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    "description": "This file contains:\n\nFrom Higby to Haldeman RE: \"the Dole situation.\" 2 pgs. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 11/20/1972\n\nFrom Higby to Haldeman RE: Bob Dole. 2 pgs. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 11/21/1972",
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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\n6\n3\n11/20/1972\nDomestic Policy\nMemo\nFrom Higby to Haldeman RE: \"the Dole\nsituation.\" 2 pgs.\n6\n3\n11/21/1972\nDomestic Policy\nMemo\nFrom Higby to Haldeman RE: Bob Dole. 2\npgs.\nFriday, March 26, 2010\nPage 1 of 1\nNovember 20, 1972\nMEMORANDUM FOR :\nH. R. HALDEMAN\nFROM :\nL. HIGBY\nSUBJECT :\nDole Situation\nI talked to Dent, Harlow, and Timmons, on the Dole situation. I have\nnot reached Colson yet, These three gentlemen will be getting together\ntomorrow afternoon to discuss this whole situation in more detail, but\neach one of them brought forth some interesting facts.\n1. Timmons - Timmons agrees completely with the idea and will\nmove toward instituting the plan. He will get to his contacts out int\nthe field as well as try and work something with some of our closest\npeople on the Hill. He indicates that the Senate Campaign Chairman-\nship is really no problem - that Brock is already moving in on this -\nthat a conversation this morning with Brock indicated that he already\nhad enough votes to secure the Chairmanship of the Senage Campaign\nCommittee.\nTimmons indicates that Wilson is planning on leaving the House Campaign\nCommittee this term and that they are already working in this area. He\ndid not have details, but will be getting them.\nIn addition, he'll have Cook and possibly one or two people on the Hill\ntry and get out some stories on the Dole leadership and the House and\nSenate leadership.\n2. Dent - Dent had a meeting yesterday with the 12 Republican Chairmen\nfrom the South. He indicated that when he raised the point of the need for\na fulltime Chairman, that they all unanimously agreed. They are already\nlooking for someone to fill this role. Dent indicated that the problems are\nas follows: We cannot have 1) a creep individual, or 2) an Administration\nindividual. He feels that the best selection for the RNC slot, by far, is\nBush. He feels that this needs to be done shortly before the 1st of the\nyear, that the Chairmen across the country are eager to get going on '74\nnow.\n2\n3. Harlow - Harlow indicated that he agreed with the basic philosophy\nbut did not feel that we should be kicking the Congress very hard - that\nthey are very testie right now and any excuse that we use on them in\nterms of kicking them will have a strong rebound effect on us. He said\nthat there is already a growing movement in the House that is being\nconducted very confidentially to replace Wilson - that Kuykendall, is,\nin fact, heading the movement, and that Harlow is going to be having\nbreakfast with Kuykendall tomorrow morning.\nThis would present an interesting situation with two Tenesseeans\ncontrolling the campaign committees.\nDuring the meeting tomorrow between Dent, Harlow, and Timmons,\nadditional strategy sill be discussed. Timmons and Dent felt that\nthe easiest way to get rid of Dole is to have Harlow call him in - that\nHarlow is really the one who hired him, or made the deal at least, and\nthat Harlow would be in a unique position to get rid of him. Bryce did\nnot feel nearly as comfortable with this as did Timmons and Dent, but\nI'm sure will discuss it tomorrow with Bill.\nLH:pm\nNovember 21, 1972\nMEMORANDUM FOR :\nH.R. HALDEMAN\nFROM :\nL. HIGBY\nSUBJECT :\nBob Dole Situation\nI had a long talk with Colson this morning about getting the ground\nwork going on the outside with regard to Dole. He indicates that\nhe's been trying to sell the basic fact that the RNC blew the election,\nbut he said we are making a serious mistake to try and pin any sort\nof blame, or be calling for new leadership, with regard to Bob Dole.\nIf we want Dole to leave, Colson feels strongly that the best way to\ndo it is to simply call Dole in and talk to himand indicate that we\nthink he's done a great job, but now is the time for a change. He\nsays that building the ground swell on the outside will only force\nDole to defend his position and be set in concrete on staying. Then,\nif we try to ask him to stay, he's not going to be able to.\nHarlow agrees completely with this position. He said we should\nnot try and guild a ground swell on the outside, but should have Dole\nup for a long chat here at Camp David. He said there are some very\npersuasive arguments for Dole's departure now.\n1. For Dole to stay as Chairman could easily ruin\nhim in Kansas. The President'is going into a new\nterm and will taking some positions that will be\ncontrary to what Dole should take as a Senator from\nKansas. The President cannot afford to have his\nNational Chairman be against him, and Dole cannot\nafford to overlook his Kansas constituency.\n2. The change should be made now as we are going\ninto a new term. It's the season of change - we're\ngoing to be changing several other posts, and Dole\ncertainly won't stand out.\n2\nJ\nHarlow indicates the obvious problem is the President's pledge\nthat Dole will stay on. He feels, however, that this can be\nhandled Dole. fairly graciously by having a long conversation with\nColson feels you should be the one to have the conversation with\nDole, but indicates that it could be done by Mitchell. Harlow\nthinks it should be the President.\nLH:pm"
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