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Robert T. Griffin, a GSA special administrator, said Thursday that no report would be issued this month and added he couldn't predict when his department's review would be complete...
...Maguire Inc., a Waltham engineering firm, has been working on preparation of the environmental report since last March, when the GSA awarded the firm a $186,000 contract for the study...
...This week the Senate Government Operations Committee is expected to approve a bill introduced by Senator Birch Bayh that would give all federal officials-including Nixon-180 days after they leave office to turn over to the General Services Administration any documents and tapes produced in Government service. The GSA would deposit the materials in the National Archives. As in the case of the Pentagon Papers, the documents would belong to the Government...
None of these actions were based on statute. In fact, there seem to be only two laws directly relevant to presidential papers. The Presidential Libraries Act of 1955 authorized the GSA to accept for deposit historical materials of any Chief Executive. The 1969 Tax Reform Act outlawed deductions for any official's papers donated to a library or archive...
Growing Consensus. The Supreme Court could yet rule on the question of ownership. Leon Friedman, professor of criminal law at Hofstra University, points out that if Congress were to direct a GSA custodian to take possession of the papers and tapes and Nixon challenged the move, the question would then go to the courts. No matter who is given title, there may still be disputes over access to the material. If the Government is declared the owner, Ford could prevent the release of any materials not subpoenaed. Should Nixon be granted ownership, he could try to deny access by claiming...