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Richard Nixon Presidential Daily Diary/1969/November/24

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Richard Nixon Presidential Daily Diary (1969)
November 24, 1969
3596456Richard Nixon Presidential Daily Diary — November 24, 19691969

The White House
President Richard Nixon's Daily Diary
(See Travel Record for Travel Activity)
Place Day Began Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) 
NOVEMBER 24, 1969
THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C. TIMEDAY
12:16 amMONDAY
Time

Phone
P=Placed
R=Received

Activity
In Out Lo LD
12:16 12:30 P
The President talked with David Eisenhower.
8:27 9:48
The President had breakfast in the Family Dining Room with Senator J. William Fulbright.
9:48
The President went to his office. Senator J. William Fulbright departed.
9:49 10:16
The President met with his Assistant Henry A. Kissinger.
10:32 10:54
The President went to the East Room for a Medal of Honor Ceremony. For a list of those in attendance, see APPENDIX "A".
10:54
The President returned to his office.
11:08 11:47
The President signed the Instrument of Ratification of the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Those present were:
William P. Rogers, Secretary of State
Melvin R. Laird, Secretary of Defense
11:08 11:20
Members of the Press
11:47 11:50
The President met with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
11:50 12:18
The President met with:
John D. Ehrlichman, Assistant
Charles B. Wilkinson, Special Assistant
12:01 12:02 P
The President talked with his Personal Secretary, Rose Mary Woods.
12:20 12:31
The President met with:
Ronald L. Ziegler, Press Secretary
Merriman Smith, Newspaper Columnist, U.P.I.
2:54 3:03
The President met with Robert Neumann, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan.
The White House
President Richard Nixon's Daily Diary
(See Travel Record for Travel Activity)
Place Day Began Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) 
NOVEMBER 24, 1969
THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C. TIMEDAY
3:03 pmMONDAY
Time

Phone
P=Placed
R=Received

Activity
In Out Lo LD
3:03 3:05
The President went to his E.O.B. office accompanied by his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
The President met with:
3:05 4:20
H. R. Haldeman, Assistant
3:45 4:20
John D. Ehrlichman, Assistant
3:55 4:20
Robert P. Mayo, Director, BOB
The President met with:
4:21 4:45
Otto Passman, Congresman
4:21 4:45
William E. Timmons, Deputy Assistant
4:24 4:28
White House Photographers
4:46 4:47 P
The President talked with his Special Assistant, Dwight L. Chapin.
4:49 P
The President telephoned his Assistant, Henry A. Kissinger. The call was not completed.
4:50 4:51 P
The President talked with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
4:53 4:54 P
The President talked with his Personal Secretary, Rose Mary Woods.
5:01 5:19 P
The President talked with his Counsellor, Bryce N. Harlow.
5:25
The President went to his White House office.
5:46 5:48 P
The President talked long distance with the Apollo 12 astronauts on board the USS Hornet.[1]
Captain Charles Conrad, Jr.
Captain Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
Captain Allan L. Bean
Members of the Press were present.
6:32
The President went to the Residence.
6:45
The President had dinner with:
The First Lady
Julie Eisenhower
Patricia Nixon
  1. Live Television from the President's office.
The White House
President Richard Nixon's Daily Diary
(See Travel Record for Travel Activity)
Place Day Began Date (Mo. Day. Yr.) 
NOVEMBER 24, 1969
THE WHITE HOUSE - WASHINGTON, D. C. TIMEDAY
7:32 pmMONDAY
Time

Phone
P=Placed
R=Received

Activity
In Out Lo LD
7:32 7:33 P
The President talked with his Assistant, Henry A. Kissinger.
7:36 P
The President telephoned Mrs. Karl Mundt. The call was not completed.
7:41 7:45 P
The President talked with Mrs. Karl Mundt.
7:46 7:57 P
The President talked with Senator Gordon Allott.
8:29 8:34 P
The President talked with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
9:00
The President went to his office.
9:02 9:03 P
The President talked with his Assistant, H. R. Haldeman.
9:20 10:55
The President went to the bowling alley.
10:55
The President went to the Residence.

APPENDIX 'A'

Medal of Honor Ceremony, November 24, 1969


Sergeant Webster Anderson and family

Staff Sergeant Nicky D. Bacon and family

Staff Sergeant Paul R. Lambers and family


Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird

Secretary of the Army Stanley Resor

General William Westmoreland

Colonel William Bagnall

Lt. Col. Frank Hart

Major Paul Miles


Senator Ernest F. Hollings

Senator Strom Thurmond

Senator Robert W. Packwood


Congressman Al Ullman

Congressman Edward Hutchison

Congressman L. Mendel Rivers


and other invited guests