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    "description": "This file contains:\n\nFrom Kehrli to Magruder RE: an attached memo from Buchanan focusing on Muskie and Harriman. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 1/22/1971\n\nFrom Magruder to Haldeman RE: a memo from Khachigian. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 1/20/1971\n\nFrom Khachigian to Magruder RE: Muskie's foreign policy record. 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 1/19/1971\n\nFrom Buchanan to Haldeman RE: anti-U.S. foreign policy statements maded by Muskie on his trips abroad. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 1/20/1971",
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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\n10\n25\n1/22/1971\nWhite House Staff\nMemo\nFrom Kehrli to Magruder RE: an attached\nmemo from Buchanan focusing on Muskie\nand Harriman. 1 pg.\n10\n25\n1/20/1971\nWhite House Staff\nMemo\nFrom Magruder to Haldeman RE: a memo\nfrom Khachigian. 1 pg.\n10\n25\n1/19/1971\nCampaign\nMemo\nFrom Khachigian to Magruder RE: Muskie's\nforeign policy record. 2 pgs.\n10\n25\n1/20/1971\nCampaign\nMemo\nFrom Buchanan to Haldeman RE: anti-U.S.\nforeign policy statements maded by Muskie\non his trips abroad. 1 pg.\nMonday, November 29, 2010\nPage 1 of 1\nJanuary 22, 1971\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nMR. MAGRUDER\nFROM:\nBRUCE KEHRLI\nSUBJECT:\nAttached Memo on Muskie\nand Harriman\nBefore moving ahead on the points described in the attached\nproposal from Ken Khachigian, you should get together with\nPat Buchanan to discuss the additional points covered in Bob's\nmemo to him of January 20 (also attached).\nAttachments\nCC: Mr. Buchanan\nBK:kh\nMEMORANDUM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJanuary 20, 1971\nDETERMINED TO BE AN\nADMINISTRATIVE MARKING\nE.O. 12065, Section 6-102\nBy Blyimer NARE, Date. 1-12-82\nCONFIDENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nMR. HALDEMAN\nFROM:\nJEB S. MAGRUDER\nSUBJECT:\nMuskie and Harriman Am\nI think the ideas pointed out in the attached memo from Ken Khachigian\nmake sense, but I would like some direction from you as to whether\nor not we should go ahead.\nAttachment\nCONFID ENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM\nDETERMINED TO BE AN\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nADMINISTRATIVE MARKING\nWASHINGTON\nE.O. 12065, Section 6-102\nBy BCays NARS, Date 412-83\nJanuary 19, 1971\nCONFIDENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM FOR JEB MAGRUDER\nFROM:\nKEN KHACHIGIAN Tell.\nSUBJECT: MUSKIE AND HARRIMAN\nOn Muskie's recent trip to Moscow and West Germany, he took\nalong with him former Ambassador Harriman. Harriman helped\nset up the appointment with Kosygin and generally held Muskie's\nhand throughout the visit.\nThis gives us a very important point to make against Muskie.\nFirst, that he is a lightweight in foreign policy -- that he needed\nto have someone with him to make the visit. Note that RN visited\nforeign countries and Russia in 1967 without the aid of former\ndiplomats.\nSecond, it allows us to tie Muskie to discredited Democrat\nforeign policy. I.e., Harriman was Johnson's Ambassador to\nParis. Let's tie Muskie to the Harriman/Johnson failure at the\nParis peace talks (without bringing any troops home). Harriman\nhas worked with every Democrat President since Roosevelt.\nWhere has his expertise gotten us? Three wars; no peace;\ncaptured nations in Eastern Europe, etc. For example, Muskie\nis Polish yet has as his adviser the man who presided over the\nSoviet takeover in Poland after World War II.\nThe following plan might be sustained over the next few weeks\nand should be continued as long as Harriman oversees Muskie's\nforeign policy formulation.\nGet the line to columnists, emphasizing that Muskie needed\nHarriman to hold his hand in Moscow and that RN had (and has)\nexperience so that he could handle himself competently in foreign\npolicy. Can't Muskie think for himself?\nApprove\nDisapprove\n- 2 -\n-- Perhaps via Nofziger, have Dole (as RNC chairman)\npoint out that Muskie is relying on old policy which was dis-\ncredited long ago. In an age of crisis, we need a President\nwho can think for himself on foreign policy and who isn't\ntied to old policies.\nApprove\nDisapprove\n-- Pat Buchanan could speak with his contacts to make\nsure that such discussions appear in Human Events and other\npublications. National Review should also discredit Harriman\nand the visit.\nApprove\nDisapprove\n-- Have MONDAY put a jibe in there comparing Muskie\nunfavorably with the President.\nApprove\nDisapprove\n-- Have letters sent to major newspapers and publications\npointing out the above analysis.\nApprove\nDisapprove\n- - Let it be leaked that top White House advisors find it\n\"strange\" that Kosygin would see Muskie for almost four hours\nwhile turning down a meeting with RN in 1967 and wondering\nwhether the Soviets wouldn't like to see Muskie get elected in\norder to have a less tough negotiator.\nApprove\nDisapprove\nMEMORANDUM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nCONFIDENTIAL\nWASHINGTON\nJanuary 20, 1971\nBE AN\nE.O.\nBy\nCONFIDENTIAL\nLaynec\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nMR. BUCHANAN\nFROM:\nH. R. HALDEMAN\nOne very effective line that could be developed now is sharp\ncriticism of Muskie for his irresponsible conduct while\ntraveling abroad and criticizing American foreign policy.\nComparison could be made -- which you would be completely\nattuned to because of your travel with the President during\nhis trips in 1967 with his conduct during the eight years\nhe was out of office and traveled to sixty countries. During\nthat entire period, he never criticized policies of the U. S.\ngovernment while abroad. In fact, he refused to answer\nsuch questions at press conferences and only used such\nconferences for defending those aspects of the policies with\nwhich he agreed. Any criticism of policies was delayed\nuntil his return to the United States.\nA related point that you might be able to develop is that\nRichard Nixon, in the period between 1966 and 1968, par-\nticularly when he made his four trips abroad in the six\nmonths after the 1966 elections, did it all with a minimal\nstaff whereas it will be noted that all the Democratic\naspirants have large staffs -- including Muskie's thirty- -\nfive, as an example.\nPlease give this some thought, get with any others who might\nhave an idea on it and see how they think it might be used - if\nthey think it is appropriate.\nCC: Mr. Magruder\nCONFIDENTIAL\nCONFIDENTIAL\nDETERMINED TO BE AN\nADMINISTRATIVE MARKING\nE.O. 12065, Section 6-102\nBy Date 4-12-82"
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