Reading Room Document

Whether the President's memorandum of March 24, 1969 concerning Executive Privilege requires any change to your regulations in 5 CFR §§ 294.501(b) and 294.703(b).

The document is a response to a letter from Mr. Robert E. Hampton regarding the President's memorandum of March 24, 1969 concerning Executive Privilege. The conclusion reached in the document is that the procedures prescribed by the President's memorandum are not intended to apply to requests from individual members of Congress, and that the standards of 5 U.S.C. 552 are applicable to such requests. The document presents questions regarding the application of the President's memorandum to requests from individual members of Congress, as well as the distinction between requests from individual Congressmen and representatives of Congressional committees in relation to nondisclosure of material related to loyalty or security.

May 27, 1969