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From Colson to Haldeman RE: rumors asserting that Meany plans to support Muskie. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 2/10/1971
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2/10/1971
Campaign
Memo
From Colson to Haldeman RE: rumors
asserting that Meany plans to support
Muskie. 1 pg.
3
5
3/4/1971
Campaign
Memo
From Colson to Haldeman RE: the political
climate of New Hampshire. 1 pg.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Page 1 of 1
DETERMINED TO BE AN
ADMINISTRATIVE MARKING
E,O. 12065, Section 102
By jew NARS, Date 10/16/80
February 10, 1971
CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H.R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
CHARLES W. COLSON
SUBJECT:
Meany's Alleged Support
for Muskie
Rockefeller's intelligence, which you reported to me, that
Meany is lining up support for Muskie, I am convinced, is
inaccurate. My own spies in New York (Brennan, for
example), indicate the contrary. I think that Rockefeller
simply wants to preserve his own "clout" with the New York
unions and enhance his own importance to us. The fact is
that our lines of communication in to New York (Brennan,
Gleason, Calhoun, Van Aradale) are better than Rockefeller's.
Also, the loyalties of several of these people run more
strongly to the President than they do to Rockefeller.
Apropos of this you might find the enclosed Riesel piece of
some interest. I admit that I made a small contribution to it.
Vic, however, has gotten intelligence from a variety of
sources, all of which confirm the information I have been
getting that, for the moment, Meany is very cool towards
Muskie.
March 4, 1971
EYES ONLY
MEMORANDUM FOR:
H.R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
CHARLES W. COLSON
SUBJECT:
New Hampshire Politics
I have been picking up, through old friends and political acquaintances, a
good bit of scuttlebut out of New Hampshire. There is a surprising lack
of enthusiasm in New Hampshire for Muskie. Many of the top Democrate
are committed to him publicly, but underneath they show very little real
excitement. The consensus is that he is by no means a runaway - notwith-
standing the fact that he comes from a neighboring state.
Roger Crowley, Bemocratic candidate for Governor last time, and a
conservative, is leaning heavily towards Jackson. He refuses to say he is
against Muskie, but he is going around the state saying very positive things
about "Sceop". The Manchester Union Leader is strongly anti-Muskie, as
you would well imagine. Many Democrate seem to approve of the President's
handling of the war.
McGovern had a reasonably successful trip with the intellectuals and the New
Left, of which there is a significant bloc in New Hampshire. He will have
that vote solid (could be as high as 25%). If any kind of boomlet develops for
"Scoop", Muskie is in very serious trouble because the Democratic Party
in New Hampshire has historically nominated rather conservative Democrate
like Crowley and King.
The foregoing is just for your information. Some of it was, surprisingly
enough, even reported in the Boston Globe this last week - the tenor being
that Muskie is not really generating any enthusiasm.
The only line which our political operatives should get out at every possible
opportunity is that Muskie will, of course, sweep New Hampshire because he
is from Maine. People should expect that he will carry 90% of the vote. If
he does much less as it would now seem, the letdown could destary his
national posture.
EYES ONLY