Richard Nixon Presidential Library White House Special Files Collection Folder List

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36 8 10/08/1968 Report Author unknown, report of a statement made at a dinner for Paul O'Dwyer, in which McCarthy declied to support HHH, and the 3 conditions that must be met before he would endorse him. Duplicate of copy in 36:5. 1 page.

36 8 10/07/1968 Memo Rose Mary Woods to Haldeman re: Pat Hitt's concern that there is too much loose talk about "plants" on the HHH plane, etc. 1 page.

36 8 10/03/1968 Memo Rose Mary Woods to Haldeman re: letter from Leone Baxter to Herb Klein (attached) about building support for Nixon. 7 pages.

36 8 09/14/1968 Other Document note from Peter Flanigan to Haldeman. 1 page.

36 8 09/25/1968 Memo Buchanan to Haldeman re: Agnew's constant clarifications may mean he needs more or better staff working for him. 1 page.

36 8 n.d. Memo Buchanan to Haldeman re: attached Harris poll summary by Bell. 3 pages.

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36 8 09/18/1968 Memo Shakespeare to Haldeman, re: not arranging the panelists on the Friday TV program. 2 pages.

36 8 09/29/1968 Memo Rose Mary Woods to Haldeman re: Adolph Rust request for Nixon assistance with son's campaign. 1 page.

36 8 10/03/1968 Memo Haldeman to Nixon re: concern among congressional leaders that Nixon called Mel Laird the "next majority leader". 1 page.

36 8 n.d. Memo Haldeman to Answer Desk, Speaker's Bureau, Surrogate Candidates, Murray Chotiner re: Martin Anderson's memo delineating contradictory HHH statements (attached). 6 pages.

36 8 09/27/1968 Memo Roger Ailes to Len Garment re: "Nixon In … " TV Programs. Evaluation of the programs already produced. 5 pages.

36 8 10/04/1968 Memo Ellsworth to Finch/Haldeman/Harlow re: Key Issues Committee report and John Tower's concern that information is not getting through to Nixon. 2 pages.

36 8 n.d. Other Document Handwritten note to add key individuals to guest list for travel from Flint to Minn and to Key Biscayne. 1 page.

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36 8 09/23/1968 Memo Charles Rhyne to Haldeman re: letter to State chairmen with copies of weekly reports of status of United Citizens for Nixon-Agnew program. 5 pages.

36 8 10/04/1968 Memo Glenn Olds to Nixon re: Landrum Bolling's suggestions for U.S. Policy toward Eastern Europe, and his commitment to help the campaign, with attachments, 3 pages.

36 8 08/13/1968 Memo Glenn Olds to Nixon re: conference with Frank Keppel about bringing in Weinberger and Richardson to help the Administration. 1 page.

36 8 08/30/1968 Memo "Rose" to DC re: Murray Chotiner's memo to Herb Klein listing action items for the campaign, with attached memo. 4 pages.

36 8 08/27/1968 Memo Ehrlichman to Cole re: telephone service in hotels during the campaign. 3 pages.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Page 3 of 3 October 8 , 196

This 'tat rnent w s de a $100 a pIa e

dinner or Demo cra ic Se natori 1 candidate, Paul O ' Dwyer in

J w York . ,.

Pau O ' f.tlye r has also ref used t o end o r se the

D~~o c a ic presi dentiQI c andida e .

I1cCarth onc aga 'n de ':'ned to endor Hube r t Humphrey .

" call goes out f or art y un ' ty us as it did a

ye r ago . It was ~ ot acceptable the and i i ot ny mor

acceptab e today."

• cCa thy a i d' is efforts t o c hange the dire cti o n of

the De ocratic P ry were not a'med a t getting a n y body elec e d.

liT e r e is no rea s on wythe d irection of t h e Party coul d not be changed with a presi ential candi date this year." (That i s t e exac quote tough it does not track) .

There are t hree conditions which Mc Cart h y set forth I which wo uld have t o be fulfil e b ~o r e he e ndorsed Hubert

. umphr y .

1 . A c hange in the Vietnam p o licy .

2. Restructuring t he dr ft .

3. R str cturi ng t h e Democratic Party Machi nery. October 7, 1968

MEMORANDUM

TO: Bob Haldeman

FROM: Rose Mary Woods

Pat Hitt also mentioned in her telephone call that she feels there is too much loose talk in our own camp about "plants" on the HHH plane, etc.

She feels that only two or three people (need­ to-know-basis) should have this informatlion. Apparently when Bob was in New York at 445 last week one of the secretaries mentioned it (Murray's) and also Jean Croft and Pat Hi11ings knew all about it o

She knows that it was probably perfectly natural for the girls to tell Bob - knowing he is secure -- but if this is told to anyone else it might be bad. Also - even to Bob -­ she thinks we need to tighten up the ship -- that this is the sort of knowledge that should not be bandied about. MEMORANDUM

TO: Bob Haldeman

FROM: Rose Mary Woods

You may be interested in seeing a copy of the memorandum Leone Baxter sent to Herb on September 21st.

(In fact, if you think well of the idea I would suggest you start a fire somewhere so it can be done). FI F T H ,A.V E NUE AT rIFTY - NINTH S T i ~C£ "

HE\"I Y O Rt<. Hemor D. ndnm to Her bol't Kle in from Leono B3.Y. Ler-

Uc r b s 8. '" \1111 b e 1w lous f;hol't l y) J 7 ~~ v e no s e c:cl3tal'y her e , lI enee will ko ep t hi s !'; hort ~ bl1:c i nc:lllS i vG enou.gh to supply b a ~ is f or a dec j s ion .

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Go od f,roun(h! Q l ~ h:) 8 been 18 id in t h8 pC! st f our montl18. Seol'es of COnVOI'8:J.t.:ions j nd ica te that pntthlG t b :i s tog t hQ r in tho short tim,; aVo 5.J a ble won 't bo horj' ond OU D .

~;t): O ~~J.Yx.Q...·_ If t[-e clodsion i s to proceed , here E\r ( ~ .. t!J8 steps \!e liou l d take at once:

f'. . J \-Jould e811 over no\-! , for a /ll:.8 tinc: be l'ore I 1c <:: vc Nel-! Yo :~ k , the V:i , c~~ President.s ill Ch31' G8 of P .B. f or a doze n Ol' so ma jor cbrpor atimls an~ a RsociatimlS i n t his area . I n cl \ ~e J r ",;;. " ,' ,:· -"'"J:"; , T~ .,' 'I. OI'JdI \)L P~ o ),,_ "l·v · t ,!' l"v "l " ,,r., ,_-I " , ,,'i- oc, ",,'-_,' 1'0) ~' 1.. , -(",_ ';c "'"~.. o !"'I· lrr'O"J, (1 \ , El""r"' "}v, l O do ~ sit wa,h U)'Sir uc,r;;Jf; on p:.>liey n' ~ '(;'tCls c ,/ci),} ;~;:1' ci';L, s on politics . I ~.' (J lt l d j nclu:Jo t he 0''30. ,1'0. T(' s::; r:'t.:i.l1 rj th,,, "3tioIJ=r J. Ci.t) Eank ~ In:::l;.l J'cl!';ce I nf(;l';n tion l " c.; t, i tl.' J8, Stee;k K cho n ' 0, Du FoYlt, J.fo nsnr;t o ; al1d a l so Bert ('CIS f' of )j:i11 &. Kn o :. :J:cO I1 , G c ~)'( C0 H C,' ,IJi(jfl(] of Ca rl t yo:i.r, \-Ih osa ac] vie;" to thui:e 'I:.:.tny \niz bty c1i p. nts " ") t

ca n be concdc1 81.'Dbly .eJpfl . j ' .1 13 0 BUl ~,jcGO tl[hc the P. rt . 1.' ght behind N.A .N. ' s res'.J FHat ·jon, \.Jbo;:;e f !l c ilities . 1'0 enormol1s. I lnir:;ht 8 .:;k in S 8v\:: r a l pac; t . l'esid'~ lts of FRSll. \-Tho IJa . pen to be :i.n t i R < r 'A , s i ree SO~n8, are Vel' 1r of'. nO\!i'e c'Ch;vee n ' :i pen ot hl"iJ.L ' :cCd,f,ic [J lJU] J.l'.Jo They \-! ou.ld b ; t oB s pec i f jca lly

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!>< Before l ea v i ne ~1u\' YOl'I e I \..10 l d tCI.n [;~ , hlE: l J Hit.h [J nuwb e1' of J.f: ?(Ln,·rL :i. l) ..Qtb !lt:_Li.~~9.."_:t:J.!.;:u__lW:L r:!.1.t{~ s uch (ss \... Konnet h Tv:lt ellOll, he8:l or g ", ,,; >0"c i "t er"st i s in you,h, mantIc.;, PJ. tl'io t i~H ~l , C:::lucCt,j,O;l; Hi t.)] 1':<(1 '.)' HO C ~lj ~ , c; , Cho irH'a.n of Trenton Tl'u <;t pho lias f l't,;o t e cces~, t o t<.: ad i[l ~ pl tfol'lIl;:; and a strbne;fo.llowi.r:g aC1'OD8 tho Coun·L r·y b oth emolle h o.::';lt':U;\U r,r;.;:;~ financo l e':id el'::; clTld lIom::m. .A b 90. dy (.orr.' i m, t.ion, J Id caD. Nary I-;cG inn Taylor, F~~li t o :r' of the F<:de:ca tion 'of ~r O l],~ n ' s Clubs D18.{;8 zine, I-J ho h[ls si w :ll ~u' ilisdia cntrce a J~~1 a hl'cad f olloHin£:: <-iton Vi O: L2. J) n3. (.ic!1l.Jide ; t h<::he8 d of thG Natieor;..( l Council of ' !~Gro Home n a nd EHli,) Hobb j.ns president of the N.Qt~lon ~l l and Jnt el'n.~ tio l!a l Counc :L . of' I:: l!,eD j GeoTte A},m SmH h, ~lh( b u :SJ0ucht o"t. '011 , Rcc]ccfcl1o:!' Heport on the Performin8 Arts J but ~!ho ' 13 f or :'lh on . IrQ call gi ve strO;}e 0 help hore i f h'e can 5 t a Position st [rL 8 rn~ rr6 such as discussed. I I·!ill as]c George I S .suf,se[:J t.ion en t hb > 8. r~d if He can tayo even a po. rt. of it> It \dU· J nmJ re h i s help i ll Cl n i l:lportcmt Cl nd yet unt' p;)ed area > t.he ar tfJo (Hoc,' b1jnC is 81:r2<1dy i11 8 " you kno\,r ,) 5 }?e In Chica e;o a.nd ~! 8h:i.nE; Lon [(lJd poc> s ibJ~, l YH:':'::6.c1e lp lb . \-Ie Houle) have sJ nE arly Rtrong PH Ol e: ti!Jz;s $ Ds :in W ill YOj'h: , In Ca l :ifonli" t hi s pro ,obI ) "ould be dons bott .r by phooing

·o:c lUhchinec HHh tk; very f e'.-T 1-1110 aduClll y occupy strong [Jdv5.;o:r.y Pos itions \J Uh tIJE':i'" co mps. ni. (~iJ a:}c] cli

J;. H ith th9 \,:ay clear'd both ~lit h potentL:l " f:PO];os:wm for il Nixon ape) ';.l ith the 1'n people \-!IJ EJ ro SUchex:i st, I.le IJoLlld ~:encl . along t o Ci3.C 1, pr.oper ly keyed quote s, 1,.J:i ch a ' s p2cbJ r "qu8 [;t for vocol SUPPol' t , .[ 02' r ec'ct:i.O;) D: j f or clipc ;i :.:re D.P}:'::' ol.X!: :i. i'.te . ,{ 5. Ar:'p;:j.8, As d iscussed "li t21 l"ir , 1iJ;clwll . Qnd T, b l'l oGve uith you Herb, it 1 S poc:sible some cont in :1:'1 [; i nfor;iB l grass riots k'.lp rnj[~h t gr o 'l out of tId,s \wr k: Hh ich c tll c1 b o of :i r~v C:;l ua ble :£r:!,b::.:t.82 f'u,tllre s uppO): rJ to Hicb .Id " , Nixon 2.8 F'rosicJent.

lIt t h i s PO},l€V"SlE cGa d '3'E;ie; la tion of some kir:.d is needed fo::: 'I..ho \l odes or eTl uo[Sis to HOr}:: uYlder, it miEht bo 8 lJ :i. t ~bJ e for the present to call H sill1ply ,i

NATIONA L }\DVIE,Ony COiJI:C TL

fo} ~ Riclltl rc1 Ni:xon ' 1... .

\/ hieh se8UiS to s ny ehongh \.Jithout f' Cl, y :i,T)g f. o') muc h. He . cou ~ , c1 C'.Ds ily " ct up 8. cOm!TIit'l. ee .lith 8. r ev! telopho),(; cE,11s (; xp1f-lil in[; o:;:a ct .1:i "I hut its fuh cLion ' s --to build oGtspokon p1.lbl.,ic sllpport for Jixon riGh L· n O\ll ~ be.eking his I) Os jt :i.on~~ as needed .

IlC Gll.:'18 il" is Hr'. Hitchell f S \J o:t:'d --,oJ' p'?rbaps no \-!DS t h inLillG of nCoum;sltl in a slj.ghtl y c1 ifferunt 5(')!' 8 8.

Perhcps he \-Iou1d "J:i. sh to a ct 8S Cha ir!!':m . If not ", .'.:.::

.f ' ..::i:rrIJ;;.:,:"I.1'cLZJ "18CD: n set it up in a c1.s. y OT' tuo at mOE;t) Hith . -'- 1 . .., . l ' ,. . I ... Ol(. 181' your :LQcas or Olll' S or a CO[fJ.l } ,'!ErG:LOD as 'G O L:::--=:~ reprC3ente,t. iv8S S8,Y , of in:1l1,:try, c lm1'cn J lE)\'/ ' G(ll1 catic,oh, b8alt b, arts, ,lomon, inte:n 'a cia l affairB, labor1 C:cJJJ! 8 prevention, etc;oHucl v Peters on ;wuld be B. solid c ba :iT W:O:l1 , and easy to wo r k: wl~h. • . ' If Hr, Ki.tchell doofm It "d,.s}) to Cha ir :tt even J1():rrtnnlJy, pe:cll::;,rX3 somsbody like IJouis T}) )1db org, \ lho 110'. 8 a foot in bo :. h t he:' business \o/01'lcl as B" c I'd Cai:Cl'"6 n of B::1n k pf A l ~18 rlG[" an::1 m:·-~';.:.,~;L:,:,,2J~:"' , .::._:"\:; r!l:rr :'TC,2,J;..;i"-" in t he P . R, 'vIorTel, , 118.v ing (;Of!'l3 up by t h,\'G routo, \lOuld be 8xcGllent, 1 1m confj (.1c:,t r CS. D f, c)"G h i m. Lcmis ,lOuld Urido)';::tard c }.8. ctly \,,}::1~: ~1 : 'v,h2:i:. He Ire t l'y:ing to do ("rd Houlc1 be groc'tLly ll E.: l l.;:Cul "

S\.lc h [J nom.:'Ln Cl l CO :!l.'11 ittse coulCi be di;:;oolved or r c a ctivc,Ld later as warranted.

,-..'. ./ FI FT HAVEN U I. AT FI F T Y · ;" I NTH S 1 N LE r ' N FVI YOHK

.,? i nco t he :r'c ac; til) ~l HO ' VEl r Un into cft.,,:)!) i ,;; the: fee in€', tha t Nixon :is Cl atnral 111 0ner ll and \':ould l'a t har it aJone tha n sk f or 1el p , P O,L111 :c; a good s t l'o. t.8 ""V v: O lTd be to start t tJis of f \'}i th C', Harm • i f:llC'l lfrom h ilQ. 1 r171 r eonvi need j 'Ll. dr f eel' c o'n el's2t. i ons \! it.ll VCll'j.Ol1.S peop 8 'ho ought to b 0 1nv olved a ild H.l'cn It , tlia t n othin,::: 'I-!0 L11 d e nJ.':tnce H iG h e nt hus i D.s in ,'-;0 cel·toinly . G 'fce15 11 g t!Ja t Di e l lU.nts t he i r out s poke n pu')l ie: Sll.PPOl'G.

1 viOlJld suggcs 'c a note f'ro;n 111.1)'1 to the pote nt i a J. "::; pokc ;': lrolJ " llho::.;o help Ie \,!a nt - - q mod e } of pro )l'icty 'L hfl t Ho n r L commi him in any \: ay > but. 0:11l be \·JE'.l l'ill, [ln ~l Hi' 1 g et tIm S1..'!lr :('t. l n ; o r \ etlan needed. It eouJd be SO :11'3i,'hsG Ct l o v[~ t his order : \

This j f:, to tell y ou ho\} vor y f.. C' Ek tJy I a, Pl)n;:c:i.D.Go your sUP !1 r t ..., ­ Pa r·t:tcula l'ly nt tbi.13 t i n e . J im goinc to need it nO',l a nd afto8 the eJection a s \,'ell.

r u nrJo:cf;t. and a volu ni.;e c:C' group> the " JrClt ion,C\l Adviso'ry Cou l1 c i .Il ( . .Gn!.'lrni;;D1~)' ·:J;. i i.s goj 1[; t o [ s Ic. Y Ol l t.o hel J buck tr.j pos ition on vad.ous watt8 2'S of v :i t a l i mpo)"('[lnce to tbe cOllnb'y, ' a ll::] \dll ask, if you feel, rny viov ,'J !{i c, rit SUPP 01°t. ~ to say so at 81' 8 1' Y pnbLtc oppo r' t., l nH~\I · '

Frankly, the pu.blic needs to knO\1 t he thin'zinC of J 8Qdo:cs on all Ina ja:\' Jr.l ;,') tLc '8 - ' -0.ncl equ'3lly fra nUy,so do J, .if \'.'e Ire goir. g to b o [l ble to offE:r the bcr.t pos s iblo progra ms to solV8 our C01Jntry I s probl ems .

r u nderstand tl1G Advil30ry Conncil Hill send you from time to t ilne mon]0l"[111(! fl. of d i:ce ct quotos taken f rom lily posit5.on Po p er ~: , If ~;ou feel t Luse nl'O COl'.c8 C-C and &1'0 a ble to us e th e t0 ~ \1it.l1 .'''', "iord i rJdicating your eohfiddncos i n c.t ny of your s pe och2S, C Ol a; e nts, press co: c:)" onc8,s oj' vrii,i ng8 bet1-.' een no\.,r [ind Elec't:ion Day, it eerta:i.nly 1!.HI help sh'engt.hen us all in t bou (1 cc ompl i.':>}; r:!8 n~ , c, nd WJ.IJ. be ~:mch 8 p,:::rc Ci Cl t cd.

Th c~ nk Y0lt VC1'Y mu.ch.

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.' You m.ey Hi 'h t.o CXfl!:1.nd 'c hi" in ::;0,,1'3 ,·wy. H el' l.) ~ or to l i mit 'it f l ,t h(:'l', \·nic:h -.. hope for e[f~ c:t :i 8 1CflS , Honft bO the e; Clse v Co 1} and \ol8 '11 get t ha \·! he.l.s r~ o v :i De .

:- '1l b e:: he:[,6 at tho 1"1[,(7:8. for t ho \\'oc: kond $ u llt:n .1oli(1 y ·f -ca r noon.

GOOD LUC K! (1 d:i.dn ' t real. it~ e 1 1138 sue a goo t ypist;

mv(.. 80. _~-. :<\' - 21'S i ~ Going 'GO be l;1'o ' j of ).::, ) PETER M. FLANIGAN

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Feo Nt " re'l-~ 1/~ ( ~J (b", ' MEMO T O BOB HALDEMAN FROM BUCHANAN September 25, 1968

The Time boys are really hot on t h is Agnew t hing.

Th ey seem to think it is something of a dis aster the way he is c onaucinq his campa ign, the f oot - in-mouth d i sease, they think he has contr a c ted.

what I am wonder ing is i f per h aps we may be g i v ing too little attention to t his probe l m. I t has not bothered me a great deal , but the variety o f dif f erent "cl arificat ions" he has issued i s bound to be making s ome impact with the gen eral p ublic.

Agnew ough t to be on t he o f fensive, and I would t h ink that all t hese negative stori es are t h e d ire ct res ult o f uncon trolled XSXmBXBHxsX situations, press conferences and t he like, interviews . Wh a t he could use I think is a f irst r ate---wri ter to hammer t heAdmin istration and Humphrey twice a day a nd not be giving a i l these reporters othe r s s tories to write----He nee d not be as r esponsible as we a re , thus his attacks can be ma d e th enws out of the Agnew camp e ch ~ay rather than h av i ng i t be some clarificat i on. I wonder i f they don' t need s ome mores and be tter s taff people BXH over t here working f or thi s guy . Seriousl y, there must be some f i rst= raters on the Hill who c ou l d do a n eff e c tive j ob for h i m- --with the two a day attacks. The apparent f e e ling of t he Time guys that Agnew i s a genuine dis aster makes me t hink t hat t his ma y have bee ome a mi ddling p r oble m for us. For what its wo rth. MEMO 'ID BOB HALDEMAN

From Buchanan

Read this first and see if you think RN needs ID see ito

It is a good memo .

Buchanan Memo to Buchanan Sept. 21

From: Bell Re: Harris Poll

The trend evident in the Harris Poll published today scares me half to death.

The poll, based on interviews in mid-veptember, gives RN a 39-31-22 lead over Humphrey and allace. The Gallup Poll, taken in eRrly September, showed 43-31-19 .

Note that in both poD s the IIconservative" (Nixon-Wallace) majority is virtuallY identical (62-31 Gallup, 61-31 Harris); but that thp. later pol' shows Wallace with a larger share of the conservative vote.

Since Harris is interviewing the same sample voters he polled in July. he is able to give an idea of how the Rockefeller-over-Humphrey and McCarthy-aver-Nixon voters are going. Not surprisingly, RN has the bulk of thA Rockefeller voters and Humphrey has an even larger bulk of thp McCarthyites. M& suspicion is that this is mostly a function of party allegiance and will not change substantially

for the rest of th~ camnaign.

The frightening thing is the wide acceptance George Wallace is winning a~ a serious

candidate for tho Presiden~. The Harris g1rvey indicates that nearly one in four ..of all decided voters are for Wallace. He even has one in ten of thp July McCart~ voters. Bv any measure, he is the strongest protest-party candidate in history an~ is far closer to winning the PreSidency than was the Republican nominee at this time four years a~o.

Furthermore, ..the pat formulation that W§llace "hurts the Republicans in the South, and the DelIlOcrats in the North" no longer stan::ie up. \'lith Wallace out of the rR.ce, according to Harris, RN's lead over Humphre,r nearly oubles (39-31 to 50-36).

Wallace voters say RN is their second choice by better than 2-to-l. The idea

hat WallacA is hurti.ru1: RN not only in the South tends to be confirmed by the

Oliver Quayle polls sHowing narrow Humphrey leads in Michigan (38-36-15) and

Missouri (38-33-22)--two states in which the W: llace showing is especially strong. The.. electoral-vote projection of the Harris vote indicates Wallac~ victories in most of the South, and Humphrey victories in the more margUlaI Northern ariA Berae'}'

st~tes most affected by the Wal' ace tide. This wou1d probably result in a "hung"

election as of now.

The mi~conception we should avoid falling into is the idea (widely heard) that t he Northern Wallace voters have some kind of phobia against pulling a Repuhlican

lever, ~nd would simnly rett~n tn Humphrev if they decided against Wallace.

This is certainly not true of the huge tiloc of Wallace inderendents--and I don't think it's true of the union-oriented Walla ce Democrats. There is no doubt that

in- states like Michigan, Eisenhower won a huge bulk of this milieu in 1952 anti 1956. They were dissatisfied with the Democratic candidate, and didn't hesitate to break. In 1966--running against the impeccable unionist Soapy ltlilliaM3-­

the author of the kndnnm-Griffin law got 56% of the vote, cutting heavily into

( ~Onist precincts. Can there be any doubt that a lot of the Griffin Democrats

~are for George Wallace today?

There is no doubt that the Northern Wallace vot.ers are mad, and that most of them will vote for RN if they are convinced that he represents a significant change.

This is doubly true in view of Humphrey's new liberal line. There is also no .... doubt that uniil we are able to check and reverse the Wallace inroads in the North,

we will not be assured of an electoral majority. September 18, 1968

TO : ROBERT HALDEMAN

FROM: FRANK SHAKESPEARE

Th e TV p roduction staff flew Philadelphia t oda y and mus t start booking t he p a nel t o t he Friday program. I wa s told last night that mino r ity gro up r ep­ resen tation was to b e e l imin a t ed and "host i le" q uestioner s avoide d where po ssible. I must phon e Ailes toni'ght wi th guidelines. What is t he final decis ion?

The basic premise of the program i s t h at t he com­ muni ty is rep resented in mic r ocos m by the panel•.• De mocrats,

Ind e pe ndents , Republicans , minorit y g roups, p r ess ; the research shows the programs to be highl y s uccessf ul i n reaching, holding a n d favo r a bly i nfluenci ng an audience •• • with about 50% of t he viewers c lassifying t hems e lves as

De mocrats o r Indepe ndents ; the print pr ess a nd t e levision n e ws (in particular ) have b een giving surpr i s ingly good exposure to the programs, in part becaus e they are convi n ced of the i n tegrity and f a i r cross-sectional r e pres e ntati on o f t he panels . In my view, it woul d be unwi se to unduly a lte r panel make-up. The a udience a peal of t hese programs •. • l2% a v erage rating ; 18% und uplica t ed r a t i ng .. •has been exception­ ally high for "politi cal s, " refl ecti n g t he i nherent e xci te ment in a l i ve "strong" s ituation . The positive e f fect on voter s is evidenced by a 7 to 1 r a tio of "mor e favo rably - 2 ­

imp r e ssed" in the Cleveland r e s e arch . To move toward a safer, more Republican , more White Anglo-Saxon panel wi l l reduce both audience a nd effec tiveness, and will doubtless not go unnoticed by the press.

I am disinclined to person ally discuss this matter with RN. The panel c a n be made up any way he wishes and

I simply wish to know promptly wh at h is desires are .

FS Saturday 9/29/68 ADOLPH RUST called

RN -- as you know his son is running for Congress

Rogers 0

You promised him that you would campaign for son -­ back

when h e came t o your apartment Lee and another man for lunch - last November.

He (Rust) says h e i s still rais ing money an d while h e knows h ow bad is, etc . he says they have

taken a poll and they are r 50-50 - that Rogers has h ad h e l p from LBJ in of government contract s .

He said WE NEED RN in BEACH for a meeting -­

RN DID PROMISE -- and this man has wokked hard -- l ong bef ore willing to put up a ny money and/or work .

rmw October 3, 1968

MEMORANDUM

MEMO TO RN

FROM: HRH

Bryce Harlow advises there is some concern among .. our Congressional leaders re: your reference in Orlando to Mel Laird as the "next Majority Leader."

Bryce suggests you not use this reference in the future. He has stil led the c oncerns of Arends, et al, for now.

,-' / ;' I

September 25, 1968

MEMORANDUM

erson The Humphrey vs . Humphrey Debates -- Contradictory quotes by HHH.

" •.• 1 must say, if I have any quality · which can commend itself, I do believe in what I say. I just cannot get up before an qudience and sell them some­ thing I don't believe in." Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2, 1968

CRIME

March 22, 1968 July 7, 1968 " •••America is not embarked on "The American people are a downward spiral of violence and confronted with what is often counter-violence• •• " times almost what appears to be a revolutionary situation•• • " (Democratic Rally, Milwaukee, Wise. ) (Issues and Answers )

October 29, 1964 July 31, 1968

"Don't let anybody kid you that It ••• our nation is in this country is rotten, or degenerate, trouble, serious trouble ••• or swept with crime." We face nothing less than a grave national crisis. " (Remarks, Committee for Johnson­ Humphrey, New York City) (National League of Cities, Boston, Mass.) - 2 ­

CRIME (Continued)

September 12, 1964 July 7, 1968

'JI think that this constant "Lawlessness is the number charge of disorder and lawlessness one issue that troubles the which has been made, which has not American people today." just been referred to certain specific instances, but a general ( Issues and Answers) charge, is an insult and an unfair comment."

(Remarks, Denver Club)

RESPECT FOR LAW AND ORDER

~eptember 11, 1964 July 18, 1966

"A Presidential candidate Humphrey said that if he were should be saying and doing things forced to live in a slum area, to promote respect for law." III think yould have more trouble than you have had already because (Press Conference, Huron, S. D.) live got enough spark left in me to lead a mighty good revolt under those conditions."

(National Association of Counties, New Orleans, Louisiana - 3 ­

SPENDING

August 19, 1960 April 16, 1958

" ...One cannot solve the "I 'have always said that problems of the world with money. between the platforms of One cannot do it by writing checks Santa Claus and Scrooge, I in every emergency ... If the charge will stick with Jolly Santa. of 'spender ' is to be made, let it I have never made a fetish to be applied to those who have sought see how many dollars can be the most. Let it be applied to those saved; ... ..• " who have exercised fiscal irresponsi­ bility." (Congressional Record)

(Congressional Record)

INTERNATIONALISM v. ISOLATIONISM

October 18, 1967 June 30, 1968

JJWhat kind of world do you think HI must caution the American it would be. if the U.S. didn't stand people , we don't want to get in guard around the world?" the position of being the world's policeman..•. fJ (N. E. T .) (Face the Nation)

LBJ - HHH

April 10, 1965 April 10, 1966

"There's no Humphrey program, JlI have my own views. I just the Johnson program, and there have my own conscience. I wear are no Humphrey people, just Johnson no man's collar." people, and 11m one of them. " (Quoted by AP) (Quoted in Saturday Evening Post) - 4 ­

VIETNAM -- (Why We're There)

February 18 , 1 965 October 15, 1967

"Our goal is peace and "Our own American security freedom for the people of is at stake. That's why we're South vietnam." there ./'

(Washington News) (Doylestown, Pa.t

VIETNAM -- (U. S. Role)

November 3, 1967 August 25, 1968

"I think the future of mankind " ... 1 happen to believe will be settled in this part of the that the peace of the world world. I think we ought to be part does not depend ultimately of it. " on what happens in Vietnam, even though this is serious ... " (Baltimore Sun) (New York Times Magazine "Report on the Candidate Named HumphreyJl (Victor S. Navasky))

VIETNAM (Military v. Political Settlement)

January 1:, 1967 July 7, 1968

"I think they've lost the war JlThis has been the militarily. I believe, in other objective of political settle­ words, that militarily we have won ment -- the negotiated settle­ the war." ment of the Presiden t . It has always been my objective. I (Washington Post) have never felt that Vietnam was subject to a military solution. This is essentially a political struggle."

(Issues and Answers) - 5 ­

VIETNAM (Peace Negotiations)

February 21, 1966 May 15, 1968

"Including the viet Cong in "The United States is now a South vietnamese Government prepared to accept a role for wo uld be like putting a fox in a the Communists in the political chicken coop: Soon there wouldn't life of South Vietnam-- ..••. " be any chickens left." (Washington Evening Star) (New York Times)

VIETNAM -- (Escalation)

September 12, 1964

JlThis Administration has no plans of accelerating the war and extending it to the north."

(Question and Answer Session, Denver, Colorado) DETERMP:rEl) TO BE AN . ADMINISTRATIVE ~iNQ B.O. ~~6. S.eUe.. 1.1 ~ L't'1 . XI}" ~ IURB. Dat.. b ~~h,FIDBN'PIAf; MEMORANDUM

Tal Len Ga ment SUBJa "Ni xon In • •• " TV Programs Fra nk Shakespeare

FROMI Roger E. Ailes DATE a September 27, 1968

We have now completed four "Ni xon In •• • " pr og-.cams a nd I thought Pd put down a f ew ge neral comments so we can constantly i mprove ,them up to the t ime ~W. Ni xon becomes Pre sident.

This is not really a critique but some r andom t hought s . Cr itiques, in general, are not t hat helpful since He all do the best job we can every t ime at bat , but even (maybe specially) after he becomes President, his use of television w~ll determine t o a l arge ext nt how t e pe ople will respond to him. Television will not simply r ecord a ?res · dent for history, but the people's confidence in a President wil l be somewhat proportionate to his use of television.

If there is a "credibility gap" it wil l be spotted f irst and poi nted out most widely by television. Onc e t his exists and 40 million people know it, regaining confidence is incredi bly difficult.

To quote from ixonf s speech on the Presidency, "The President has a duty to decide , but the people have a r ight t o know why. Only through an open, candid dialogue with the people can a President ma intain his t rust and leadership."

Mr. Nixon is strong now on television and has good oontrol of the situ­ ation.

I. The Looka

A. He looks good on his feet and shooting "in the round" gives dimension to him. B. Standing adds to his "feel" of confidence a nd the viewers "feel " of his confidence. C. He still uses hi s arms a little too "predict ably" and a littl e t oo often, but at this point it is bet t er not to i nhibit him. D. He seems to be c orr~orta ble on his feet and even' appears graceful ara r elaxed, i.e. hands on his hips or arms f olded occasionally. E. His eye contact is good with the panelists, but he should playa little more t o t he home audience via t he head-on camera. I would l i ke to talk t o him about this and how to make it wor k. This is important. F. We have solved t he problem of lightening up his eyes a bit by dropping the front two key spots slig t ly and lower ing the platform f our inches. G. The "ar ena" effect i s exce l e nt and he plays to all areas well. The l ook has guts. The sublimihal message of t he "arena" works. Even if a viewer is not in favor of Richar d Ni xon, by 15 minutes int o the program he almost subcon­ sciously begi ns to roo · for him because of the odds, 1. he ' s alone. 2. he's standi ng while all others are comfortabl y seated. -2­

3. he has no place for notes -- th~ pa 0o:}-i st s do. 4. he is surrounded by people 1 0 0 l ng lnto the pit at ram and most people woul d think of that as a ni ghtmare, i.e. al eyes focused on you in the center. 5. 've t ve dispelled t he feeling that he mus t be shot only fro;n a certai n angle. The "over the shoulder'" shots show bim t o be an attractive man. 6. the occasi on 1 flare of light s add to the drama. 7. t he feeling is that anyone who can do that on "live" t elevi sion, keep his cool, a nd not be stuck for an answer , mu st certainly be admired. (Second r y comparison is that peopl e really believe Humphrey could not do i t. ) H. Color l ights are hot and he has a t endency to perspire, especially along t he upper l ip. 1. he 11 0~" i s using the handkerchief well. 2. whe never he i s going t o tape a show, the studio air conditioning should be turned up full at. l east f our hours pr'or to broadcast and camera r ehearsal should be l i mited as much as possible in t his time per i od to keep t he l ights off and t he heat down . I f camera rehearsal i s necessary, the a ' r conditioner should be t urned on sooner and the studio sealed off. Kee p all studio doors (especi ally the large loading doors) closed. I. An effort should be made t o ke p him in the sun occasional ly to maintai a fai rly constant level of healthy tan. J. Ge nerally, he ha s a very "Presidenti al " look and style - he smiles easily (and looks good doing i t ) . He should continue to make light er comments once in a whil e for pacing.

I I. The Questi ons and Answers:

A. First, his opening re~~r s ar e good. He should, perhaps, be prepared with an optional cut in his closing r emarks i n case we get into time trouble getting off the air. I don' t wa nt t o t ake a chance of mis sing t he shots of the audi ence crowding around him at the end. Bud can speci fically tell him exactly how muc h t i me he as t o close. B. In t he panel briefing we should t ell the panelists not to a sk two-part questions. This slows the overall pace of the s how dovm a nd rrakes it difficult for the viewer to r emember and thus f ollow. Instead, the panelists should be instructed t hat they can cont'nue a dialogue with Mr. Nixon -- ask two questions i n a row to get t he ans erSt C. Mr. Nixon has done very well i n keeping the answers fai r ly short. Wi th Hubert Humphrey getting more of a r eputation for l engthy speeches at t he sli ghtest provocation, this is a plus. For your i nforma tion and comparisonl Nixon in Illinois answers: 1. ApproxilTa t ely 31 00 2. 1145 3. 1 130 4. 2:33 - a griculture 5. 1 130,- ducation 0, 2 :37 - European question, Dr . Ripa --Question wa s longer than answer. - 3­

7. 2:09 kaw & order 8 . 3:22 - Custice : arl Harren 9 . 2 :. J - f orei gn aid 10 . 3:00 - NATO ai d 11. 2 123 - police in Chicago --C at he really sai d wa s that he had no comment). 12. 2: 30 - urban rene;val 13. 125 - detenti on camps --(Excellent answer - He didn't know but he was honest and the audience was with -hi m completely.) 14. :53 15. 2:45 - income tax 16. 2115 - prior i ty of spending 17 . 1 :47 - mone y 18. 125 - Vi etnam PO'vls 19. 149 -Davi d & Julie 20. Wrap-up - perfect at 158.

Nixon in Ohio answers : 1. 1 115 ending Vietnam war 2. 1 120 - l avl enfor ceme nt 3. 1:}4 - foreign aid 4 . 1 :03 non- vi o1en demo nstrat i ons 5. 1112 - Electoral College System 6. 1,20 - Strom Thurmond-Abe Fortis 7. 1 :05 Pueblo i ncident 8. :4 5 Oi l Depl etion Allovlance 9. 1 : 36 - !egroes a s Amer i cans 10. 2: 55 l essons learned from Vi et nam war "- "-....',. ­, . 11 . 3:13 - Middle Ea st si t uati on 12. 127 helping Israelites 13. : 55 - deal with St r om Thurmond re V. P. candidat e 14. 1 :15 collecting money lent to f oreign count r ies 15. 1 :40 - hel ping Fr ance 16. 1 :46 federal aid t o education 17. 1115 spreading of power in administration 18. 2: 33 - inflation 19. :41 - short t alk about egroes ' 20 . 2 :33 - l aw & or der i n regar d t o Ne groes 21 . 1134 - postal system 22. 21 20 - funds for new systems without more taxation 23. 141 - cut down on f orei gn aid 24. 1117 a gricultural program 25. 21 57 - Bud's question--Person' who had influence on l ife

Ni. on in California answers l 1. 155 - priori t y spending 2. 2120 - cri me & police 3. 1 :00 - l ovlering voting age to 18 4. 2:41 - American prestig in f oreign countries 5. 2 :14 - Republ i cans a ppe ali ~g to Ne gro vote 6. 1 ,48 - summit mastin with Soviets 7. 1 :38 - cultural r el at' ons with Soviet Union 8. 1 :26 fair share-wor ld markets , agriculture 9. 1 .26 nempl oyme nt & under employme nt 10 . 1:41 - anti-Semiti c 11. lI L~ O g V - rYl1l16 t--minority situation 12. ') 11111- - Co Inlll1 w1 :, n 13. 1.43 induvtrial mil itary complox 14. - :?O - l:;,bor- rnanaf.ement-consumer 15. 1:11 - Ch ·,ca .,,: o situa t ion-Democra tic campaign 16 . 1 :22 - Pueblo i ncident 17. 1 :46 - ir.flati o - aged- pensions 18. 1 :20 - Ge orge Wa llace 19. : 37 - deba tes 20. 2 1J4 - l aw & order 21 . 1:57 -(didn 't get question) 22. 1 : L~ 2 - funding 01 new programs 23. 3 :14 Bud ' s que stion--Keeping up wi:th campaign D. W enever possible, it is i mportant he gi ve an unqualified yes or no answer. E. He is averagi?'lg seven "Let me be very clear about tha '(, point" in every program. It is beginning to seem like an evasive t actic. Perhaps a few new "time to think" phrases could be prepared. F. He still needs some me morable phrases to use in wrapping up certain points. I feel that I mi ght be able to help in t his area. but don ' t know if you wa nt me to or if he ~ould take s ugge stions from me on this. Maybe I could have a session with Price and Buchanan.

III. Gener al Comments :

A. Whenever possible, Mr s. Nixon, Julie, David, Tr icia. and any VIPs shoul d be in the audience. These ar e ext remely important for reaction shots. Also, Mr. Nixon handles the introductions wel l and i t gives him t ime to get the "feel" of the studio. B. I ha ve added extender s t o t he zoom lens on all came ras to all ow closer shooting for reactions. C. . The panels have worked out well and Mr. , Ni xon is in com plete control. I viewe d t e Philade phia tape the mor ning after the show. Mr . Ni xDrl came off t he undisputed winner in t he McKi nney que sti oning. He knew t he facts. t he audience sympathy was with him (McKi n ey wa s not li

It seems that Humphrey wil l continue his "give 'em hell" . b i t ~ ter attack on Nixon. To counter balance this, they will book more and l1lo re Democratic VIPs on tel evision t o t alk positively about : umphrey, The attempt is to: 1 . uild Humphrey a s a ma n of character, 2. allude to t he fact that Humphrey has been in on the sensitive Vi etnam classi fied material and t hus knows more abo t an "end in sight" t han he can say. 3. couch all -tatements about him with. , • "when Humphrey becomes -?resident". 4, separate the questi on of umphrey ' s t ies to Johnson, whi ch H~~phrey 'annot do hi mself. 5. cast doubt on l ixon's abil ity t o excite t he el ectorate an t hus lead the count ry forwa d a f t er January. F, I am gathering a compl ete report on our VIP and Family bookings to see if we are covering t he most ground most effectivel y.

Is anyone coaching these VIPs f or TV or talking with the show writers or prod eel'S t o set a line of questioning? This could be helpful. G, In general, nov; that vTe imow how to do t.hese shows and that they work, I f eel I c n be of more help to you and Mr . i xon,' Don't feel I ' m t oo swamped t o handle anything. We've done four shows and have five left. We'll have nine out of nine winners,

REA/lam October Lf, 1968 L l ~''iEJI.1 0 R A TD UM

':'0 : Finch ~ de ma n Ha rlow

FEOM: Ellsworth ~ -----~

Bryce Ha r low r eport s t h at Jo- hn TOW8P j~ ffiiff9~~ con.... c erned t hat he h as been stiff- a rmed by Nixon in connection with his effort s to report to Nixon on his work on the Key -

Issues Committee. He was stiff -arming Nixon back and saying

that if Nixon would prefer he could designate another indi­

vidual to report on KIC work or he could disband the K1C or

whatever. -Harlow has disabu sed Tower of the idea that Nix on was stiff- armin g him and so Tower has now relaxed his stiff

a rm . • However, Harlow 1s now conveying to us (I will have

this tonight at JFK) the full report of the most recent K1C

me e t i ng . RN should familiarize himself with this so that < -T;.'he n he sees Tower in Dallas , ~ e can satisfy Tower that the work of the K1 C i s getting throug h to RN.- Tower will be t e tin g to see if it has, and both Harlow and Ellsworth are

the ones who are be~~g tested. -2­

Mo reover, Towe r points out t he nExt meeting of

t h e Key Issues Comm ittee , set ~ o r October 16, is the

b i gge st and t he last. Everybody wi ll be the~e -- all t he

Gov e r nors, • at f ield, etc., etc. :arlow and Ellsworth thi~k

N ~ xo n ough t to see both Towe r and Brad Mo rse a fter t he~ e et iQg b $

a ~ d receive a fina report from the Key Issues Commi ttee.

Other wise, unn cessary h a r d feeli .g s will be generated t .at will pla gu e the White Ho use after January for months to c ome . ,/­ UN DCmZENS CHARLES S. RHYNE FOR NIXON-AGNEW INational Chairman HEADQUARTERS • WILLARD HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004 • PHONE (202) 783-1560

MEMORANDUM

TO: Bob Haldeman

FROM: Charles S. Rhyne

DATE: September 23, 1968

Here is a "Confidential!! letter I sent our State

Chairmen. It is based upon your memo re RN! s wishes, but rephrased so I take responsibility for the suggestions in case the memo goes astray and any cornrnent is engendered.

I enclose copies of some of our weekly reports.

Dick may wish to look these over. We are geared up, carefully planned, and are really rolling for maximum impact.

CSR:p Encl. CHARLES S. RH YNE National Ch airman THOMAS W. EVANS National Direc tor

HEADQUARTERS C) WILLARD HOTEL, WA SHINGTON, D.C. 20004 c PHONE (202) 783-1560

September 19, 1968

CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM

To: State Chairmen

From: Charles S. Rhyne

I here summarize some thoughts regarding the campaign--and transmit them to you in this form with the request that you make every effort to ' implement them within your areas of contact and res ponsi­ bility.

As we begin the campaign, it is essential that we maintain the initiative. This will be primarily the role of the candidates, but now is the time for everyone in our organization who talks to the press, State and County Chairmen across the country to have the line and put it out as effectively as possible. Among the points that should be made are the fOllowing:

1. The Come-Back Theme: This has an immense appeal and it has not been adequately covered in columns or in the press. Find way s to get it out--pointing up the obvious--that Nixon accomplished this despite the overwhelming opposition of the financial establis hment and the press establishment and without huge financial resources, PR gim­ micks, etc.

2. The Calibre of the Nixon Team: This gives us the oppor­ tunity to point up the superb pre-Convention organization, that it has high intellectual quality, great morale and great loyalty. It will be recalled that one of Johnson's weaknesses is that very few people on his staff are really loyal to him. Apparently HHH has real staff pro­ blems too.

3. The Youth of the Nixon Organization: Because we have such an outstanding group of young staff members in very key positions--this story should be easily and effectively promoted, perhaps by emphasizing average age of Nixon staff or the number of key men under 30, under 40-­ or whatever such statistics might be most telling. Also~ you can point out individual or group features on the young stars of the team, i.e., Buchanan, Price, Anderson, Bell, Gavin, Hart in research and writing; Chapin, Ziegler, Higby, Allan Woods, etc., in tbur operations ; the young crew working with Mitchell and Flanigan, such as Len Garment and Frank Shakespeare, et.al.; and in our United Citizens operation here at -2­ the Willard such stars of the team as Louise Gore, Ben Cotten, Craig Truax, Jay Wilkinson, Lamar Alexander, Jay Parker, J. J. Wuerthner, Mort Allin, Jack Padrick, Mike Gill, Lew Helm, Dick Wiley, Sam Williams, John Ca mpbell, Bundy Clarke, Jim Berger and others we will mention from time to time. State-by-state we also have other young leaders who are just as much a part of the Nixon Team as we have at the Willard.

4. The Immense Effect of the Nixon Acceptance Speech: Dick Nixon prepared this speech on his own, and did not "try 11: out" or reveal any of the content to anyone except his Secretary. This story simply hasn't gotten across. This is a very impressive story to the average person who suspects that all politicians are simply parro·tting the lines their ghosts have written for them. This story should be gotten out broadly. Although many will say that we shouldn't build on events of the past, let us not forget that Kennedy made mountains of yardage during the first two years of his Presidency by referring to his Inaugural Address and having the press do likewise. Our people have not yet done an adequate job in this respect as far as this speech is concerned.

5. Nixon as Party Unifier: Even several of the less favorable press men pointed out that the week when w~ were at Mission Bay plus the swing to the major states was probably one of the major political stories of our time and would have been covered as such has the Czech Revolution not occurred in the same period. This story should be re­ peated over and over again--properly embellished--pointing out that Dick Nixon fights hard but then is able to unify and bring the best men into the final organization. This will also give a good impression as to how Nixon will handle the Presidency and unify the Nation once the battle is over.

6. Nixon--"The Man for the Times": Perhaps most important of all--there should be emphasis on Nixon, "the man for the times." The Churchill analogy is probably appropriate. Churchill was "in the wilderness" as he put it during the '30's but was called b a ck to lead his country in a period of crisis. What we must do is to knock down the idea that, by manipulation and because of political debts that were due Nixon, he was able to get the nomination. We've got to point out that he won the nomination because of his own stren;th and not just because of the weakness and confusion of his opponents.

In sUTILmary, one weakness of our campaign in the past has been the tendency of our entire staff, and most of our supporters, simply to rely on Dick Nixon's speeches and activities for our campaign suc­ cess. We are doing better this time than we have previously, but we can take a leaf out of the Kennedy book and recognize that at least 50% of the credit for his win in 1960, and also for his immensely good press after the 1960 election, was due to the fact that his staff and -3­

friends were constantly running their own campaigns in his behalf, and not just waiting for him to carry the ball. This must be done at all levels--from our headquarters in Washington--as well as by all of our state and local leaders.

Of vital importance is the point that we must play the con­ fident line from now until November, regardless of,what developments occur. We are on the offensive and we must stay on the offensive. The Democrats are demoralized, and we must keep them demoralized. We should exude confidence, not cockiness, indicating that we're going to run an all-out campaign and pour it on, but that we do so knowing that we are ahead and that we plan to stay ahead and extend our lead so that we can elect a Republican House and a lot of R"epublican Senators as well. It is important that you and I and all of our leaders and speakers take this line, and particularly important, that those • who talk with the press, exude it. We must not become ' over confident due to the fact that the polls are so favorable, and the well·-established fact that Dick Nixon has always run ahead of the polls. We of the Nixon-Agnew "Army" must take as our "theme" the campaign slogan, varied slightly and say to our workers: "This time, work like your whole world depended upon it." ---­

C.S.R.

P.S. Under separate cover we have sent you the back copies of "The Answer Desk," a publication which is extremely informative and helpful. Arrangements have been made for these to be sent to you on a daily basis. I suggest that you start a notebook for them so that you keep it up to date.

One additional request -- Please forward copies of favorable letters to editors to Miss Carol Harford, Information Depart­ ment, Fourth Floor, Nixon-Agnew Campaign Headquarters, 450 Park Avenue, New York, New York. Communications Manager Herb Klein has asked for our assitance in this effort. 9181QTH ' STREET. N.W / WASH INGTOI\!, D.C. 20006 / ~ TELEPHONE (202 ) 783-1560 CHARLES S. RHYNE N ational Chairman ( - } ~J THOMAS W. EVANS N ational OireclOr YOU'rH FOR ·NIXON- AGNEti. - August 30, 1968

1. 3 Fieldmen attended Circle K Convention in Philadelphia with 1200 college participants. lambda Chi Alpha, Delta Tau Delta and Beta Theta Pi national conventions Here all attended by Youth fieldmen and Phi Gamma Delta "laS handled by Vic Kamber. Outstanding student leaders Here enlisted as well as at least 50 solid contacts for campus Nixon organizational use this fall.

2. Met1.,rith Sam Hilliams and John Campbell, top directors of Rockefeller's youth l;aropaign (New Majority). Both will be playing important roles in our operations Hith 2 major responsibilities for Student Coalition; a means to involve top student l eaders in developing youth participation in the urban problems. They will also be handling field operations and state youth organizations in Ne1-l York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio and Michigan. Requested David Eisenhower to talk "lith Richard Nixon on proposal.

3. Materials: second and probably last order of Victory Keys finalized. Work on youth-oriented poster begun through Na tional Student Narketing Board in New York City.

Discussed with new staff "lritel', Dick Williams, youth brochure which Hill be issue and endorsement oriented.

4. Additions to staff besides ldilliams and Campbell: secretary to replace Jane Alexander; field man/publicity man Bill Grier, past student body president of Ball State U.

Plans for Next lrleek:

1. Direct mailings to a) Reagan students, b) Rocky stUdents, c) 500 student leaders (2nd half of initial list from major schools), d) 5,000 relatives and friends of Nixon contributors

2. Firm up contacts on key campuses Hho will set up sign-up booths during registration Heek and early days of school.

. .3~ ·Goalof 25 appointed state youth directors and leads on rema ining states.

4. Hiring of 2 additional fieldmen to give total of 4.

5. Printing of youth brochure (500,000), and RN speeches, New Republic ,I1Why I Am for Nixonll, organizational manuals and Victory Progre''Ss Report #6.

6. Mailing of Keys Hith sample press release announcing individual's participation.

Addition to #,2,: Prepared state chairman' s guidelines, supplement to YFN orgaY). izational manual listing 25 projects for local youth groups and Mock Election Manual \

NIXON FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE, P. O. BOX 1968, TIMES SQUARE STATION, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036 PHONE (212) 661-6400 \ MEMORANDUM October 4, 1968 TO: RN FROM: Glenn Olds SUBJECT: President Bolling's Suggestions, HE: Mood of Eastern European Peoples Following Czechoslovakian Crisis from De-briefing Numbers of Quakers Working with Re£ugees and Returning Staff

The enclosed statement is brief and useful as a general~ non-strategic assessment of mood and its consequences . Of greater immediate significance to the campaign is the fact that President Bolling, who only a few weeks ago was uncertain about what he could do to help, came in yesterday to say he was ready to take leave to help us full time these next four weeks if we desired it. He explains that the swell of Wallace support has quickened the necessity for men like himself to do more than write papers and vote! I am seeking to find ways to mobilize others like him for a more direct and major impact among the independent-liberal-dissident democrat constituencies. attachment : U. S. Policy Toward Eastern Europe cc: Mr. Mitchell Mr. Garment Mr. Haldeman Mr. Keogh Landrum Bolling President, Earl ham College Richmond, Indiana

U. S. POLICY TOWARD EASTERN EUROPE

The crushing of the Czechoslovak liberalization movement by Soviet military power may in the end turn out to be the gravest mistake that the Kremlin leaders have made since the end of vI orId War 11. Certainly, United States policy toward Eas tern Europe must be designed to take into account the widespread hostility and, among great masses of the people, total disillusionment with the Soviet Union and with Soviet­ style socialism w"hich have resulted.

A realistic assessment of the popular mood in Eastern Europe, including specifically Poland and East Germany, will s11m,,: a) overwhelming contempt for the Soviet Union and its current leaders; b) virtually total disbelief in the propaganda line of the Soviet Union and its echoing p up pets; c) enormous desire for freedom of thought and s peech and for freedom for the mass media, (even though operated through socialist ownership), with perhaps the greatest passion for freedom to travel, including freedom to emigrate; d) no e xp ectation that armed revolt internally can succeed in breaking Soviet in­ fluence or that the Western powers will come to their aid in any circumstance other than a third world war, and they don't want that; e) great desire for the widest possible expansion of human and cultural contacts with the \-Jest, including the United States; f) widespread desire for substantial modification in the economic system: to reduce the powers of the central planners and to enhance the freedom of enterprise for the local managers; to allow greater freedom for individually owned and. operated small businesses and farms ; to encourage greater production, better quality, and lower prices for consumer goods;

g) little evidence of desire to abolish the socialist economy as such--they only want it to have a more human face, to become more flexible, and to become more productive; h) great desire for expansion of trade with the Ivest, including the United States, i n order to curtail dependence upon the Soviet Union and to provide a general enrichment of their physical lives.

The implications for U. S. policy toward Eastern Europe are, I s uggest, as follows:

1) Tne U. S. should continue to expand its cultural exchange programs with all countries of Eastern Europe--those contacts can only help further to subvert the old rigid communist ideas.

2) The U. S. should make travel to the United States much easier than heretofore for students, teachers, artists, religious leaders, scientists, and managers; we should even give consideration to special exchange arrangements and travel and entertainment subsidies, if these things can be done in an inconspi cuous way. - 2 ­

3) TI1e United States should grant most-favored nation treatment to goods imported from Eastern Europe, with the exception of East Germany; this we already do in the case of Yugoslavia and Poland.

4) The United States should agree to negotiate credits for the expansion of East European non-strategic purchases in the U. S.

5) The U. S. should provide guarantees to American firms wishing to invest and assist in the development of non-strategic industries in Eastern Europe.

6) The U. S. , through the Office of Education, the Foundation for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, and the State Department's Cultural Exchange Program, should give substantial encouragement for American scholars, students, and scientists to ID~ke study visits to Eastern Europe and to expand research, language and other study programs related to Eastern Europe on American campuses.

All of these efforts can encourage progressive liberalization of idyas in Eastern Europe and the enhancement of U. S. prestige, influence and ultimate security--but only if there is a President whom the mass of the American people can trust and who has the skill to explain these p olicies to the Congress and the public convincingly.

Landrum Bolling was a war correspondent attached to Allied Force Headquarters in the Mediterranean during World \!ar II, was one of the first U. S. reporters in Yugoslavia as the Germans were being driven out during the winter of 1944.-4.5, and has visited Eastern European countries many times and studied their problems extensively since then. He has been in Eastern Europe twice during 1968 and was in Czechoslovakia during the last two weeks in July. / MEMORA UM

To: R. N. Da te: Augu s t 13, 1968 From: Glenn

Subj : Conference with Frank Kepp~l, former U.S. Commissioner of Education, and Presi dent of General Learning Corpor ation

In conference with Frank Keppel, one of the brightest and most frustrated Itquasi-republicansll of JFK's early team, he identi fied from that period in Washington two crucial ly re1ated themes cl ose to your own thinking for f resh attention: 1. The endless complication, red tape, and i r rationality of federal­ state-local relations . (The Republican coordinating committee's task for ce in this area has many publ ications, but none very decisive in pro­ posing a new mechanism judged by effectiveness of the final local de­ livery of -servicea) 2. The reconstruction of a modern federalism. He proposed two people who might provide helpful insight in developing your own constructive policy in this area: Caspar W. Weinberger, Director of Finance for Reagan, and Elliott Richardson, former undersecretary of H.E.W., and Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. -- ~A. ~ is an area requiring critical attention, as a matter of policy, an I do not know whether you would wish to push it fur ther at this time. It strikes me it would be a good thing to have someone close to Reagan i volved in a fundamental way now that the convention is passed, and Elliott s someone you may want to look at for a major assignment.

cc : Messrs . Allen Anderson Buchanan Garment Mitchell Price Nixon and Agnew in '68

August 30 , 1968 DC A quick l ook at the attached memorandum of conversa t ion wi ll,

I am s ure , make you as glad as I

am t o have a real p~o back in t he outfit . .. NIXON FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE, p, 0, BOX 1968, TIIVlES SQUARE STATION, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036 PHONE (212) 661-6400

MEMORANDlTht

TO: Herb Klein August 27 1968

From: Murr y Chot~ner

p ONAL

" !hi is a follow-up of our convers tlon of Mond y, August 26.

You prob bly h ve 11 of the following it s ~n ~nd but I ass~ng t em on to you for wh tever value they may b .

Pie s fe 1 free to c 11 on for any assistnnce you y need in t king car of th m.

1. ItCity-D skIt type of oper tion dth defiI"...it ,re onsibil',ty for eac of your personnel to take c~r of the e spec fie s ignment. One person y handle more than one assi ent.

Press servle:ng fo s. Nixon, Tr_cia , Julie cLd D v·,d. It y be eb t they pr f r not to have a press perso tr vel ~·' itb the, nd I can sa , the log':'c ~n such a decis'on if th t e the ituDtion.

HOl ve ) someo e t eadquartcrs should be servLcing the pre in connection iith their trips , etc. Ther i s gre t oppor tty for fe t1~ stori s on the foments pges, d qu Ified perso to do this should b .,v 11 bl t. the earliest po .,ole mo ent.

h. Handling of schedules of the nee.

c. inor ty n ~sp pers.

d . ct·v·ties.

e. Spec 1 group, such eterans t sparta f .i.gure J etc., e c.

f. ng qu stions from the press in the bs nee of your­ ruld on.

i:'" Herb Klein ... 2- August 27 0 1968

g. Someone to take care of press clippings of opposition stories.

h. l\1riter to prepare answers to opposition, stories and coordinate with one of our political personnel to get the right person on whom to hang the answer.

i. Someone to handle TV monitoring of opposition speeches with answers to be prepared as indicated abbve.

j. Someone to plant and develop stories and feature articles for mag zines.

k . Development of form stories for use by state and local committees.

2. Provide the key personnel of the campaign 'vith a l i st of your entire personnel nd their duties so ''Ie may know to whom m tters should be routed.

3. Provide us and the Nominee with a list of key political edi.tors , editorial l-r.riters nd columnists so that the Nominee and our political people will have their names when they are in the ~ndividual states.

4 . Provide us and the Nominee W1th a list of the Washington Bureau Chiefs for ~e when the occasion requires it.

S. Several advance runs of the news mailing envelopes should be available at headquarters for emergencies and weekends.

6. Coordination should be developed with the publicity depart­ ments of the Republican National Committee and Citizens for Nixon to avoid possible conflicts or duplications in key stories.

7. Modern equipment for producing stori es at headquarters so we are not dependent on outside production.

8. Special news release paper to cover 'the releases from this headquarters, as distinguished from Ci tizens for Nixon and the Republican National Committee.

9 . Personnel to service the traveling press with their require­ ments.

10 . Keep the camp 19n personnel advised with news releasesJ- etc . , ·3- ugu t '27 1968

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MEMORANDUM (dictated from Key Biscayne via telephone)

TO: Ken Cole cc: Bob Passwaters I FROM: John Ehrlichman

RE: Telephones

The following is standard procedure for the installation of telephones in all hotel stops:

CANDIDATE'S SUITE

LIVING ROOM:

One telephone instrument withbutt?Zs for 3 private lines in rotation, and 1 dial intercom line ( s tation .1 ) • No telephone be ll. 50 foot cord. ,) ~"-" iA: t~ 1f"W' . BEDROOM:

Two instruments precisely duplicating the living room instrument. .

DWIGHT CHAPIN ' S ROOM:

One instrument with buttons for the candidate's 3 private rotating lines, 1 private line to the outside, i dial intercom line (station )!J . All lines ring. On a 50 foot cord. - _W

ROSE MARY WOODS

SLEEPING ROOM:

One instrument with dial intercom station (station 4). One outside private line.

OFFICE:

Four instruments each duplicating the following:

4 private outside lines in rotation 1 dial intercom station (station 4)

TOUR OFFICE:

Two instruments with buttons for 2 private outside lines, and 1 dial intercom station · (station ~. C>

The cord should be long enough so that either instrument may be placed on the "Page Boy" table in this office. I~ I -v "

- 2 ­ H. R. HALDEMAN'S ROOM:

'\ One ,instrument wi ~ 2 outside lines in rotation, and 1 dial intercom t, ; station (station ~ 2 on a 50 foot cord. 6' LARRY HIGBY'S ROOM: , q One instrument with button for 1 dial intercom station (station)), and duplication of Haldeman's private outside line (extension 0 , \ Haldeman's numbers). 50 foot cord.

JOHN EHRLICHMAN'S ROOM:

lOne instrument with 2 private outside lines. I VERN OLSON'S ROOM: \ . he l.nstrument with extension "duplicate" of Ehrlichman's outside

o .\:nes ~DVANCE MAN'S ROOM

l.Vt,e l.nstrumen t'Wl.t h'prl.vate outs ide 1"l.ne wh' l.C h s'h ou ld b'e l.nsta 11e d as early as possible for the continuing use of the advance man. I The following listed staff members should have 1 private outside line installed in each room:

James Keogh Pat Buchanan Martin Anderson Lt. Governor Finch 1tI:I!r B' 87 i Ron Ziegler Charles Mdfuorter Bob Ellswortl\, Richard Moore Lhh';; ~~ ~ In every case telephones should be installed on ample long cords so that they can be used throughout the room or suite.

John Ehrlichman

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