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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
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11/17/1969
Campaign
Memo
From Dent to the President RE: visit to the
South. 1pg
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Page 1 of 1
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Memo
Dent to RN re:
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[President's Standing in
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TO State Chairmen and
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Members od the National
Committees of the Southern
Stades, P. [Original]
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WHSF SMOF, HARRY DENT
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1969 Southern GOP [1063]
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1969 Southern GOP [1 of 3]
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Southern GOP
November 17, 1969
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
I have been making a few talks in the South recently and just
returned from a visit there over the weekend. I can report
without any question the fact that the President today stands
at his peak strength in the South. The people down there like
the Vietnam stand, the Supreme Court appointments, the various
programs which have been submitted to the Congress, the new
and reasonable attitude toward the South, and they are ecstatic
over the Vice President's recent series of speeches,
particularly the one on TV commentators.
As previously reported, they are not blaming the President for
the recent Supreme Court decision on instant integration. Thus,
the fallout effects from the big problem in the South are landing
elsewhere. What we have to do now to keep the fallout falling
elsewhere is to insure that HEW, in carrying out the court order,
uses the utmost political wisdom in deciding what constitutes
compliance. (We now have new Regional administrators in Dallas
and Atlanta. I met with them last week).
The Vice President and I are meeting very privately with a few
key Southern Republican leaders next week to map plans on how
we can take full advantage of the current atmosphere. Now is
the time to have some of our people working quietly and
effectively to try to get more switchovers throughout the South.
We are also meeting privately on news media ownership.
If Haynsworth is confirmed this will further help the situation
because of the President's good work on the nomination. However,
even if we fail, and the President comes back with another
Southerner, this could bring even bigger political dividends
down that way.
Harry S. Dent
bcc: The Vice President
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