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From Raymond Moley to RN RE: political advice. Handwritten notes added by unknown. 2 pgs. [Letter], 3/26/1968
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03/26/1968
Letter
From Raymond Moley to RN RE: political
advice. Handwritten notes added by
unknown. 2 pgs.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Page 1 of 1
NIKO
your
CUTHRIE
ALEXANDA
4
MITCHELL
FOR
RECEIVED
RAYMOND MOLEY
Call
444 MADISON AVENUE
MAR 25 1968
NEW YORK 22
Referred to
fill
Answered
File
March 26, 1968
Hon. Richard M. Nixon
521 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
Then Ray of agreed tel
Dear Dick:
I will make this brief, but I think it
is a bit of etal
advice that is worth considering.
Jim Stahlman called me from Nashville yesterday
wanted me to convey two or three points to you.
and I Ray
will list them and then comment:
1. He says that you do not need to go to college
campuses, at least for a while, while the McCarthy-
Kennedy stew is brewing and the children are generally
anxious about going to war. It won't help your cause
any, and they are now in such a state of emotional
unrest that there is danger of misinterpretation that
the reporting might be screwed up.
2. It isn't necessary now to talk very much about the
war, at least for a while. Whatever you say might be
a brief statement on what you have already said. It
isn't time yet to spell out what you mean about ending
the war if you are elected.
3. He also suggests that you stay off quiz programs
on television. You are getting the right kind of
exposure as it is, and the people who are going to
vote know how you look.
I think I agree with all three of these points. There
is no need now, while the fight is on the other side,
to center attention on yourself. It doesn't do any
harm to have a period of quiet while your organization
is making preparation for the fighting ahead. This
will also give you time to think and shape your own
course.
- 2 -
Perhaps you know already that Eisenhower has
a very hot piece in the April Reader's Digest.
It expresses his opposition to anyone who
declares dove-like sentiments, and he makes a
special point about what happens during negotia-
tions if they ever come.
Things look SO good I am almost scared, but
needless to say I am happier than I have been
for many years.
Faithfully,
Ray
RM:dpm