Deep Throat a fixture in Nixon files..

Deep Throat a fixture in Nixon files..

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The National Archives released more than 10,000 pages of documents from the Nixon presidency on Wednesday and among them are the urgings of past and present FBI agents and other interested citizens to appoint Felt, then the No. 2 FBI official, as director. Associates described his "outstanding loyalty."

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Felt felt (pun intended) snubbed by the Nixon administration for the FBI Director job when J. Edgar Hoover died. As the number two guy at the FBI, Felt believed he would be the successor to Hoover. Instead, Nixon put one of "his men" in the spot, Patrick Gray. Perfect motivation for using deep throat to get back at the administration.

The documents also offer other bits of interesting information, including plans for the middle east. Even apparent alarm caused by Israeli nuclear power!

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One more note if anyone is interested in reading these declassified documents you'll have to visit the Nixon Library in Maryland.

Otherwise, here's a link to 15 documents made available to view online for free.

Executive Privilege
April 17, 1973
Memo from Dean to Kissinger and Ehrlichman
Subject: Executive Privilege-Senate Foreign Relations Subommittee Request for Chile Cables

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Fedayeen
March 8, 1973
Message from Acting Director FBI to Situation Room Whie House
Subject: Middle East (Fedayeen) Black September Group

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India
January 15, 1974
State Department Telegram
Subject: Refugees: Request for Instructions

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Iraq
June 7, 1972
Memo from Saunders to Kissinger
Subject: Message from Shah on Kurds

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Israel
July 19, 1969
Memo from Kissinger to Nixon
Subject: Israeli Nuclear Program

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Jordan
September 21, 1970
State Department Telegram
Subject: Situation Following Syrian Invasion

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Korea
August 21, 1969
Memorandum of Conversation
Subject: Talks between President Nixon and President Pak

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Portugal
December 15, 1973
State Department Telegram
Subject: Secretary's Bilateral with Patricio

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President's Daily Briefing
March 18, 1970
Memo from A. W. Marshall to Kissinger
Subject: Process Leading to the President's Morning Intelligence Reading Package

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Saudi Arabia
March 14, 1973
State Department Telegram
Subject: Discussion with King Faisal re Support for BSO-Fatah


March 27, 1973
State Department Telegram
Subject: Campaign against Terrorism: Saudi Role


May 18, 1973
Memo for the President
Subject: Sale of F-4s to Saudi Arabia


June 1, 1973
Memo from Saunders to Kissinger
Subject: Countering Israeli Reaction to F-4 Sales to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait


October 16, 1973
State Department Telegram
Subject: Saudi Warning to European Community