Reading Room Document

Subpoena Issued to Secretary Watt by the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

The document is a memorandum discussing a subpoena issued to Secretary Watt by the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. The memorandum concludes that at least some of the documents requested by the subpoena would be subject to a valid claim of privilege as against the Subcommittee. The questions presented for review include whether a valid claim of privilege might be asserted by the President regarding any of the documents covered by the subpoena, and whether all the documents could be turned over to the Subcommittee by the specified deadline. The memorandum also outlines the interagency review process and recommends notifying the Subcommittee of the ongoing review.

October 6, 1981