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From Colson to Steve Karalekas RE: the role of Vietnam in the 1968 and 1972 presidential races. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/5/1972
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Memo
From Colson to Steve Karalekas RE: the role
of Vietnam in the 1968 and 1972 presidential
races. 1 pg.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Page 1 of 1
July 5, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
STEVE KARALEKAS
FROM:
CHARLES COLSON
Would you please put together a couple speeches and a fact sheet
on the things that Candidate Nixon said in '68 about the negotiations
then underway between the Johnson Administration and North
Vietnam. Then-Candidate Nixon was very restrained. Bear in
mind the interesting point that McGovern will be making his
acceptance speech on the day that the Paris peace negotiations
resume. This may pose a lovely trap for him if we can get the
right foundation built. People should start speaking about the
responsibility of Presidential candidates; the danger of candidates
speaking out in such a way that may sabotage negotiations; this
historical comparison with Candidate Nixon, etc. Then, if
McGovern does what is predictable in his acceptance speech, our
people should be ready to hit very, very hard. His acceptance
speech may be the most significant speech of the campaign. He
will undoubtedly talk about his better deal with Hanoi, but he will
be careful not to put it in those terms; it is up to us, however, to
put it in those terms.
If you will get the information together, Noel Koch can start some
of the fellows on the Hill on this drumbeat. Clawson can perhaps
promote a column or two or maybe work this into pieces written
about McGovern and you might talk to the Vice President's staff
to see if he line an opportunity in the next 10 days to give this kind
of speech. No one has to mention McGovern by name.