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This file contains:
Reminder note. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Higsby. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to John Mitchell. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Herb Klein. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Rose Woods. 1 pgs. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Herb Klein. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldemant to Don Hughes. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Bryce Harlow, Robert Ellsworth, etc. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Don Hughes. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Paul McCracken and Henry Loomis. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to John Mitchell. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Don Hughes. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to William Hopkins. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Dwight Chapin. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to John Whitaker. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Bryce Harlow. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo for file. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Sally Reukauf. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Higby. 2 pgs. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Bryce Harlow, Robert Ellsworth, etc. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Higby. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Dan Hofgren. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Gerry Van der Heuval. 1 pg. Two duplicates not scanned. [Memo], 12/11/1968
Memo from Jay Wilkinson to H.R. Haldeman. RE: Steve Strickland and Hudson Drake. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/11/1968
Memo from Larry Higby to Bill Middendorf and Pat Dugan. RE: Bob Brown. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/13/1968
Memo to Haldeman from Safire. RE: Secretary. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/13/1968
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This file contains:
Reminder note. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Higsby. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to John Mitchell. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Herb Klein. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Rose Woods. 1 pgs. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Herb Klein. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldemant to Don Hughes. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Bryce Harlow, Robert Ellsworth, etc. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Don Hughes. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Paul McCracken and Henry Loomis. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to John Mitchell. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Don Hughes. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to William Hopkins. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Dwight Chapin. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to John Whitaker. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Bryce Harlow. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo for file. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Sally Reukauf. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Higby. 2 pgs. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Bryce Harlow, Robert Ellsworth, etc. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Higby. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Dan Hofgren. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/16/1968
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Gerry Van der Heuval. 1 pg. Two duplicates not scanned. [Memo], 12/11/1968
Memo from Jay Wilkinson to H.R. Haldeman. RE: Steve Strickland and Hudson Drake. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/11/1968
Memo from Larry Higby to Bill Middendorf and Pat Dugan. RE: Bob Brown. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/13/1968
Memo to Haldeman from Safire. RE: Secretary. 1 pg. [Memo], 12/13/1968
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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
32
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12/16/1968
Memo
Reminder note. 1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Higsby. 1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to John Mitchell.
1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Herb Klein. 1
pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Rose Woods.
1 pgs.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Herb Klein. 1
pg.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Page 1 of 4
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldemant to Don Hughes.
1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Bryce Harlow,
Robert Ellsworth, etc. 1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Don Hughes.
1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Paul
McCracken and Henry Loomis. 1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to John Mitchell.
1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Don Hughes.
1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to William
Hopkins. 1 pg.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Page 2 of 4
Box
Number
Folder Number
Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
32
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12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Dwight
Chapin. 1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to John
Whitaker. 1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Bryce Harlow.
1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo for file. 1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Sally Reukauf.
1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Higby. 2 pgs.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Bryce Harlow,
Robert Ellsworth, etc. 1 pg.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Page 3 of 4
Box Number Folder Number Document Date
Document Type
Document Description
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Higby. 1 pg.
32
12
12/16/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Dan Hofgren.
1 pg.
32
12
12/11/1968
Memo
Memo from Bob Haldeman to Gerry Van der
Heuval. 1 pg. Two duplicates not scanned.
32
12
12/11/1968
Memo
Memo from Jay Wilkinson to H.R.
Haldeman. RE: Steve Strickland and Hudson
Drake. 1 pg.
32
12
12/13/1968
Memo
Memo from Larry Higby to Bill Middendorf
and Pat Dugan. RE: Bob Brown. 1 pg.
32
12
12/13/1968
Memo
Memo to Haldeman from Safire. RE:
Secretary. 1 pg.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Page 4 of 4
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
REMINDER:
Talk to Franklin D. Murphy regarding departmental advisory councils
appointed by the President - one for each department. This would
involve first a preliminary study of all that now exists.
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
HIGBY
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
Please find out immediately what the top pay to super high-level
executive secretaries in the Senate and Congress is. I need to know
this accurately and quickly and it should be the very top figure.
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
JOHN MITHHELL
FROM: BOB HALDEMAN
As I mentioned to you the other day, RN suggested consideration of
John Eisenhower for an ambassadorship, possibly to one of the Latin
American countries.
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
HERB KLEIN
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
RN is anxious that in your background talks with columnists, etc.
you strongly emphasize how impressed the Cabinet members were
with the caliber of the staff and the content of their reports at the
meeting last week. Also, he would like you to be sure that the
analysts and writers understand that the Cabinet presentation was
RN's idea and that it was implemented over the objection of a
number of the staff members. RN was the one who insisted on
presenting the entire Cabinet at once and having the wives all
present.
MEMORANDUM
CONFIDENTIAL
December 16, 1968
TO:
ROSE WOODS
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
Based on material now in hand, RN has asked that all who might
be asked about the subject understand clearly that there can be no
place in the Administration for Mike Gill.
On another point, RN suggested that Bob King might be very good
as a Public Information Officer or Congressional liaison man in one
of the Cabinet departments. Do you know whether he is interested
in coming in to the Administration? If so, would you give Pete
Flanigan the information on him and this suggestion from RN.
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
HERB KLEIN
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
You will be happy to know RN has changed his mind regarding
an official White House photographer and he would like Ollie Atkins
retained for this position.
I know you have already done it but this makes it official.
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
DON HUGHES
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
RN has asked that we set up a Jet Star to be permanently assigned
as the Vice President's aircraft and permanently affixed with the
Vice President's seal. Will you please make the necessary arrangements.
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
BRYCE HARLOW
JIM KEOGH
ROBERT ELLSWORTH
HENRY KISSINGER
JOHN EHRLICHMAN
PAT MOYNIHAN
HERB KLEIN
DWIGHT CHAPIN
STAN BLAIR
RON ZIEGLER
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
For planning purposes, may I please have by first thing Wednesday
morning a run down from you on the composition of your present staff
by name, title, assignment, present salary, and recommended salary
when we move to the White House.
Will you then also please list any planned staff additions that you
intend to make prior to January 20th. And third, your estimation as
to future staff needs after January 20th based on your best estimate
at the present time.
In the two additional sections mentioned above, please also indicate
title, assignment, and proposed salary.
As you know, it is going to be necessary to put a number of the staff
people on agency or department pay roll and have them detailed to the
White House, and we need to get this process under way so that it will
become immediately operational on the 20th.
Please don't make any staff or salary commitments until we have had
a chance to review the above material.
H.
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
DON HUGHES
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
RN wants to have Manolo and Fina as part of his personal staff in
the White House. We should investigate the availability of living
quarters for them. I understand there is a two bedroom suite that
would be suitable. We should also see how we can work out specific
work assignments for them.
On another point RN has agreed to use the Jet Star military aircraft
for Mrs. Nixon's travel per the recommendation from LBJ and you.
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
PAUL McCRACKEN
HENRY LOOMIS
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
As a result of the unfortunate news story developing from the
Republican Congressional Task Force report on crime, RN has
some serious concerns regarding the release of our Task Force
reports.
It is imperative that these be checked out very carefully before
release to be sure that there is nothing in the report that might
create the kinds of problems that the Morgenthau question did,
for example.
I realize our reports are not supposed to be for release but
neither was this one. It did, however, fall into the hands of
the New York Times. We have to assume that the same will
happen to our reports so the proper precautions must be taken.
HRH
Mr. Henry Loomis
Apartment A115
1425 4th Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20024
Dr. Paul McCracken
Graduate School of Business Admin.
Univ. of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
JOHN MITCHELL
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
RN's latest thought on John Eisenhower is that he would make an
excellent Ambassador to Belgium. He does speak French and RN
would like you to consider him for this post.
HRH
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
DON HUGHES
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
When Dr. Tkash reports on board will you make a point of talking
with him about RN's desire that his services for supplying pills, etc.
should be made available to all Cabinet officers and key White House
staff.
HRH
16 December 1968
MEMORANDUM FOR WILLIAM J. HOPKINS
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
Dear Bill:
This will confirm officially our conversation today regarding
Mr. Nixon's name and official signature.
He will use the name Richard Nixon on all official papers and
as his official signature.
He will not use the name Richard M. Nixon.
Cordially,
H. R. Haldeman
HRH:ds
MEMORANDUM
16 December 1968
TO:
DWIGHT CHAPIN
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
Confirming our conversation on the plane, I assume you will go
ahead and contact Mary Rawlins and confirm to her your intention
to retain her on the White House staff.
It is my understanding that she and Helen Colle will be continuing
to work together in the same capacity that they now operate.
HRH
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
JOHN WHITAKER
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
As I mentioned to you on the phone, RN is anxious to have each
of the new Cabinet officers visit General Eisenhower as soon as
possible. Since you are now responsible for programming these
gentlemen, will you please take this on and get it worked out
quickly.
The schedule of visits should, of course, be worked out through
General Schultz.
HRH
MEMORANDUM
CONFIDENTIAL
December 16, 1968
TO:
BRYCE HARLOW
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
RN mentioned today that he thinks all of the Cabinet officers
who are able to should also go to the January 4th birthday
party. If you agree, this should be implemented through Whitaker.
If you disagree, you should discuss with RN.
HRH
MEMORANDUM FOR FILE
16 December, 1968
Jim Jones advises me that the appraiser President Johnson uses
to assess the value of his memorabilia is Ralph Newman of Chicago.
Jones says that Newman's appraisals are considered to be accurate
by the I.R. S.
HRH
Copy to:
John Ehrlichman
Rose Woods
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
SALLY REUKAUF
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
Thank you very much for the prints.
I don't know how to reach Ollie Atkins so would appreciate your
contacting him and thanking him for me.
HRH
File
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
HIGBY
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
Please find out immediately what the top pay to super high-level
executive secretaries in the Senate and Congress is. I need to know
this accurately and quickly and it should be the very top figure.
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12,000 top.
1,23,437
most 10,000.
/ gal 15
H Mundt's office
Bol Ruddy
Senate a bit higher.
23,500
240125
for Top Aide
Scnate-
27,064 /
28,000
2 gala.
25,870 2
27,064 2gals in Senate / per office.
24,676 /
20,099 /
13-15 wormal high.
19,701 Top for
Murphy's office about 12+
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Thank 30 Dec.
Hugher taCh today
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Calif
Plupical Benfit accrund to Cabet.
Exteded by Sa. of Various
to Service
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
BRYCE HARLOW Delivered
JIM KEOGH Inter office
ROBERT ELLSWORTH inten
oct
pronect
HENRY KISSINGER Inten ceties
JOHN EHRLICHMAN
PAT MOYNIHAN Phoned 11/19
HERB KLEIN Inter other
DWIGHT CHAPIN Delivered
STAN BLAIR Phened
RON ZIEGLER Inten Citize
874-877
874
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
For planning purposes, may I please have by first thing Wednesday
morning a run down from you on the composition of your present staff
by name, title, assignment, present salary, and recommended salary
when we move to the White House.
Will you then also please list any planned staff additions that you
intend to make prior to January 20th. And third, your estimation as
to future staff needs after January 20th based on your best estimate
at the present time.
In the two additional sections mentioned above, please also indicate
title, assignment, and proposed salary.
As you know, it is going to be necessary to put a number of the staff
people on agency or department pay roll and have them detailed to the
White House, and we need to get this process under way so that it will
become immediately operational on the 20th.
Please don't make any staff or salary commitments until we have had
a chance to review the above material.
H.
MEMORANDUM
December 16, 1968
TO:
HIGBY
FROM:
BOB HALDEMAN
rug
As a follow-up please be sure to get the final election returns state
by state, the actual certified results typed up in neat form quickly
showing both the total popular vote and the percentage.
D
MEMORANDUM
TO:
DAN HOFGREM (PHONE 02/16)
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
TO: Gerry Van der Heuval
FROM: H. R. Haldeman
December 11, 1968
I enclose memorandum from Pat Buchanan about the
possibility of Mrs. Nixon doing a column for Hearst.
Also enclosed is copy of letter and resume received
from Miss Barbara Wagstaff, who is interested in a
position. I thought this might be of interest to
you.
HRH/mc
encl.
MEMORANDUM
December 13, 1968
TO:
H. R. Haldeman
FROM:
Jay Wilkinson
RE:
Steve Strickland and Hudson Drake
Steve Strickland will send the reports from the White
House Fellows by next Friday, December 20, concerning the evaluation
of their roles in the respective Departments, and their opinions
of how they can be most helpful to the incoming Cabinet Members.
I will visit with him sometime during the next week to formulate
an impression of him.
Hudson Drake was pleased to learn that you had received
the information which he had sent.
JGW
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MEMORANDUM
December 13, 1968
TO:
BILL MIDDENDORF
CC: STEVE BULL
PAT DUGAN
FROM:
LARRY HIGBY
FA
RE:
BOB BROWN
This is to advise you that Bob Brown should be placed on the
payroll effective December 5, at the annual rate of $25,000.
He will be a White House Special Assistant in the same category
as Dwight Chapin and Ron Ziegler. He therefore should be paid
from the same payroll as these people are.
Steve Bull is currently processing appropriate papers on Bob
Brown, should these be necessary, and will have them available
for your office shortly.
Thank you for your cooperation.
to
file.
Haldeman from Safire (cc: Higby)
Tone
Re: Secretary
12/16.
December 13, 1968.
I am blessed with a crack executive secretary whom I would like to
take with me to Washington.
Her name is Sally Cutting; she is 41, has been my right arm for 13
years. Rose and Shelley have been in touch with her when dealing
with me over these past three years.
Obviously, she is a highly experienced, mature businesswoman with
perfect skills and, more important, a capability for research and
decision that has always extended my own capabilities.
You know how hard a right arm is to find; I am most anxious to have
her work with me on the White House staff.
She currently makes $188 a week. I can afford to take a financial
beating, but she can't.
She would be a real asset. Can we work it out?
keep yes rate as approx H. same