Leonard Garment papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13500
Subjects: Politics and government; Practice of law; Jews; Government relations; Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990; Presidents; Watergate Affair, 1972-1974; INSLAW (Firm); School integration; Indians of North America; Election; Legal Services Corporation; Espionage; Bank of Credit and Commerce International
Description: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, appointment books, press releases, printed material, and other papers relating chiefly to Garment's service as a legal advisor to presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford.  Files from Garment's White House years include material on the Watergate Affair, Indian relations, Jewish issues, Legal Services Corporation, presidential campaigns, and school integration.  Papers documenting Garment's subsequent practice of law in Washington, D.C.,  include material on the Bank of Credit and Commerce Interntional (BCCI), INSLAW (firm), the Jonathan Jay Pollard espionage case, tension in the Middle East. and Robert C. McFarlane, whom Garment represented in the Iran-Contra investigations.  Also includes working papers for Garment's book, Crazy Rhythm (1997), and other writings.
Notes: Restrictions apply.

Classified, in part.

Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.

Gift, Leonard Garment, 1984-1998.

transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

Lawyer and government official; born 1924.

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