November 4, 1970

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• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

The President's day began at San Clemente, California

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.

Addresses and Remarks

• The 1970 Elections (6 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1543, November 4, 1970)
  The President's Remarks to Reporters at the Western White House.

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.

• Remarks to Reporters on the Results of the 1970 Elections

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• Federal Register of Wednesday, November 4, 1970

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 04 November 1970

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Vol. VII, Vietnam, July 1970-January 1972

Planning and Decisions for Operations in Cambodia and Laos, October 9, 1970-February 7, 1971

• 64. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Cambodia, Washington, November 4, 1970, 2320Z

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 511, Country Files, Far East, Cambodia, Vol. XI, 11/70–1/71. Secret; Nodis. Drafted by P. J. Bennett in EA/LC, cleared by Thomas Corcoran in EA/LC and Holdridge, and approved by Green. Repeated to Saigon, Vientiane, and CINCPAC.

• 65. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to Secretary of State Rogers, Secretary of Defense Laird, and Director of Central Intelligence Helms, Washington, November 4, 1970

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 530, Country Files, Far East, Indochina, Vol. I. Top Secret; Sensitive. A copy was sent to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Kennedy and Holdridge forwarded a draft of this memorandum to Haig on November 2 noting that, “There is already considerable thrashing around the bureaucracy at the moment. This draft should help focus the effort and get some realistic options and scenarios which we can begin to refine (our own people are already working to this end).” On an attached note, Kissinger wrote, “OK.”

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

"A Moment of Unusual Uncertainty": Meeting Between Nixon and Gromyko, October 12-December 31, 1970

• 35. Memorandum From Winston Lord of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, November 4, 1970

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 490, President’s Trip Files, Dobrynin/Kissinger, 1970, Vol. 3. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. Sent for information. A copy was sent to Haig. Kissinger, who had been with Nixon at the Western White House in San Clemente, returned to Washington with the Presidential party on November 4 at 9:34 p.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files, President’s Daily Diary)

Vol. XL, Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972

• 134. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, November 4, 1970

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 684, Country Files, Europe, Germany, Vol. VII. Secret; Nodis; Sensitive; (Outside System). Sent for action.

• 135. Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, November 4, 1970

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 690, Country Files, Europe, Germany (Berlin), Vol. II. Secret. Urgent; sent for information. Kissinger initialed the memorandum indicating that he had seen it. According to another copy, Downey drafted the memorandum. (Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 9, Chronological File, 1969–75, 11 Oct–20 Nov. 1970)

Vol. E-4, Documents on Iran and Iraq, 1969-1972

Iran 1970

• 94. Memorandum From Harold Saunders of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, November 4, 1970

  Saunders presented Kissinger with the conflicting opinions of the State and Defense Departments on the Shah’s demand for a seventh and eighth squadron of F–4 aircraft to Iran.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 601, Country Files, Middle East, Iran, Vol. II, 6/1/70–12/70. Secret. Sent for information. This document was a copy that was not initialed.

Vol. E-5, Part 2, Documents on North Africa, 1969-1972

Morocco

• 108. Telegram 4828 From the Embassy in Morocco to the Department of State, Rabat, November 4, 1970, 1755Z

  The Prime Minister asked Ambassador to Morocco Stuart Rockwell if Washington considered the U.S. facilities in Morocco to be a base, which required agreements to govern its usage.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, DEF 15 MOR-US. Secret; Priority; Limdis. The hearings of the Senate Subcommittee on U.S. Overseas Commitments, chaired by William “Stuart” Symington, met in July and November, 1970. In telegram 182605 to Rabat, November 5, the Department replied that the base at Kenitra was under full Moroccan sovereignty and control, and agreed that Rabat might have raised the issue to obtain increased compensation. (Ibid.)

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

I - Various Administration Events

• WHCA-SR-I-120
  WMAL radio "Washington Revisited" [TR]. (11/4/1970)
  
  Runtime: 55:00:00
  
  Keywords: Radio
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-701103
  Remarks by President Nixon to press re election results in western WH. (11/4/1970)
  
  Runtime: 5:00
  
  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-3942
  NBC Election Returns.
  ABC
  Runtime: 0:52
• WHCA-3943
  NBC Election Returns.
  ABC
  Runtime: 0:52
• WHCA-3944
  NBC Election Returns.
  CBS
  Runtime: 0:25
• WHCA-3948
  ABC Election Returns.
  CBS
  Runtime: 0:45
• WHCA-3949
  ABC Election Returns.
  CBS
  Runtime: 0:45
• WHCA-3950
  ABC Election Returns.
  CBS
  Runtime: 0:45
• WHCA-3951
  ABC Election Returns.
  CBS
  Runtime: 0:50
• WHCA-3958
  CBS Election Returns.
  CBS
  Runtime: 1:00
• WHCA-3959
  CBS Election Returns.
  CBS
  Runtime: 0:54
• WHCA-3960
  "Today" Show- Election Analysis, Part 1.
  CBS
  Runtime: 00:59:04
• WHCA-3961
  "Today" Show. Election analysis, Part 2
  NBC
  Runtime: 1:00
• WHCA-3962
  "Today" Show. Election analysis, Part 3
  NBC
  Runtime: 1:00
• WHCA-3962A
  CBS Special Election Analysis.
  NBC
  Runtime: 00:29:26
• WHCA-3962B
  Election Analysis with George Gallup.
  CBS
  Runtime: 1:00
• WHCA-3965
  Weekly News Summary, Tape II.
  All networks
  Runtime: 00:57:34
  
  3. Wrap-up report on Campaign 1970. Time Code Start: 05:38. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: ABC.
  
  4. Report on President Nixon's comments on the election. Time Code Start: 06:20. Keywords: Presidents, elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning, voting, results. Network: ABC.
  
  5. Continued wrap-up report on Campaign 1970. Time Code Start: 07:51. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: ABC.
  
  6. Report on Senator Muskie's comments on the election results. Time Code Start: 08:15. Keywords: elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning, voting, results. Network: ABC.
  
  7. More reports on the election results. Time Code Start: 09:37. Keywords: elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning, voting, results. Network: ABC.
  
  8. Film reports on results in New York Senate race. Time Code Start: 10:24. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, primaries, candidates, voting, speeches. Network: ABC.
  
  9. Report on outcome of California Senate race. Time Code Start: 11:35. Keywords: elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning, voting, results. Network: ABC.
  
  10. Other election results. Time Code Start: 12:32. Keywords: elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning, voting, results. Network: ABC.
  
  11. Film report on Democratic Governors win. Time Code Start: 13:21. Keywords: Governors, Gubernatorial, elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, voting, results. Network: ABC.
  
  12. Additional film on New York Senate race. Time Code Start: 14:47. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, primaries, candidates,. Network: ABC.
  
  13. Howard K. Smith: commentary on the election in Chile. Time Code Start: 17:30. Keywords: South American, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, voting, Salvador Allende. Network: ABC.
  
  14. Election results: who won?. Time Code Start: 19:14. Keywords: elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning, voting, results. Network: NBC.
  
  15. Film report from San Clemente, California with President Nixon's comments on election results. Time Code Start: 21:25. Keywords: Presidents, statements, elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning, voting, results, interviews, Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. Network: NBC.
  
  16. Film comments on election results from Larry O'Brien and Vice President Agnew. Time Code Start: 23:40. Keywords: Vice Presidents, elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, voting, results. Network: NBC.
  
  17. Brinkley/McGee/Chancellor: analyze Senate and Gubernatorial election results; no real idologic change in Senate. Time Code Start: 25:15. Keywords: elections, Senators, Governors, candidates, voting, results, statistics. Network: NBC.
  
  18. Brinkley: Commentary on the elections, Stone on his political contributions. Time Code Start: 29:00. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, gifts, donations, money, funding, fundraising, finances, voting, results. Network: NBC.
  
  19. Blair's television campaign. Time Code Start: 31:18. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates. Network: NBC.
  
  20. Report on Election 1970 results, including film report on Indiana. Time Code Start: 33:25. Keywords: elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning, voting, results. Network: CBS.
  
  21. Report on New York election with James Buckley film (network trouble on the Buckley film). Time Code Start: 36:08. Keywords: Senate, Senators, elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning, voting, results. Network: CBS.
  
  22. California election results. Time Code Start: 38:28. Keywords: elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning, voting, results. Network: CBS.
  
  23. Film report from San Clemente, California on President Nixon's comments on the Republican electoral victories. Time Code Start: 40:42. Keywords: Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, voting, results, interviews, Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. Network: CBS.
  
  24. Larry O'Brien on Republican defeats. Time Code Start: 42:00. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, voting, political parties, Republicans, GOP, elections. Network: CBS.
  
  25. Mudd: 1970 Election analysis; Republicans better off in Senate, still not best off; Democrats resent administration campaign blitz. Time Code Start: 42:57. Keywords: elections, candidates, campaigns, campaigning, voting, results. Network: CBS.
  
  26. Report on the Chilean elections. Time Code Start: 44:53. Keywords: South American, Presidential elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, voting, Salvador Allende. Network: CBS.

• New York Times of November 4, 1970

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• November 1970 Broadcast Index

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• November 4, 1970