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From Chapin to John Dean RE: use of Jack Dreyfus' house on Minot Island. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 7/30/1971
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From Chapin, via Gordon Strachan, to Haldeman RE: Strachan's views on Agnew and the 1972 presidential election. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/1/1971
From Chapin to Ronald H. Walker RE: gubernatorial election in Iowa. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/22/1971
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7/30/1971
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Chapin to John Dean RE: use of Jack
Dreyfus' house on Minot Island. 1 pg.
2
34
7/15/1971
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Chapin to Haldeman RE: good film
documentarians. 2 pgs.
2
34
7/1/1971
Campaign
Memo
From Chapin, via Gordon Strachan, to
Haldeman RE: Strachan's views on Agnew
and the 1972 presidential election. 2 pgs.
2
34
7/22/1971
Campaign
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From Chapin to Ronald H. Walker RE:
gubernatorial election in Iowa. 1 pg.
Friday, March 05, 2010
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7/7/1971
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From Chapin to Haldeman RE: Billy Graham
and RN in the upcoming campaign. 1 pg.
Friday, March 05, 2010
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 30, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JOHN DEAN
FROM:
DWIGHT L. CHAPIN
Can you tell me if there is any problem with the President's
using Jack Dreyfus' house on Minot Island. I understand that
Dreyfus has been involved in some kind of a suit and settled
out of court, along with Bill Rogers and some others. I just
want to know if there could be embarrassing ramifications if
the President uses his home.
July 15, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
DWIGHT L. CHAPIN
Several weeks ago, I asked Bill Carruthers and Mark Goode
to come up with a list of the ten best film documentarians
in the country. The idea was to start zeroing in on finding
someone who is friendly to the President and very competent
in the area of films, both for the purpose of working on any
films that might be used at the Convention as well as those
which could be produced for the general campaigning purposes.
We know that the best documentary producer in the country is
Wolper. We also know that Wolper did the Jack Kennedy and
Bobby Kennedy films and they were extremely effective.
Based upon Wolper's work with Kennedy, I had ruled him out
of consideration with Carruthers.
Carruthers has done some checking and come back with informa-
tion which indicates Wolper is available and some facts which
may indicate that we should work out some kind of arrangement with
him.
It seems that Ed Borchardt who owns Hollywood Video Center
has merged with the Wolper organization (the Hollywood Video
Center is where Carruthers has done most of his work).
Borchardt is a registered Republican and according to Carruthers
is loyal to the President. Carruthers talked to Borchardt and
made the point that we would be very concerned about Wolper's
affiliation with the Kennedys and that we must be assured that the
people who are working with the President are top-flight professionals
and also loyal to the President. Borchardt recommended to
Carruthers that he (Borchardt) talk to Wolper and see what his
thinking was.
2.
@.
Following is the result of their conversation:
1.
Wolper points out that Paul Davis of Lehman Brothers,
former Finance Chairman for Nixon in 1968, is on the
Board of Directors of the Wolper organization. (Davis'
son-in-law is Lang Washburn.)
2.
Wolper's number one man is Warren Bush, a registered
Republican and a "loyal, Nixon supporter."
3. As a result of the merger of the Wolper and Hollywood
Video companies, Ed Borchardt would be responsible for
all liaison with the Republican National Committee and
the White House projects on any contracts for which we
contracted.
4. It is reported that "David Wolper himself is most anxious
to work with us and lend us his full support."
Carruthers comes in with the recommendation that we should
take the Wolper matter under serious consideration. He feels
that we are on safe grounds since we have the guarantee of
the security of three loyal Republicans -- one of whom (Paul
Davis) has been strongly associated with the President.
Carruthers feels that Wolper himself, although closely identified
with Democratic candidates, personally senses that joining the
Republican camp would be a good business move for him. What-
ever his business motives are, we must remember that he is
"without peer" in his craft and is known to be a man of integrity.
QUESTION
Can we proceed on an exploratory basis to see what type of a
financial arrangement can be worked out with the Wolper people
and to what degree we can trust Wolper's integrity? This will
involve my calling and talking with Paul Davis and talking to the
Wolper people, along with Carruthers.
Approve
Disapprove
DETERMINED
July 1, 1971
By
6-102
CONFIDENTIAL
8/14/80
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. H. R. HALDEMAN
VIA:
MR. GORDON STRACHAN
FROM:
DWIGHT L. CHAPIN
Gordon Strachan asked that I put together my thoughts for you on Bill Gavin's
memorandum of June 14. I think that Gavin has put together an interesting,
intellectual piece on some of the ramifications of Administration activity to date
and the prospects for the 1972 election. However, I sense that he is a little
paranoid over Agnew. I do not know how hard his reasoning is on all of this;
however, I think that the assumptions are, perhaps, a little simplistic.
I do not question that we have the President in a relatively good position in terms
of the criteria of his being "reasonable". The quality of reason is at least a point
where we can always build a very good case for President Nixon.
Regarding passion, I am not sure that the Administration does out-passion everyone.
I think the passion of the Peace Movement or of the new left - let alone of the
right - has the zeal that an Agnew does. Perhaps we have been wrong (I would
imagine Gavin would agree) in letting Agnew out so far front and getting so
controversial and diluting the passion which he could hold in constructive areas.
On the other hand, who is to say that Agnew has not served his purpose. Gavin
states that Agnew cannot be replaced since his replacement would probably
harm our chances for a victory. I am not sure that this is true. To say that
Agnew's pluses and minuses have already been engraved in the public's mind is
a problem, but on the other hand, in the age of quick imagery, Agnew can be
tempered quite a lot in the next several months - or at least we can alter those
causes on which he goes out front. This may be necessary, anyway, if Gavin's
statement is true, when he says, "I am not saying the public disagrees with his
content; I am saying it has completely forgotten his content". I think we can
get around the problem of Agnew's becoming a big cliche rather than being
effective on key issues. He just needs to be programmed against the big
issues, as do others here - as well as the President.
2.
In terms of imagination, I would have to concur with a lot of what Gavin says. We
have done a poor job of illustrating how imaginative the President has been even on
those occasions when he has either shown by action or through policy a sense of
imagination. I think that we are starting into 1972 with a lack of being able to
communicate imagination but not necessarily an absolute lack of imaginative appeal.
In other words, we have it if we can figure out how to exploit it without doing so in
a gimmicky way.
I do agree that Teddy has the imaginative appeal and that if he runs, that will be a
problem. However, 1 also believe that Kennedy can be beat. (I do not think that
we should assume that we can beat all others since Teddy is the only Democrat with
imagination and the other contenders lack it.)
I tend to agree with the conclusion offered by #Gavin in terms of how we try to
illustrate imagination. It can be done in a documentary sense and it can be done -
a lot of it - by film. We can also use the forthcoming State of the Union and the
other natural forms which will be coming along. We can remain solid and present
ourselves as a solid Party perpetuating a solid country. It doesn't have to be
gimntecky. We can hook into a transfer from a wartime to a peace time situation
and make that exciting. We can talk about how the dollars that were spent on defense
are going to be spent domestically. We can do it as a sound, reasoned and exciting way.
All in all, what I am saying is Gavin has sounded an alarm which we should be
cognizant of if we are not already and those people determining positions and working
on the selling of our programs should give some thought to what he says but not
necessarily over-react.
July 22, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. RONALD H. WALKER
FROM:
DWIGHT L. CHAPIN
Be advised that Lt. Governor Jepson in Iowa, a Republican, is contemplating running
against Governor Ray. This would cause a bad split in the Party. Evidently, Jepson
is prone to seeking publicity in his own way and his activities at the Rathbun Dam
should be well-controlled should he be in attendance.
July 7. 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
DWIGHT L. CHAPIN
Billy Grabam called to say that the President's talk last Saturday
night had "moved him to tears". He felt the material and the way it
was presented was the best thing that the Presidenthad done in many
months. He feels that this is perhaps the type of thing that should
be done during the campaign.