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September 2, 1969

Introduction

This almanac page for Tuesday, September 2, 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 Western White House, 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

    • Reform of the Nation's Postal System (5 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 1221, September 2, 1969)
      The President's Remarks at a News Briefing by Postmaster General Winton M. Blount, Thruston B. Morton, and Lawrence F. O'Brien.

    Appointments and Nominations

    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 Postmaster General Winton Blount, Lawrence F. O'Brien, and Thruston Morton on postal reform.

    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 announced his intention to nominate Gaylord L. Campbell to be United States Marshal for the central district of California, Arthur F. Van Court to be United States Marshal for the eastern district of California, and Edward R. Neaher to be United States Attorney for the eastern district of New York.
    • The President has designated Eileen R. Donovan, United States Ambassador to Barbados, to be the United States Special Representative to the Associated States of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, and St. Lucia.
    • The President announced that he has nominated Rear Adm. Walter L. Curtis, Jr., USN, for appointment to the grade of vice admiral and his assignment as Military Representative, Okinawa Negotiating Team.
    • The President has designated Julius Shiskin to be the Representative of the United States of America on the Statistical Commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

    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.

    • The following-named persons to be Representatives of the United States of America to the Twenty-fourth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations: CHARLES W. YOST, of New York WILLIAM B. BUFFUM, of New York DANTE B. FASCELL, United States Representative from the State of Florida J. IRVING WHALLEY, United States Representative from the State of Pennsylvania SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK, of California
    • The following-named persons to be Alternate Representatives of the United States of America to the Twenty-fourth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations: CHRISTOPHER H. PHILLIPS, of New York GLENN A. OLDS, of New York RITA E. HAUSER, of New York WILLIAM T. COLEMAN, of Pennsylvania JOSEPH E. JOHNSON, of New Jersey

  • 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

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

    • 35. Memorandum of Conversation , San Clemente, California, September 2, 1969, 11:45 a.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1026, Presidential/HAK Memcons, June-Dec 1969. No classification marking. The meeting was held in the President’s office in the Western White House. No drafting information is provided but the memorandum was apparently drafted by C. Fred Bergsten of the NSC Staff.

    Vol. IV, Foreign Assistance, International Development, Trade Policies, 1969-1972

    International Development Policy, 1969-1972

    • 120. Memorandum of Conversation , San Clemente, September 2, 1969, 11:45 a.m.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Presidential/HAK Memcons, Box 1026, June to December 1969. Confidential. The meeting was held in the Western White House. According to the President’s Daily Diary, the meeting lasted until 12:45 p.m. (Ibid., White House Central Files)

    Vol. VI, Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

    Vietnam, January 1969-July 1970

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

    Italy

    Vol. E-1, Documents on Global Issues, 1969-1972

    U.S. Policy Towards Terrorism, Hijacking of Aircraft, and Attacks on Civil Aviation: Israeli Attack on Beirut Airport and Hijacking of TWA Flight 840, January-December 1969

    • 15. Memorandum From Secretary of State Rogers to President Nixon, Washington, September 2, 1969

      Rogers briefed the President on the status of TWA Flight 840, detailed the action taken by the airline and the U.S. Government, and noted the arrival in Damascus of two representatives from the International Committee for the Red Cross.

      Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1967-69, AV 12 US. Secret. Attached but not printed was a transmittal memorandum Sisco sent to Rogers indicating that the memorandum was drafted by Baas and cleared by Johnson and Davies.

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

    Nigerian Civil War

    • 112. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation , Washington, September 2, 1969, 9:25 a.m.

      The Presidentʼs Assistant for National Security Affairs, Henry Kissinger, and Saturday Review editor Norman Cousins discussed Cousinsʼ upcoming trip to Nigeria. The trip would be unofficial. President Nixon did not want to put anything in writing—official involvement would come when there were potential areas of agreement.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Office Files, Box 52, Country Files, Africa, “Cousins, Norman” Biafra. No classification marking.

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

    Libya

    • 37. Memorandum From Harold Saunders of the National Security Council Staff to the Special Assistant to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Lake) for the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) , Washington, September 2, 1969

      In this memorandum, Saunders advised Kissinger of a coup staged by a group of young military officers, who had proclaimed the Arab Republic of Libya. Saunders then offered a brief discussion of the political complexion of the new government, the Libyan monarchy’s response to the coup, and possible U.S. strategies in dealing with the new government.

      Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1239, Saunders Files, Libya, 1969. Secret. According to a September 2 exchange between Jon Howe and Harold Saunders, the message was sent to Kissinger in California. (Ibid., Box 738, Country Files, Africa, Libya, Vol. I) Similar reports on Libya were contained in Bureau of Intelligence and Research Intelligence Note 625, September 1 (Ibid., RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, POL 23–9 LIBYA) and Intelligence Memorandum 2216/69, September 1. (Central Intelligence Agency, DI/OCI Files, Box 13, Job 79–T00829A)

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

    Cuba

    • 207. National Intelligence Estimate, NIE 85–69, Washington, September 2, 1969. , Washington, September 2, 1969

      The estimate examined the situation in Cuba, Cuban relations with the Soviet Union, and the possibility of a change in United States-Cuban relations.

      Source: Central Intelligence Agency, NIC Files, Job 79–R01012A. Secret; Controlled Dissem. The Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State, Defense, and NSA participated in the preparation of this estimate. The Director of CIA submitted this estimate with the concurrence of the USIB with the exception of the representatives of AEC and FBI who abstained on the grounds that it was outside their jurisdiction.

  • 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-1913 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-1913-04-10, President Nixon seated at his Western White House desk near open windows to the patio, during a meeting with John Mitchell and Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty. A running elephant sculpture is on his desk, with a cowboy riding bucking bronco sculpture behind them. 9/2/1969, San Clemente, California Presidential Office, Western White House. President Nixon, John Mitchell, Sam Yorty.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-1913-10, President Nixon seated at his Western White House desk near open windows to the patio, during a meeting with John Mitchell and Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty. A running elephant sculpture is on his desk, with a cowboy riding bucking bronco sculpture behind them. 9/2/1969, San Clemente, California Presidential Office, Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. President Nixon, John Mitchell, Sam Yorty.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-1913-13-20, President Nixon sitting at his Western White House desk near open windows to the patio, during a meeting with Henry Kissinger and Rudolph Peterson, Chairman of the Task Force on Aid. 9/2/1969, San Clemente, California Presidential Office, Western White House. President Nixon, Rudolph Peterson, Henry Kissinger.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-1913-19, President Nixon sitting at his Western White House desk near open windows to the patio, during a meeting with Rudolph Peterson, Chairman of the Task Force on Aid. 9/2/1969, San Clemente, California Presidential Office, Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. President Nixon, Rudolph Peterson.

    Roll WHPO-1914 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

    • Frame(s): WHPO-1914-04-14, President Nixon sitting at his Western White House desk during a meeting with Postmaster General Winton Blount, former Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien, and former Senator Thruston Morton. 9/2/1969, San Clemente, California Presidential Office, Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. President Nixon, Winton M. Blount, Lawrence F. O'Brien, Thruston Ballard Morton, reporters and photographers of the press corps.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-1914-15-25, President Nixon, Postmaster General Winton Blount, former Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien, and former Senator Thruston Morton at a press conference discussing the postal reorganization plan. 9/2/1969, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. President Nixon, Winton M. Blount, Lawrence F. O'Brien, Thruston Ballard Morton, reporters and photographers of the press corps.
    • Frame(s): WHPO-1914-16, President Nixon, Postmaster General Winton Blount, former Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien, and former Senator Thruston Morton at a press conference discussing the postal reorganization plan. 9/2/1969, San Clemente, California Western White House, La Casa Pacifica. President Nixon, Winton M. Blount, Lawrence F. O'Brien, Thruston Ballard Morton, reporters and photographers of the press corps.

  • 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-690905
      Remarks to the press by President Nixon on reform of the nation's Postal System. (9/2/1969, Conference Room (Building B) at the Western White House in San Clemente, Calif.)

      Runtime: 0:16:05

      Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by Bailey (initials of WHCA engineer)

      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-3422
      "Dennis Wholey" with David & Julie Eisenhower.
      CBS
      Runtime: 0:10

Context (External Sources)