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Mindy Farmer Education Specialist Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

 Image from Scholastic “Teachers Upfront,”

 Succeeds Gamal Abdel Nassar as Egyptian President,October 15, 1970  Anwar Sadat at Camp David, 09/09/1978

 President Nixon, Henry Kissinger and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, meeting in the Oval Office, 03/01/1973  Elected Prime Minister of Israel, March 17, 1969

 Sworn in as Secretary of State, September 22, 1973

 Made Chief of Staff on May 1, 1973  Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, President Nixon, Rep. Gerald Ford, and White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig meet in the Oval Office regarding Ford's upcoming appointment to Vice-President.

 General Secretary of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R.,

First Watergate Break In May 28, 1972 Second Watergate Break In June 17, 1972 Check Links the White House to the Watergate Burglary August 1, 1972

“Cancer on the Presidency” Conversation March 21, 1973 Top Nixon advisors resign April 30, 1973 Existence of Taping System Revealed July 13, 1973

 First Day of ConflictDocuments: HAK Telecon with AH HAK Telecon with RN Top Secret News Flash

 Israel suffers serious losses. Documents: HAK telecon with RN

 Vice President Spiro Agnew Resigns

 U.S.S.R. support for Arab nations evident Documents: Memo for HAK from William B. Quandt

 Key, secret meeting with Arab Officials Documents: Memorandum of Conversation

 Arab Nations declare an embargo against oil exports to the United States.

In what the press dubs the “Saturday Night Massacre,” both Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus resign rather than follow President Nixon order to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Ultimately, Acting Attorney General Robert Bork fires Cox.

 The United Nations adopts Resolution 338, which calls for a cease-fire.  Despite the cease- fire, fighting persist.  Documents: HAK Telecon with AH

 While the fighting ends, a letter from Brezhnev causes a new crisis. The U.S. military is placed on high alert.  Documents: HAK telecon with RN

 Despite the end of the conflict abroad, the conflict at home rages.  Documents: News conference