[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 31400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12622]


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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 with certain information redacted as required by law, 
including the PRMPA.

DATES: The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum intends to 
make the materials described in this notice available to the public on 
Tuesday, June 26, 2012, at the Richard Nixon Library and Museum's 
primary location in Yorba Linda, CA, beginning at 9:30 a.m. PDT/12:30 
p.m. 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.

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 Library. Selections from 
these materials will be available at www.nixonlibrary.gov. 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: Paul Wormser, Acting Director, Richard 
Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, 714-983-9119.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following materials will be made 
available in accordance with this notice:
    1. Previously restricted textual materials. Volume: 14 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 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 
National Security Council (NSC Files and NSC Institutional Files); the 
Henry A. Kissinger (HAK) Office Files, including HAK telephone 
conversation transcripts, along with the White House Central Files: 
Staff Member and Office Files, Anne Armstrong; and White House Central 
Files: Subject Files, Confidential Files, FG 6-11-1/Peter Flanigan.
    2. White House Central Files, Staff Member and Office Files. 
Volume: 67 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: First Lady's Press Office.
    3. White House Central Files, Name Files: Volume: 2 cubic feet. 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: A-Abbot, B; Wilcox, J.; Thimmesch, 
Nick; Hoffer; Rozell; Johnson, Lyndon B. Mr. & Mrs.
    4. Sub-Cabinet MUG File: Volume 1 cubic foot. A collection of 8x10 
photographic prints collected from Federal government departments and 
agencies during the Richard Nixon Administration, depicting 
presidential sub-cabinet personnel. These materials were collected by 
the Office of Presidential Papers and Archives (OPPA) to assist in the 
identification of individuals. OPPA Staff Director, Jack Nesbitt 
collected the photographs.

    Dated: May 16, 2012.
David Ferriero,
Archivist of the United States.
[FR Doc. 2012-12622 Filed 5-24-12; 8:45 am]
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