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October 23, 1970

Introduction

This almanac page for Friday, October 23, 1970, 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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Next Date: Saturday, October 24, 1970

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.

    Addresses and Remarks

    Appointments and Nominations

    Memorandums to Federal Agencies

    • "ZERO IN on Federal Safety" (6 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1458, October 23, 1970)
      The President's Memorandum for the Heads of Departments and Agencies Announcing the New Federal Safety Program. Dated October 23, 1970. Released October 26, 1970.

    Acts Approved by the President

    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.

    • The President's address to the 25th anniversary session of the United Nations General Assembly.

  • 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.

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

    All National Archives Units

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. I, Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1969-1972

    Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1969-1972

    Vol. VII, Vietnam, July 1970-January 1972

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

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

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

    • 29. Memorandum of Conversation, New York, October 23, 1970

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 490, President’s Trip Files, Dobrynin/Kissinger, 1970, Vol. 2. Top Secret; Sensitive; Exclusively Eyes Only. The meeting was held at the Soviet Permanent Mission to the United Nations. Kissinger forwarded and summarized the “full records” of his meetings with Dobrynin on October 23 and 27 in a memorandum to the President on November 3. (Ibid.) In a memorandum to Rogers on October 28, Kissinger also forwarded “a record of my Cuba and Summit discussions with Ambassador Dobrynin” on those dates, which was comprised of selected excerpts from his memoranda of conversation. One substantive deletion from this record is noted below. According to Haig’s handwritten notation, Rogers saw it aboard Air Force One on October 28. (Ibid.)

    Vol. XX, Southeast Asia, 1969-1972

    Thailand

    Vol. XXI, Chile, 1969-1973

    Two Tracks: U.S. Intervention in the Confirmation of the Chilean President, September 5-November 4, 1970

    • 162. Briefing Notes Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, October 23, 1970

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Chile–ITT–CIA 1963–1977, Lot 81D121, Chile Papers, Church Committee, August 12, 1975. Secret; Sensitive; Eyes Only. There is no indication as to the intended audience for this information. However, since it uses the term “Track II” rather than the cryptonym of the Track II operation, it was most likely prepared for briefing Kissinger or Haig rather than for an internal briefing.

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

    Vol. XXIX, Eastern Europe, 1969-1972

    Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty

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

    France

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

    Iran 1970

    • 92. Telegram 174651 From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iran, Washington, October 23, 1970, 0047Z

      The Department sent the Embassy a list of items approved in principle under the FY 71 military credit for Iran, which excluded the seventh and eighth squadrons of F–4s the Shah had requested.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, DEF 12–5 IRAN. Secret. Joint State/Defense Message. Repeated to CINCSTRIKE. Drafted by Robert L. Dowell, Jr.(NEA/IRN); cleared by Chapman, John M. Bowie (PM/MC), Johnson, Eliot, Philip J. Farley, and in Ex-Im Bank, DOD/ISA, and ACDA for information; approved by Davies. In telegram 4665 from Tehran, October 24, the Embassy responded that the status of the seventh and eighth squadrons had to be clarified, since the Shah had assumed from his October 1969 talks with the President that Iran already had U.S. approval. A U.S. Government refusal to endorse the sale at this stage, the Embassy observed, would run the “serious risk of being interpreted by Shah as unilateral modification of high-level policy decision” with serious consequences. (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.

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-4841 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-4841-02-10, President Nixon speaking to and waving to construction workers wearing their hard hats while standing within a building's steel frame. 10/23/1970, New York, N.Y. unknown. President Nixon.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-4841-07, President Nixon making the victory sign to construction workers wearing their hard hats while standing within a building's steel frame. 10/23/1970, New York, N.Y. unknown. President Nixon.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-4841-12-34, President Nixon at the United Nations. 10/23/1970, New York, N.Y. United Nations Building. President Nixon.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-4841-13, President Nixon at the United Nations in an elevator lobby, standing with officials including Senators Mike Mansfield, Hugh Scott, Secretary of State William Rogers, U.N. Secretary General U Thant and General Assembly President Edward Hambro. 10/23/1970, New York, N.Y. United Nations Building. President Nixon, Mike Mansfield, Hugh Scott, Secretary of State William Rogers, U Thant, Edward Hambro, Secret Service agent Robert Taylor.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-4841-26, President Nixon at the United Nations seated next to Secretary of State William Rogers, in front of the Austrian Ambassador, all wearing earphones. Secret Service agent Robert Taylor sits behind the President. 10/23/1970, New York, N.Y. United Nations Building. President Nixon, William Rogers, Secret Service agent Robert Taylor, unidentified diplomats seated nearby.

    Roll WHPO-4842 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-4842-01A-02A, Many construction workers stand at the edges looking out from 7 different floors of an open walled incompleted building. Some laborers are waving, one holds a large American Flag while they are prossibly watching President Nixon's motorcade driving to the United Nations building. 10/23/1970, New York City, new York Building with no walls under construction. laborers.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-4842-03A-24A, President Nixon and Secretary of State William Rogers visit to the United Nations. President Nixon during his speech at the podium, standing in a reception area with U.N. Secretary General U Thant, and seated with the general assembly with Rogers. 10/23/1970, New York City, new York United Nations Building. President Nixon, U Thant, officials and United Nations Ambassadors, officials.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-4842-03A-24A, President Nixon standing with the U.N. Secretary General U Thant (of Burma), and other officials at the United Nations. 10/23/1970, New York City, new York United Nations Building. President Nixon, U Thant.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-4842-25, President Nixon talking (possibly to reporters) while standing in a hallway with Secretary of State William Rogers, Senator Hugh Scott, Mike Mansfield, and Henry Kissinger inside the United Nations. 10/23/1970, New York City, New York Floyd Bennett Naval Air Station. President Nixon, Secretary of State William Rogers, Senator Hugh Scott, Mike Mansfield, Henry Kissinger, members of the press corps.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-4842-25A-30A, President Nixon walking with Navy officials from the Presidential Marine One helicopter over to the entrance of Air Force One (AF1) parked at Floyd Bennett Naval Air Station. Guards at the bottom of AF1's stairway salute. 10/23/1970, New York City, New York Floyd Bennett Naval Air Station. President Nixon.

    Roll WHPO-4843 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-4843-01-34, President Nixon and Secretary of State William Rogers visit and departing from at the United Nations. President Nixon during his speech at the podium. President Nixon, Secretary of State William Rogers, Senator Hugh Scott, Mike Mansfield during a press conference in a small room at the United Nations. 10/23/1970, New York City, NY United Nations Building. President Nixon, Secretary of State William Rogers, Senator Hugh Scott, Mike Mansfield, Henry Kissinger, members of the press corps.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-4843-17, President Nixon speaking from the podium to the General Assembly at the United Nations. Overview looking down at the entire room area. 10/23/1970, New York City, NY United Nations Building, stage and auditorium area. President Nixon, diplomats and Ambassadors seated in their specific country areas.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-4843-24-26, President Nixon, Secretary of State William Rogers, Senator Hugh Scott, Mike Mansfield and Henry Kissinger walking near the entrance of the United Nations. U.N. Tower building is visible in the background. 10/23/1970, New York City, NY United Nations Building, press room. President Nixon, Secretary of State William Rogers, Senator Hugh Scott, Mike Mansfield, Henry Kissinger, members of the press corps.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-4843-27-30, President Nixon, Secretary of State William Rogers, Senator Hugh Scott, Mike Mansfield and Henry Kissinger stands together while President Nixon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations. 10/23/1970, New York City, NY United Nations Building, press room. President Nixon, Secretary of State William Rogers, Senator Hugh Scott, Mike Mansfield, Henry Kissinger, members of the press corps.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-4843-31-34, President Nixon, Secretary of State William Rogers, Senator Hugh Scott, Mike Mansfield and Henry Kissinger walking outside the United Nations with offiicals. The official United Nations seal is clearly visible above the entrance stairway. 10/23/1970, New York City, NY United Nations Building, press room. President Nixon, Secretary of State William Rogers, Senator Hugh Scott, Mike Mansfield, Henry Kissinger, unidentified officials.

    Roll WHPO-4844 Photographer: Schumaker, Byron | Color or B&W: Color

    • Frame(s): WHPO-4844-, President Nixon speaking from the podium at the United Nations. Overview look down at the entire room, and balconies while President Nixon delivers a speech at United Nations central podium on stage. 10/23/1970, New York City, NY United Nations, auditorium. President Nixon, U.N. delegates in audience.

    Roll WHPO-4869 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-4869-04-14, President Nixon signing the Marine Act, 1970. 10/23/1970, Washington, D.C. White House. President Nixon and witnesses to the signing.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-4869-15-37, Vice President Agnew on Campaign trip to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 10/23/1970, Cedar Rapids, IA Airport, Cedar Rapids, IA. Spiro Agnew, rally participants, campaign staff, members of the press.

    Roll WHPO-4870 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-4870-, Vice President Agnew on campaign trip to Tucson, AR. 10/23/1970, Tucson, AR Airport, Tucson, and political rally. Spiro Agnew, Senator Goldwater, rally participants.

    Roll WHPO-4871 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-4871-, Vice President Agnew on campaign trip to Hartford, Conn. 10/23/1970, Hartford, Conn. Airport and campaign rally site. Spiro Agnew, rally participants.

  • 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-143
      Remarks at a fund raising dinner-Hartford, Conn. (10/23/1970)

      Runtime: 35:00:00

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

    P - Formal Presidential Remarks

    • WHCA-SR-P-701038
      Address to the UN. (10/23/1970)

      Runtime: 24:11:00

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
    • WHCA-SR-P-701039
      Remarks by President Nixon in NYC to the US Mission to the UN. (10/23/1970)

      Runtime: 1:00

      Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
    • WHCA-SR-P-701040
      Remarks by President Nixon to AFL-CIO rally in Unio Hall in Dandalk, MD. (10/23/1970)

      Runtime: 30:11:00

      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-3915
      President's U.N. Address with CBS Commentary. R. Sargent Shriver, former chief of the Peace Corps and Kennedy in-law.
      Undetermined
      Runtime: 01:06:33
    • WHCA-3916
      President's U.N. Address with ABC Commentary. Richard Nixon, United Nations officials.
      CBS
      Runtime: 1:00
    • WHCA-3917
      President's U.N. Address with NBC Commentary. Richard Nixon, United Nations officials.
      ABC
      Runtime: 01:06:22
    • WHCA-3920
      Weekly News Summary - Tape III.
      All networks
      Runtime: 1:00

      8. Reynolds/Jarriel: When United Nations was founded 25 years earlier it was often described as best and last hope of mankind, now a more realistic view has come into being as President Nixon addressed the UN General Assembly claiming the best hope for peace. Time Code Start: 00:15:21. Keywords: Presidents, speeches, U.N., organization of nations, intergovernmental alliance. Network: ABC.

      9. Smith/Donaldson: For years, Virginia politics dominated by the "bird machine" - first Senator Harry Flood Byrd now his son. Danville Fair. Harry Byrd Jr. appeals to rural Virginia, like father, but has no political machine to ensure his reelection so he's. Time Code Start: 00:18:14. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, speeches. Network: ABC.

      10. Smith: Commentary. Tomorrow a Marxist takes power by free vote in Chile, Dr. Salvador Allende, without resistance from the United States. Hoping this will be the end of US' policy for installing right wing dictators and removing left wing ones joining the. Time Code Start: 00:21:51. Keywords: South America, Presidential elections, results, Communism, Marxism, politics. Network: ABC.

      11. Brinkley: Prime Minister Heath told United Nations that the biggest threat to the 70s wasn't war between the nations but civil war within. Britain, like many other nations, troubled with internal violence and Parliament has hired a security detail for pro. Time Code Start: 00:23:39. Keywords: Prime Ministers, Presidents, speeches, U.N., organization of nations, intergovernmental alliance. Network: NBC.

      12. Chancellor/Perkins: Police arrest John Linley Frazier in connection to the murder of 5 people near Santa Cruz, California, caught sleeping in shack near the scene of the crime. Funeral for Dr. Victor Ohta, wife and 2 sons held. Frazier had told friends he. Time Code Start: 00:27:49. Keywords: arrests, investigations, killings, deaths, crimes, violence, homicides, murders, shootings, funerals, families. Network: NBC.

      13. Brinkley: Few years prior federal government began responding to generalized complaint that center of American cities were turning into "jungles." Took tax dollars to repair issues, like Washington's Cardozo area, and made elaborate plans to clean it up b. Time Code Start: 00:30:28. Keywords: taxes, cities, restorations, renovation, redevelopment, criticisms. Network: NBC.

      14. Cronkite/Hottelet: President Nixon addressed 25th anniversary session of the United Nations, noting world peace depends on Soviet-American cooperation despite competition between them, competition that needs to be peaceful. US and USSR have managed to avo. Time Code Start: 00:33:02. Keywords: Prime Ministers, Presidents, speeches, U.N., organization of nations, intergovernmental alliance. Network: CBS.

      15. Cronkite/Dean: First Lady Pat Nixon takes to the campaign trail, saying it looks great for Republican candidates. Visits Michigan to support Lenore Romney in her campaign for Senate. Travels to Nevada aboard a small charter plane from the GOP to support H. Time Code Start: 00:38:35. Keywords: elections, campaigns, campaigning, candidates, speeches, First Lady Pat Nixon. Network: CBS.

Context (External Sources)