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Letter from John Stuart, Jr. to Ron Ziegler RE: 1953 photos of RN with U Thant in Burma. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/8/1969
Typed note briefly describing RN's 1953 trip to Burma. 1 pg. [Other Document], N.D.
Image described as "Nixon views glass mosaic work of the pillars in a Shwedagon Pogoda. (Devotion hall with images of Budda)." 1 pg. [Photograph], N.D.
Image titled "Nixon strikes huge bell at the Shwedagon Pagoda." 1 pg. [Photograph], N.D.
Image titled "At the Shwedagon Pagoda Nixon holds a heavy Wishing-Stone which becomes light if his wishes are to be fulfilled." 1 pg. [Photograph], N.D.
Image titled "U Thant explains to Mr. and Mrs. Nixon about an image in a "Tazaugn" (devotion hall with images of Budda) at the Shwedagon Pagoda." 1 pg. [Photograph], N.D.
Draft copy of letter from unknown (RN?) to the British Prime Minister Harold Wilson RE: Arranging a meeting at the end of February or the beginning of March. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/3/1968
Speech prepared for RN for the Gridiron Club Dinner. 4 pgs. [Other Document], 4/25/1964
Copy of newspaper article from the Washington Post titled Truman, Nixon Share Same Table by Edward T. Folliard. 1 pg. Not Scanned. [Newsletter], 4/26/1964
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: The need for a full-time television man to advise RN. 1 pg. [Memo], 1/4/1969
Memo from RN to RMW RE: Whether Rev. John F. Cronin ought to be included at a White House reception or other event. 1 pg. [Memo], 1/8/1969
Letter from Riley David McCafferty of NASA to RN RE: Enclosed photo of Captain Walter M. Schirra taken during RN's visit to the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, TX. 1 pg. [Letter], 10/8/1968
Color photograph of Captain Walter M. Schirra taken during RN's visit to the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, TX. Handwritten autograph by Schirra. 2 pgs. [Photograph], N.D.
Statement by RN from his application for admission to the State Bar of New York in response to the question: What do you believe the principles underlying the form of government of the United States to be? 2 pgs. [Other Document], 11/15/1963
Copy of letter from RN to Frances Timberlake RE: The threat of LSD to the Nation and the loss of Mrs. Timberlake's son Philip. 2 pgs. [Letter], 4/15/1966
Copy of letter from RN to Mary B. de Long RE: Appreciation for Mrs. De Long's contribution to the 1968 campaign. 1 pg. Duplicates not scanned. [Letter], 1/16/1969
Draft letter with corrections by unknown from RN to Mary B. de Long RE: Appreciation for Mrs. De Long's contribution to the 1968 campaign. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/16/1969
Letter from Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, President and Publisher of the New York Times, to RN RE: Congratulations on RN's election victory. 1 pg. [Letter], 11/6/1968
Brief note from Bob to RN RE: Harry Dent. Handwritten comments by unknown author. 1 pg. [Other Document], 10/11/1965
Copy of letter from Robert R. McMillan to Harry S. Dent RE: Dent's decision to leave Senator Thurmond in order to practice law in South Carolina. Bcc RN. 1 pg. [Letter], 10/11/1965
Postmarked envelope from R. R. McMillan to RN. 1 pg. [Other Document], 10/11/1965
Memo from T. W. Evans to Rose Mary Woods RE: Anna Chennault giving an accompanying sealed envelope to Evans to pass on to RN. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/13/1968
Envelope addressed to RN from Mrs. Clair Lee Chennault. 1 pg. [Other Document], N.D.
Copy of handwritten letter from Ferdinand Marcos to Anna Chennault RE: Request for Mrs. Chennault to visit the Philippines on a matter of Philippine-American relations. Handwritten request for direction by Mrs. Chennault. 1 pg. [Letter], 11/18/196
Business cards for Mrs. Anna Chennault: Flying Tiger Line and Inaugural Committee 1969. Photograph of a woman (Mrs. Chennault?). 1 pg. [Other Document], N.D.
Letter from Mrs. Claire Lee Chennault (Anna) RE: Possible ways in which she may be of use to the new administration. 3 pgs. [Letter], 12/10/1968
Copy of newspaper article titled Nixon Prodded Saigon on Paris Talks by David Kraslow. 1 pg. Not Scanned. [Newsletter], 12/4/1968
Biographical sketch of Mrs. Clair Lee Chennault (Anna). 3 pgs. [Other Document], N.D.
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This file contains:
Letter from John Stuart, Jr. to Ron Ziegler RE: 1953 photos of RN with U Thant in Burma. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/8/1969
Typed note briefly describing RN's 1953 trip to Burma. 1 pg. [Other Document], N.D.
Image described as "Nixon views glass mosaic work of the pillars in a Shwedagon Pogoda. (Devotion hall with images of Budda)." 1 pg. [Photograph], N.D.
Image titled "Nixon strikes huge bell at the Shwedagon Pagoda." 1 pg. [Photograph], N.D.
Image titled "At the Shwedagon Pagoda Nixon holds a heavy Wishing-Stone which becomes light if his wishes are to be fulfilled." 1 pg. [Photograph], N.D.
Image titled "U Thant explains to Mr. and Mrs. Nixon about an image in a "Tazaugn" (devotion hall with images of Budda) at the Shwedagon Pagoda." 1 pg. [Photograph], N.D.
Draft copy of letter from unknown (RN?) to the British Prime Minister Harold Wilson RE: Arranging a meeting at the end of February or the beginning of March. 1 pg. [Letter], 12/3/1968
Speech prepared for RN for the Gridiron Club Dinner. 4 pgs. [Other Document], 4/25/1964
Copy of newspaper article from the Washington Post titled Truman, Nixon Share Same Table by Edward T. Folliard. 1 pg. Not Scanned. [Newsletter], 4/26/1964
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: The need for a full-time television man to advise RN. 1 pg. [Memo], 1/4/1969
Memo from RN to RMW RE: Whether Rev. John F. Cronin ought to be included at a White House reception or other event. 1 pg. [Memo], 1/8/1969
Letter from Riley David McCafferty of NASA to RN RE: Enclosed photo of Captain Walter M. Schirra taken during RN's visit to the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, TX. 1 pg. [Letter], 10/8/1968
Color photograph of Captain Walter M. Schirra taken during RN's visit to the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, TX. Handwritten autograph by Schirra. 2 pgs. [Photograph], N.D.
Statement by RN from his application for admission to the State Bar of New York in response to the question: What do you believe the principles underlying the form of government of the United States to be? 2 pgs. [Other Document], 11/15/1963
Copy of letter from RN to Frances Timberlake RE: The threat of LSD to the Nation and the loss of Mrs. Timberlake's son Philip. 2 pgs. [Letter], 4/15/1966
Copy of letter from RN to Mary B. de Long RE: Appreciation for Mrs. De Long's contribution to the 1968 campaign. 1 pg. Duplicates not scanned. [Letter], 1/16/1969
Draft letter with corrections by unknown from RN to Mary B. de Long RE: Appreciation for Mrs. De Long's contribution to the 1968 campaign. 1 pg. [Letter], 1/16/1969
Letter from Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, President and Publisher of the New York Times, to RN RE: Congratulations on RN's election victory. 1 pg. [Letter], 11/6/1968
Brief note from Bob to RN RE: Harry Dent. Handwritten comments by unknown author. 1 pg. [Other Document], 10/11/1965
Copy of letter from Robert R. McMillan to Harry S. Dent RE: Dent's decision to leave Senator Thurmond in order to practice law in South Carolina. Bcc RN. 1 pg. [Letter], 10/11/1965
Postmarked envelope from R. R. McMillan to RN. 1 pg. [Other Document], 10/11/1965
Memo from T. W. Evans to Rose Mary Woods RE: Anna Chennault giving an accompanying sealed envelope to Evans to pass on to RN. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/13/1968
Envelope addressed to RN from Mrs. Clair Lee Chennault. 1 pg. [Other Document], N.D.
Copy of handwritten letter from Ferdinand Marcos to Anna Chennault RE: Request for Mrs. Chennault to visit the Philippines on a matter of Philippine-American relations. Handwritten request for direction by Mrs. Chennault. 1 pg. [Letter], 11/18/196
Business cards for Mrs. Anna Chennault: Flying Tiger Line and Inaugural Committee 1969. Photograph of a woman (Mrs. Chennault?). 1 pg. [Other Document], N.D.
Letter from Mrs. Claire Lee Chennault (Anna) RE: Possible ways in which she may be of use to the new administration. 3 pgs. [Letter], 12/10/1968
Copy of newspaper article titled Nixon Prodded Saigon on Paris Talks by David Kraslow. 1 pg. Not Scanned. [Newsletter], 12/4/1968
Biographical sketch of Mrs. Clair Lee Chennault (Anna). 3 pgs. [Other Document], N.D.
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
White House Special Files Collection
Folder List
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
6
3
01/08/1969
Letter
Letter from John Stuart, Jr. to Ron Ziegler
RE: 1953 photos of RN with U Thant in
Burma. 1 pg.
6
3
N.D.
Other Document
Typed note briefly describing RN's 1953 trip
to Burma. 1 pg.
6
3
N.D.
Photograph
Image described as "Nixon views glass
mosaic work of the pillars in a Shwedagon
Pogoda. (Devotion hall with images of
Budda)." 1 pg.
6
3
N.D.
Photograph
Image titled "Nixon strikes huge bell at the
Shwedagon Pagoda." 1 pg.
6
3
N.D.
Photograph
Image titled "At the Shwedagon Pagoda
Nixon holds a heavy Wishing-Stone which
becomes light if his wishes are to be
fulfilled." 1 pg.
6
3
N.D.
Photograph
Image titled "U Thant explains to Mr. and
Mrs. Nixon about an image in a "Tazaugn"
(devotion hall with images of Budda) at the
Shwedagon Pagoda." 1 pg.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Page 1 of 5
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
6
3
12/03/1968
Letter
Draft copy of letter from unknown (RN?) to
the British Prime Minister Harold Wilson
RE: Arranging a meeting at the end of
February or the beginning of March. 1 pg.
6
3
04/25/1964
Other Document
Speech prepared for RN for the Gridiron
Club Dinner. 4 pgs.
6
3
04/26/1964
Newsletter
Copy of newspaper article from the
Washington Post titled Truman, Nixon Share
Same Table by Edward T. Folliard. 1 pg. Not
Scanned.
6
3
01/04/1969
Memo
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: The need
for a full-time television man to advise RN. 1
pg.
6
3
01/08/1969
Memo
Memo from RN to RMW RE: Whether Rev.
John F. Cronin ought to be included at a
White House reception or other event. 1 pg.
6
3
10/08/1968
Letter
Letter from Riley David McCafferty of
NASA to RN RE: Enclosed photo of Captain
Walter M. Schirra taken during RN's visit to
the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston,
TX. 1 pg.
6
3
N.D.
Photograph
Color photograph of Captain Walter M.
Schirra taken during RN's visit to the
Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, TX.
Handwritten autograph by Schirra. 2 pgs.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Page 2 of 5
Box Number Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
6
3
11/15/1963
Other Document
Statement by RN from his application for
admission to the State Bar of New York in
response to the question: What do you
believe the principles underlying the form of
government of the United States to be? 2 pgs.
6
3
04/15/1966
Letter
Copy of letter from RN to Frances
Timberlake RE: The threat of LSD to the
Nation and the loss of Mrs. Timberlake's son
Philip. 2 pgs.
6
3
01/16/1969
Letter
Copy of letter from RN to Mary B. de Long
RE: Appreciation for Mrs. De Long's
contribution to the 1968 campaign. 1 pg.
Duplicates not scanned.
6
3
01/16/1969
Letter
Draft letter with corrections by unknown
from RN to Mary B. de Long RE:
Appreciation for Mrs. De Long's contribution
to the 1968 campaign. 1 pg.
6
3
11/06/1968
Letter
Letter from Arthur Ochs Sulzberger,
President and Publisher of the New York
Times, to RN RE: Congratulations on RN's
election victory. 1 pg.
6
3
10/11/1965
Other Document
Brief note from Bob to RN RE: Harry Dent.
Handwritten comments by unknown author.
1 pg.
6
3
10/11/1965
Letter
Copy of letter from Robert R. McMillan to
Harry S. Dent RE: Dent's decision to leave
Senator Thurmond in order to practice law in
South Carolina. Bcc RN. 1 pg.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Page 3 of 5
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
6
3
10/11/1965
Other Document
Postmarked envelope from R. R. McMillan
to RN. 1 pg.
6
3
12/13/1968
Memo
Memo from T. W. Evans to Rose Mary
Woods RE: Anna Chennault giving an
accompanying sealed envelope to Evans to
pass on to RN. 1 pg.
6
3
N.D.
Other Document
Envelope addressed to RN from Mrs. Clair
Lee Chennault. 1 pg.
6
3
11/18/1968
Letter
Copy of handwritten letter from Ferdinand
Marcos to Anna Chennault RE: Request for
Mrs. Chennault to visit the Philippines on a
matter of Philippine-American relations.
Handwritten request for direction by Mrs.
Chennault. 1 pg.
6
3
N.D.
Other Document
Business cards for Mrs. Anna Chennault:
Flying Tiger Line and Inaugural Committee
1969. Photograph of a woman (Mrs.
Chennault?). 1 pg.
6
3
12/10/1968
Letter
Letter from Mrs. Claire Lee Chennault
(Anna) RE: Possible ways in which she may
be of use to the new administration. 3 pgs.
6
3
12/04/1968
Newsletter
Copy of newspaper article titled Nixon
Prodded Saigon on Paris Talks by David
Kraslow. 1 pg. Not Scanned.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Page 4 of 5
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
6
3
N.D.
Other Document
Biographical sketch of Mrs. Clair Lee
Chennault (Anna). 3 pgs.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Page 5 of 5
UNITED fill J That STATES MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS
January 8, 1969
799 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA
NEW YORK, N. Y. 10017
YUkon 6-2424
to Rose woods
Mr. Ron Ziegler
RN Personal
Room 827
Pierre Hotel
Fifth Avenue at 61st Street
New York, New York
Dear Ron:
We have succeeded in obtaining from the files
of USIS in Rangoon four copies of pictures taken
of Mr. Nixon with U Thant in Burma in 1953.
I
send them along to you in response to the
*
President-Elect's request.
I have also given copies to the Secretary
General, who is delighted with them and will
be sending to you directly a copy of one of
the pictures autographed to Mr. Nixon and
another picture with a request that Mr. Nixon
autograph it for U Thant.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
That
John McH. Stuart, Jr.
Senior Adviser
Public Affairs
Enclosure:
as stated
President-Elect Nixon visited Burma in November
1953 as Vice President. He saw the Shwedagon
Pagoda with Secretary General U Thant, then
Adviser to the Prime Minister of Burma.
Nixon views glass mmosaic work of the pillars in a Shwedagon Pogoda.
Di
At the Shwedagon Pagoda Nixon holds a heavy Wishing-Stone which becomes light
if his wishes are to be fulfilled.
U Thant explains to Mr. and Mrs. Nixon about an image in a "Tazaung" (devotion hall
with images of Budda) at the Shwedagon Pagoda.
December 3, 1968
Personal & Confidential
My dear Prime Minister:
Thank you so much for your thoughtful letter of
November 29, 1968, which Sir Patrick Dean was kind enough to
deliver.
It seems to me that in principle a target for our
meeting in Washington could well be the end of February or the
beginning of March. We could firm this up to a specific date
as soon as possible and depending on mutual convenience. I shall
be in touch with Sir Patrick Dean in the hope of arriving at
agreement as to the date as soon as practicable.
Needless to say, with the many problems affecting
your and my country in present circumstances I am most eager
to have the benefit of your visit and a thorough personal discussion.
I quite agree that the need for close understanding between us
remains of fundamental importance.
With warmest personal regards and the hope that this
finds you in excellent health, believe me
Yours sincerely,
The Rt. Hon.
Harold Wilson, P.C., O.B.E., M.P.,
British Prime Minister
10 Downing Street
Whitehall, S.W. 1
RICHARD M. NIXON
THE GRIDIRON CLUB DINNER
April 25, 1964
President Knebel, President Johnson, members and guests of The
Gridiron Club, and my friends in the press -- if I have any.
Prime Minister Menzies once told me that after he had been worked
over at the Australian version of the Gridiron Dinner, he responded
by proposing this toast to the press: "To the most overpaid,
unskilled labor in the Commonwealth.
I can assure you that I shall not respond that way tonight. One
blast at the press in sixteen years is enough!
Since reporters are never present at a Gridiron Dinner, it occurred
to me that this would be a good time to give some forthright answers
to some of those loaded questions many of you would like to ask me.
Why, instead of moving to New York, didn't I have the good sense to
do what Cabot Lodge did?
I will have to admit he certainly has found the secret
of success. He wins where he isn't and he loses where he
is.
I tried to get an Ambassador's post, and Lyndon Johnson
was willing to give me one. But he wanted to send me to
Caracas. If I'm going to get stoned again, it's going
to be at the Gridiron Dinner and not in Caracas.
Why did I make that statement about running for office being a
sacrifice?
Here I must go into a little background. As titular
leader of my party, I must think of the party first and
myself second. Now let's look at the plight of our
party. The Republican Party today has only 16 Governors
out of 50, 33 Senators out of 100, one Ambassador out of
109. It is crystal clear that the Republican Party needs
Nelson Rockefeller as Governor of New York, George Romney
as Governor of Michigan, William Scranton as Governor of
Pennsylvania. And the Party certainly needs Barry
Goldwater, Margaret Chase Smith and Thruston Morton right
where they are in the United States Senate. There can
be no question that the Republican Party needs Cabot Lodge
in Vietnam (and come to think of it, the Democratic Party
needs him there too.)
Now, I realize that leaves only one man. But look at his
qualifications: a lawyer in a populous Eastern State,
holds no office, willing to run for any office, has had
years of invaluable experience in Washington under Dwight
D. Eisenhower. There can be no question but that the
logical candidate 1s -- Harold Stassen of Pennsylvania!
And I still say it would be a sacrifice for me to run
as Vice President on a ticket with Harold Stassen.
Incidentally, just to clear up that remark about being
willing to run for Vice President. I misunderstood the
question. I thought they were asking me if I would run
on the ticket with Lyndon Johnson. Of course, I said yes.
If Bobby Kennedy can get along with him, I can.
But let's turn now to the big question.
Can anyone beat Johnson?
We could beat him if we could ever catch him.
If he'd only take the bus and leave the driving to us!
Of course, he's riding high now, and pretty fast too.
But he has some troubles coming up. It's easy to sweet-
talk Mr. Khrushchev when you are five thousand miles
away from him. But wait until he meets him face-to-face.
I recall my experience. Ambassador Thompson had suggested I might
get on a good footing with him by telling him how I had worked for
a living as a boy.
So when I showed him the supermarket at our American
Exhibition in Moscow, I said: "Mr. Khrushchev, you
may be interested to know that my father once owned
a grocery store and I worked in it as a boy."
He replied: "All shopkeepers are thieves."
Now what do you think he is going to say to somebody
whose wife owns a TV station!
And speaking of name calling. The worst thing a Republican can
say about anyone is to call him a me-too candidate. Look where
that leaves Mr. Johnson:
He took his welfare program from his Democratic
predessesor, his legislative program from his Rep-
ublican predessesor, and now he promises to spend
more than J.F.K. and save more than Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
That makes him a double me-too candidate.
He's getting good mail now -- that letter from Cathy May
on the railroad strike was a gem.
But just wait. He should see some of my mail. I
received a letter the other day which said, "The
Republicans should nominate you. They're going to lose
anyway. Why not choose an expert in losing.'
And we have some things left over from 1960 we'll be glad to dig up
for him -- Cuba, Prestige, Unemployment, that fellow who made me
up for the first debate! (They'll have to dig pretty deep to find
him, incidentally.)
If he refuses to debate, Bill Miller tells me that we
won't use that empty chair routine. He has some old
T.V. clips and is ready to put on the T.V. Debate of
the century -- President Johnson VS. Senator Johnson
on Civil Rights.
Now, despite the remarks I have made, I want to express my per-
sonal respect and admiration for President Johnson, not just as
President, but as a man.
After all, we have a lot in common!
1. We both served in the House.
2. We both served in the Senate.
3. We both served as Vice President.
4. We both ran for President against John F. Kennedy --
and lost!
I have to admit the odds against any Republican are great when it
comes to winning against one of America's most resourceful poli-
ticians backed by the tremendous power of the presidency.
But because the odds are great, I think this can and should be the
Republican Party's finest hour.
Nations, organizations and men rise to greatness, not
when the going is easy, but when it is hardest.
The Republican Party in 1964 can go down to its most humiliating
defeat if it consumes itself with cannibalism, becomes frustrated
with defeatism, offers only nit picking negativism, or decides to
rubber stamp the Administration's policy with a caretaker candi-
date and wait until 1968.
On the other hand, the Republican Party can rise to its
greatest heights by inspiring America with the challenge
of new leadership which will rebuild the grand alliance,
reverse the tide of defeat in Asia, deal with the cancer
of Communism in Cuba, and establish new confidence and
respect for American leadership throughout the world.
Such a campaign will be good for the Republican Party, for the
nation and for Lyndon B. Johnson.
One of President Johnson's favorite expressions is
that he always does his best.
I do not doubt that that is the case. I think his-
tory will record that no President in this century
has worked harder and longer on the job than Lyndon
B. Johnson.
But 40 years ago, a great distance runner, Paavo Nurmi, ran
against the clock because he had no competition.
He wore a wristwatch on his wrist and looked down
at it as he finished each lap.
He did as well as he could. But sports experts agree
he could have been the first man to break 4 minutes
if he had competition.
May 1964 be the year when no one runs against the clock, when
both Republican and Democratic candidates, because of the
challenge of competition, will rise to heights they might never
otherwise have achieved.
America under the man elected President in such a
campaign will answer the call to greatness which is
her destiny.
Mr. President, I would like to conclude with a personal note.
The theme of this Gridiron Dinner is love. Tonight, at the recep-
tion for head table guests, preceding the dinner, I saw a dram-
atic demonstration of that theme. I met President Truman, and
we shook hands for the second time in 15 years -- there were
no photographers present! Then, because I happened to be stand-
ing between him and the bar, I handed him his drink, at the
request of the bartender.
Now, when Dick Nixon can hand Harry Truman a glass
of bourbon and water, and he drinks it without asking
someone else to taste it first, that, gentlemen, is love!
Rmw copy
January 4, 1969
MEMORANDUM
file
TO:
John Ehrlichman
FROM:
RN
SUBJECT:
Television Man
I believe we still need a full-time television man who
will not only handle special events for which we already have a pretty
good system, but even more important, who will be along on all trips
and at the White House to handle the many instances when news shots
may be taken.
For example, at the Rose Bowl we had an audience of
approximately 60 million. The camera shot may have been only one
or two minutes, but while our advance men and the Rose Bowl people
had done an excellent job in setting up the arrangements for my physical
movements, I had no one who had the slightest idea as to when the
television shot might be taken and how we could make the most out of it.
What is really needed here is an imaginative, not an
abrasive type, who can keep me informed as to when television shots
are likely to be taken. And then who can make some suggestions as to
how we can get the greatest advantage out of them. I think we were
deficient in this respect somewhat even during the campaign where we had
superb people for all the special events, but no one who handled the
getting on and off airplanes and the many other casual shots which
probably make the news shows more than the formal things we did.
Would you give some thought to this problem and give me a recommendation.
My guess is that a television news producer might be
what we are looking for here.
January 8, 1969
MEMORANDUM
TO:
RMW
FROM:
RN
I would like you to consider whether Rev. John
F. Cronin, S.S. ought to be included at a White House
reception or something else.
Rev. John F. Cronin, S.S.
St. Mary's Seminary
5400 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21210
AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION TVNOILVN
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
fyi
MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77058
U.S.A.
(Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899)
OCT 08 1968
IN REPLY REFER TO: CFK
Mr. Richard M. Nixon
450 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Dear Mr. Nixon:
During your recent visit to the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston,
Texas, you exchanged brief comments with Captain Walter M. Schirra
who was participating in an integrated (Cape Simulation/Houston-
Mission Control Center) training session. While you and Wally were
exchanging comments, we took the liberty of snapping his picture and
he, in turn, wanted you to have a copy.
Wally asks that you please accept this picture with his best wishes
for you in your Presidential campaign.
Sincerely yours,
Palay
Riley David McCafferty
Chief, Flight Crew
Operations Branch
Enclosure
8961 6 130
Best wishes, Mr. Nixou,
thank you for your interest
Wally Sehina
JOHN F. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER,
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION,
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA 32899
FOR RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
PHOTO CREDIT--NASA OR NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION.
THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS A GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION--NOT
SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT.
IT MAY NOT BE USED TO STATE OR IMPLY THE ENDORSE-
MENT BY NASA OR BY ANY NASA EMPLOYEE OF A COMMER-
108-KSC-68c-5424
UNCL.
9-12-68
CIAL PRODUCT, PROCESS OR SERVICE, OR USED IN ANY
OTHER MANNER THAT MIGHT MISLEAD. ACCORDINGLY, IT
NASA/APOLLO
w/o L8-3384
IS REQUESTED THAT IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED IN
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November 15, 1963
Statement by RICHARD M. NIXON included in his Application for
Admission to the State Bar of New York, in response to the question:
What do you believe the principles underlying the form of government
of the United States to be?:
The principles underlying the Government of the United
States are decentralization of power, separation of power and
maintaining a balance between freedom and order.
Above all else, the framers of the Constitution were
fearful of the concentration of power in either individuals or
government. The genius of their solution in this respect is that
they were able to maintain a very definite but delicate balance
between the Federal Government and the State Government on the one
hand and between the executive, legislative and judicial branches
of the Federal Government on the other hand.
By contrast, in the British system, the Parliament is
supreme. In the present French system the primary power resides
in the executive and in some older civilizations the judges were
predominant. Throughout American history there have been times
when one or the other branches of government would seem to have
gained a dominant position but the pendulum has always swung back
and the balance over the long haul maintained.
The concept of decentralization of power is maintained
by what we call the federal system. But the principle is much
broader in practice. Putting it most simply, the American ideal
is that private or individual enterprise should be allowed and
encouraged to undertake all functions which it is capable to
perform. Only when private enterprise cannot or will not do what
needs to be done should government step in. When government
action is required. it should be undertaken if possible by that
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unit of government closest to the people. For example, the pro-
gression should be from local, to state, to federal government,
in that order. In other words, the federal government should
step in only when the function to be performed is too big for
the state or local government to undertake.
The result of these somewhat complex constitutional
formulas is greater protection and respect for the rights of
the individual citizen. These rights are guaranteed by the
Constitution not only by the first ten amendments which specifi-
cally refer to them but even more by the system itself which is
the most effective safeguard against arbitrary power ever devised
by man.
Yet the genius of the founding fathers is further
demonstrated by the fact that while freedom for the individual
was their primary objective they recognized that uncontrolled
freedom for some would lead to the anarchy which would destroy
freedom for all. Maintaining the delicate balance between free-
dom and order is, in my view, the greatest achievement of the
American Constitutional system. Inability to maintain that
balance is the basic reason for the failure of regimes in Latin
America, Africa and Asia which have tried to copy our system.
They invariably go to one extreme or the other - too much
emphasis on the freedom of men to do anything they please or
too much emphasis on controlling the excesses of freedom. Each
of these approaches leads inevitably to dictatorship either of
the right or of the left, a tragedy which America will be able
to avoid by continued dedication to the fundamental principles
of our Constitution.
April 15, 1966
Dear Frances:
I could not agree more with the senti-
ments you expressed in your letter of March 31.
From the reports I have read in newspapers and
magazines, the use of LSD has become one of our
most serious national problems and some legislation
to control that use is urgently needed. I read in
the papers just last week of a tragic incident where
a graduate student attending one of the universities
in New York had murdered his mother-in-law while
under the influence of the drug. When questioned
later, he had no recollection whatever of what he
had done.
Pat and a want both Philip and you to know
that you have our deepest understanding and sympathy
during this very difficult period. How such a
promising young life could have been snuffed out in
such a tragic manner is one of those great mysteries
that none of us will ever be able to comprehend.
I would suggest that you should think
of your son's death somewhat as if he had been a
casualty in war. In this case the enemy responsible
for his death was not another human being but a
deadly drug which needed to be exposed SO that others
in the future would not suffer a similar fate. I
realize it must be small confort for you that your
own boy had to be the victim. But if by reason of
his death and the fight you are waging against the
drug which caused it, the lives of others may be
saved in the future, he at least will not have died
in vain.
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What is particularly important
is that the other children as well as Philip
and you must not allow this tragedy to warp
your lives during the years ahead. You must
remember that history is full of examples
of men and women who have achieved greatness
despite similar personal tragedies in their
families.
Pat, Tricia and Julie join me in
sending our very best wishes to all of you.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Philip F. Timberlake
2181 Irvine Avenue
Newport Beach, California
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Cont. 1968
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January 16, 1969
Dear Mrs. de Long:
Now that I have had time to reflect on the results of
the election, I realize our victory would not have been possible
without the support of the best campaign finance organization in
American political history.
I only wish I had the opportunity to express my appre-
ciation personally to all those who contributed so generously to
our cause. Since that is not possible, the best way I can express
my gratitude is to do everything in my power in the years ahead
to see that our new Administration makes a record which will be
worthy of the dedicated support of those who helped to make our
victory possible.
I know you join with me in the hope that, as a result
of that record, we shall all be able to look back to the Campaign of
1968 and say that we played a part at one of the critical turning
points in history in providing the new leadership that America needed,
and, in the words of Winston Churchill, "in making this muddled
world a better place in which to live.
Mrs. Nixon joins me in sending our very best wishes
for the New Year.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Mary B. de Long
50 Sutton Place South
New York, New York
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT
Richard M. Nixon
450 Park Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10022
(212) 661-6400
January 16, 1969
Dear Mrs. de Long:
Now that I have time to reflect on the results
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of the election, I realize our victory would not have been
possible without the support of the best campaign finance
organization in American political history.
I only wish I had the opportunity to express my
appreciation personally to all those who contributed so
generously to our cause. Since that is not possible, the
best way I can express my gratitude is to do everything in
my power in the years ahead to see that our new Administra-
tion makes a record which will be worthy of the dedicated
support of those who helped to make our victory possible.
I know you join with me in the hope that, as a
result of that record. we shall all be able to look back
to the Campaign of 1968 and say that we played a part at
one of the critical turning points in history in providing
the new leadership that America needed, and, in the words
of Winston Churchill, "in making this muddled world a
better place in which to live.
Mrs Nixon joins me in sending our very best wishes
for the New Year.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Mary B. de Long
50 Sutton Place South
New York, N.Y.
The New York Times
Times Square
ARTHUR OCHS SULZBERGER
PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER
November 6,
1968
Dear Mr. Nixon:
I should like to take this
opportunity to offer you my sincere con-
gratulations on your victory.
We have had a long and
sometime troubled association. But
above everything we are bound together
by the well-being of our country, and I
just want you to know that this considera-
tion will always be uppermost in my
mind.
With all best wishes,
Sincerely,
ath Ochs Subjury
The Honorable Richard M. Nixon
20 Broad Street
New York, New York
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October 11, 1965
RN
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of mine while I was in Washington.
He is very conservative but very
efficient as well.
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October 11, 1965
Dear Harry:
I have read with a great deal of interest your decision
to leave Senator Thurmond to practice law in South
Carolina and become the Chairman of the South Carolina
Republican Party. You have my very best wishes as
you undertake this new assignment.
My temporary position with former Vice President Nixon
has come to an end and I am now back with Socony Mobil
011 Company. While my business activities do not carry
me to South Carolina, I hope you will call on me if
you get to New York one of these days.
With best personal regards.
Sincerely,
Robert R. McMillan
Harry S. Dent, Esquire
Office of Senator Strom Thurmond
United States Senate
Washington, D. C.
bc: Honorable Richard M. Nixon
R. R. McMillan
150 E. 42 Street
New York, New York 10017
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Honorable Richard M. Nixon
20 Broad Street
New York, New York
MEMORANDUM
FOR: Rose Mary Woods
FROM: T.W. Evans 7w2
December 13, 1968
Anna Chennaul gave me the accompanying sealed envelope
to pass on to RN.
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Mrs. Claire Lee Chennault
Investment Building
1511 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Hoor Nixon
Office of the President of the Whilippines
Manila
Jron. 18,1968
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Anna Chennault
SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE CHAIRMAN
MRS. ANNA CHENNAULT
INAUGURAL COMMITTEE 1969
VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
THE FLYING TIGER LINE INC.
347-0516
1511 K STREET. N.W.
1511 K STREET, N.W. . WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005 . (202) 347-0516
386-3501
WASHINGTON. D. C.
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Mrs. Claire Lee Chennault
Investment Building
1511 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Friends have approached me suggesting they would like on my behalf to
"ask for something" for me in the new Administration. I think it much better before
anyone else volunteers that I discuss this directly with you.
At the outset, I am not looking for a job: I don't need one. But if I
could be not an ornament or a pensioner but in some position where I could really
help with the difficult Asiatic problems that lie ahead and about which I may know
something, I might like to be in the new Administration.
I consider myself first an American, second an American of the Republican
Party, third an American woman executive who has a deep concern for and some
knowledge of the many problems facing our nation and the world around us. During
my ten years as a resident of Washington, D. C., a business executive of the aviation
field and a lecturer on Asian affairs, I have travelled constantly across the country
and across the Pacific Ocean.
I work and help my friends in both the Republican and Democratic Party
whenever my assistance and my knowledge are needed.
In 1962 I was appointed by the late President Kennedy as President of the
Chinese Refugee Relief. In 1964 I was appointed President of the Chennault
Foundation. Aside from these volunteer jobs I am Vice President of the Flying
Tiger Airline in charge of international affairs.
I consider myself one of the few fortunate women financially well taken
care of with a little time and money to do things for others. In particular I hope
to be one of the effective bridges between the Asian people and the American people.
I think I have the friendship, respect and trust of my friends in high places in
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this country and in Asia. I do not necessarily agree with them but when I talk I
can hope they listen.
During the 1968 campaign I worked with Mr. John Mitchell and Senator John
Tower as well as some of the members of Senator Tower's Key Issues Committee. I also
worked with Maury Stans as vice chairman of his Finance Committee, and I served as
co-chairman with Mrs. Eisenhower at the National Women's Advisory Committee. I also
appeared as a lecturer on platforms campaigning for Mr. Nixon.
Again
(1) I do not want to be "paid off" as an ornament or a pensioner in a
field about which I know nothing, and
(2) I do not want merely a "woman's" place in government requiring my
abandoning my present significance and the earned part of my income, which is
substantial. As International Vice President of the Flying Tiger Line I have many
contacts in this country and abroad. I have a consulting retainer with Deering
Milliken Company: and I have a lecture series in which last year I gave 65 paid
lectures particularly before business groups and universities. I am proud that I
earn my own way and have some significance. I have written 17 books (some of them
best sellers) - two in English, 15 in Chinese - and compiled two Chinese-
English dictionaries for Georgetown University.
I therefore hope I have something unique to contribute in the field of
foreign affairs and a possibly important liaison capacity, with many friends in
many fields, men as well as women. Also possibly there is something to be gained
politically by an appointment of a first woman of Oriental descent to a significant
national job in view of the hitherto Democratic predominance in the vote of American
citizens of Oriental descent: as the Hawaiian and California vote show this may be
important. And I do hope to be free to campaign for the Party again in 1970 and
1972.
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If I were to have a place - and if it were significant I would like it
- I would wish it be if possible in the White House itself as an advisor-diplomatic-
messenger in Asiatic affairs. This might be achieved in a more sophisticated way in
the formal post of an Assistant Secretary of State for Cultural Affairs. This
apparently neutral "artistic" place which I have the apparent qualification and the
entertaining and public relations capacities to fill would with the proper deputies
give me an office in the State Department theoretically dealing only with cultural
affairs but available for inconspicuous consultation. Ever since this cultural
affairs office was created by the Kennedys it has been a minority group representation.
At the present time it is held by a Mr. Re of Italian descent with a woman deputy
active in D. C. Democratic politics, Mrs. Louchheim. But any number of politically
expedient deputyships can be created in this field to give me a channel for operations.
I would rather be inconspicuously attached to the White House itself but
with such a status and office in the State Department Building I perhaps would be
able inconspicuously to be consulted and used on the political affairs with which I
am particularly familiar, i.e., the problems and attitudes of the governments of
Southeast Asia with which we have to dare to try to work out regional security pacts
as a way of settling the Vietnam problem. I might be particularly valuable in
matters dealing with Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia
with which I am probably more familiar than most else available to you. I could
work well for instance with proposed Defense Secretary Laird, Ambassador Robert
Hill and Senator Tower who are in this field.
December 10, 1968
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MRS. CLAIRE LEE CHENNAULT
NAME : Mrs. Claire Lee Chennault (Anna) - widow of Lt. Gen. Claire
Lee Chennault
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH : June 23, 1925
Peiping, China
EDUCATION : Ling Nan University, Hong Kong, 1944, B.A.
CITIZENSHIP : United States Citizen
RELIGION
: Catholic
OFFICE
: Investment Building, 1511 K Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20005
Telephone: 347-0516 & 347-0517
RESIDENCE : Watergate East, 2510 Virginia Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20037
Telephone: 333-8966
CAREER
: President, General Claire Lee Chennault Foundation,
Washington, D.C.
President, Chinese Refugee Relief, Washington, D.C.
Vice President of International Affairs, The Flying
Tiger Line Inc.
Fashion Designer
Aviation Consultant
Lecturer on International Affairs
Writer
1944-48 War Correspondent with Central News Agency,
Kunming and Shanghai
1944-49 Feature Writer, Hsin Ming Daily News, Shanghai
1947-57 Public Relations Officer, Civil Air Transport,
Taipei, Taiwan
1946-57 Editor, Civil Air Transport Bulletin, Taipei,
Taiwan
1958-63 Chief of Chinese Section, Machine Translation
Research, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
1958-present U.S. Correspondent, Hsin Shen Daily News,
Washington, D.C.
1963-66 Broadcaster, Voice of America, Washington, D.C.
1965-present Special Correspondent to Washington, D.C. -
Central News Agency
MEMBERSHIP : American Academy of Achievement, Dallas, Texas
(Board of Governors)
National League of American Pen Women
Writers' Association, Free China
14th Air Force Association
U. S. Air Force Wives Club, Washington, D.C.
Flying Tiger Association
Theta Sigma Phi
American Newspaper Women's Club, Washington, D.C.
Overseas Press Club of America, New York, New York
The Capitol Hill Club, Washington, D.C.
The Georgetown Club, Washington, D.C.
National Council of the Foreign Policy Association
International Platform Association
National Capitol Chapter, Air Force Association
Aero Club of Washington, D.C.
PUBLICATIONS : A Thousand Springs, Paul S. Eriksson, Inc.
(best seller 1962)
Chennault and the Flying Tigers, Paul S. Eriksson, Inc.
Way of a Fighter (Translated from English to Chinese 1955)
Dictionary of New Simplified Chinese Characters,
Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C., 1963
Telegraphic Code Chinese-English Dictionary (For Machine
Translation), Georgetown University Press, 1963
Fifteen Books in Chinese
Best Sellers: Song of Yesterday, The Writers' Press,
Taipei, Taiwan, 1961
MEE, The Orient Book Store, Taipei, 1963
My Two Worlds, Books World, Taiwan, 1965
The Other Half, Books World, Taiwan, 1966
Letters from U.S.A., Books World, Taiwan, 1967
LECTURES : Free China, Red China and the Free World
Land Reform in China
Women of Two Worlds
The Changing World of Asia
Asiatic Mind and the Cold War
Red China and Soviet Russia,
Our Crisis in Vietnam
The Many Faces of Southeast Asia
Agent : W. Colston Leigh, Inc., 521 Fifth Avenue, New York,
N. Y. 10017
Telephone: (212) MU2-6623
REFERENCE
:
Who's Who of American Women
Who's Who in the South and Southwest
National Social Directory
The Social List of Washington, D.C.
The Blue Book of Washington, D.C.
Royal Blue Book, London
AWARDS : Woman of Distinction Award, Texas Technological College,
Lubbock, Texas, 1966
Freedom Award, Order of Lafayette, 1966
Freedom Award, Free China Association, 1966
Golden Plate Award for "Champion of Democracy and Freedom,"
American Academy of Achievement, 1967
HONORARY DEGREE : Doctor of Letters, Chung-ang University,
Seoul, Korea, 1967