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1 INVENTORY OF WATERGATE, NIXON IMPEACHMENT, FORD CONFIRMATION, ROCKEFELLER CONFIRMATION, RELATED CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS, AND OTHER PAPERS, IN SIX BOXES CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS V r t~ E-/2-- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS Expenditure of Federal Funds in Support ofpresidential Proprties. Hearings. October Expenditure of Federal Funds in Support ofpresidential Properties. Fifteenth Report of the Committee. House Report No May COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY Spec'ial Prosecutor and Watergate Grand Jury Legislation. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. October and November Investigatory Powers of the Committee on the Judiciary with Respect to Its Impeaclunent Inquiry. Report to accompany H. Res House Report No February The Impeaclunent Inquiry: What It Means. House Committee Print. March The Impeaclunent Inquiry: Its Meaning. House Committee Print. March Impeaclunent Inquiry Procedures. May Procedures for Handling Impeaclunent Inquiry Material. House Committee Print. February Statement of Information (26 volumes, including appendices; 12,419 pages). [Each volume of Books I-X carries a rubber stamp on the front cover: "NOT FOR RELEASE UNTIL "(with different dates for different volumes)]. Book I: Events Prior to the Watergate Break-in. 271 pages Book II: Events Following the Watergate Break-in, June 17, 1972-February 9, ' j

2 :..;; 2 Book III- Parts 1-2: Events Following the Watergate Break-in, June 20, March 22, volumes, 1281 Book IV- Parts 1-3: Events Following the Watergate Break-In, March 22, April30, volumes, 1659 Book V-Parts 1-2: Department of Justice Litigation- Nomination Hearings. 2 volumes, 980 Richard Kleindienst Book VI- Parts 1-2: Political Contributions by Milk Producers Cooperatives: The 1971 Milk Price Support Decision. 2 volumes, 984 Book VII- Parts 1-4: White House Surveillance Activities and Campaign Activities. 4 volumes, 2090 Book VIII: Internal Revenue Service. 440 Book IX-Parts 1-2: Watergate Special Prosecutors and Judiciary Committee's Impeachment Inquiry. 2 volumes, 1069 Book X: Tax Deduction for Gift of Papers. 552 Book XI: Bombing of Cambodia. 599 Book XII: Impoundment of Funds and Government Expenditures on President Nixon's Private Properties at San Clemente and Key Biscayne. 187 Appendix: Political Matters Memoranda, August 13, 1971-September 18, Appendix I: Presidential Statements on the Watergate Break-In and Its Investigation. 110 Appendix II: Papers in Criminal Cases Initiated by the Watergate Special Prosecution Force. 381 Appendix III: Supplementary Documents: White House Edited Transcripts (April4, 1972, March 22, 1973, June 23, 1972); John Ehrlichman Handwritten Notes; Affidavit of Bruce A. Kehrli. 271 Appendix IV: Political Matters Memoranda, August 13, 1971-September 18, Statement oflilformation: Background Memorandum. White House Staff and President Nixon's Campaign Organizations. May-June

3 3 Statement of Information Submitted on Behalf of President Nixon ( 4 volumes; 892 pages). [Each volume carries a rubber stamp on the front cover: "NOT FOR RELEASE UNTIL "(with different dates for different volumes)]. Book I: Events Following the Watergate Break-In. 242 Book II: Department of Justice-ITT Litigation. 208 Book III: Political Contributions by Milk Producers Cooperatives: The 1971 Milk Pricet Support Decision. 217 Book IV: White House Surveillance Activities. 225 Submission of Recorded Presidential Conversations to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives by President Richard Nixon, April 30, Comparison of White House and Judiciary Committee Transcripts of Eight Recorded Presidential Conversations. 63 Brief on Behalf of the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, to the Committee on the Judiciary, Ninety-Third Congress, United States House of Representatives, July 19, , Office of the Special Counsel to the President. 151 Transcript of Eight Recorded Presidential Conversations. 218 Testimony ofwitnesses- Book I. January 31-May 15, Testimony ofwitnesses-book II. May 16-June 19, Testimony of Witnesses- Book III. Henry E. Peterson, Charles W. Colson, and Herbert W. Kalmbach; July 12, 15, 16, 17, Testimony of Witnesses-Book I. Alexander Butterfield, Paul O'Brien, and Fred C. LaRue. July Testimony of Witnesses- Book II. William 0. Bittman, John N. Mitchell, and John W. Dean III. July Summary of Information. July Minority Memorandum on Facts and Law. July Brief on Behalf of the President of the United States. July Legal Materials on Impeachment. House Committee Print of the Special Subcommittee on H. Res August

4 4 Impeachment: Selected Materials. House Committee Print. October Impeachment: Selected Materials on Procedure. House Committee Print. January Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment. House Committee Report. February Debate on Articles of Impeachment. Hearings. July Impeachment Inquiry. Book III. June-July Impeachment of Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States. Report. House Report No August pages Errata. 23 Application ofthe Twenty-Fifth Amendment to Vacancies in the Office ofthe Vice President: Legislative History. House Committee Print. November Nomination of Gerald. R. Ford to be the Vice President of the United States. Hearings. November Confirmation of Gerald R. Ford as Vice President of the United States. Committee Print. November Nomination of Nelson A. Rockefeller to be Vice President of the United States. Hearings. November-December Selected Issues and the Positions of Nelson A. Rockefeller, Nominee for Vice President ofthe United States: An Analysis. House Committee Print. November Analysis of the Philosophy and Public Record of Nelson A. Rockefeller, Nominee for Vice President of the United States. House Committee Print. October Debate on the Nomination ofnelson A. Rockefeller to be Vice President of the United States. Committee Meeting. House Committee Print. December Confirmation ofnelson A. Rockefeller as Vice President of the United States. Report Accompanying H. Res House Report No December Pardon of Richard M. Nixon, anq Related Matters. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. September and October

5 5 Typescript documents: Memorandum: Presentation Procedures for the Impeachment Inquiry. April 3, Memorandum: Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas. April11, Presidential Statements on the Watergate Break-In and Its Investigation. May Background Information: White House Staff and President's Nixon Campaign Organizations. May 14, pages Memorandum: Report on Impoundment of Funds. June 12, Comparison ofpassages from "Transcripts of Eight Recorded Presidential Conversations" and "Submission of Recorded Presidential Conversations." July Memorandum: Report on Government Expenditures Made on President Nixon's Private Properties at San Clemente and Key Biscayne. July 19, An Analysis of the Constitutional Standard for Presidential Impeachment, by James D. St. Clair, et., al., Attorneys for the President. 61 An Analysis of the Scope of an Article of Impeachment, by James D. St. Clair, et. al., Attorneys for the President typescript transcripts of presidential recordings. 767 Draft of committee report on the Rockefeller nomination. December 16, Draft and final draft of minority views on the Rockefeller nomination. December 16-17, Documents prepared for use during committee consideration of articles of impeachment. Manuscript: committee staff document on Nelson Rockefeller as nominee to be Vice President. November 18, In three-inch notebook. [Note: this document was prepared for internal committee use and contains no indication that the committee had approved any distribution to or use by others.] Manuscript of what may have been an early draft of the committee's final report to accompany its impeachment resolution. In three-inch notebook. [Note: there is no

6 /. 6 indication that the committee ever approved public distribution or release of this document.] Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment. Text of committee document published by Public Affairs Press, Washington DC. 62 SENATE Procedure and Guidelines for Impeachment Trials in the United States Senate. Senate Document No August SELECT COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES Presidential Campaign Activities of Senate Resolution 60. Books 1-26, 12,966 pages Book 1: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. May Book 2: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. June Book 3: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. June Book 4: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. June and July 1973 Book 5: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. July Book 6: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation: July Book 7: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. July Book 8: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. July and August Book 9: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. August and September Book 10: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase II. Campaign Practices. September and October 1973.

7 7 Book 11: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase II: Campaign Practices. October Book 12: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase II: Campaign Practices. November Book 13: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase III: Campaign Financing. November Book 14: Executive Session Hearings: Watergate and Related Activities. Milk Fund Investigation. November and December Book 15: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Milk Fund Investigation. December Book 16: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Milk Fund Investigation. January, February, and March Book 17: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Milk Fund Investigation. March, April, May, and June Book 18: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Use of Incumbency- Responsiveness Program Book 19: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Use oflncumbency- Responsiveness Program (Additional Documents) Book 20: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. The Hughes-Rebozo Investigation, and Related Matters. July, September, and December Book 21: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. The Hughes-Rebozo Investigation, and Related Matters. February-March Book 22: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. The Hughes-Rebozo Investigation and Related Matters. March-April Book 23: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. The Hughes-Rebozo Investigation, and Related Matters. April, May, and June Book 24: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities, The Hughes-Rebozo Investigation and Related Matters. June 1974.

8 8 Book 25: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities, Supplemental Material on Campaign Practices and Finances. October, November, and December 1973; January Book 26: Appendix to the Hughes-Rebozo Investigation. Exhibits Relating to Chapter 8 of the Final Report. Legal Documents Relating to the Select Committee Hearings. Appendix to the Hearings. Parts 1-2,2157 Indexes to the Public Hearings. 239 Final Report. Report No COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES Bombing in Cambodia. Hearings. July-August SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS Preservation, Protection, and Public Access with Respect to Certain Tape Recordings and Other Materials. Report to accompany S Senate Report No September COMMITTEE ON THE njdiciary Richard G. Kleindienst. Hearings. March-April volumes; 1751 Louis Patrick Gray III. Hearings. February-March Nomination ofelliot L. Richardson to be Attorney General. Hearings. May Special Prosecutor. Hearings. October-November Parts 1-2,615 COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION Senate Rules and Precedents Applicable to Impeachment Trials. Executive Session Hearings. August Nomination of Nelson A. Rockefeller ofnew York to be Vice President of the United States. Hearings. September-November Nomination ofnelson A. Rockefeller ofnew York to be Vice President of the United States. Committee Report. Executive Report No December

9 9 OTHER JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS Court Proceedings and Actions of Vital Interest to the Congress: United States v. John N. Mitchell, et. al., and United States vs. Richard M. Nixon, et. al., and Richard M. Nixon v. United States. July JOINT COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL REVENUE TAXATION Investigation into Certain Charges of the Use ofthe Internal Revenue Service for Political Purposes. Committee Print. December Examination ofpresident Nixon's Tax Returns for 1969 Through House Report No Examination of Vice President Designate Nelson A. Rockefeller's Tax Returns and Other Financial Reports. Prepared for the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. Confidential Committee Print. October OTHER Congressional Research Service. Grounds for Impeachment: Summaries of the Reports of the Department of Justice, House Judiciary Committee Staff, and White House Staff on the Grounds for the Impeachment of the President. April 17, Congressional Research Service. Impeachment. June 25, Congressional Research Service. A Brief Summary and Index of the Hearings Before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration o the Nomination of Governor Nelson Rockefeller of the State ofnew York to Fill the Vacancy in the Office of the Vice President ofthe United States on November 13, November 14, Congressional Research Service. Impeachment Inquiry: President Richard M. Nixon. Issue Brief, November 18, Congressional Research Service. Senate Confirmation of Officers in the Executive Office of the President. 19 Congressional Record, v. 120, n. 130, Part II, comprising the impeachment report submitted by the House Judiciary Committee. August 22, General Accounting Office. Protection of the President at Key Biscayne and San Clemente (with Information on Protection ofpast Presidents). 99

10 10 22 related House and Senate bills and resolutions. File of papers relating to the pardon ofpresident Nixon. Assorted related excerpts from the Congressional Record. OTHER GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS\) ( ~ ~ Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel. Legal Aspects of Impeachment: An Overview. February The Law of Impeachment- 57 Appendix I: The Concept ofirnpeachable Offense. The Law of Impeachment- Appendix II: History of Provisions ofthe Constitution Relating to Impeachment. 89 Legal Aspects of Impeachment: An Overview-Appendix III: Historical Statements on Executive Privilege and Impeachment. 32 Legal Aspects ofimpeachment: An Overview-Appendix IV: Judicial Review of Impeachment Convictions. 22 General Services Administration. Report to Congress on Title I, Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act. March Supreme Court. United States v. Nixon et. al. 31 OTHER DOCUMENTS V r ~~ Adler, Renata. "Searching for the Real Nixon Scandal." 20 American Civil Liberties Union. "Why President Nixon Should Be Impeached." Washington: Public Affairs Press. 56 American Civil Liberties Union. "High Crimes and Misdemeanors: What They Are, What They Aren't." 41 Benedict, Michael Les. "A New Look at the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson," Political Science Quarterly, v. 88, n. 3, September Berger, Raoul. "Impeachment for 'High Crimes and Misdemeanors'," Southern California Law Review, v. 44,

11 11 Berger, Raoul. "The Grand Inquest ofthe Nation," Harper's Magazine, October Berger, Raoul. "The President, Congress, and the Courts," v. 83, n. 6, May Bestor, Arthur. "Review of 'Impeaclunent: The Constitutional Problems,' by Raoul Berger," Washington Law Review, v. 49, Brant, Irving. "Nixon, Ford, and the Constitution," Political Reform: The Forensic Quarterly, v. 48, May Broderick, Albert. "The Politics oflmpeaclunent," American Bar Association Journal, v. 60, May Caraley, Demetrios, et. al. "American Political Institutions After Watergate- a Discussion," Political Science Quarterly, v. 89, n. 4, Winter Committee on Federal Legislation. "The Law of Presidential Impeaclunent," The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. 24 Cox, Archibald. "Some Reflections on Possible Abuses of Governmental Power," Record of the Association ofthe Bar ofthe City ofnew York, v. 28, December Crown, Joseph H. "Did President Nixon Commit Fraud in Claiming a Tax Deduction on His 1969 Return for His Papers?," Taxation Without Repersentation. 32. Goldberg, Arthur J. "The Question oflmpeaclunent," Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, v. 1, Spring 1974, 7 Kurland, Philip B. "Watergate, lmpeaclunent, and the Constitution," Mississippi Law Journal, v. 45, May Lillich, Richard B. "The Chase Impeaclunent," The American Journal of Legal History, v. 4, n. 1, January 1960, 23 Lukas, J. Anthony. "Watergate: The Story So Far," New York Times Magazine, July 22, Reprinted as a Warner Modular Publication. 40 McGeever, Patrick J. '"Guilty Yes: lmpeaclunent, No': Some Empirical Findings," Political Science Quarterly, v. 89, n. 2, June 1974, 11 Meet the Press. Transcripts of interviews with Melvin Laird (October 21, 1973), Archibald Cox (October 28, 1973), and James D. St. Clair (May 5, 1974). 26

12 12 Miller, ArthurS. "The Coming Trial ofrichard M. Nixon," The Progressive, June Morgan, Charles Jr., et. al. "Impeachment: An Historical Overview," Seton Hall Law Review, v. 5, n. 3, Spring Resneck, Daniel A.. "Is Judicial Review of Impeachment Coming?", American Bar Association Journal, v. 60, June 1974, 5 Rifkind, Simon. "Memorandum on the Role of Counsel and Related Procedural Matters." Simpson, Alex Jr. "Federal Impeaclunents," University of Pennsylvania Law Review, v. 64, n. 7, May 1916, 79 Sloan, Jerome S., and Ira E. Garr. "Treason, Bribery, or Other High Crimes and Misdemeanors- a Study oflmpeachment," Temple Law Quarterly, v. 47, n. 3, Spring Sofaer, Abraham D. "Review of 'Executive Privilege: a Constitutional Myth"', Harvard Law Review, v. 88, n. 1, November Stone, I. F. "Impeachment," New York Review ofbooks, v. 20, n. 2, June 28, 1973, 11 [Reprinted as a Warner Modular Publication.] Strong, Frank R. "Courts, Congress, Judiciary: One Is More Equal than the Others," American Bar Association Journal, v. 60, October Van Alstyne, William. "The Third Impeachment Article: Congressional Bootstrapping," American Bar Association Journal, v. 60, October 1974, 4 Walthall, Timothy. "Executive Impeaclunent: Stealing Fire from the Gods," New England Law Review, v. 9, Winter Wills, Garry. "The Impeachment Man," The Atlantic, May pages Yankwich, Leon. "Impeachment of Civil Officers Under the Federal Constitution," Georgetown Law Review, v. 26, n. 4, May Zeifman, Jerome. "Chickens and Eagles: The Politics of the Impeachrnent ofrichard Nixon." Lecture at the University of Santa Clara Law Society by the former General Counsel of the House Judiciary Committee. 6 "American Character: Trial and Triumph," Harper's Magazine, October

13 13 "Watergate: Chronology of a Crisis." Congressional Quarterly "Impeachment and the U.S. Congress." Congressional Quarterly, "Watergate: Its Implications for Responsible Government," National Academy of Public Administration. March pag es. "The Impeachment Vote," Newsweek, August 5, "Exclusive: Nixon's Final Days. From the New Book by Woodward and Bernstein," Newsweek, April 5, "What You Should Know About Impeachment," Skeptic, n. 49, May/June Other assorted newspaper and magazine articles.

14 INVENTORY OF DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING HEARINGS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS, OF THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES Presidential Campaign Activities of Senate Resolution 60. Books 1-26, 12,966 pages Book 1: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. May Book 2: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. June Book 3: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. Jline Book 4: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Wat~,r gate Investigation. June and July 1973., Book 5: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. July Book 6: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation: July Book 7: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. July Book 8: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase 1: Watergate Investigation. July and August Book 9: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase I: Watergate Investigation. August and September Book 10: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase II. Campaign Practices. September and October Book 11: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase II: Campaign Practices. Oc~ober Book 12: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase 11: Campaign Practices. November 1973.

15 2 Book 13: Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Phase III: Campaign Financing. November Book 14: Executive Session Hearings: Watergate and Related Activities. Milk Fund Investigation. November and December Book 15: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Milk Fund Investigation. December Book 16: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Milk Fund Investigation. January, February, and March Book 17: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Milk Fund Investigation. March, April, May, and June Book 18: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Use oflncumbency-responsiveness Program Book 19: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. Use of Incumbency-Responsiveness Program (Additional Documents) Book 20: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. The Hughes-Rebozo Investigation, and Related Matters. July, September, and December Book 21 : Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. The Hughes-Rebozo Investigation, and Related Matters. February-March Book 22: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. The Hughes-Rebozo Investigation and Related Matters. March-April Book 23: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities. The Hughes-Rebozo Investigation, and Related Matters. April, May, and June Book 24: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities, The Hughes-Rebozo Investigation and Related Matters. June Book 25: Executive Session Hearings. Watergate and Related Activities, Supplemental Material on Campaign Practices and Finances. October, November, and December 1973; January Book 26: Appendix to the Hughes-Rebozo Investigation. Exhibits Relating to Chapter 8 of the Final Report.

16 I.; 3 Legal Documents Relating to the Select Committee Hearings. Appendix to the Hearings. Parts 1-2, 2157 Indexes to the Public Hearings. 239 Final Report. Report No

17 INVENTORY OF DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING HEARINGS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS, OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE RELATING TO THE NIXON IMPEACHMENT The Impeachment Inquiry: What It Means. House Committee Print. March The Impeachment Inquiry: Its Meaning. House Committee Print. March Impeachment Inquiry Procedures. May Procedures for Handling Impeachment Inquiry Material. House Committee Print. February Statement of Information (26 volumes, including appendices; 12,419 pages). [Each volume of Books I-X carries a rubber stamp on the front cover: ''NOT FOR RELEASE UNTIL "(with different dates for different volumes)]. Book 1: Events Prior to the Watergate Break-in. 271 pages Book II: Events Following the Watergate Break-in, June 17, 1972-February 9, Book III-Parts 1-2: Events Following the Watergate Break-in, June 20, March 22, volumes, 1281 Book IV-Parts 1-3: Events Following the Watergate Break-In, March 22, 1973-April 30, volumes, 1659 Book V-Parts 1-2: Department of Justice Litigation-Richard Kleindienst Nomination Hearings. 2 volumes, 980 Book VI-Parts 1-2: Political Contributions by Milk Producers Cooperatives: The 1971 Milk Price Support Decision. 2 volumes, 984 Book VII-Parts 1-4: White House Surveillance Activities and Campaign Activities. 4 volumes, 2090 Book VIII: Internal Revenue Service. 440 Book IX-Parts 1-2: Watergate Special Prosecutors and Judiciary Committee's Impeachment Inquiry. 2 volumes, 1069 Book X: Tax Deduction for Gift of Papers. 552

18 5 Book XI: Bombing of Cambodia 599 Book XII: Impoundment of Funds and Government Expenditures on President Nixon's Private Properties at San Clemente and Key Biscayne. 187 Appendix: Political Matters Memoranda, August 13, 1971-September 18, Appendix 1: Presidential Statements on the Watergate Break-In and Its Investigation. 110 Appendix II: Papers in Criminal Cases Initiated by the Watergate Special Prosecution Force. 381 Appendix III: Supplementary Documents: White House Edited Transcripts (April4, 1972,'March 22, 1973; June 23, 1972); John Ehrlichman Handwritten Notes; Affidavit of Bruce A. Kehrli. 271 Appendix IV: Political Matters Memoranda, August 13, September 18, Statement of Information: Background Memorandum. White House Staff and President Nixon's Campaign Organizations. May-Jnne Statement of Information Submitted on Behalf of President Nixon ( 4 volumes; 892 pages). [Each volume carries a rubber stamp on the front cover: ''NOT FOR RELEASE UNTIL "(with different dates for different volumes)]. Book 1: Events Following the Watergate Break-In. 242 Book II: Department of Justice-ITT Litigation. 208 Book III: Political Contributions by Milk Producers Cooperatives: The 1971 Milk Price Support Decision. 217 Book IV: White House Surveillance Activities. 225 Submission of Recorded Presidential Conversations to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House ofrepresentatives by President Richard Nixon, April30, Comparison of White House and Judiciary C~~>Inmittee Transcripts of Eight Recorded Presidential Conversations. 63 Transcript of Eight Recorded Presidential Conversations. 218 Testimony of Witnesses-Book I. January 31-May 15,

19 6 Testimony of Witnesses-Book II. May 16-.June 19, Testimony of Witnesses-Book III. Henry E. Peterson, Charles W. Colson, and Herbert W. Kalmbach; July 12, 15, 16, 17, Testimony of Witnesses-Book I. Alexander Butterfield, Paul O'Brien, and Fred C. LaRue. July Testimony of Witnesses-Book II. William 0. Bittman, John N. Mitchell, and John W. Dean III. July Swnmary of Information. July Minority Memorandwn on Facts and Law. July Brief on Behalf of the President of the United States. July Brief on Behalf of the President of the United States, Richard Nixon, to the Committee on the Judiciary, Ninety-Third Congress, United States House ofrepresentatives, July 19, 1974, Office of the Special Counsel to the President. 151 Legal Materials on Impeachment. House Committee Print of the Special Subcommittee on H. Res August Impeachment: Selected Materials. House Committee Print. October Impeachment: Selected Materials on Procedure. House Committee Print. January Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment. House Committee Report. February Debate on Articles oflmpeachment. Hearings. July Impeachment Inquiry. Book III. June-July Impeachment of Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States. Report. House Report No August pages Errata. 23

20 7 INVENTORY OF OTHER PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS AND SECONDARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS RELATING TO WATERGATE AND THE NIXON IMPEACHMENT, INCLUDING THE FORD AND ROCKEFELLER CONFIRMATIONS AND THE NIXON PARDON HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Special Prosecutor and Watergate Grand Jury Legislation. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. October and November Investigatory Powers of the Committee on the Judiciary with Respect to Its Impeachment Inquiry. Report to accompany H. Res House Report No February Expenditure offederal Funds in Support of Presidential Proprties. Hearings. October Expenditure of Federal Funds in Support ofpresidential Properties. Fifteenth Report of the Committee. House Report No May Application of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to Vacancies in the Office of the Vice President: Legislative History. House Committee Print. November Nomination of Gerald. R. Ford to be the Vice President ofthe United States. Hearings. November Confirmation of Gerald R. Ford as Vice President ofthe United States. Committee Print. November Nomination of Nelson A. Rockefeller to be Vice President of the United States. Hearings. November-December Selected Issues and the Positions of Nelson A. Rockefeller, Nominee for Vice President of the United States: An Analysis. House Committee Print. November Analysis of the Philosophy and Public Record ofnelson A. Rockefeller, Nominee for Vice President ofthe United States. House Committee Print. October Debate on the Nomination of Nelson A. Rockefeller to be Vice President of the United States. Committee Meeting. House Committee Print. December Confirmation ofnelson A. Rockefeller as Vice President of the United States. Report Accompanying H. Res House Report No December

21 8 Pardon of Richard M. Nixon, and Related Matters. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice. September and October Typescript documents: Memorandum: Presentation Procedures for the Impeachment Inquiry. April3, Memorandum: Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas. April II, Presidential Statements on the Watergate Break-In and Its Investigation. May Background Information: White House Staff and President's Nixon Campaign Organizations. May 14, pages Memorandum: Report on Impoundment of Funds. June 12, Comparison of Passages from "Transcripts of Eight Recorded Presidential Conversations" and "Submission of Recorded Presidential Conversations." July Memorandum: Report on Government Expenditures Made on President Nixon's Private Properties at San Clemente and Key Biscayne. July 19, An Analysis of the Constitutional Standard for Presidential Impeachment, by James D. St. Clair, et., al., Attorneys for the President. 61 An Analysis of the Scope of an Article of Impeachment, by James D. St. Clair, et. al., Attorneys for the President typescript transcripts of presidential recordings. 767 Draft of committee report on the Rockefeller nomination. December 16, Draft and fmal draft of minority views on the Rockefeller nomination. December 16-17, Documents prepared for use during committee consideration of articles of impeachment. Manuscript: committee staff document on Nelson Rockefeller as nominee to be Vice President. November 18, In three-inch notebook. [Note: tills document was

22 ..i' I ' 9 prepared for internal committee use and contains no indication that the committee had approved any distribution to or use by others.] Manuscript of what may have been an early draft of the committee's final report to accompany its impeachment resolution. In three-inch notebook. [Note: there is no indication that the committee ever approved public distribution or release of this document.] Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment. Text of committee document published by Public Affairs Press, Washington DC. 62 SENATE Procedure and Guidelines for Impeachment Trials in the United States Senate. Senate Document No August Bombing in Cambodia. Hearings. July-August Preservation, Protection, and Public Access with Respect to Certain Tape Recordings and Other Materials. Report to accompany S Senate Report No September Richard G. Kleindienst. Hearings. March-April volumes; 1751 Louis Patrick Gray III. Hearings. February-March Nomination of Elliot L. Richardson to be Attorney General. Hearings. May Special Prosecutor. Hearings. October-November Parts 1-2,615 Senate Rules and Precedents Applicable to Impeachment Trials. Executive Session Hearings. August Nomination ofnelson A. Rockefeller ofnew York to be Vice President of the United States. Hearings. September-November Nomination of Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York to be Vice President of the United States. Committee Report. Executive Report No December t Court Proceedings and Actions of Vital Interest to the Congress: United States v. John N. Mitchell, et. al., and United States vs. Richard M. Nixon, et. al., and Richard M. Nixon v. United States. July Investigation into Certain Charges of the Use of the Internal Revenue Service for Political Purposes. Committee Print. December

23 10 Examination of President Nixon's Tax Returns for 19691brough House Report No Examination of Vice President Designate Nelson A. Rockefeller's Tax Returns and Other Financial Reports. Prepared for the House Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. Confidential Committee Print. October OTHER GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS Congressional Research Service. Grounds for Impeachment: Summaries of the Reports of the Department of Justice, House Judiciary Committee Staff, and White House Staff on the Grounds for the Impeachment ofthe President. April 17, Congressional Research Service. Impeachment. June 25, Congressional Research Service. A Brief Summary and Index of the Hearings Before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration o the Nomination of Governor Nelson Rockefeller ofthe State ofnew York to Fill the Vacancy in the Office ofthe Vice President of the United States on November 13, November 14, Congressional Research Service. Impeachment Inquiry: President Richard M. Nixon. Issue Brief, November 18, Congressional Research Service. Senate Confirmation of Officers in the Executive Office of the President. 19 Congressional Record, v. 120, n. 130, Part II, comprising the impeachment report submitted by the House Judiciary Committee. August 22, General Accounting Office. Protection of the President at Key Biscayne and San Clemente (with Information on Protection of Past Presidents) related House and Senate bills and resolutions. File of papers relating to the pardon of President Nixon. Assorted related excerpts from the Congressional Record. Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel. Legal Aspects of Impeachment: An Overview. February The Law of Impeachment-Appendix I: The Concept of Impeachable Offense. 57

24 11 The Law of Impeachment- Appendix II: History of Provisions of the Constitution Relating to Impeachment. 89 Legal Aspects of Impeachment: An Overview- Appendix III: Historical Statements on Executive Privilege and Impeachment. 32 Legal Aspects of Impeachment: An Overview-Appendix IV: Judicial Review of Impeachment Convictions. 22 General Services Administration. Report to Congress on Title I, Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act. March Supreme Court. United States v. Nixon et. al. 31 OTHER DOCUMENTS Adler, Renata. "Searching for.the Real Nixon Scandal." 20 American Civil Liberties Union. "Why President Nixon Should Be Impeached." Washington: Public Affairs Press. 56 American Civil Liberties Union. "High Crimes and Misdemeanors: What They Are, What They Aren't." 41 Benedict, Michael Les. "A New Look at the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson," Political Science Quarterly, v. 88, n. 3, September Berger, Raoul. "Impeachment for ' High Crimes and Misdemeanors'," Southern California Law Review, v. 44, Berger, Raoul. "The Grand Inquest of the Nation," Harper's Magazine, October Berger, Raoul. "The President, Congress, and the Courts," v. 83, n. 6, May Bestor, Arthur. "Review of 'Impeachment: The Constitutional Problems,' by Raoul Berger," Washington Law Review, v. 49, pages. Brant, Irving. "Nixon, Ford, and the Constitution," Political Reform: The Forensic Quarterly, v. 48, May Broderick, Albert. "The Politics of Impeachment," American Bar Association Journal, v. 60, May

25 12 Caraley, Demetrios, et. al. "American Political Institutions After Watergate-a Discussion," Political Science Quarterly, v. 89, n. 4, Winter Committee on Federal Legislation. "The Law of Presidential Impeachment," The Association of the Bar of the City ofnew York. 24 Cox, Archibald. "Some Reflections on Possible Abuses of Governmental Power," Record of the Association of the Bar of the City ofnew York, v. 28, December Crown, Joseph H. "Did President Nixon Commit Fraud in Claiming a Tax Deduction on His 1969 Return for His Papers?," Taxation ~ithout Repersentation. 32 Goldberg, Arthur J. "The Question of Impeachment," Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, v. 1, Spring 1974, 7 Kurland, Philip B. "Watergate, Impeachment, and the Constitution," Mississippi Law Journal, v. 45, May Lillich, Richard B. "The Chase Impeachment," The American Journal of Legal History, v. 4, n. 1, January 1960,23 Lukas, J. Anthony. "Watergate: The Story So Far," New York Times Magazine, July 22, Reprinted as a Warner Modular Publication. 40 McGeever, Patrick J. "'Guilty Yes: Impeachment, No': Some Empirical Findings," Political Science Quarterly, v. 89, n. 2, June 1974, 11 Meet the Press. Transcripts of interviews with Melvin Laird (October 21, 1973), Archibald Cox (October 28, 1973), and James D. St. Clair (May 5, 1974). 26 Miller, ArthurS. "The Coming Trial of Richard M. Nixon," The Progressive, June Morgan, Charles Jr., et. al. "Impeachment: An Historical Overview," Seton Hall Law Review, v. 5, n. 3, Spring Resneck, Daniel A.. "Is Judicial Review of Impeachment Coming?", American Bar Association Journal, v. 60, June 1974, 5 Rifkind, Simon. "Memorandum on the Role of Counsel and Related Procedural Matters." Simpson, Alex Jr. "Federal Impeachments," University of Pennsylvania Law Review, v. 64, n. 7, May 1916, 79

26 13 Sloan, Jerome S., and Ira E. Garr. "Treason, Bribery, or Other High Crimes and Misdemeanors-a Study of Impeachment," Temple Law Quarterly, v. 47, n. 3, Spring Sofaer, Abraham D. "Review of 'Executive Privilege: a Cons~itutional Myth"', Harvard Law Review, v. 88, n. 1, November Stone, I. F. "Impeachment," New York Review of Books, v. 20, n. 2, June 28, 1973, 11 [Reprinted as a Warner Modular Publication.] Strong, Frank R. "Courts, Congress, Judiciary: One Is More Equal than the Others," American Bar Association Journal, v. 60, October Van Alstyne, William. "The Third Impeachment Article: Congressional Bootstrapping," American Bar Association Journal, v. 60, October 1974, 4 Walthall, Timothy. "Executive Impeachment: Stealing Fire from the Gods," New England Law Review, v. 9, Winter Wills, Garry. tthe Impeachment Man," The Atlantic, May pages Y ankwich, Leon. "Impeachment of Civil Officers Under the Federal Constitution," Georgetown Law Review, v. 26, n. 4, May Zeifman, Jerome. "Chickens and Eagles: The Politics of the Impeachment of Richard Nixon." Lecture at the University of Santa Clara Law Society by the former General Counsel of the House Judiciary Committee. 6 "American Character: Trial and Triumph," Harper's Magazine, October "Watergate: Chronology of a Crisis." Congressional Quarterly "Impeachment and the U.S. Congress." Congressional Quarterly, "Watergate: Its Implications for Responsible Government," National Academy of Public Administration. March "The Impeachment Vote," Newsweek, August 5, "Exclusive: Nixon's Final Days. From the New Book by Woodward and Bernstein," Newswee~ AprilS, "What You Should Know About Impeachment," Skeptic, n. 49, May/June Other assorted newspaper and magazine articles.

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