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OCR Page 1 of 55THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
POLITICAL MEDIA ANALYSIS
October 27, 1972
11 To Go
"Peace is at hand" dominates television and press last night and this morning
as no story in recent memory. Watergate-Espionage has been inundated
completely for the time being.
MR. MCGOVERN - - At present here is how McGovern is handling the issue;
lead on his remarks is that he welcomes peace, even on election eve; sub-
themes: why didn't we get it four years ago; and let's not let President
Thieu stand in our way. McGovern will move cautiously on this, as press
reports, waiting for perhaps a deadlock or a hitch, before going on attack.
Perhaps we ought to consider the pre-emptive strike -- i. e., the Vice
President saying on Sunday television that the President's achievement
proves the wisdom of his bombing and mining; and also, shows how close
to disaster McGovern would have brought America -- as not a week ago, even
after Hanoi had secretly made concessions, McGovern was still calling for
an American surrender and a dishonorable peace. The fact of the peact
treaty is to prove the peace-at-any-price leftists like McGovern'as dreadfully
mistaken and wrong for the last four years, and the President right.
One problem here is that we (Dole, MacGregor) have been calling on McGovern
et al. not to play politics; and McGovern has not breached that call yet - -
though Shrive has; and he may be the hinge on which to go after McGovern
for offering a surrender to the enemy, and betrayal - - even while secret
peace terms had been agreed to.
Secondly, President has achieved peace despite the fact that here at home,
he had been harassed, and attacked and undercut every step of the way.
Note: Shriver's remark of two weeks back that Kissinger's trip to Paris was
the "most immoral thing Richard Nixon ever did, 11 or words to that effect.
Question: Should we wait for McGovern to attack if things go awry - - which
could redound to our benefit -- or go after him first?
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