Consider that he was saying this BEFORE Watergate. BEFORE the unprecedented secrecy of the current Administration. There just would not seem to be any "urgency" pushing him to make such a strong commitment.
He probably envisioned a future Presidency that would take advantage of opportunities for secrecy that he himself rejected.
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