2 June 2010

[Federal Register: June 2, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 105)]
[Notices]               
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

 
Nixon Presidential Historical Materials: Opening of Materials

AGENCY: National Archives and Records Administration.

ACTION: Notice of opening of additional materials.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the opening of additional Nixon 
Presidential Historical Materials by the Richard Nixon Presidential 
Library and Museum, a division of the National Archives and Records 
Administration. Notice is hereby given that, in accordance with section 
104 of Title I of the Presidential Recordings and Materials 
Preservation Act (PRMPA, 44 U.S.C. 2111 note) and 1275.42(b) of the 
PRMPA Regulations implementing the Act (36 CFR part 1275), the Agency 
has identified, inventoried, and prepared for public access additional 
textual materials and sound recordings from among the Nixon 
Presidential Historical Materials.

DATES: The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum intends to 
make the materials described in this notice available to the public on 
Thursday, July 1, 2010 at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and 
Museum in Yorba Linda, CA, beginning at 9 a.m. (PDT). In accordance 
with 36 CFR 1275.44, any person who believes it necessary to file a 
claim of legal right or privilege concerning access to these materials 
must notify the Archivist of the United States in writing of the 
claimed right, privilege, or defense by July 2, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, a 
division of the National Archives, is located at 18001 Yorba Linda 
Blvd., Yorba Linda, CA. Researchers must have a NARA researcher card, 
which they may obtain when they arrive at the facility. Petitions 
asserting a legal or constitutional right or privilege that would 
prevent or limit public access to the materials must be sent to the 
Archivist of the United States, National Archives at College Park, 8601 
Adelphi Rd., College Park, Maryland 20740-6001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Naftali, Director, Richard 
Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, 714-983-9120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following materials will be made 
available in accordance with this notice:
    1. Previously restricted textual materials. Volume: 3 cubic feet. A 
number of textual materials previously withheld from public access have 
been reviewed for release and/or declassified under the systematic 
declassification review provisions and under the mandatory review 
provisions of Executive Order 12958, as amended; Executive Order 13526; 
or in accordance with 36 CFR 1275.56 (Public Access regulations). The 
materials are from integral file segments for the White House Special 
Files, Staff Member and Office Files; National Security Council (NSC 
Files); the Henry A. Kissinger (HAK) Office Files; and the Henry 
Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts.
    2. White House Central Files, Staff Member and Office Files. 
Volume: 37.5 cubic feet. The White House Central Files Unit was a 
permanent organization within the White House complex that maintained a 
central filing and retrieval system for the records of the President 
and his staff. The Staff Member and Office Files consist of materials 
that were transferred to the Central Files but were not incorporated 
into the Subject Files. The following file group will be

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made available: Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
    3. White House Central Files, Name Files: Volume: 1 cubic foot. The 
Name Files were used for routine materials filed alphabetically by the 
name of the correspondent; copies of documents in the Name Files were 
usually filed by subject in the Subject Files. The following Name Files 
folders will be made available: Block, H; Chaplin, A-C; Conrad, P; 
Copl; Dad; Heller, J.; Kese; Lennon, F-K; Mazo, Earl; Ono; Rockwell, L-
P; Simpson, J.; Simpson, JE; Simpson, Jan; Stau; Thompson, Howard; 
Trud; Wyeth.
    4. White House Communications Agency Sound Recordings. Volume: 5.25 
hours. The White House Communications Agency (WHCA) was a permanent 
organization within the White House Military Office responsible for 
preparing audio, motion picture, film, and photographic records of 
White House events. The WHCA Sound Recordings record the public 
utterances of President Nixon as well as selected speeches and remarks 
by other members of the Nixon Administration. A number of WHCA Sound 
Recordings from the Summer Intern Briefings from (Nixon) White House 
Staff series have been reviewed for release in accordance with 36 CFR 
1275.56 (Public Access regulations):

Rita Hauser/Pat Hitt/Sallyanne Payton (July 31, 1972)
Earl Mazo (August 6, 1972)
Donald Rumsfeld (August 3, 1971)
Herbert Stein (August 4, 1972)

    Dated: May 26, 2010.
David Ferriero,
Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 2010-13246 Filed 6-1-10; 8:45 am]
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