4 November 2010

National Archives to Open More Nixon Tapes

http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-28053_PI.pdf

[FR Doc. 2010-28053 Filed 11/04/2010 at 8:45 am; Publication Date: 11/05/2010]

Billing Code: 7515-01U

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 approximately 265 hours of Nixon White
House tape recordings and additional textual materials 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, December 9, 2010
at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum’s primary location in Yorba
Linda, CA, beginning at 9:00 a.m. (PDT). The newly released Nixon White House tapes
will also be available on the Web at http://www.nixonlibrary.gov at the same time (9:00
a.m. PDT; Noon, EDT). 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 within 30 days of the publication of this notice. These claims should be sent
to the Office of the Archivist of the United States, National Archives at College Park,
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 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. NARA’s Nixon Library is proposing to open approximately 1802
conversations which were recorded between February and early April 1973. These
conversations total approximately 265 hours of listening time. This is the fourteenth
opening of Nixon White House tapes since 1980. There are no transcripts for these tapes.
Tape subject logs, prepared by the Nixon Library, are offered for public access as a
finding aid to the tape segments and a guide for the listener. There is a separate tape log
entry for each conversation. Each tape log entry includes the names of participants; date
and inclusive times of each conversation; location of the conversation; and an outline of
the content of the conversation. Listening stations will be available on a first come, first
served basis at the Library in Yorba Linda. The newly released tapes will also be
available on December 9 on the Web at http://www.nixonlibrary.gov . The Nixon Library
reserves the right to limit listening time in response to heavy demand.

2. Previously restricted textual materials. Volume: 0.8 cubic foot. 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 13526, the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552), 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);
National Security Council Institutional Files; and the Henry A. Kissinger (HAK) Office
Files, including HAK telephone conversation transcripts.

3. White House Central Files, Staff Member and Office Files. Volume: 56
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 groups will be made available: Sanford Fox, Bryce Harlow (accretion)
and Lawrence Higby.

4. White House Central Files, Name Files: Volume: 0.2 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 File folder will be made available: Glass, R.; Richey,
A-C; Whiting, A-C.

Dated: October 29, 2010

DAVID S. FERRIERO,
Archivist of the United States.