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...that included 19 White House tape recordings and some 700 documents. Nixon would, moreover, be willing to answer written questions from the committee. If there were still issues to be resolved after that, he promised, he would answer questions under oath in a White House meeting with Chairman Peter Rodino of New Jersey and the committee's ranking Republican, Edward Hutchinson of Michigan. Nixon termed this "a very forthcoming offer...
...University personnel decisions are meddlesome and of little value. I also have little faith in the influence on decision making of letters to public officials or organs on major issues, my fervor having gotten the better of my skepticism on only one other occasion, in a letter to Mr. Rodino after the cancellation of Professor Cox's employment in Washington. There are times, however, as the Cox case, though on a different level, illustrates, when a personnel issue and comments by citizens and alumni are appropriate, if not needed. Proposed, if not already effected, decisions by the Athletic Department regarding...
Nixon's narrow view of the permissible impeachment grounds might permit his attorneys to stall. They could argue that most requests for evidence from the Rodino committee were irrelevant to impeachment. The Supreme Court might have to decide these battles. The basic Nixon strategy still seems to be to hold out and play for some unexpected break...
...Congressman Peter Rodino...
...White House has generally been supplying copies of documents to Jaworski, although he has been able to get originals if he doubts the authenticity of copies. The White House apparently would make more copies for the Rodino committee if Nixon agrees to cooperate...