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Richard Nixon Letter of Resignation
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Richard Nixon Letter of Resignation
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Digitized from Box 1 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
AUGUST 9, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
The following letter was delivered by General Alexander M. Haig Jr.
to the Secretary of State in his White House office at 11:35 a.m. today:
The White House
Washington
August 9, 1974
Dear Mr. Secretary:
I hereby resign the Office of President of the
United States.
Sincerely,
/s/ Richard Nixon
The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
The Secretary of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
FORD & GERALD LIBRARY
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