campbell, Mrs. Julie Casterman Connor, Miss Sarah Jane Cunningham, Mrs. Mary Charles Griffin, Miss Maxine R. Hacke, Mrs. Marie Hamel, Mrs. Mary J. Kyle, Miss Margaret J. Mealey, Miss Hazel Palmer, Mrs. SaraH. Revercomb, Mrs. Patricia Saiki, Miss Rachel E. Scott, Mrs. Yetta Wasserman, Mrs. Irene Wischer, Mrs. Catherine East (Executive Secretary Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women), Mrs. Bertha Whittaker (Administrative' Assistant to Mrs. Catherine East), Mrs. Isabel A. Burgess (Member National Transportation Safety Board), unidentified butlers.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2386-, Vice President Agnew seated during a meeting with members of the Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women. (CAC). 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, George Shultz (Secretary of Labor), Spiro Agnew, Ron Ziegler, J. Phil Campbell (Under Secretary of Agruculture), Carl W. Clewlow (Defense Dept), Miss Mary Eastwood (Justice Department), David Peacock (Deputy Under-Secretary of Commerce), Fred D. Pollard, Jr. (State Dept ), Advisory Council members: Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan Koontz (Director, Women's Bureau Executive Vice Chairman), Mrs. Elizabeth Kuck (Commissioner Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), Mrs. Carol M. Khosrovi (Office of Economic Opportunity), Mrs. David Peacock (Deputy Under-Secretary of Commerce), Hon. James E. Johnson (Commissioner U. S. Civil Service Commission), Miss Virginia R. Allan, Miss Nola A. Allen, Dr. Margaret Long Arnold, Mrs. Lorraine L. Blair, Dr. Rita Ricardo Campbell, Mrs. Julie Casterman Connor, Miss Sarah Jane Cunningham, Mrs. Mary Charles Griffin, Miss Maxine R. Hacke, Mrs. Marie Hamel, Mrs. Mary J. Kyle, Miss Margaret J. Mealey, Miss Hazel Palmer, Mrs. SaraH. Revercomb, Mrs. Patricia Saiki, Miss Rachel E. Scott, Mrs. Yetta Wasserman, Mrs. Irene Wischer, Mrs. Catherine East (Executive Secretary Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women), Mrs. Bertha Whittaker (Administrative' Assistant to Mrs. Catherine East), Mrs. Isabel A. Burgess (Member National Transportation Safety Board), unidentified butlers.

Roll WHPO-2387 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2387-03A-24A, John Davies receiving a petition from residents of Rowan County, North Carolina. 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. unknown. John Davies.

Roll WHPO-2398 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2398-01A, President Nixon talking to patients in the Washington Veterans' Administration Hospital. 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. Veterans' Administration Hospital, White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Haldeman, Ehrlichman.
• Frame(s): WHPO-2398-02A, President Nixon with H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and unidentified others. 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. Veterans' Administration Hospital, White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman.

Roll WHPO-2399 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-2399-04A-12A, Ron Ziegler conducting a press conference alongside Jacqueline Gutwillig (Chairman of the Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women). 11/11/1969, Washington, D.C. Ronald Ziegler, Jacqueline Gutwillig.

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-206
  Remarks in an interview with Merriam Smith of UPI-Wash., DC. (11/11/1969)
  
  Runtime: 40:00:00
  
  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-3504
  Special on Haynsworth Nomination to Supreme Court with Clark Mollenhoff and Sen. Cook.
  NBC, ABC
  Runtime: 00:59:52
• WHCA-3512
  Weekly News Summary. Richard Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, Herb Klein, Apollo 12 launch center officials and VIPs.
  All networks
  Runtime: 01:03:30
  
  4. Jarriel: President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon visit a Veterans Administration Hospital. Time Code Start: 06:10. Keywords: Presidents, families, wife, travel, Nixon trips, First Lady trips, domestic, hospitals, military, veterans. Network: CBS.
  
  5. Brinkley: President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon visit a Veterans Administration Hospital. Time Code Start: 07:32. Keywords: Presidents, families, wife, travel, Nixon trips, First Lady trips, domestic, hospitals, military, veterans. Network: NBC.
  
  6. President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon visit a Veterans Administration Hospital. Time Code Start: 08:41. Keywords: Presidents, families, wife, travel, Nixon trips, First Lady trips, domestic, hospitals, military, veterans. Network: ABC.

• New York Times of November 11, 1969

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