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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box 94

 Container

Contains 26 Results:

"Come on in - the water's filthy!", 1971-06-21

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 1
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A man, representing the United States Supreme Court, dives into a Jackson, Mississippi swimming pool. The pool is filled with dirty water labeled "Racism."

Dates: 1971-06-21

"I am suddenly aware of the reason for our 20-year lack of interest!", 1971-06-24

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 2
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A wide variety of goods labeled "Red China" are being unloaded from a ship. The men unloading the goods express disinterest in the items.

Dates: 1971-06-24

"Mr. Clifford, the President says he'll cover that and raise you 100,000 men…", 1969-06-25

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 3
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Former United States Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford sits at a table in front of a Vietnam board game. Nearby a man holding a telephone tells him that President Richard Nixon says he'll cover that and raise him 100,000 men."

Dates: 1969-06-25

"You might call this my opening statement…", 1971-07-06

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 4
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President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu stands in front of an open jail cell labeled "The Opposition" and gives a campaign speech.

Dates: 1971-07-06

"Paris Ping Pong", 1971-07-08

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 5
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The United States and North Vietnam play a game of ping pong using prisoners of war (POWs) as the ball.

Dates: 1971-07-08

"We'll have to quit - all the ammunition is gone!", 1971-07-13

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 6
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A group of United States military officers stand in front of large cannon. The open up the box of ammunition, labeled "draftees," and discover it is empty.

Dates: 1971-07-13

"…But enough about my oponent. Consider now my qualifications…", 1971-07-15

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 7
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Vice President of South Vietnam and 1971 Presidential candidate Nguyễn Cao Kỳ denounces his oponent President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu while standing on a stage wearing a halo and wings. Thiệu stands in shadow behind him with horns on his head.

Dates: 1971-07-15

"That stuffed dummy is another of our funny little hoaxes - actually, there is no such thing as William F. Buckley Jr.!", 1971-07-22

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 8
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Two men stand outside the publisher's office at the National Review. Inside is a stuffed dummy of William F. Buckley Jr. On the floor next to him is a newspaper with the headline, "'Secret Papers' in Nat. Review a hoax, Buckley admits."

Dates: 1971-07-22

"That’s the last time I say 'coo' around here!", 1971-07-27

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 9
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A dove carrying an olive branch labeled "Mid-East Peace" stands in front of a wall riddled with bullet holes.

Dates: 1971-07-27

"Now, if you just sit down, we'll discuss my aid demands…", 1971-07-29

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 10
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A man labeled "Junta," sits on top of a man representing Greece and addresses United States President Richard Nixon.

Dates: 1971-07-29

"Put him in a strait jacket? Never! I'll speak to him firmly, myself!", 1971-08-05

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 11
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United States President Richard Nixon holds off three men carrying a net and a strait jacket as a large man labeled "Wages-Prices" tears down a building behind him.

Dates: 1971-08-05

Cheap dollars, 1971-08-09

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 12
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Three men stand on a street corner selling dollars, one for 3.42 German marks each, one for 2.41 British pounds each, and one for an unspecific number of French francs.

Dates: 1971-08-09

"…So in view of all of this, sir, we would like to request more funds to…sir?", 1971-08-09

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 13
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Officers from different branches of the United States military make a presentation comparing military power in the United States and the Soviet Union, and then ask for increased funding. The solitary man watching the presentation is asleep.

Dates: 1971-08-09

[U.S.S.R, U.S., China, and Japan], 1971-08-11

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 14
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General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev peers inside the head of United States President Richard Nixon. Nixon peers inside the head of China and China looks inside the head of Japan.

Dates: 1971-08-11

"Let's hear three rousing cheers of welcome for Mr. Lindsay…", 1971-08-12

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 15
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A group of sleepy men in armchairs at the Democrat Club raise glasses or empty hands in an unenthusiastic toast to arriving Mayor of New York John Lindsay. Lindsay switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party in 1971.

Dates: 1971-08-12

South Vietnam Elections, 1971-08-15

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 16
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President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu crouches on top of a large, locked box labeled South Vietnam Elections holding a club. Vice President of South Vietnam and 1971 Presidential candidate Nguyễn Cao Kỳ tiptoes around the side of the box holding a key.

Dates: 1971-08-15

"I was just tryin' to help…", 1971-08-16

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 17
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Governor of Alabama George Wallace holds a broom and United States President Richard Nixon lies on the ground surrounded by broken dishes representing the "Southern Strategy."

Dates: 1971-08-16

"Self-immolation", 1971-08-18

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 18
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A man, representing Northern Ireland, sits on the ground covered in flames. Next to him is a gas can labeled "bigotry."

Dates: 1971-08-18

Incoming Only, 1971-08-23

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 19
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A group of German men peer through a hole in the Berlin Wall. Two signs appear; one that reads "Velkom to East Berlin," and another that reads "Incoming Only." A man holding a bag and a suitcase attempts to leave East Berlin through the hole, but it stopped by an armed guard.

Dates: 1971-08-23

"This is shameful! You've committed the one unforgivable sin - you were caught!!", 1971-08-24

 Item — Box: 94, Folder: 20
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Uncle Sam, representing the United States, chastises President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, who is sitting on his lap. Uncle Sam holds a newspaper with the headline "Thieu Plan to Rig Votes Revealed."

Dates: 1971-08-24