[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62856-62857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26165]


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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 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 the Agency has identified, inventoried, and 
prepared for public access additional textual materials and sound 
recordings from among the Nixon Presidential Historical Materials. 
Furthermore, in response to the July 29, 2011, court order in the case 
of In Re Petition of Stanley Kutler, et al., the National Archives and 
Records Administration (NARA) will be separately opening the transcript 
of President Richard M. Nixon's grand jury testimony of June 23-24, 
1975, and associated materials from Record Group 460, Records of the 
Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF); with certain information 
redacted as required by law, including the PRMPA. The materials 
associated with President Nixon's grand jury testimony include segments 
of five transcripts of Nixon White House taped conversations recorded 
in May 1971, October 1971 and April 1973 that were previously withheld 
under the PRMPA when the WSPF transcripts were released in June 1991. 
Those segments, which no longer need to be withheld, will also be 
released on November 10, 2011 at the National Archives at College Park, 
Maryland, as well as at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California.

DATES: The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum intends to 
make the materials described in this notice available to the public on 
Thursday, November 10, 2011, at the Richard Nixon Library and Museum's 
primary location in Yorba Linda, California, beginning at 9 a.m. 
P.S.T./12 p.m. E.S.T. 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 Nixon Presidential Historical 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. The formerly redacted segments of the WSPF tape transcripts 
associated with the grand jury testimony of President Nixon will be 
made available to the public in the research room of the National 
Archives at College Park, located at 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, 
Maryland, beginning at 12 p.m. E.S.T.

ADDRESSES: The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, a 
division of the National Archives, is located at 18001 Yorba Linda 
Boulevard., Yorba Linda, California. The National Archives at College 
Park is located at 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, Maryland. 
Researchers must have a NARA researcher card, which they may obtain 
when they arrive at either facility. Selections from the materials 
described in paragraphs 1 through 5 of this notice will be available at 
http://www.nixonlibrary.gov. The transcript of President Nixon's grand 
jury testimony and associated materials, which include the formerly 
redacted segments of the WSPF tape transcripts, will be available at 
http://www.archives.gov. Petitions asserting a legal or constitutional 
right or privilege that would prevent or limit public access to Nixon 
Presidential Historical Materials must be sent to the Archivist of the 
United States, National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road., 
College Park, Maryland 20740-6001.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 
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Act (36 CFR part 1275), NARA has identified, inventoried, and prepared 
for public access additional textual materials and sound recordings 
from among the Nixon Presidential Historical Materials.
    The following materials will be made available in accordance with 
this notice:
    1. Previously restricted textual materials. Volume: 1 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 (Public Access 
regulations). The materials are from integral file segments for the 
National Security Council (NSC Files and NSC Institutional Files); the 
Henry A. Kissinger (HAK) Office Files, including HAK telephone 
conversation transcripts; White House Special Files, Staff Member and 
Office Files, John D. Ehrlichman; and White House Central Files, Staff 
Member and Office Files, Anne L. Armstrong.
    2. White House Central Files, Staff Member and Office Files. 
Volume: 18 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: Kenneth Cole (Accretion).
    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: Burroughs, U-Z; Silberman, 
Laurence.
    4. White House Special Files, Staff Member and Office Files. 
Volume: <60 minutes of audio recordings from the following collections: 
President's Personal File (PPF).
    5. Record Group 460, Records of the Watergate Special Prosecution 
Force (WSPF). Volume: <1 cubic foot. The segments of five transcripts 
of White House taped conversations from 1971 and 1973, which are part 
of the materials associated with President Richard M. Nixon's June 23-
24, 1975 grand jury testimony, were formerly redacted as required by 
law, including the PRMPA.

    Dated: October 5, 2011.
David Ferriero,
Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 2011-26165 Filed 10-7-11; 8:45 am]
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