Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1969-1972
61. Memorandum From President Nixon to His Assistant (Haldeman), His Assistant for Domestic Affairs (Ehrlichman), and His Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 341, Subject Files, HAK/President Memos 1969-1970. Eyes Only.
63. Letter From President Nixon to President Chiang
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S Files: Lot 72 D 230, Presidential and Secretary of State Correspondence with Heads of State, 1961-1971, Box 18, China (Nationalist). Nodis. Also printed in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, China, 1969–1972.
64. Memorandum From President Nixon to His Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 341, Subject Files, HAK/President Memos 1969-1970. Confidential. Also scheduled for publication in Foreign Relations, 1969–1976, Southeast Asia, 1969–1972.
65. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 340, Subject Files, Stanford University, May 1970. No classification marking. Drafted by David Young of Kissinger’s office and initialed by Kissinger. The meeting was held in the Situation Room of the White House.
66. Memorandum for the President’s File
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, President’s Office Files, Box 81, Memoranda for the President, May 3, 1970. No classification marking. Drafted and sent to the President by Edward L. Morgan, Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs.
67. Interview With President Nixon
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1970, pp. 546-549. The interview, conducted by Howard K. Smith of ABC, John Chancellor of NBC, and Eric Sevareid of CBS, was broadcast live at 7 p.m. on television and radio from an ABC studio in Los Angeles. The interview focused primarily on the fighting in Southeast Asia and, to a lesser extent, on U.S. policy in the Middle East.
68. Press Conference by President Nixon
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1970, pp. 626-635. The press conference was held at 8 p.m. in the Century Plaza Hotel and was broadcast on television and radio.
69. Background Press Briefing by the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 426, Subject File, Background Briefings, July-August 1970. No classification marking. Herbert Klein, White House Director of Communications, introduced Kissinger and Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Sisco and explained the rules governing a background briefing. Kissinger and Sisco conducted the briefing.
70. Message From President Nixon to the Congress
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1970, pp. 745-756. President Nixon signed the message for transmittal to Congress in a ceremony in his office attended by the members of the Presidential Task Force on International Development.
71. Off-the-Record Remarks by President Nixon
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 426, Subject File, Background Briefings, September-October 1970. No classification marking. The President spoke from 4:47 to 5:25 p.m. in the Embassy Room of the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. He addressed 60 editors and broadcasters from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. (National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Central Files, Staff Members and Office Files, Office of Presidential Papers and Archives, Daily Diary)
72. Background Press Briefing by the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 426, Subject File, Background Briefings, September-October 1970. No classification marking. The briefing took place from 7:10 to 7:45 p.m. local time.
73. Statement by President Nixon to the Press
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1970, pp. 804-809. The President spoke at 6:35 p.m. at a reception given for the press in Dromoland Castle. His purpose, indicated in his opening remarks, was to summarize the European trip he was concluding.
74. Memorandum for the President’s File by the President’s Special Assistant (Keogh)
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, White House Special Files, Box 82, President’s Office Files, Memoranda for the President, August 16-October 25, 1970. No classification marking.
76. Statement by Secretary of State Rogers Before the Senate Finance Committee
Source: Trade Act of 1970: Amendments 925 and 1009 to H.R. 17550, Social Security Amendments of 1970: Hearings and Informal Proceedings Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-First Congress, Second Session (Washington, 1971), pp. 266-269.
77. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 71, Kissinger Office Files, Country Files, Europe, USSR, Gromyko 1970. Top Secret; Sensitive. The conversation was held in the Oval Office of the White House.
78. Address by President Nixon to the United Nations General Assembly
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1970, pp. 926-932. The President spoke at 3:55 p.m. at the UN Headquarters. His address was broadcast live on television and radio.
80. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 269, Memoranda of Conversation, 1968-1977, Chronological File. No classification marking. Prepared by David Young of Kissinger’s office. The interview was conducted by Time magazine correspondents at the Washington offices of the magazine.
84. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon
Source: National Security Council, NSC Meetings File, February 11, 1971, Annual Review. Confidential. Sent for information. The first page of the memorandum is stamped: “The President Has Seen …”. In the section of the memorandum not printed here, Kissinger noted: “We have stressed throughout your wish that the report be a substantial and thoughtful presentation of the main strands of this Administration’s foreign policy.” Reference is to the administration’s second annual report on foreign policy; see Document 85.
85. Radio Address by President Nixon
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1971, pp. 213-214. The address coincided with the submission to Congress of the Nixon administration’s second annual comprehensive report on the conduct of U.S. foreign policy. The President spoke at 11 a.m. from the White House. The text of the report is ibid., pp. 219-345.
86. Interview With the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)
Source: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Kissinger Papers, Box CL 426, Subject File, Background Briefings, December 1970-December 1971. No classification marking. The interview took place on CBS Morning News. Interviewers included John Hart, Marvin Kalb, and Bernard Kalb.
87. Address by President Nixon
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1971, pp. 428-430. The President spoke at the graduation exercises of the Naval Officer Candidate School.
89. Special Message by President Nixon to the Congress
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard Nixon, 1971, pp. 564-567.