[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68384-68385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28053]


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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 
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 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 
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 1,802 
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

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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.
[FR Doc. 2010-28053 Filed 11-4-10; 8:45 am]
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