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    "ocrText": "Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nContested Materials Collection\nFolder List\nBox Number\nFolder Number\nDocument Date\nNo Date\nSubject\nDocument Type\nDocument Description\n5\n34\n12/22/1969\nCampaign\nMemo\nCopy of memo from Harry Dent to Dwight\nChapin RE: Rogers Morton and his intention\nto either run for the Senate or remain\nNational Chairman. 1 pg.\nFriday, February 26, 2010\nPage 1 of 1\nStaff Menuo\nDecember 22, 1969\nTO:\nDWIGHT CHAPIN\nFROM:\nHARRY DENT\nWhen Rogers Morton had his meeting with the President\non whether to run for the U. S. Senate or stay as\nNational Chairman, this matter was never cleared through\nme and I learned about it when I saw the Chairman at\nthe Republican Governors Conference at Hot Springs,\nArkansas. The reason I bring this up is because I\nbelieve I would have cautioned against such a meeting\nhad I known it was being requested. In fact, with\nhindsight now clearly in view, I know I would have.\nUnfortunately, I think the President got taken for a\nride on this by our Chairman.\nI knew the Chairman had no real intention of running\nfor the U. S. Senate. Therefore, I was rather amazed\nwhen he told a news conference at Hot Springs that he\nhad a meeting set up with the President and would have\na news conference immediately following the meeting\nwith the President. This could only make the President\nlook like he had been turned down again---like the\nLaxalt matter. Therefore, the President had only one\nrecourse at that point and that was to come out and way\nthat he had made the decision to keep Morton on as\nNational Chairman because he was so valuable. As you\ncan see, only Morton benefited from this. The Republican\nParty in Maryland suffered and I do not think it was of\nany particular benefit to the President.\nAlso, I have let the RNC people know that the attached\npicture on the front of MONDAY does not do our President\nany justice."
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