September 24, 1971

The Daily Diary files represent a consolidated record of the President's activities. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

• Original typewritten diary (PDF)

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.

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• Proclamation 4084—125th Anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution

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 Friday, September 24, 1971

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

• Senate: September 24, 1971
• Extensions of Remarks: September 24, 1971

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)
• Original audio recording (MP3)

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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 24 September 1971

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. II, Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1969-1972

The Intelligence Community and the White House

• 238. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Haig) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 24, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Subject Files, Box 332, Intelligence Reorganization, Vol. I. Top Secret; Byeman. Sent for action. The enclosures are attached but not printed.

Vol. III, Foreign Economic Policy; International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

International Monetary Policy, 1969-1972

• 178. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the Department of State (Eliot) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 24, 1971

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970-73, E 1 US. Confidential. Drafted by R.J. Smith and L.J. Kennon (E/IFD/OMA) and cleared by S. Weintraub (E/IFD) and Katz (E).

• 179. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for International Economic Affairs (Peterson) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 24, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Agency Files, Box 218, Council on International Economic Policy. Confidential.

• 180. Memorandum From Lawrence H. Berlin of the Program and Policy Coordination Staff, Agency for International Development, to the Assistant Administrator for Program and Policy Coordination (Stern), Washington, September 24, 1971

  Source: Washington National Records Center, Agency for International Development, Office of the Administrator: FRC 286 75 13, Box 10, PRM 7-2 July 1971-October 1971 FY72. Confidential.

Vol. XXVIII, Southern Africa

Regional Issues

• 55. Telegram From the Mission to the United Nations to the Department of State, New York, September 24, 1971, 2138Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, INCO–CHROME 17 US–RHOD. Unclassified.

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

Western Europe Region and NATO

• 72. Letter From Acting Secretary of State Irwin to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 24, 1971

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1970–73, DEF 6 NATO. Secret. A handwritten note indicates the letter was signed by the Under Secretary and that the drafting office was omitted.

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

U.S. Policy Towards International Production and Trafficking in Illegal Drugs

• 210. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Helms to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 24, 1971

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 358, Subject Files, Narcotics IV. Secret; Sensitive.

Vol. E-13, Documents on China, 1969-1972

• 26. Memorandum From the Military Attaché at the Embassy in France (Walters) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger), Washington, September 24, 1971, Washington, September 24, 1971

  Walters raised the possibility that the Chinese were truly world revolutionaries who would turn on President Nixon after his visit.
  
  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 849, President’s File-China Trip, China Exchanges, July 1971-Oct 20, 1971. Secret; Eyes Only. Ellipsis in the source text. Walters was in Washington, September 24-September 28.

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 Tapes are sound recordings of President Richard Nixon's telephone conversations and of meetings held in the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room in the White House, the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building (OEOB), the Lincoln Sitting Room in the residence section of the White House, and several locations at the Presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. These recordings document many of the major events and decisions of the Nixon Administration from February 16, 1971 to July 18, 1973. Visit the White House Tapes finding aid to learn about the taping system's operation and archival processing.

Cabinet Room

• 77-2; Unknown between 8:13 a.m. & 11:03 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President); Rogers, William P.; Cabinet officers; Connally, John B.; Packard, David; Mitchell, John N.; Morton, Rogers C. B.; Hardin, Clifford M.; Stans, Maurice H.; Silberman, Laurence H.; Richardson, Elliot L.; Romney, George W.; Beggs, James M.; Kennedy, David M.; Shultz, George P.; Finch, Robert H.; Bush, George H. W.; Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Ehrlichman, John D.; Flanigan, Peter M.; Peterson, Peter G.; Klein, Herbert G.; Weber, Arnold R.; Price, Raymond K., Jr.; Warren, Gerald L.; Butterfield, Alexander P.; Kennedy, Richard T. (Col.); Irwin, John N., II; Johnson, U. Alexis; Samuels, Nathanial; Agnew, Spiro T. (Vice President); Burns, Arthur F.; McCracken, Paul W.; Solomon, Ezra; Weinberger, Caspar W. ("Cap"); [Unknown person(s)]
• 77-3; Unknown between 9:53 a.m. & 11:03 a.m.; Shultz, George P.; Friedman, Milton; [Unknown person(s)]
• 77-5; Unknown between 11:03 a.m. & 9:29 p.m.; Bull, Stephen B.; [Unknown person(s)]
• 77-6; Unknown between 9:53 a.m. & 3:15 p.m.; Sanchez, Manolo; [Unknown person(s)]

Oval Office

• 578-1; Unknown between 8:13 a.m. & 9:05 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 578-2; Unknown between 8:13 a.m. & 9:05 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); [Unknown person(s)]
• 578-3; Unknown between 9:05 a.m. & 9:52 a.m.; Sanchez, Manolo; [Unknown person(s)]
• 578-4; 9:52 a.m. - 10:29 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Connally, John B.; Burns, Arthur F.
• 578-5; 10:33 a.m. - 11:44 a.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); Bull, Stephen B.; Friedman, Milton; Shultz, George P.; Atkins, Oliver F. ("Ollie"); Sanchez, Manolo
• 578-6; 11:44 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Ehrlichman, John D.; Magruder, William M.
• 578-7; Unknown between 12:05 p.m. & 12:07 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Butterfield, Alexander P.
• 578-8; 12:07 p.m. - 12:23 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Laird, Melvin R.; Bryant, Cunningham C. (Brig. Gen.); Hunton, Benjamin L. (Brig.); Gravely, Samuel (Rear Adm.); White House photographer
• 578-9; 12:23 p.m. - 12:32 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.; Naranjo, Michael ("White Antelope"); Underwood, Larry (Mrs.); Johnson, Donald E.
• 578-10; 12:32 p.m. - 12:32 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Bull, Stephen B.
• 578-11; Unknown between 12:46 p.m. & 1:32 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob"); White House operator; Mitchell, John N.; Sanchez, Manolo
• 578-12; Unknown between 9:05 a.m. & 9:52 a.m.; United States Secret Service agents; [Unknown person(s)]
• 578-13; Unknown between 12:32 p.m. & 12:44 p.m.; United States Secret Service agents

White House Telephone

• 10-1; Unknown between 12:59 p.m. & 1:11 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 10-2; 1:11 p.m. - 1:13 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mitchell, John N.
• 10-3; Unknown between 1:13 p.m. & 1:52 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 10-4; 1:52 p.m. - 2:02 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.
• 10-5; 7:12 p.m. - 7:12 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 10-6; Unknown between 7:12 p.m. & 7:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 10-7; Unknown between 7:12 p.m. & 7:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 10-8; Unknown between 7:12 p.m. & 7:15 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator
• 10-9; 7:15 p.m. - 7:24 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); Connally, John B.
• 10-10; Unknown between 7:24 p.m. & 7:35 p.m.; Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator

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-7048 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7048-, Childhood photos of David Eisenhower. 9/24/1971, unknown unknown. David Eisenhower.

Roll WHPO-7049 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7049-, Childhood photos of David Eisenhower. 9/24/1971, unknown unknown. David Eisenhower, unidentified man, unidentified boy.

Roll WHPO-7050 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7050-, Childhood photos of David Eisenhower. 9/24/1971, unknown unknown. David Eisenhower, unidentified man, unidentified boys.

Roll WHPO-7051 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7051-, Childhood photos of David Eisenhower. 9/24/1971, unknown unknown. David Eisenhower, unidentified boys.

Roll WHPO-7052 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7052-, Childhood photos of David Eisenhower. 9/24/1971, unknown unknown. David Eisenhower, unidentified young girl, unidentified man.

Roll WHPO-7053 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7053-, Childhood photos of David Eisenhower. 9/24/1971, unknown unknown. David Eisenhower, unidentified boys, unidentified man.

Roll WHPO-7054 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7054-, Childhood photos of David Eisenhower. 9/24/1971, unknown unknown. David Eisenhower, unidentified man.

Roll WHPO-7055 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7055-, Childhood photos of David Eisenhower. 9/24/1971, unknown unknown. David Eisenhower, unidentified man.

Roll WHPO-7056 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7056-01,03-04, Childhood photos of David Eisenhower. 9/24/1971, unknown unknown. David Eisenhower.
• Frame(s): WHPO-7056-02, Mamie Eisenhower standing in an archway. 9/24/1971, unknown unknown. Mamie Eisenhower.

Roll WHPO-7057 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7057-, Childhood photos of David Eisenhower. 9/24/1971, unknown unknown. David Eisenhower.

Roll WHPO-7058 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7058-, Childhood photos of David Eisenhower. 9/24/1971, unknown unknown. David Eisenhower, Indian man, children.

Roll WHPO-7059 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7059-, Childhood photos of David Eisenhower. 9/24/1971, unknown unknown. David Eisenhower.

Roll WHPO-7060 Photographer: unknown | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7060-, Childhood photos of David Eisenhower. 9/24/1971, Colorado and unknown Pikes Peak, unknown. David Eisenhower.

Roll WHPO-7342 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-7342-03-07, Unidentified menin front of a box of oysters from St. Mary's County, Maryland. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown. unidentified men.

Roll WHPO-7345 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-7345-04A-30A, Vice President Agnew addressing the National Security Industrial Association meeting. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. Sheraton Park Hotel. Spiro Agnew, unidentified officials, audience.

Roll WHPO-7346 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-7346-00-12, Vice President Agnew addressing the National Security Industrial Association meeting. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. Sheraton Park Hotel. Spiro Agnew, unidentified officials, audience.

Roll WHPO-7347 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-7347-05-14, Vice President Agnew standing with Lt. Gov. Schultz and other officials. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. Executive Office Building, (EOB), Vice Presidential Office. Spiro Agnew, Lt. Gov. Schultz, unidentified men.
• Frame(s): WHPO-7347-15-26, Vice President Agnew being presented with a gift from the Order of Police. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. Executive Office Building, (EOB), Vice Presidential Office. Spiro Agnew, Lt. Gov. Schultz, unidentified police officials.

Roll WHPO-7348 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-7348-09-17, Eagle decoration on a wall. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. unknown.

Roll WHPO-7349 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-7349-01A-04A, President Nixon standing with George Shultz and Milton Friedman. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, George Shultz, Milton Friedman.
• Frame(s): WHPO-7349-05A, President Nixon sitting at his Oval Office desk during a meeting with Shultz and Milton Friedman. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, George Shultz, Milton Friedman.
• Frame(s): WHPO-7349-05A-06A, President Nixon sitting at his Oval Office desk during a meeting with Shultz and Milton Friedman. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, George Shultz, Milton Friedman.

Roll WHPO-7350 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-7350-01-04, President Nixon with Rear Admiral Samuel Gravely, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Brigadier General Benjamin Hunton, Brig. Gen. Cunningham Bryant. They are not mentioned in the Presidential Daily Diary for Sept. 28, and may possibly have been present with Melvin Laird when President Nixon signed H.R. 6531, a bill amending the Military Service Act of 1967. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Samuel Gravely, Melvin Laird, Benjamin Hunton, Cunningham Bryant.
• Frame(s): WHPO-7350-03, President Nixon standing in the Oval Office with Rear Admiral Samuel Gravely, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Brigadier General Benjamin Hunton, Brig. Gen. Cunningham Bryant. They are not mentioned in the Presidential Daily Diary for Sept. 28, and may possibly have been present with Melvin Laird when President Nixon signed H.R. 6531, a bill amending the Military Service Act of 1967. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Samuel Gravely, Melvin Laird, Benjamin Hunton, Cunningham Bryant.
• Frame(s): WHPO-7350-05, President Nixon standing in the Oval Office with Rear Admiral Samuel Gravely, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Brigadier General Benjamin Hunton, Brig. Gen. Cunningham Bryant. They are not mentioned in the Presidential Daily Diary for Sept. 28, and may possibly have been present with Melvin Laird when President Nixon signed H.R. 6531, a bill amending the Military Service Act of 1967. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Samuel Gravely, Melvin Laird, Benjamin Hunton, Cunningham Bryant.
• Frame(s): WHPO-7350-08-24, President Nixon standing with Mrs. J. Willard Marriott, Inaugural Committee Chairman J. Willard Marriott, Chairman of the Executive Committee for the President's Advisory Commission on the Arts, and J. Willard Marriott, President of the Marriott Corp. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, Samuel Gravely, Melvin Laird, Benjamin Hunton, Cunningham Bryant, J. Willard Marriott, Mrs. J. Willard Marriott.

Roll WHPO-7351 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7351-02A-10A, President Nixon standing with Mrs. Alice Marriott, Chairman of the Executive Committee for the President's Advisory Commission on the Arts, Inaugural Committee Chairman and President of the Marriott Corp. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, J. Willard Marriott, Mrs. Alice Marriott.
• Frame(s): WHPO-7351-11, President Nixon standing with Mrs. Alice Marriott and Mr. J. Willard Marriott. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Cabinet Room. President Nixon, J. Willard Marriott, Mrs. Alice Marriott.

Roll WHPO-7352 Photographer: Knudsen, Robert L. | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-7352-02-07, Pat Nixon arriving at the Capitol to attend a luncheon honoring Senator Allen Ellender's birthday. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. Capitol. Pat Nixon, Allen Ellender, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-7352-07, Pat Nixon arriving at the Capitol to attend a luncheon honoring Senator Allen Ellender's birthday. Ellender and Pat Nixon stand near a doorway holding a large Happy Birthday note. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. Capitol. Pat Nixon, Allen Ellender, unidentified persons.
• Frame(s): WHPO-7352-08-31, Pat Nixon attending a luncheon honoring Senator Allen Ellender's birthday. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. Capitol. Pat Nixon, Allen Ellender, unidentified persons.

Roll WHPO-7353 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-7353-01A-06A, President Nixon receiving a sculpture entitled "Dance of the Eagle" from blind American Indian artist sculptor Michael Naranjo, who was blinded in Vietnam in 1968. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Michael Naranjo.

Roll WHPO-7354 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-7354-04-10, President Nixon receiving a sculpture entitled "Dance of the Eagle" from blind American Indian artist sculptor Michael Naranjo, who was blinded in Vietnam in 1968. 9/24/1971, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Michael Naranjo.

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-4681
  "President Nixon Speaking at Detroit's Economic Club".
  CBS
  Runtime: 01:06:32
• WHCA-4682
  "Martin Agronsky: Evening Edition". Johnny Carson.
  NBC
  Runtime: 00:29:57

• LIFE magazine of September 24, 1971

• New York Times of September 24, 1971

• AP Images photos from September 24, 1971
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The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. They have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968.

• September 1971 Broadcast Index

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