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From Colson to Higby RE: an attached column involving Bob Dole. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 1/15/1972
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From Colson to Higby RE: running "Monday" more effectively and replacing Nofziger. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 1/5/1972
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1/15/1972
White House Staff
Memo
From Colson to Higby RE: an attached
column involving Bob Dole. 1 pg.
3
22
1/10/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Colson to Higby RE: separating the
Republican National Committee and its
activities from those of the White House. 2
pgs.
3
22
1/5/1972
White House Staff
Memo
From Colson to Higby RE: running
"Monday" more effectively and replacing
Nofziger. 1 pg.
Monday, October 04, 2010
Page 1 of 1
January 15, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
LARRY HIGBY
FROM:
CHARLES COLSON
SUBJECT:
Attached column
Maybe Bob would like to see a copy of the attached that was just
sent to me by a friend.
This is the third time that Bob Dole has done this to us. He
loves to blame the White House Staff for planting things in the
press (which I know not one instance of); but he still continues
to stick it into us publicly. It's absurd. Needless to say, I
have written him about this.
Maybe his personal problems account for all of this and, if they
are now settled, he may be a little easier to live with.
January 10, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
LARRY HIGBY
FROM:
CHUCK COLSON
SUBJECT:
Attached List
I find that I am increasingly being the guy that throws the turd
into the punch bowl on almost everything going on. 1, therefore,
would like to pass a thought on to you. Give it to Haldeman if
you want and blame me If you want, although pretty soon you're
going to think I'm poking my nose into everybody's business.
In connection with trying to find one man in each of the non-key
states who could be a good political contact as well as a mover and
shaker, we asked Al Kaupinen and Harry Flemming to give us their
list of people.
Attached is what they gave us. I could have done much better out of
my own head than this and obviously 95 percent of this could have
been gotten from the Congressional Directory. It is really a terribly
amateurish nothing. I'm not complaining about this instance because
we were able to go back through our own people and get what we needed.
That's not the point. The point is that those guys do not have a political
organisation. God knows what they have been doing, but it is increasingly
clear to me that they are simply taking some of the obvious names and
relying on them rather than trying to develop a structure of independents,
possible Democratic converts and/or new fresh faces. They're just
dealing with the same obvious guys that the National Committee deals
with.
This leads to one of their major problems which is that they are dupli-
cating the National Committee efforts which will cause a lot of the
regular organization people to be offended and sit on their hands. There
will be theinevitable rivalries and jealousies between the Nixon organi-
sation and the National Committee structure. The key is to keep the two
2.
separate as was brilliantly done in the 1956 campaign. Citizens should
be appealing to an entirely different constituency. The National Com-
mittee should be building up its own regular organisation.
I'm afraid that this little exercise this week showed that we really
have made no progress in that direction and that we really aren't
developing anything very imaginative organizationally. This, of
course, is what I've heard from many sources and am discovering
myself the more deeply I get into it.
I went into this at great length with Malek today explaining my own views,
largely based upon experience over the years. I have seen this happen
before.
Perhaps I should talk to Bob about this sometime or I will try, If I can
get a few minutes, to do a very analytical memo or maybe the best thing
is for you to simply mention the problem to him.
January 5, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
LARRY HIGBY
FROM:
CHARLES COLSON
SUBJECT:
Your Memo of December 14
In response to your memo of December 14, copy attached, Lofton
apparently had the final say on the cover of Monday of December 13.
Thus far I have been spectacularly unsuccessful in getting Nofziger
or any of his crew to budget at all. We do not now have control over
what goes into Monday and we won't get it until somebody up there
understands the rules of the game. I have tried but we are effectively
ignored. If you think you can get anywhere with Nofziger, please try.
I have the very uncomfortable feeling that that operation is not being
controlled by anyone and what's worse, no one really seems concerned
about it.
The key is obviously who we put in. I talked to Freeman and he is
definitely not interested in anything. As he puts it, if he would do
anything he would 80 to the White House; that's his first choice. He
would have no interest in the Committee.
I think it's a very high priority that we find a man to replace Nofziger
and that he be our man. Perhaps Malek could be asked to look for
someone quickly. As you remember, I raised this with Bob who said
he wanted to take it up with the Attorney General. Obviously that's
great, but let's get it rolling if we can.
Yesterday was a classic example. I sent Karalekas to the Committee
after getting Dole's approval on Muskie's statement. He personally
supervised the printing and distribution and then had messengers deliver
it. It was on the wires within an hour and a half and 3 hours before its
release time it was out. The Committee has never done this on their
own, hard as that may be to believe.