Research: Watergate: Government Documents

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Watergate files

FBI Records: the Vault: Watergate
The FBI's FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) Library. These files, released many years ago, document the FBI’s investigation into the break-in and related issues between 1972 and 1979.

Grand Jury Testimony

President Nixon's Grand Jury Testimony The National Archives in College Park, MD, on November 10, 2011 opened 26 files from its Records of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) collection including transcripts of President Nixon’s grand jury testimony of June 23-24, 1975, pursuant to the July 29, 2011, order by Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. In response to a petition filed in the case In Re Petition of Stanley Kutler, et al., Chief Judge Lamberth, ordered that the transcript of Mr. Nixon’s testimony and the “Associated Materials” to that testimony be released to the public following the review of these documents for any information that must be redacted as required by law.

The National Archives in College Park, MD, on November 10, 2011 opened 26 files from its Records of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) collection including transcripts of President Nixon’s grand jury testimony of June 23-24, 1975, pursuant to the July 29, 2011, order by Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. In response to a petition filed in the case In Re Petition of Stanley Kutler, et al., Chief Judge Lamberth, ordered that the transcript of Mr. Nixon’s testimony and the “Associated Materials” to that testimony be released to the public following the review of these documents for any information that must be redacted as required by law.

NIxon - Public Papers of the President

April 17, 1973	Richard Nixon	125 - Remarks Announcing Procedures and Developments in Connection With the Watergate Investigations.
April 30, 1973	Richard Nixon	133 - Statement Announcing Resignation of the Attorney General and Members of the White House Staff, and Intention To Nominate Elliot L. Richardson To Be Attorney General
April 30, 1973	Richard Nixon	134 - Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations.
May 22, 1973	Richard Nixon	162 - Statements About the Watergate Investigations.
July 17, 1973	Richard Nixon	206 - Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury About Secret Service Testimony Before Congressional Committees.
July 20, 1973	Richard Nixon	210 - Remarks to Members of the White House Staff on Returning From Bethesda Naval Hospital.
July 23, 1973	Richard Nixon	211 - Letter Responding to the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities Request for Access to Presidential Tape Recordings
August 15, 1973	Richard Nixon	233 - Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations.
August 15, 1973	Richard Nixon	234 - Statement About the Watergate Investigations
August 22, 1973	Richard Nixon	236 - The President's News Conference
September 5, 1973	Richard Nixon	246 - The President's News Conference
October 3, 1973	Richard Nixon	281 - The President's News Conference
October 19, 1973	Richard Nixon	305 - Statement Announcing Procedures for Providing Information From Presidential Tape Recordings
October 20, 1973	Richard Nixon	308 - Letter Accepting the Resignation of Elliot L. Richardson as Attorney General.
October 20, 1973	Richard Nixon	309 - Letter Directing the Acting Attorney General To Discharge the Director of the Office of Watergate Special Prosecution Force.
October 26, 1973	Richard Nixon	312 - The President's News Conference
November 1, 1973	Richard Nixon	319 - Remarks Announcing Intention To Nominate William B. Saxbe To Be Attorney General.
November 7, 1973	Richard Nixon	323 - Address to the Nation About Policies To Deal With the Energy Shortages.
November 12, 1973	Richard Nixon	328 - Statement Announcing Procedures for Providing Presidential Tape Recordings and Documents to the United States District Court
November 17, 1973	Richard Nixon	334 - Question-and-Answer Session at the Annual Convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association, Orlando, Florida
December 17, 1973	Richard Nixon	361 - Statement About a Bill Conferring Jurisdiction Upon the United States District Court in Civil Actions Brought by the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
January 30, 1974	Richard Nixon	25 - Address on the State of the Union Delivered Before a Joint Session of the Congress
February 25, 1974	Richard Nixon	61 - The President's News Conference
March 6, 1974	Richard Nixon	70 - The President's News Conference
March 15, 1974	Richard Nixon	79 - Question-and-Answer Session at the Executives' Club of Chicago.
March 19, 1974	Richard Nixon	83 - Question-and-Answer Session at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Broadcasters, Houston, Texas.
April 29, 1974	Richard Nixon	122 - Address to the Nation Announcing Answer to the House Judiciary Committee Subpoena for Additional Presidential Tape Recordings.
May 3, 1974	Richard Nixon	125 - Remarks at a State Republican Rally in Phoenix, Arizona.
May 22, 1974	Richard Nixon	151 - Letter Responding to House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Requiring Production of Additional Presidential Tape Recordings and Documents
June 10, 1974	Richard Nixon	168 - Letter Responding to House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Requiring Production of Presidential Tape Recordings and Documents.
August 5, 1974	Richard Nixon	240 - Statement Announcing Availability of Additional Transcripts of Presidential Tape Recordings
August 8, 1974	Richard Nixon	244 - Address to the Nation Announcing Decision To Resign the Office of President of the United States

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