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7/7/1971
Campaign
Memo
From Odle to Strachan RE: membership
suggestions for various committees within
the Republican National Committee. 2 pgs.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
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[Item N-1]
CITIZENS FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON
SUITE 272
1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. N.W
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20006
July 7, 1971
(202) 333-0920
DETERMINED TO BE AN
ADMINISTRATIVE ALKING
CONFIDENTIAL
E.O. 120.5, station 6-102
By EMP
, Date 11-24-80
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MR. GORDON C. STRACHAN
FROM:
ROBERT C. ODLE, JR.
RCO
As we discussed on the telephone, the Attorney General approved
the names we submitted to him as our suggestions to Chairman
Dole for membership on the various RNC pre-convention committees.
Mr. Haldeman had made three notations on his copy of the approval
sheet which were as follows:
1. He questioned why Fred Scribner was our choice for general
counsel of the Arrangements Committee.
The answer is that Scribner is not really our choice, but that he
is ex officio general counsel of the Arrangements Committee by
virtue of his role as general counsel of the Republican National
Committee. The only way to not have him as counsel of the Arrange-
ments Committee would be to remove him as counsel of the RNC, which
no one appears ready to do at this time.
2. He asked if we were certain that Robert Stuart, of Illinois,
the suggested chairman of the Arrangements Committee's subcommit-
tee on tickets, was one of our people.
We re-checked Stuart's name with several people and have no reason
to doubt his loyalty to the President as a result of our second
check.
3. He asked why Bud Wilkinson was made chairman of the Arrangements
Committee's subcommittee on radio and TV.
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
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The reason for this is due to the fact that all the officers and
members of these committees must be drawn from the membership of
the Republican National Committee (national committeemen and
women and state chairmen). In going down this list, it is sur-
prising how few of the people on it are really "our people."
Bud Wilkinson is the only person on the list who we know is loyal
to the President and has some expertise in the area of radio and
television. Thus, he appears to be the logical one to head this
subcommittee. Also, since the rules of the RNC dictate that each
member of it must serve on one of the pre-convention committees
or subcommittees, Wilkinson would most logically be placed by the
RNC on the subcommittee on radio and television even if we did
not make the suggestion.
Following the Attorney General's approval of these suggestions,
Bill Timmons planned to communicate them to Chairman Dole as
our recommendations. The chairman would then announce them at
the RNC meeting July 23 in Denver. If you do not wish us to
go ahead on any of these three, please let us know.
CC: Mr. Jeb S. Magruder
Mr. William E. Timmons
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