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Memo from Bob Haldeman to Pat Buchanan. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/20/1968
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Staff meeting distribution list and memo. 2 pgs. [Memo], 12/1/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Bill Duncan. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/21/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Ken Cole. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/21/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Herb Klein. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/21/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Herb Klein and Peter Flanigan. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/20/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Maurice Stans. 2 pgs including attachment. [Memo], 12/20/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Pat Buchanan. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/20/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Higby. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/20/1968
Memo for Haldeman. RE: Bud Wilkinson. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/20/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Pat Moynihan. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/20/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to John Ehrlichman. 3 pgs including attachment. [Memo], 12/20/1968
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Staff meeting distribution list and memo. 2 pgs. [Memo], 12/1/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Bill Duncan. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/21/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Ken Cole. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/21/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Herb Klein. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/21/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Herb Klein and Peter Flanigan. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/20/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Maurice Stans. 2 pgs including attachment. [Memo], 12/20/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Pat Buchanan. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/20/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Higby. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/20/1968
Memo for Haldeman. RE: Bud Wilkinson. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/20/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Pat Moynihan. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/20/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to John Ehrlichman. 3 pgs including attachment. [Memo], 12/20/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Roy Ash. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/20/1968
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
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Document Type
Document Description
32
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12/20/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Pat Buchanan.
1 pg.
32
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12/20/1968
Memo
Memo to Mr. Haldeman from Lawrence S.
Eagleburger. 14 pgs including attachments.
32
10
12/1968
Memo
Staff meeting distribution list and memo. 2
pgs.
32
10
12/21/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Bill Duncan. 1
pg.
32
10
12/21/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Ken Cole. 1
pg.
32
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12/21/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Herb Klein. 1
pg.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
32
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12/20/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Herb Klein
and Peter Flanigan. 1 pg.
32
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12/20/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Maurice
Stans. 2 pgs including attachment.
32
10
12/20/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Pat Buchanan.
1 pg.
32
10
12/20/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Higby. 1 pg.
32
10
12/20/1968
Memo
Memo for Haldeman. RE: Bud Wilkinson. 1
pg.
32
10
12/20/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Pat Moynihan.
1 pg.
32
10
12/20/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to John
Ehrlichman. 3 pgs including attachment.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
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12/20/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Roy Ash. 1 pg.
32
10
12/20/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to John
Whitaker. 1 pg.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Page 3 of 3
MEMORANDUM
December 20, 1968
File
TO:
PAT BUCHANAN
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
RN asked for your counsel on whether Leo Cherne should be asked
to serve on an advisory board or used for some other purpose.
HRH
MEMO TO H.R HALDEMAN
From Buchanan
I have never met Leo Cherne; RN knows him far better than
I do; I only know him by way of information, all of which is good.
He is an anti-communist, level-headed Liberal thinker. About his
perfonality I know nothing. Good writer, extremely intelligent man.
Buchanan
Mail Sectem file in
L
December 20, 1968
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. HALDEMAN
From: Lawrence S. Eagleturger Mirger
Subject: Candidates for the Correspondence Job
Attached are resumes on three Foreign Service Officers, plus a piece
on Charles Gall of the Kuchel staff (I've not yet received Bruce Barr's
resume, but didn't want to wait any longer).
Of the Foreign Service Officers, Melencamp (Tab A) is probably the best.
I know him slightly, and have been told by several people who have worked
with him that he is first-rate. Link (Tab B) would be my second choice
(he has handled a lot of State's general correspondence), but it's almost
a toss-up between him and Collins (Tab c).
He's not
If Gall (Tab D) is acceptable politically, there is much to recommend
him. His experience with Kuchel is certainly relevant to the type of job
you would want him to do.
My own recommendation is that you talk with Melencamp and Gall. If
this is how you want to proceed, I'll try to get both of them up here on
Tuesday at times convenient to you.
I'll be in Washington on Monday with Henry, and can talk with them
a bit about the Job first if you want. I could then give you my comments
on both before you see them.
Please him
to
melencamp +
Jink
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OFFICER PROFILE
NAME: MELENCAMP, Noble M.
BORN: Kansas City, Missouri, December 21, 1928
FAMILY: Single
CLASS: FSO-3 (since May 1968)
PRESENT ASSIGNMENT: On detail to Department of Commerce
(since summer, 1968)
EDUCATION: Kansas University (AB, 1949)
Colorado University (MA, 1950)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD, 1956)
FOREIGN SERVICE EXPERIENCE:
Entered the Department of State in June 1957
1957-59
INR, Liaison Officer
1959-61
Basra, Consular Officer
1961-64
Milan, Economic Officer
1965-67
Department/0, Personnel Management Specialist
1968 (5 mos.) FSI Economic Course
1968-present Detailed to Dept. of Commerce
PROMOTIONS: 0-8, 1957; 0-7, 1960; 0-6, 1962; 0-5, 1963; 0-4, 1965;
0-3, 1968
COMMENT:
Mr. Melencamp is a bright, sparkling, bouncy individual, quick
on the trigger, who speaks rapidly and well on almost any sub-
ject. He has been characterized as a complex extrovert with
a shiny, witty personality.
Melencamp is an extremely articulate and gifted drafter who
exhibits a disciplined and industrious approach toward any
assignment. His performance while in "Personnel (the last
assignment on which reports have been prepared) was regarded
as outstanding. He impressed his superiors as an exceptionally
resourceful and versatile officer.
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2
While he has not yet been given an opportunity to test fully
his leadership capabilities, he has satisfied his superiors
that he possesses the innate talents of a good executive.
Melencamp's outstanding record includes 5 promotions in 8
years, and a Meritorious Honor Award in 1967.
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NAME: Louis J. Link
BORN: Kansas, July 19, 1924
FAMILY: Married, 3 children
CLASS: FSO-4 (since March 1963)
PRESENT ASSIGNMENT: Chief, Public Corresp. Div., Office of
Public Services, P (since summer, 1968)
EDUCATION: Rockhurst College (BS, 1949); Georgetown Univ.
(BS, 1954)
MILITARY: US Army, 1943-46; 1949-52
EXPERIENCE: Entered State Dept. 1954; Foreign Service in 1956
1954-56
Clerk-Typist, Dept.
1956-58
Gen. FSO, Strasbourg, France
1958-61
Visa Officer, Paris
1961-64
Policy Reports Officer, Staff Asst. (1963-64),
Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs
1964-65
SEATO Affairs Officer, FE
1965-68
Principal Officer, Suva
1968-present
P/PS/PCD (Public Affair, Dapt.8 State)
PROMOTIONS: GS-3, 1954; 0-6, 1956; 0-7, 1956; 0-6, 1958; 0-5,
1961; 0-4, 1963
COMMENTS:
No reports are available on Mr. Link's performance in the
Bureau of Public Affairs, to which he was assigned this year
(1968).
Mr. Link has a brisk and alert personality, accompanied by a
sprightly sense of humor. He projects an impression of
maturity and responsibility.
As Principal Officer in Suva, Link demonstrated his ability
to manage effectively a small but unusually diversified post,
displaying talent in planning, organizing and executing work
assignments through a staff.
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2
His tour at Suva was successful in every respect. He traveled
widely, showed negotiating ability in helping to conclude a
number of Peace Corps agreements, and reported comprehensively
on significant political and economic developments--a considerable
feat in a post covering a very large, primitive and diverse
geographic area.
Although in the past (e.g., during his assignment to FE) there
was mention of an occasional tendency toward prolixity, Link's
drafting has been consistently rated over the last 4 or 5
years and clear and effective.
as
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NAME: Robert D. Collins
BORN: December 14, 1932, California
FAMILY: Married, 2 children
CLASS: 0-4 (since May, 1968)
PRESENT ASSIGNMENT: Int'l Relations Officer, EUR/PRM (since Aug 66)
EDUCATION: University of California, Berkeley (BA. 1954);
Johns Hopkins University
(MA. 1956)
MILITARY: None
FOREIGN SVC EXPERIENCE: Entered F.S. 11/56
1957-58
Intelligence Liaison Officer, INR/DDC
1959-60
Officer in Immigration Fraud Unit, Hong Kong
1960-62
Visa, Administrative Officer, Kingston
1962-66
Political Officer, Milan
1966-present
EUR/RPM (Department)
PROMOTIONS:
0-8, 1956; 0-7, 1958; 0-6, 1961; 0-5, 1956;
0-4, 1968;
COMMENTS: Mr. Collins is a man of considerable intellect who
makes a quick and favorable impression. His bearing is mature,
relaxed and confident.
In his current position, the most outstanding characteristic of
Collins' performance is his ability to assume a complete area of
policy, master its details, exercise the necessary judgments,
negotiate time, instructions, and carry through with an overall
sense of the larger policy toward which day-to-day decisions
contrisate. Despite his capacity for independent work, he is
a team worker in the best sense of that term.
Collins' performance in Milan was consistently superior. He
displayed good judgment and common sense, drafted well, and
worked hard on his contacts.
Although he has not been thrust into true management situations,
his executive capabilities are regarded as potentially very
high. He has exceptional ability to act decisively, has highly
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reliable judgment, and gets along well with others.
Writing ability can best be described as clear and precise.
A quiet, able young officer.
Resume, August, 1968
Charles Peter Gall
Born April 22, 1936, Detroit
3855 Beecher St., N.W.
Married, 2 children, 5 and 3
Washington, D.C.
965-1554
CURREN PROFESSION: Special Assistant and Press Secretary to
U.S. Senator Thomas H. Kuchel (R., Calif.).
JOB GOAL: To join today's crucial public issues in a communica-
tions role. The opportunity I seek, in either journalism,
government or private organization, will permit me to exer-
cise social conscience, writing skills, judgment. It will
offer career progress.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Senator Kuchel, 1967-1968. In Washington, wrote speeches,
press releases, radio and television scripts and correspond-
ence. General public relations duties. During primary
election campaign of 1968 in California, wrote speeches,
press releases, short statements, position papers. Served
as liaison between Senator and both press and professional
campaign staff. Traveled with Senator.
Wall Street Journal, 1963-1967. Staff reporter, San Francisco
Los Angeles, Pittsburgh. Front page feature stories included
profiles of industrialists Patrick J. Frawley and Lawrence
Harvey; articles on gun control, the poverty program, hous-
ing bias legal battles, on diet doctors and pills. Contributed
chapter to Dow Jones book "How They Sell." Was
senior reporter in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh bureaus,
acting as bureau manager in manager's absence. Business
news coverage, including aluminum industry beat in Pittsburgh.
United States Army, 1959-1962. Reporting capacity for Army
Security Agency in Germany, after one year at Army Language
School studying Russian. Honorably discharged, rank, E-5.
Independent, Star-News, 1958-1959, 1962-1963, Pasadena,
California. Reporter. Wrote news and feature stories
and covered city hall and labor beats.
EDUCATION:
Princeton University, 1954-1958. A.B. degree, magna cum laude.
in Special Program in European Civilization, languages
Spanish and French. Freshman football, varsity track,
campus guide, Hispanic Club. Summer scholarship to
Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1957 to live with family and
study at university. Language skills: Spanish, fluent.
French and Russian, fair.
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OFFICER PROFILE
NAME: MELENCAMP, Noble M.
BORN: Kansas City, Missouri, December 21, 1928
FAMILY: Single
CLASS: FSO-3 (since May 1968)
PRESENT ASSIGNMENT: On detail to Department of Commerce
(since summer, 1968)
EDUCATION: Kansas University (AB, 1949)
Colorado University (MA, 1950)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD, 1956)
FOREIGN SERVICE EXPERIENCE:
Entered the Department of State in June 1957
1957-59
INR, Liaison Officer
1959-61
Basra, Consular Officer
1961-64
Milan, Economic Officer
1965-67
Department/0, Personnel Management Specialist
1968 (5 mos.) FSI Economic Course
1968-present Detailed to Dept. of Commerce
PROMOTIONS: 0-8, 1957; 0-7, 1960; 0-6, 1962; 0-5, 1963; 0-4, 1965;
0-3, 1968
COMMENT:
Mr. Melencamp is a bright, sparkling, bouncy individual, quick
on the trigger, who speaks rapidly and well on almost any sub-
ject. He has been characterized as a complex extrovert with
a shiny, witty personality.
Melencamp is an extremely articulate and gifted drafter who
exhibits a disciplined and industrious approach toward any
assignment. His performance while in Personnel (the last
assignment on which reports have been prepared) was regarded
as outstanding. He impressed his superiors as an exceptionally
resourceful and versatile officer.
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
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2
While he has not yet been given an opportunity to test fully
his leadership capabilities, he has satisfied his superiors
that he possesses the innate talents of a good executive.
Melencamp's outstanding record includes 5 promotions in 8
years, and a Meritorious Honor Award in 1967.
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
file
Distribution for Dec. 19th Memo re staff meeting. Memo attached.
12/18
12/14
WILL
WILL ATTEND
ATTEND
ALLEN, RICHARD
PRICE, RAYMOND
ANDERSON, MARTIN
SAFIRE, WILLIAM
BELIEU, KENNETH
Didn't
Assend
SEARS, JOHN
BROWN, JOHN
STUART, CHARLES (CHUCK)
BROWN, ROBERT
TIMMONS, WILLIAM
BUCHANAN, PATRICK
Didnot
VAN DER HEUVAL, MISS GERRY
afterd
BULL, STEVEN
WHITAKER, JOHN C.
CHAPIN, DWIGHT
WHITEHEAD, THOMAS
COLE, KENNETH
WILKINSON, JAY
DENT, HARRY
WOODS, MISS ROSE MARY
EHRLICHMAN, JOHN
ZIEGLER, RONALD
ELLSWORTH, ROBERT
HALDEMAN, H. R.
X
Do NOT PHONE
HARLOW, BRYCE
HIGBY, LAWRENCE
HOFGREN, DANIEL
KEOGH, JAMES
KLEIN, HERBERT
KISSINGER, HENRY
KROGH, E. (BUD)
MORGAN, EDWARD
MOYNI HAN, DANIEL P. (PAT)
MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM: Bob Haldeman
December 16, 1968
At the request of the President-Elect, there will be a general meeting
of the key members of the new White House staff on Thursday, December
19th, at 9:30 a. m. in the Sapphire Room, Second Floor, at the Pierre
Hotel.
It is essential that you plan to attend. If necessary, please revise any
previous commitments that would prohibit you from being present. You
should keep the entire morning clear.
We will review at this time a number of vitally important policy and
procedural matters and will hope to answer any questions you may have
regarding the balance of the transition period - and the start-up operations
in Washington.
Also - for your personal planning - the President-Elect will be in Florida
from December 23 until January 1, and in California from January 1 to
January 3. This is an excellent opportunity for you to get some vacation
time and/or to take care of house-hunting, etc. Our White House staff
will operate on a skeleton basis from December 22 through January 5.
Unless you have been specifically requested to be on call during that
period - please regard it as vacation time. We'll resume full operations
on Monday, January 6. Please be sure your office is covered - but try to
let as many secretaries as possible get the time off too - especially those
who worked through the campaign and will be going to Washington in
January.
HRH/mc
MEMORANDUM
December 21, 1968
TO:
BILL DUNCAN
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
From now on please inform Ron Ziegler or Ron Ziegler's office
of all movements that are to be made by the President-elect before
they occur.
HRH
CC:
Dwight Chapin
MEMORANDUM
December 21, 1968
TO:
KEN COLE
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
Would you either make up yourself or have Hopkins get made up
down in the White House a listing of all of the detailees from the
various agencies and departments to the White House.
These should be grouped by department. In other words, start
with State and list all the people detailed to the White House
from State by name, assignment, and salary level and then go
through each of the other departments. This will enable us to
know what we are sticking each of the departments for as of now,
and thus we can plan how we will go about assigning our people.
HRH
MEMORANDUM
December 21, 1968
TO:
HERB KLEIN
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
I have your staff list and I agree that you probably will have to
have that many people, although I would still hope you could keep
it down by one or two.
The recommended salary levels would appear to be extremely high,
both in view of the specific functions and the present or previous
salary level of the individuals concerned. In most cases we are
moving people onto the White House staff at approximately the same
level where they have been on the present staff. Some, of course,
are receiving some minor increases and some of us also are receiving
some major decreases.
I do think you should review the salary levels, and seriously consider
cutting them substantially to get them down to the range at least of
their present position.
HRH
MEMORANDUM
December 20, 1968
TO:
HERB KLEIN
PETER FLANIGAN
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
RN strongly recommends consideration of Virgil Pinkley as an
Assistant Secretary at a high level to function as a Public Information
Officer in one of the key departments. He specifically thinks that
he would be very valuable to Hickel in Interior.
Pete, he also thinks you should consider Ed May for a high post in
an appropriate place and Thatcher Longstreth.
HRH
MEMORANDUM
December 20, 1968
TO:
MAURICE STANS
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
I have the list of names covered in your memo of December 18th
and I have asked Dwight Chapin to go ahead and arrange appointments
with each of them early in January. I will also ask Dwight to confirm
the appointments to you.
HRH
cc:
Dwight Chapin (w/memo)
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEE
400 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
(212) 758-3444
MAURICE H. STANS
December 18, 1968
FINANCE CHAIRMAN
MAX M. FISHER
HENRY SALVATORI
WALTER N. THAYER
CO-CHAIRMEN
COURTNEY BURTON
GENERAL LUCIUS D. CLAY
RALPH J. CORDINER
J. CLIFFORD FOLGER
F. PEAVEY HEFFELFINGER
JAMES S. KEMPER
SPENCER T. OLIN
CHARLES S. THOMAS
TO:
H. R. Haldeman
SINCLAIR WEEKS
HONORARY CO-CHAIRMEN
HERBERT W. KALMBACH
FROM: Maurice H. Stans
W. DON BREWER
JEREMIAH MILBANK, JR.
LELAND M. KAISER
EXECUTIVE VICE CHAIRMEN
DANIEL W. HOFGREN
JACK A. GLEASON
J. PATRICK DUGAN
ASSISTANTS TO CHAIRMAN
Out of all of the supporters who have at one time
JOHN E. CORETTE
or another this year specifically asked for an
THOMAS B. EVANS, JR.
DANIEL C. GAINEY
opportunity to see RN, I have withheld promises to
HAROLD H. HELM
HENRY KEARNS
all but a few, in order to save his time as much
WILLIAM C. LIEDTKE, JR.
THOMAS A. PAPPAS
as possible.
VERNON STOUFFER
REGIONAL CHAIRMEN
LOREN M. BERRY
ELMER H. BOBST
However, there are some major friends who want
MRS. GEORGE C. BROCK
GEORGE CHAMPION
to see RN, and I cleared their names with him
MRS. ANNA CHENNAULT
GEORGE CHRISTOPHER
yesterday. He asked me to tell you about them
JUSTIN DART
THOMAS S. GATES
and to ask you to arrange the appointments early
JOHN M. KING
V. JOHN KREHBIEL
in January.
BERNARD LASKER
GUSTAVE L. LEVY
DAN W. LUFKIN
The names are as follows:
MRS. OGDEN PHIPPS
JOHN W. ROLLINS
JOSEPH E. SHEFFIELD
C. ARNHOLT SMITH
John Mulcahy (with Jack Powers of Pfizer) (HA 1-5430)
W. CLEMENT STONE
CHARLES M. WHITE
Ed Luckenbach (with John McMullen)
(WH 4-1400)
VICE CHAIRMEN
C. LANGHORNE WASHBURN
V. J. Skutt
(402-342-7450)
FINANCE DIRECTOR
R. K. Mellon
412-471-8860)
HUGH W. SLOAN, JR.
ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR
John King
(303-534-7661)
J. WILLIAM MIDDENDORF, II
TREASURER
John Olin
(572-2267)
RAYMOND T. UNDERWOOD, JR.
J. Howard Pew
COMPTROLLER
(215-KI 6-1600)
Because of Pew's advanced age, Nixon suggested that
he be invited to drop in on the afternoon of the
New York dinner (probably January eighth). The
others could be worked in at almost any other occasion.
M.H/S.
ac
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MEMORANDUM
December 20, 1968
TO:
PAT BUCHANAN
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
RN asked for your counsel on whether Leo Cherne should be asked
to serve on an advisory board or used for some other purpose.
HRH
MEMORANDUM
December 20, 1968
TO:
HIGBY
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
Would you please have prepared a list of the advisory boards,
committees, and commissions to which RN has appointments to
make.
HRH
December 20, 1968
MEMORANDUM FOR HALDEMAN -- ACTION
RE:
BUD WILKINSON
I propose that Bud Wilkinson be appointed Special Assistant to the
President, and that it be understood that his role is that of general
assignments for the President with particular responsibility for
coordination of the work of all independent boards, committees,
and commissions as they relate to the office of the President.
These commissions and committees include a wide range of subjects
ranging from the Advisory Board on National Parks and Monuments
through the Advisory Committee on the Arts, Historic Preservation,
Foreign Scholarships, Presidential Scholars, Preservation of the
White House, Commodity Exchange, Consumer Advisory Council,
Distinguished Civilian Awards, Federal Fire Council, Inter-Agency
Committee on International Athletics, Indian Arts and Crafts Board,
Radio Advisory Committee, Maritime Advisory Committee, Advisory
Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children, National Park
Foundation, Commission on White House Fellows, Council on Youth
Opporitunity, Council on Aging, Council on Physical Fitness, Council
on Recreation, etc.
HRH
MEMORANDUM
December 20, 1968
TO:
PAT MOYNIHAN
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
RN, yesterday, in thinking about the Urban Affairs Council, came
up with the feeling that Commerce, because of the alliance of business-
men and labor, and because of its manpower responsibilities, should
be included in the Urban Affairs Council. He also questions whether
Agriculture should not be included on the grounds, first, that many of
the urban problems arise from rural problems and, second, that the
incoming Secretary of Agriculture is a man who as an individual would
be a valuable addition to the Council.
Also, RN would like you to set up plans for a meeting of the Urban
Affairs Council prior to the 20th. As you may know, he is planning
to meet with the National Security Council in late December, and I
would suggest you shoot for an Urban Affairs Council meeting early
in the week prior to inauguration. He wants you, of course, to work
out an agenda so that it will be a productive meeting.
You should work out a specific date with Dwight Chapin.
HRH
cc: Dwight Chapin
MEMORANDUM
December 20, 1968
TO:
JOHN EHRLICHMAN
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
I discussed the attached letter from Parrish with Roy Ash and he
already was aware of the situation and assures me that he will order
the advertising men to change their approach and that there will be
no problem. If you are still concerned, I suggest you discuss it
directly with Roy.
HRH
AMERICAN AVIATION PUBLICATIONS INC. 1156 15TH St., N.W. WASHINGTON, D. C. 20005 202 293-3400 CABLE: AMERAV
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
December 12, 1968
Honorable Richard M. Nixon
President-Elect
810 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
Dear Mr. President-Elect:
You may recall that I visited you in your apartment last June with
my wife, Frances Knight.
This letter involves a very probable conflict of interest situation
which could be embarrassing to you and the new Administration.
You named Mr. Roy Ash, president of Litton Industries, as your adviser
on government management efficiency. Mr. Ash is a very talented individual,
well qualified to advise on management problems.
But Litton Industries purchased during 1967 a publishing company called
Chapman-Reinhold, chiefly publishing medical and chemical magazines.
In November, 1968, Chapman-Reinhold announced the launching of a new
magazine to be called GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE, a monthly, designed to feature
management problems in the federal government. Advertising is being solici-
ted. The 'pilot' issue is due any day now with formal publication to begin
March, 1969.
It is not without reason that the advertising men now associated with
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE point out that Mr. Ash, president of the parent corpora-
tion, is your adviser on government management efficiency. The inference
is plain - an 'inside track' in government, and presumably an unofficial
backing of the magazine.
I well know of this situation because several of the key men in the new
magazine were employees of mine until September. I publish ARMED FORCES
MANAGEMENT, with which they were associated. This is an established, success-
ful magazine devoted to management problems in the armed services. To some
extent - but only to a limited extent - the new GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE is com-
petition.
Honorable Richard M. Nixon
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December 12, 1968
It is not from the standpoint of minor competition that I write to
you. It is the fact that sooner or later the tie between Roy Ash of
Litton and yourself, and of Litton to the new magazine will become pretty
widely known. Not for the world do I suspect Roy Ash of any direct
participation in such a conflict; it is probable that he is too busy even
to know what's going on in one of his many holdings.
Yours sincerely,
Wayne W. Parrish
President
MEMORANDUM
December 20, 1968
TO:
ROY ASH
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
While meeting with RN, Secretary Kennedy said that he felt an
Economic Council, along the lines Stans recommended, should
not be formalized and that it should not, in any event, include
Labor and Commerce but should rather be just Treasury, the
Economic Advisors, and Budget.
RN does feel that McCracken should see that Schultz and Stans
are included in economic planning meetings from time to time,
but he agrees they should not be regular members of an Economic
Council.
HRH
MEMORANDUM
December 20, 1968
TO:
JOHN WHITAKER
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
Will you please follow up with Martin Anderson, and possibly
Jim Keogh, on a general basis for the overall research group,
to be sure that they are carrying out the request RN made to
Arthur Burns that they summarize by Cabinet category all of
the Nixon statements in the campaign on specific issues relating
to each Cabinet category. These summaries are to be transmitted
to the Cabinet members, and you are to instruct the Cabinet members
that this material is coming, that it is must reading for each of
them so that they don't get caught off base, and that copies are to
be supplied to their key Assistant Secretaries for the same reason.