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2/8/1972
Campaign
Memo
Request from Colson for staff meeting to
discuss relationship with Goldwater,
Goldwater's role in campaign. 2 pgs.
4
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8/10/1972
Campaign
Memo
Memo from Colson to RN about WH
relationship with Pierre Rinfret, Rinfret's role
in campaign. 2 pgs.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Page 1 of 1
SCHEDULE PROPOSAL
Date: February 8, 1972
FROM: CHARLES COLSON
VIA: DWIGHT CHAPIN
MEETING:
SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER
DATE:
As soon as it can be scheduled.
PURPOSE:
To discuss with Senator Goldwater his role.
in the upcoming campaign.
FORMAT:
--Oval Office
--Senator Goldwater
--15 minutes
TALKING POINTS:
To be provided by Charles Colson
PRESS COVERAGE:
None
STAFF:
None
RECOMMENDED BY:
Charles Colson
Patrick Buchanan
William Timmons
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
BACKGROUND:
Our working relationship with Goldwater's staff
is very poor. His press aide, Tony Smith and
the Senator have been giving us totally different
stories as to the role that the Senator wants to
play in the upcoming campaign. The Senator
appears to want us to help him with speeches and
speech material; while his aide has let it be
known, in no uncertain terms, that he does not
appreciate White House interference. In a
private discussion, the President can explain to
the Senator how very much we need his help, ask
Goldwater specifically what he needs from us and
what procedure we should follow.
I
2.
Beneath the surface is probably also the feeling
on Goldwater's part that he is not appreciated as
fully as he should be. Every time he meets with
the President he is good for several weeks there-
after, but then he begins to feel neglected, used
and out of the mainstream. Goldwater is terribly
important to us, but it is obvious that his staff
keeps working on him building up hostility towards
the White House. This is part of the old "protect
your boss" syndrome.
Unhappily, Barry does need the stroking right now
and specifically we need to set up some kind of a
direct relationship with him. If, in the course of
the meeting, the President could say that Timmons
and/or Colson and/or MacGregor will be calling you
directly sometimes and wh en they do it is a matter
of utmost importance, then 1 think we might be able
to crack through the problem we are having with
the Goldwater staff. Obviously we will not abuse
this, but there are times when we need Goldwater
and we simply are unable to get him programmed
because of the difficulty we are having with his people.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 10, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
CHARLES COLSON
SUBJECT:
Pierre Rinfret
In response to your memo of August 9 regarding Pierre Rinfret,
I met with Rinfret yesterday to discuss not only the attitudes of
business and financial writers he has encountered, but also his
own involvement in our campaign.
Rinfret is very much out of sorts with us at the moment I think,
justifiably SO. A month ago MacGregor and I met with Rinfret
and agreed that he would be a "principal economic spokesman"
for the campaign. MacGregor and I had been very much impressed
with some of the brilliant and well publicized attacks that Rinfret
had made on McGovern. We agreed that he would be something of
a one-man truth squad. He in turn asked for involvement in the
Platform process and some recognition publicly that he was acting
as an adviser to the Administration and the campaign apparatus.
In accord with our agreement, we released a story that Rinfret
would be prominent for us in the campaign. Stein, Flanigan, and
Shultz immediately raised very strenuous objections. As a result,
while Rinfret has been flitting around the country attacking McGovern,
MacGregor and I have been unable to keep our part of the agreement.
He is not involved in the Platform process. We have not scheduled
the photo with you which Rinfret requested and instead of his being
a one man truth squad, he has been asked to join a committee of 15
prominent economists.
Rinfret is well aware that our in-house economists have vetoed his
role in the campaign. He has discussed it with Connally twice.
2.
Connally is very disturbed at the way in which Stein, Flanigan et al
have reacted to Rinfret and believes we are making a very serious
error. Connally describes Rinfret as one of the most "gifted and
articulate" spokesmen in the country. He believes that Rinfret
should be brought in, stroked often and kept out front as the
"principal economic spokesman" attacking McGovern. Connally,
as you may know, is very high on Rinfret and his ability.
Based on my discussion with Rinfet yesterday, I think we may be
able to satisfy him at least for a while by simply bringing him in
for a photo with you. We cannot use him in the Platform process
because of Stein's objections. I think perhaps if Rinfret has one
meeting with you and a photo, he is enough of a self-promoter to
carry it from that point by himself. He is perfectly agreeable to
going anywhere in the country, talking to editorial boards, speaking
to groups, attacking McGovern, going on TV, etc., but at the
moment his feelings are badly bruised and, hence Connally and I
believe that a meeting with you at this time is quite important.
Beyond that, I will simply try to keep our own people calm while
Rinfret goes out front for us.