Philip W. Buchen Files, 1974-77 | Clements National Security Papers Project

Citation Details

Level of description: collection
Accession number: 87-4
77-5
77-107
77-123
78-9
78-58
78-66
Collection: Philip W. Buchen Files, 1974-77
Description: Material on advice given to the President, First Family, and White House staff on legal matters, foreign and domestic issues, conflicts of interest, presidential powers, personal matters and campaign law. Major topics include: clemency program for draft evaders, presidential pardons (especially Richard Nixon), judicial appointments (including John Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court), 1976 presidential campaign (especially the role of the Federal Election Commission), handling of the Nixon papers, 1974 transition to the Presidency, intelligence community reforms, and administration of the Counsel's Office.
Links to the finding aid: http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/guides/findingaid/buchenpfiles.asp#gsfftl

: General Subject File, 1974‑77; series, Memoranda to and from the President, White House staff, and officials in the departments and agencies; reports; congressional bills; court motions and orders; executive orders; proclamations; testimony; messages; correspondence; and clippings. The materials concern his work in advising and assisting the President, including such topics as: amnesty, court cases, legislation, 1976 campaign, Federal Election Commission, judicial appointments (including the nomination of John Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court), 1974 transition, White House liaison with the Justice Department, Nixon Papers, Nixon Pardon, administration personnel matters (especially standards of conduct and conflict of interest), privacy, evacuation from South Vietnam, and War Powers Resolution. Arranged alphabetically by subject. [Boxes 1-68], http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/guides/findingaid/buchenpfiles.asp#gsfftl, Clements National Security Papers Project