LETTER TO WILLIAM E. COLBY FROM LESTER A. BARRER RE WE ARE CURRENTLY COMPILING A BOOK, THE COMPLETE AND COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION INDEX TO THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST RICHARD M. NIXON - INCLUDING "WATERGATE" AND RELATED INVESTIGATIONS, HEARINGS

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• Publication Date: November 8, 1974

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William E. Colby, Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Colby:
We are currently compiling a book, the complete and comprehensive Documentation Index to the
Impeachment Proceedings Against Richard M. Nixon - Including 'Watergate' and Related
Investigations, Hearings and Prosecutions to be published in April, 1975.
This Index will completely identify all contents of the UNCLASSIFIED sources of information used
in the Watergate and Impeachment investigations, hearings or prosecutions. These will be obtained
from the various government agencies and private organizations involved.
This compilation is being prepared as a scholarly work and will be published in a format which will
provide the legal, historical, and journalism professions with a comprehensive reference source of
information �indexed in depth.
Today Publications & News Service, 'Inc. is both an accredited news service and a publishing
company. Mrs. Myra E. Barrer and I are co-owners of the firm. Mrs. Barrer is accredited as a
Congressional reporter and I am accredited to cover the White House, State Department, etc.
In the publishing area, we recently published a book entitled Women's Organizations & Leaders �
1973 Directory (December 1973), a major directory which was.selected by the American Library
Association as one of the "outstanding reference books of the year (1974)." The book was also
recommended by the Wilson Library Bulletin with an "A" rating signifying that it is "Important
even for a small basic reference collection ..." The Association of College and Research Libraries
gave special recognition to our book and stated that "... This source provides information ... that
is otherwise elusive. Recommended." Another review stated that "... this directory fills a
gap ... and should be a helpful addition to most libraries." The entire compilation, indexing, data
processing, writing, editing, composition, and graphics of the 470-page book were done by us and
our own staff. This directory is now an annual publication of our company. Another publication we
prepare is The Law & Women Series.
We are interested in obtaining from you for the Documentation Index the following types of
published or unpublished materials:
1�Lists of documents used by or submitted by your organization directly in the Watergate.
or Impeachment investigations, hearings, or prosecutions.
2�Lists of documents used by or submitted by your group as reference materials.
3�Lists of documents in your possession which are being or have been used by, or submitted
by, other government agencies in the Watergate or Impeachment investigations, hearings, or
prosecutions.
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4�Identification of specific units of government agencies, private organizations, or of
individuals who may have documents of the nature just described. This is so that we may better
assure a comprehensive coverage of all potential sources of these materials.
5�A copy of the index of materials you may have already submitted to the U.S. Archives or
another document storage facility such as a federal records center or a library.
6�If you have not yet sent your materials to such a storage facility, we would like to obtain
a list or index of these materials when they are sent.
Once we have obtained these lists, we will then be able to determine which items are in the
possession of your organization and which ones we may need a copy of for our work. If a copy is
not available for our retention, perhaps we could either borrow a copy for a short period of time or
review a copy in your office or library. It would be most useful, however, if we could obtain a copy
for our own use.
We would also like to make arrangements to be kept informed about documents that are produced
in the future or are obtained by your organization which would pertain to our research. This could
be done either by a periodic telephone call to a specific member of your staff or by placing us on
your mailing list. It is important to note that we are interested in obtaining the preliminary
documents as well as the final ones.
We have already made or are currently 'making similar arrangements with other government agencies.
The Watergate Special Prosecution Force and others have already agreed to assist us in this
important work.
Having disclosed the scholastic and historical need for an index which will lead researchers,
historians, students and the public to these important documents, may I make it clear that I am not
in any way suggesting that my sole purpose in this undertaking is to obtain, for retention:
documents from you or your files. I am asking to be allowed to use the documents which are in
your possession. From these I need to copy only the title pages, tables of contents, indexes, and
similar information which will explain to any reader what might be found within the context of the
entire document. Our goal is indexing in depth.
Although we have not yet made the selection, Mrs. Barrer and I have decided to place the entire
collection of those documents which we have obtained�when the Documentation Index is
completed�in the Law Library of a major university or the Law Library of the U. S. Supreme
Court.
On the attached � pages you will find a copy of the draft Title Page, Table of Contents and a
descriptive abstract prepared for librarian purposes.
We would be pleased to meet with you or a member of your staff to answer any further questions
concerning this request and its fulfillment by you in the near future.
Lester A. Barrer
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DOCUMENTATION INDEX
TO THE
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST
RICHARD M. NIXON
INCLUDING "WATERGATE" AND RELATED
INVESTIGATIONS, ,HEARINGS & PROSECUTIONS
VOLUME 1 � THROUGH 1974
APRIL 1975
LESTER A. BARRER
MYRA E. BARRER
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
The Editors' Point of View
The Attorney's Point of View
The Historian's Point of View
The Politician's Point of View
The Journalist's Point of View
PREFACE
How the Book was Compiled
How the Documents were Index
How to Use the Book
DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION AND CONTENT
Prior to 1972
1972
1973
1974
INDEXES
Index to the Titles of the Documents (alphabetical)
Index to the Names of the Individuals Involved or Mentioned (alphabetical)
Index to the Names of the Organizations Involved or Mentioned (alphabetical)
Index to the Names of the Organizations Involved or Mentioned (hierarchical)
Index to the Cases and Cases Cited (alphabetical)
Index to the Subject Areas (alphabetical)
SOURCES
How to Obtain Copies or Access to These Documents
Sources of These Documents
APPENDIX
Computer System and Programs Used to Prepare the Indexes
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This work provides an exact identification of and comprehensive index to the
documents submitted, obtained or used by the Legislative, judicial and
Executive branches of the U. S. Government in the conduct of the
Impeachment Proceedings against Richard M. Nixon. Documents of the
"Watergate" and related investigations, hearings and prosecutions; and those
documents used by or submitted as supporting material or evidence on behalf of
plaintiffs, defendants, witnesses or the courts are included. The first section of
each volume contains in chronological order an exact reproduction from each of
these documents of the cover, title page, publisher's information page, table of
contents, lists of participants, references, appendices, laws and regulations, and
cases cited. Each of these documents is indexed in depth in the second section.
Every document is indexed by title, names of individuals and organizations
involved or mentioned, cases and cases cited, and by subject area. Indexing will
be cross-referenced. Volume 1 covers the years through 1974 with its index.
Volume 2 will cover 1975 and will contain a cumulative index to Volumes 1 &
2. The books are designed for'easy reference and research use by the attorney,
historian, politician and the journalist. Archival type of materials and methods
are to be utilized in the printing and binding of these books.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Barrer, Lester A 1923-
Documentation index to the impeachment proceedings
against Richard M. Nixon including Watergate & related
investigations, hearings & prosecutions
CONTENTS: v. 1. 1972; 1973 & 1974.--v. 2. 1975.
1. Nixon, Richard Milhous, 1913- --Impeachment--
Sources--Indexes. 2. Watergate Affair, 1972-
--Sources--Indexes. I. Barrer, NVIU E., 1927-
joint author. II. Title.
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This work provides an exact identification of and comprehensive index to the
documents submitted, obtained or used by the Legislative, judicial and
'Executive branches of the U. S. Government in the conduct of. the
Impeachment Proceedings against Richard M. Nixon. Documents of the
"Watergate" and related investigations, hearings and prosecutions; and those
documents used by or submitted as sunporting material or evidence on behalf
of plaintiffs, defendants, witnesses oc the courts are included. The first section.
of each volume contains in chronological order an exact reproduction from
each of these documents of the cover, title page, publisher's information page,
table of contents, lists of participants, references,. appendices, laws and
regulations, and cases cited. Each of these documents is indexed in depth in
the second section. Every document is indexed by tide. names�of individuals
and organizations involved or mentioned, cases and cases.cited, and by subject
area. Indexing will be cross-referenced. Volume 1 covers the years 1972, 1973
& 1974 with its index. Volume 2 will cover 1975 and will contain a cumulative
index to Volumes 1 & 2. The books are designed for easy reference and
research use by the attorney. Mittman, politician and news media reporter.
Archival type of materials and methods are to be utilized in the printing and
binding of these books. �
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