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Letter from Ehrlichman to A.J. Schoepf expressing gratitude for generosity. 1pg. [Letter], 1/6/1969
Letter from Schoepf to Ehrlichman informing him of Dorsey's note. 1pg. [Letter], 12/26/1968
Letter to William B. Letteney, Jr. from Ehrlichman expressing appreciation for the offer of assistance. 1pg. [Letter], 1/6/1969
Letter from Lettney to Ehrlichman offering assistance in the area of air transport. 1pg. [Letter], 12/26/1968
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: collection of cartoons. 1pg. [Memo], 1/4/1969
Note (author unk.) listing Van de Heorel, Keogh, Klein, and Ziegler. 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: beefing up on the "color" of research staff. 2pgs. [Memo], 1/4/1969
Handwritten notes on margins of victory (1960, 1968), total votes in key states, and TV man. 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: Television Man. 1pg. [Memo], 1/4/1969
Memo from RN to Haldeman RE: Campaign Finance Report. 1pg. [Memo], 1/4/1969
Memo from Flemming to Ehrlichman RE: floor plan for office space. 1pg. (Floor plan blueprint/map - not scanned). [Memo], 11/23/1968
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Letter from Ehrlichman to A.J. Schoepf expressing gratitude for generosity. 1pg. [Letter], 1/6/1969
Letter from Schoepf to Ehrlichman informing him of Dorsey's note. 1pg. [Letter], 12/26/1968
Letter to William B. Letteney, Jr. from Ehrlichman expressing appreciation for the offer of assistance. 1pg. [Letter], 1/6/1969
Letter from Lettney to Ehrlichman offering assistance in the area of air transport. 1pg. [Letter], 12/26/1968
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: collection of cartoons. 1pg. [Memo], 1/4/1969
Note (author unk.) listing Van de Heorel, Keogh, Klein, and Ziegler. 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: beefing up on the "color" of research staff. 2pgs. [Memo], 1/4/1969
Handwritten notes on margins of victory (1960, 1968), total votes in key states, and TV man. 1pg. [Other Document], n.d.
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: Television Man. 1pg. [Memo], 1/4/1969
Memo from RN to Haldeman RE: Campaign Finance Report. 1pg. [Memo], 1/4/1969
Memo from Flemming to Ehrlichman RE: floor plan for office space. 1pg. (Floor plan blueprint/map - not scanned). [Memo], 11/23/1968
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
White House Special Files Collection
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Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
21
3
01/06/1969
Letter
Letter from Ehrlichman to A.J. Schoepf
expressing gratitude for generosity. 1pg.
21
3
12/26/1968
Letter
Letter from Schoepf to Ehrlichman informing
him of Dorsey's note. 1pg.
21
3
01/06/1969
Letter
Letter to William B. Letteney, Jr. from
Ehrlichman expressing appreciation for the
offer of assistance. 1pg.
21
3
12/26/1968
Letter
Letter from Lettney to Ehrlichman offering
assistance in the area of air transport. 1pg.
21
3
01/04/1969
Memo
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE:
collection of cartoons. 1pg.
21
3
n.d.
Other Document
Note (author unk.) listing Van de Heorel,
Keogh, Klein, and Ziegler. 1pg.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Page 1 of 2
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
21
3
01/04/1969
Memo
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE: beefing
up on the "color" of research staff. 2pgs.
21
3
n.d.
Other Document
Handwritten notes on margins of victory
(1960, 1968), total votes in key states, and
TV man. 1pg.
21
3
01/04/1969
Memo
Memo from RN to Ehrlichman RE:
Television Man. 1pg.
21
3
01/04/1969
Memo
Memo from RN to Haldeman RE: Campaign
Finance Report. 1pg.
21
3
11/23/1968
Memo
Memo from Flemming to Ehrlichman RE:
floor plan for office space. 1pg. (Floor plan
blueprint/map - not scanned).
Friday, May 22, 2009
Page 2 of 2
January 6, 1969
Mr. A. J. Schoepf
Vice President
Sales & Services, Eastern Region
United Air Lines
277 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Dear Tony:
I am sorry that I was not available to see you the other day
when you called. It seems that my time is not quite my own any
more.
However, if I had seen you I would have told you that my at-
tendance at your dinner was very much in the line of duty, since it
certainly is to our interest to participate in a critique of the kind in
which your organization so excellently conducted.
Accordingly, I have written Dick Dorsey the enclosed letter
declining his generous reimbursement.
At the same time, I want to tell you how much I enjoyed par-
ticipating in the Chicago meeting and in renewing the acquaintances
with all your good people.
Your personnel at JFK continue to take superb care of us as
we come and go on scheduled flights, and we are most grateful for
their interest.
Best personal wishes for a Happy New Year.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:sw
UNITED AIR LINES
277 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Telephone 922-3300
December 26, 1968
Mr. John Erlichman
c/o Nixon Staff
Hotel Pierre
Fifth Avenue & 51st Street
New York, New York 10021
Dear John:
I had hoped to deliver this letter personally but in view of our
inability to get together, I am sending it to you in this fashion.
I am sure Dick Dorsey's note is self-explanatory.
Best wishes for the coming New Year.
Sincerely,
Jony A. J. Schoepf
Vice President
Sales & Services
Eastern Region
AJS:bjs
Enclosure
January 6, 1969
Mr. William B. Letteney, Jr.
Assistant Sales Manager
United Air Lines
Prudential Center, Suite 4085
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
Dear Bill:
Thank you very much for your letter. I appreciate the offer
of assistance and assure you that one of my continuing regrets about
the campaign was that we did not keep you in the place where you were
for the whole time.
I know a good man when I see one, and I felt all along that I
had made a bad trade.
All's well that ends well, I am told, but next time we will dia
it differently. Best personal regards, and again many thanks for you
kind letter. I hope to see you soon.
Yours sincerely,
John D. Ehrlichman
Counsel to the President-elect
JDE:sw
UNITED AIR LINES
Prudential Center, Suite 4085, Boston, Massachusetts 02199, Telephone 262-5770
December 26, 1968
Honorable John D. Ehrlichman
Special Counsel to the President Elect of
the United States
The Hotel Pierre
New York, New York
Dear Mr. Ehrlichman:
I would like to take this opportunity to offer my
sincerest congratulations on your most recent appoint-
ment and my thanks for your many kindnesses during
our association in the past campaign.
I look forward to the coming administration and the
most important role you will hold in government. I
extend my best wishes for every success.
If I may ever personally offer to you any assistance
here in Massachusetts, my home state, or in the area
of air transport, please do not hesitate to call upon
me at any time.
Thank you again for the distinct pleasure of my
association with you.
Very truly yours,
William B.
William B. Letteney, Jr.
Assistant Sales Manager
WBL/1
January 4, 1969
MEMORANDUM
TO:
John Ehrlichman
FROM:
RN
In the PR Department, I think it would be well to
ask for originals of cartoons. I note that Karl Humenthal of the
Herald-Examiner had one in the January 1 paper, and there are
probably a number of others that we would like to have for our
collection.
I doubt if I can write a letter each time since we
will often find that cartoonists will hit us over and over again. But
the first letter should go from me to the cartoonist, and then from
time to time I probably should follow up and then from time to time
I probably should follow up, and then another time, Ziegler or you
could drop a note requesting the original for our collection.
We might go back to the early stage S of the campaign,
as a matter of fact, even to the pre-convention and post-convention
period, to get this collection going.
Generally speaking, only those who draw favorable
cartoons will be willing to send me originals. But from time to time
we should request cartoons from others, even though they are
unfavorable, and continue to do so unless we get a firm statement
that they do not want to send them. For example, this is the case
with Herblock he does not give his originals to anybody.
Jerry Van de Heovel
KEOGH
KLEIN
ZIEGLER
January 4, 1969 - RN Tape
TO:
JOHN EHRLICHMAN cc: Bob Haldeman
FROM: RN
I think we still need some beefing up on the "color"
side of our research staff. Buchanan does a good job but he
will be increasingly tied up on the news summaries as time
goes on. As I have indicated before, Safire and possibly Gavin
will be able to help in this respect. What is needed is a
bit of homor where appropriate and then an anecdote like the
Guild Hall speech showed up in that form, and at times a
quotation, although I generally do not like to throw out
quotations in speeches. The greatest need is for some good,
brief anecdotes along the lines that Jimmy Humes prepared
prior to the campaign. I am sure that if a man with talent
in this area puts his mind to it he will come up with some
pretty good ideas that I will be able to use.
In this same connection, it is necessary for whoever
is in charge of the schedule to keep the research people com-
pletely briefed well in advance of every possible occasion
where I shall be asked to say a few words. People hang on
every word a President utters and if at times instead of just
beating the obvious to death in making an award or accepting
one, etc. I can find an appropriate eloquent phrase which
might stick in the public conscience, we can make some points.
- 2 -
I have emphasized this point in several other
conversations and memoranda but I don't think anybody really
realizes how important I think it is and how necessary and
helpful it will be to my operation. Again, I suggest you
talk to the research people and go out on a talent hunt for
a man who might fit the bill. We haven't found him yet
although each of our own staff from time to time does make
a contribution which is helpful. Dick Moore, as a matter of
fact, made the most contributions of this type during the
campaign which I was able to use. He should be included in
the group which discusses this problem. My guess is that a
young, bright, intellectual type who would really love such
an assignment and could learn to do it extremely well would
be the type of individual to get.
With further regard to my schedule, somebody slipped
in not having any suggested comments prepared for the Anaheim
homecoming. In the future in every instance where I am
expected to speak even for five minutes a few thoughts should
be put in front of me even though I may not use them so
that it will at least stir my own thinking.
# # #
KLEIN
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January 4, 1969
MEMORANDUM
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.
RN tape - 1/4/69
TO:
Bob Haldeman
FROM:
RN
SUBJECT:
Campaign Finance Report
In reading the wire service stories on the finance
reports filed by Stans and the Democrats I find the usual problem
which always plagues us. That the Democrats appear to be spending
far less because
the huge amounts the unions spend do not show
up in their reports. I want you Aget To Klein and the others who should
make a contribution in this area to set the record straight. Perhaps
a memorandum should be written for those who may be going on
television programs, and the word passed to key Congressmen,
Senators, Governors or any othe rs who might be called upon to
answer questions on this subject.
Another problem which concerns me is the xdangexxwk failure of
our Finance Committee to make its report on time. This shows the
necessity for a hard-nosed, sophisticated person who serves as Counsel
to the National Committee who will handle such matters on a proper
basis in the future. I think this Counsel job is more important than
some realize. As soon as we can get Scribner out of there let's get a
really good man in his place -- one who is really bright enough and young
enough but done well enough to do an effective job. This position cannot
go to one of the hacks.
10 HRH
MEMORANDUM
TO:
JOHN EHRLICHMAN
FROM: HARRY FLEMMING
NOVEMBER 23,1968
situr
Attached is a floor plan for our office space as per your request.
Vice-President elect Agnew's space is outlined in red and is so
designated.