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Campaign
Memo
Talking paper from Strachan to Mitchell RE:
Harry Fleming's role in the 1972 presidential
campaign. 2 pgs.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Page 1 of 1
[Item N-1J
TALKING PAPER FOR JOHN MITCHELL
Re:
Harry Flemming
The substantive arguments by responsible people against
Harry Flemming indicate he should no longer have a role
in the Campaign. The list of people who have expressed
their concern to me is formidable. Fred Malek, Bill Horton,
Harry Dent, John Sears Cliff/Miller, and Jeb Magruder
have all volunteered their concern. It is of course
possible to discount Sears and Magruder because they may
profit from a decline in Flemming's influence. But Malek,
Horton, and Dent have nothing to gain. The points made
against Flemming include:
1) He has neither the seniority nor the tact to deal
with Governors, Senators, or top party people,
2) He has a substantial adverse impact with Republican
Party circles because of his apparently poor performance
in the personnel spot for the first two years;
3) He has given only general guidance to the Nixon State
Chairmen in a one to two hour meeting. He neither
requests nor receives written reports on their progress
implementing his directives,
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4) His performance in the New Hampshire primary is
questionable at best. Flemming's comment that the
President's low vote was attributable to ITT reached
the President through Dent;
5) You may be planning on bringing in some "heavier"
political operatives --- Bob Mardian and Jerris Leonard
have been mentioned - but that may not solve the
problem. Harry Flemming should probably leave the
Campaign altogether.
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