Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Birthplace

In the National Interest is a weekly foreign policy magazine published online by the foundation.2 The Nixon Center in Washington, D.C., which includes Henry Kissinger and John McCain on its board of directors, provides a neorealist perspective on postCold War foreign policy. 2. A thorough discussion of the legal issues surrounding the disposition of Nixons presidential papers can be found in Government Control of Richard Nixons Presidential Material, Yale Law Journal (July 1978): 160135.4 Rick Shenkman, Nixon Library Cancels Vietnam Conference, History News Network, www.hnn.us/articles/10585.html. 206 THE PUBLIC HISTORIAN the foundations purpose will be to make the historical materials of the Nixon Presidency available to the public and to maintain the Librarys museum.5 Ideally, under NARA oversight, the library will also move away from partisan misrepresentation and toward historical accuracy. Exhibits highlight his service in the House of Representatives, his tenure as ambassador to the United Nations, his leadership of the Republican National Committee during the Watergate Crisis, his diplomatic service in China, and his years as head of the Central Intelligence Agency. [...]the exhibits portray the highlights of his congressional careers as a fact-nding mission to Vietnam, his tenure on the House Ways and Means Committee, and his yea vote on the controversial Civil Rights Act of 1968.