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From Gordon Strachan to Richard V. Allen RE: Lawrence J. Meisel, the Right Wing and National Security. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 12/22/1971
From Richard V. Allen to the Attorney General and Haldeman. RE: The campaign and emerging support for Lawrence J. Meisel. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 12/20/1971
From Lawrence Meisel to Dick. RE: Message that reads, "This is the final draft of the letter that will be sent to 200,000 Republicans." 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 12/20/1971
From the Co-Chairmen-Republicans for Victory in 1972 to the Republican Contributors. RE: An outline of Nixon's plaforms, promises, and contributions to America, and a need for monetary support from his Republican supporters. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], no date
From Gordon Strachan to Jeb Magruder and Ken Rietz. RE: The Campus Opinion Poll, and the results showing that Muskie is ahead by a rather large margin. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 12/10/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Harry Dent and Pat Buchanan. RE: Books on the 1948 election, and their usefulness for the upcoming Strategy Group Meetings. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 12/1/1971
From Gordon Strachan to John D. Ehrlichman. RE: The Presidential Papers and Estate Plan for Eisenhower's Gettysburg property. 2 pgs. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 12/31/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Follow-up. RE: Message that states, "On January 3rd, check with Rose Mary Delamarco at Mudge Rose." 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 12/17/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Harry Flemming. RE: The need for young, sharp, and individuals under 30 who could serve on Nixon's State Committees. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 12/16/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Harry Flemming. RE: An updated version of the June 25 memo, concerning the date for filing as a candidate. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 12/10/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Follow-up. RE: The check-in with Bob Tweeter concerning the three primary state polls on December 26. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 12/6/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Michael Ferguson. RE: The delay in sending out a copy of Mr. Higby's marriage license, as well as his daughter's birth certificate. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Letter], 12/3/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Larry Higby. RE: The Campaign Committee's Access to Roy Morey's Memorandum on Catholics. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 12/29/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Ricardo L. Martinez Hauradou. RE: Appreciation for Mr. Hauradou's offer to contribute to Nixon's campaign for re-election. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Letter], 11/30/1971
From Ricardo L. Martinez Hauradou to Haldeman. RE: Mr. Hauradou's offering of his services to President Nixon's campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 11/29/1971
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From Gordon Strachan to Richard V. Allen RE: Lawrence J. Meisel, the Right Wing and National Security. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 12/22/1971
From Richard V. Allen to the Attorney General and Haldeman. RE: The campaign and emerging support for Lawrence J. Meisel. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 12/20/1971
From Lawrence Meisel to Dick. RE: Message that reads, "This is the final draft of the letter that will be sent to 200,000 Republicans." 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 12/20/1971
From the Co-Chairmen-Republicans for Victory in 1972 to the Republican Contributors. RE: An outline of Nixon's plaforms, promises, and contributions to America, and a need for monetary support from his Republican supporters. 4 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], no date
From Gordon Strachan to Jeb Magruder and Ken Rietz. RE: The Campus Opinion Poll, and the results showing that Muskie is ahead by a rather large margin. 3 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 12/10/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Harry Dent and Pat Buchanan. RE: Books on the 1948 election, and their usefulness for the upcoming Strategy Group Meetings. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 12/1/1971
From Gordon Strachan to John D. Ehrlichman. RE: The Presidential Papers and Estate Plan for Eisenhower's Gettysburg property. 2 pgs. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 12/31/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Follow-up. RE: Message that states, "On January 3rd, check with Rose Mary Delamarco at Mudge Rose." 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 12/17/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Harry Flemming. RE: The need for young, sharp, and individuals under 30 who could serve on Nixon's State Committees. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 12/16/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Harry Flemming. RE: An updated version of the June 25 memo, concerning the date for filing as a candidate. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Memo], 12/10/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Follow-up. RE: The check-in with Bob Tweeter concerning the three primary state polls on December 26. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 12/6/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Michael Ferguson. RE: The delay in sending out a copy of Mr. Higby's marriage license, as well as his daughter's birth certificate. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Letter], 12/3/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Larry Higby. RE: The Campaign Committee's Access to Roy Morey's Memorandum on Catholics. 1 pg. [Subject: Domestic Policy] [Memo], 12/29/1971
From Gordon Strachan to Ricardo L. Martinez Hauradou. RE: Appreciation for Mr. Hauradou's offer to contribute to Nixon's campaign for re-election. 1 pg. [Subject: White House Staff] [Letter], 11/30/1971
From Ricardo L. Martinez Hauradou to Haldeman. RE: Mr. Hauradou's offering of his services to President Nixon's campaign. 1 pg. [Subject: Campaign] [Letter], 11/29/1971
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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
Contested Materials Collection
Folder List
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
12
16
12/22/1971
Campaign
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Richard V. Allen
RE: Lawrence J. Meisel, the Right Wing and
National Security. 1 pg.
12
16
12/20/1971
Campaign
Memo
From Richard V. Allen to the Attorney
General and Haldeman. RE: The campaign
and emerging support for Lawrence J.
Meisel. 1 pg.
12
16
12/20/1971
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Lawrence Meisel to Dick. RE:
Message that reads, "This is the final draft of
the letter that will be sent to 200,000
Republicans." 1 pg.
12
16
Campaign
Letter
From the Co-Chairmen-Republicans for
Victory in 1972 to the Republican
Contributors. RE: An outline of Nixon's
plaforms, promises, and contributions to
America, and a need for monetary support
from his Republican supporters. 4 pgs.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Page 1 of 4
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
12
16
12/10/1971
Campaign
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Jeb Magruder and
Ken Rietz. RE: The Campus Opinion Poll,
and the results showing that Muskie is ahead
by a rather large margin. 3 pgs.
12
16
12/1/1971
Campaign
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Harry Dent and Pat
Buchanan. RE: Books on the 1948 election,
and their usefulness for the upcoming
Strategy Group Meetings. 1 pg.
12
16
12/31/1971
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to John D.
Ehrlichman. RE: The Presidential Papers and
Estate Plan for Eisenhower's Gettysburg
property. 2 pgs.
12
16
12/17/1971
White House Staff
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Follow-up. RE:
Message that states, "On January 3rd, check
with Rose Mary Delamarco at Mudge Rose."
1 pg.
12
16
12/16/1971
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Harry Flemming.
RE: The need for young, sharp, and
individuals under 30 who could serve on
Nixon's State Committees. 1 pg.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Page 2 of 4
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
12
16
12/10/1971
White House Staff
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Harry Flemming.
RE: An updated version of the June 25
memo, concerning the date for filing as a
candidate. 1 pg.
12
16
12/6/1971
Campaign
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Follow-up. RE:
The check-in with Bob Tweeter concerning
the three primary state polls on December
26. 1 pg.
12
16
12/3/1971
Domestic Policy
Letter
From Gordon Strachan to Michael Ferguson.
RE: The delay in sending out a copy of Mr.
Higby's marriage license, as well as his
daughter's birth certificate. 1 pg.
12
16
12/29/1971
Domestic Policy
Memo
From Gordon Strachan to Larry Higby. RE:
The Campaign Committee's Access to Roy
Morey's Memorandum on Catholics. 1 pg.
12
16
11/30/1971
White House Staff
Letter
From Gordon Strachan to Ricardo L.
Martinez Hauradou. RE: Appreciation for
Mr. Hauradou's offer to contribute to Nixon's
campaign for re-election. 1 pg.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Page 3 of 4
Box Number
Folder Number
Document Date
No Date
Subject
Document Type
Document Description
12
16
11/29/1971
Campaign
Letter
From Ricardo L. Martinez Hauradou to
Haldeman. RE: Mr. Hauradou's offering of
his services to President Nixon's campaign. 1
pg.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Page 4 of 4
Presidential Materials Review Board
Review on Contested Documents
Collection: H. R. Haldeman
Box Number: 235
Folder:
Strachan Chron A-L December 1971
Document
Disposition
47
Return Private/Political STRACHAN TO ALLEN re: LAWRENCE J MEISEL
THE RIGHT WING AND NATIONAL SECURIT y 11/22/71
48
Return Private/Political STRACHAN TO MAGRUDER, RIETZ re: CAMPUS
OPINION POLL" 12/10/71
49
Retain
Open
50
Return Private/Political STRACHAN TO DENT BUCHANAN re:" Books ON
THE 1948 ELECTION" 12/1/71
51
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Open
52
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Open
53
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54
Retain
Open
55
Retain
Open
56
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57
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58
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Open
59
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Open
60
Return
Private/Personal STRACHAN TO JDE PRESIDENTIAL PAPERS AND
ESTATE PLAN" 12/31/71
61
Retain
Open
62
Return Private/Personal STRACHAN TO FOLLOWUP UP re:" ON JANURY 3RD CHECK
WITH ROSEMARY Ro DE MARCO AT MUDGE ROSE. 12/17/71
63
Return
Private/Political STRACHAN 70 FLEMMING re:" NIXON STATE COMMITTEE
12/16/71
64
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Open
65
Return Private/Political STRACHAN TO FLEMMING re:" JUNE 25 MEMO" 12/10/7
66
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Open
67
Return Private/Political STRACHN TO FOLLOWUP re: re:" PRIMARY STATE POLLS"
12/6/71
68
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Open
69
Return
Private/Personal STRACHAN TO FERGUSON re:" DEAR MIKE: PLEASE
EXCUSE THE DELAY IN GETTING THE MATERIALS... 12/3/71
70
Retain Open
Presidential Materials Review Board
Review on Contested Documents
Collection: H. R. Haldeman
Box Number: 235
71
Retain Close Invasion of Privacy STRACHAN TO HUNTSMAN re!" DAVID
DERGE AND CLIFF MILLER' 12/21/71
72
Retain Open
73
Retain Open
74
Return Private/Political STRACHAN TO HIGBY re:" CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
ACCESS TO ROY MOREY'S MEMORANDUM" 12/29/71
75
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Open
76
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77
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78
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79
Return
Private/Political STRACHAN TO HAURADOU re:" DEAR MR HAURADOU:
MR. HALDEMAN ASKED ME TO THANK you... "11/30/71
80
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Open
Administratively Confidential
December 22, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
RICHARD V. ALLEN
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
Lawrence J. Meisel, The Right
Wing and National Security
Concerning your memorandum of December 20, suggesting a
meeting to discuss methods of handling Mr. Meisel and others
who take this line, you should check with Pat Buchanan.
Mr. Buchanan is already working in the area of developing
an appropriate response to conservatives who criticise the
Administration's national defense policies. He would be a
valuable addition to your suggested meeting.
Would you continue to keep Mr. Haldeman advised of your
progress with this group.
GS:1m
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
CONFIDENTIAL
DETERMINED TO BE AN
December 20, 1971
ADMINISTRATIVE MARYING
E.O. 12065, Section 6-102
By EmPrise NARS, Date 1-18-80
MEMORANDUM FOR:
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
MR. H. R. HALDEMAN
FROM:
RICHARD V. ALLEN wa
SUBJECT:
Lawrence J. Meisel, The Right Wing
and National Security
As you can see from the attached, the campaign of Lawrence J. Meisel
is beginning to gather steam. The draft letter which he has sent to me
will, according to his note, go to 200,000 Republicans.
He is soliciting funds so as to be able to carry his campaign directly
to 30,000 Republican Party officials at all levels.
While these figures may be exaggerated and Meisel's impact not too
great, may I remind you that there is considerable backwash coming
to the Committee for the Re-Election of the President and to the
Republican National Committee.
My recommendation is that a meeting be called promptly to discuss
methods of handling Mr. Meisel and others who take this line. Harry
Dent concurs in this recommendation.
cc: Mr. Harry S. Dent
CONFIDENTIAL
From the desk of
Dea17
LAWRENCE J. MEISEL
Dick
DEC 20 1971
This is the final
draft of letter that
will be sent to 200,000
Republicans. Thought
you would be
interested
Regards
Amy meinal
MATIONAL COMMITTEE OF SEPUBLICANS FOR VICTORY IN '72
Box
St. Louis, Mo. 63131
"Our loyalty is due solely to the Republic - it
is unpatriotic not to tell the truth - whether
about the President or anyone else"
Theodore Roosevelt.
Dear Republican Contributor;
Like you the undersigned were among the many thousands who contributed to the
election of Richard Nixon. We did this because we believed that Richard Nixon
stood for a strong America, for the Federal Government living within its income,
and for other traditional Republican principles.
Three years later we have reluctantly come to the conclusion that our contribution
to the election of Richard Nixon was a poor investment. Candidate Nixon made cer-
tain important promises. The Republican Party Platform of 1968 contained certain
pledges. President Mixon by his Administration policies and actions has repudiated
the most important promises and Platform pledges.
It is our hope that you will read this very carefully and that you will help to
disseminate these facts to all Republicans so that intelligent and proper action
can be taken to restore Republican credibility and to offer as Republican candidates
only those who have proven by past performance that they adhere to Republican prin-
ciples.
The essential campaign promises (which are vital to our free American Republic) were:
(1) "To restore the objective of clearcut military superiority".
(2) "Restore fiscal integrity and sound monetary policies, encourage sus-
tained economic vitality and avoid such economic distortions as wage and
price controls".
(3) "Improved relations with Communist nations can come only when they
cease to endanger other states by force or threat" - "only when Communist
nations prove by actual deeds that they genuinely seek world peace and will
live in harmony with the rest of the world, will we support expansion of
East-West trade".
(4) "We cannot favor recognition of Red China or its admission to the United
Nations".
Military superiority (national security) must be placed first because to remain free
America must be strong. "The road to peace has never been through appeasement, un-
ilateral disarmament or negotiation from weakness. The entire recorded history of
mankind is precisely to the contrary. Among the great nations, only the strong
survive". (Supplemental Statement to President Nixon's Blue Ribbon Defense Panel
Report Sept. 30, 1970).
Let US examine briefly the Nixon administration record on these essential promises.
(1) National Security
President Mixon has abandoned the Eisenhower Policy (and the traditional Republican
principle) of peace through superior strength.
IL is to that the previous Democrat administrations discarded the concept of peace
throu military superiority but we believed Richard Nixon when he charged (on October
4, 1963) that McNamara had created "a gravely serious security gap" and then promised
"Lo Festore our objective of clearcut military superiority". The proof that he has
repudiated this promise is contained in a letter (August 26, 1971) signed by the Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs which states that the
Mixon Administration policy "rejects the aim of strategic superiority". In the face of
overwhelming evidence of the Soviet drive for massive military superiority, President
Nixon presented a fiscal year 1972 budget for "defense expenditures, including those
resources committed to Vietnam", which "will require a smaller share of our Gross National
Product and the Federal Budget than in any year since 1950 (page 166, Report to Congress)
The Supplemental Statement to the Report of President Nixon's Blue Ribbon Defense Panel
states that - "The trends which are combining to shift the strategic balance of power in
favor of the Soviet Union include; The abandonment by the U.S. of its former policy of
maintaining strategic superiority' 30, 1970) "In a dramatic shift in the balance
of power, largely unnoticed by the public, the quarter century of clear U.S. strategic
superiority has ended. The Soviet Union has moved significantly ahead of the U.S. in
ICBM's, the principal weapons system of the nuclear age (page VIII). The evidence (is
clear) that the Soviet Union seeks a pre-emptive first strike capability"
(page 2).
President Nixon went on television to announce his proposed trip to our enemy, Red China,
and to announce wage and price controls (which he promised not to impose), but he has
not alerted Americans to the catastrophe that faces us if we permit Russia to continue
to pull farther ahead militarily.
The freeze Oill U. S. strategic forces remains at the 1967 level despite the fact that the
Soviets have continued their buildup of land and sea based missile forces at a rate which
has exceeded that projected by intelligence estimates for seven years in succession!
(llouse Committee on Armed Services Hearings March 3, 1970).
In 1969, when Richard Nixon took office, the Soviet Union had approximately 1000 ICBM's.
Today, their ICBM force totals over 1600, of which approximately 300 are the huge 25
metagon SS-9. Our ICBM force totals 1054, the same level as in 1967. When Richard
Nixon took office we had more than 500 B-52 bombers. Today we have less than 400 (Senate
Armed Service Committee April 30, 1971). "We had more total megatonnage on day-
to day alert in 1966 than we have in the total war plan today In 1969 the USSR had
approximately 125 submarine launched nuclear missiles - today they have over 375
submarines alone. When Richard Nixon took office the U.S. had 50% more nuclear powered
submarines than the USSR (Institute for Strategic Studies Military Balance, Sept 1968).
Today the USSR had more nuclear powered submarines than the U.S. and is building 2-1/2
times faster than the U.S. (Admiral Zumwalt-Sept.13, 1971).
inPola
On September 28, 1970, the Chairman of the House Armed Service Committee summed up the
U.S. defense policy by stating "We are on the brink of disaster" - "the future of the
Nation hangs by a thread - we seem hell-bent on national suicide' (Mendel Rivers Speech
to Congress)
2. Fiscal Integrity
The 1963 Platform on which Richard Nixon was elected pledged to "restore fiscal integrity
and sound monetary policies." It also promised to "avoid such economic distortions as
wage and price controls.' Candidate Richard Nixon stated that he opposed a guaranteed
annual wage. The 1960, 1956 and 1952 platforms, on which Nixon ran, promised balanced
budgets.
In three years. the Nixon Administration will have piled up a Federal deficit
at $47 billion, whereas LBJ's deficit over five years was $36 billion, and JFK's
deficit over three years was only $18 billion. Nixon confessed he is now a
"Keynesian" which means a commitment to deliberate inflation, Federal controls,
and large deficit spending which he calls a "full employment budget".
Although welfare is a national scandal and the number of people on welfare has
greatly increased since Nixon took office, he has lobbied hard for Democrat
Daniel Moynihan's costly guaranteed-annual-income Family Assistance Plan which
will add 12 million more people to the rolls.
3. Red China.
President Nixon has made four major concessions to Red China. 1) He agreed to
reverse our previous policy and back Red China's admission to the U.N. 2) In
June, 1971, President Nixon approved for uncontrolled export to Red China a wide
range of U.S. metals and manufacturing materials. 3) His Administration lobbied
through Congress and he signed on August 17 a reversal of our previous policy so
that Red China can now secure loans from the U.S. taxpayers through the Export-
Import Bank. 4) In his September 16 news conference, President Nixon announced
that his policy is to force "the removal of the Republic of China from the Se-
curity Council seat" (which, because it has the veto, is by far the most impor-
tant part of the U.N.).
The last four Republican Platforms made unequivocal pledges to oppose the ad-
mission of Red China to the U.N., and the 1968 Platform included the specific
pledge that "we will not provide aid of any kind to countries which aid and abet
the war efforts of North Vietman".
4. Credibility.
The 1968 Republican Platform concluded with these words: "We emphasize trust and
credibility. We have pledged only what we honestly believe we can perform. In
a world where broken promises become a way of life, we submit that a nation
progresses not on promises broken but on pledges kept".
There is no way that the three-year record of the Nixon Administration can be
reconciled with the most important promises of candidate Nixon, or with the
Republican Platform, or with traditional Republican principles. Richard Nixon
promised military superiority, but gave us military inferiority. He campaigned
for Republican thrift, but we have huge deficits and Keynesian controls.
We recognize that a candidate cannot always fulfill to the letter the specifics
of every campaign promise. After all, events and circumstances outside the con-
trol of those who are less than all powerful tend to intrude on the best laid
plans. However, the fact is that Richard Nixon has repudiated the essential cam-
paign promises which were supposed to serve as policy guidelines for our Nation.
Our country cannot survive more years of a strategic-weapons freeze in
the face of the Soviet missile threat. This is why the undersigned feel com-
pelled to place Country above Party and make our concern knownin a way in which
page a
is will be heard - - in the pocketbook. We cannot contribute to the re-election
of President Nixon, nor can we contribute further to the Republican National Finance
Committee SO Long as it is working for the renomination and re-election of Richard
Nixon, unless he honors his campaign pledges.
We are concerned Republicans - - concerned about the future of our country and
of our Party. We want to elect a Republican President in 1972, but he must be
a President who will practice Republican principles including the Eisenhower
policy of peace through superior strength. If you agree with us and would like
to help us spread this message, then please let us hear from you. If you will
help us with a donation, we can raise the funds to send this message to the
30,000 Republican Party officials, National Delegates and others who have the
power to decide whom the Republican Party will nominate in 1972. Please send
your donation by return mail so that these officials can hear from voters and
contributors now.
Sincerely,
Co-Chairmen - Republicans for Victory in '72
*RN Associates are those who contributed $1000 or more to Richard Nixon in 1968
December 10, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JEB MAGRUDER
KEN RIETE
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
Campus Opinion Poll
I realize you and Senator Brook are enthusiastic about
the President's chances among youth but you may interested
in the attached detailed poll which shows the President
losing to Muskie rather substantially. The only person
he can beat is Humphrey.
Just a thought and to let you know that we haven't
forgotten you and your promises about youth.
GS:dg
-525-
CAMPUS
OPINION
POLL
Muskie Leading Among Students for Presidency
in '72
Results of the most recent Campus Opinion Poll indicate that
on the nation's campuses Senator Edmund Muskie now leads the field
of Democrat contenders as the students' favorite for the Presidency
in 1972. Compared to the results of a September survey, the turn-
out in the November poll indicates less apathy. Interviewing was
conducted by telephone among 719 students.
"Which of the following potential candidates would you most
like to see elected President in 1972?"
November
September
Edmund Muskie
.21.0%
16.9%
Richard Nixon
18.7
18.0
George McGovern.
16.3
10.2
Edward Kennedy
9.9
4.5
Eugene McCarthy.
8.0
3.6
John Lindsay
7.0
5.2
Hubert Humphrey.
2.1
XX
Harold Hughes.
0.9
XX
George Wallace
0.7
XX
Don't Know/
No Opinion
15.4
41.6
Edward Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy are noticeably more
popular among females. President Nixon seems to become more
popular as the student progresses through school, while at the
same time McCarthy's popularity diminishes. Senator Muskie's
strength is drawn primarily from the East Coast and the Midwest.
Most successful against President Nixon in two-way runoffs
is Senator Muskie. The only potential Democratic contender in
the runoffs who failed to beat Richard Nixon is Hubert Humphrey.
The results follow:
-526-
Richard Nixon
VS.
Edmund Muskie 1
Undecided
34.9%
61.0%
4.1%
Richard Nixon
VS.
Ted Kennedy
Undecided
42.4%
53.1%
4.5%
Richard Nixon
VS.
George McGovern
Undecided
40.0%
53.1%
6.9%
Richard Nixon
vs.
John Lindsay
Undecided
40.6%
53.3%
6.1%
Richard Nixon
VS.
Hubert Humphrey
Undecided
54.9%
37.4%
7.7%
BLACK
POLL
Black Political Preferences
President Nixon is the 1972 personal choice of nearly half
of the Blacks who attended the 1968 Republican convention, while
their Democratic counterparts are evenly split between Senators
Muskie and Kennedy.
These choices are shown in a recently released poll conducted
by Political Associates, an Atlanta-based research firm headed by
Georgia State Representative Julian Bond. The data was collected
by Lewis Horne, a 1971 summer intern in Representative Bond's of-
fice and was made possible by a grant from the Institute of Southern
Studies in Atlanta and by contributions from the Southern Regional
Office of the National Urban League. The questions and results
follow:
"Who is likely to be the 1972 nominee of your party?"
Democrats
%
Republicans
%
Sen. E. Muskie
62%
R. Nixon
90.3%
Sen. E. Kennedy
15
J. Lindsay
3.1
Sen. H. Humphrey
3
N. Rockefeller
3.1
December 1, 1971
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
HARRY DENT
PAT BUCHAMAN
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
Books on the 1948 Election
After our discussion Monday night, you asked for the authors
and exact titles of the beoks that I had read on the 1948
election which I considered particularly good, They are:
"The Loneliest Campaign" by Irwin Rose
"Out of the Jaws of Victory" by Jules Abels
"Inside the Democratic Party" by Jack REdding
The quickest reading is *Out of the Jaws of Victory" but
"Inside the Democratic Party" has more of the nuts and
bolts details that we considered at the Strategy Group
Meetings.
CG: Job Magruder
GS:elr
December 31, 1971
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR :
JOHN D. EHRLICHMAN
FROM :
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT :
Presidential Papers and Estate Plan
When you met with Richard Ritzel, John Alexander and John
Dean you asked me to obtain information about Mamie Eisen-
hower's financial arrangements for the maintenance of the
Gettysburg farm.
G.A. Horkan, Jr., the attorney for the Executors of the
Estate of General Eisenhower described the arrangement for
the Gettysburg farm as follows: Within six months after
General Eisenhower died the entire Gettysburg property was
transferred to the Department of Interior as a "gift". In
exchange, the National Park Service granted Mamie Eisenhower
a "use permit" on the fourteen acres which comprise the
immediate grounds around the living quarters. The balance
of the property has been leased annually by the National Park
Service to selected farmers. According to Horkan, Mamie
Eisenhower pays for all maintenance, servants, and household
costs from her personal funds.
Horkan, who was greatly upset by your letter of December 10
denying his request for an estate tax exemption for Mamie
Eisenhower's pension, emphasized the very "straight, above
board" nature in which all matters connected with the
Eisenhower estate have been handled. He sugght to buttress
this self-serving statement by volunteering that the "bulk"
of General Eisenhower's "materials" was transferred to the
United States before his death for one dollar.
I therefore advised Ritzel that the Eisenhower estate is
not a precedent for transferring the remainder interest in
a President's home to a charitable organization in exchange
for its promise to maintain the property during the widow's
life. I also told Mr. Ritzel that we were not privy to in-
formation regarding an "angel" arrangement for Mamie Eisenhower.
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Mudge Rose will prepare an addendum to its estate plan
on the advisability of angel arrangement or a life estate
for Mrs. Nixon. Also included will be an opinion as to
the President and Mrs. Nixon's interests in various deferred
compensation, deferred life annunity, and pension benefits.
John Dean reports that you forwarded the Mudge Rose Estate
plan to Kalmbach, DeMarco for review. Dean also reports
that he has completed his half of the project, that is,
cataloging of all "materials" and developing a system for
their control.
The question is what is the next step. Ritzel and Alexander
inferred from the December 22 meeting what you that they will
have a conference with the President early in January to
discuss the Estate Plan. Dean and I are unclear as to how
and when his part of the project should be presented to you,
Mr. Haldeman and the President. Before Mudge Rose completed
the Estate Plan, you suggested that Ritzel and I draft a
memorandum to the President for your signature. I could do
that now by consolidating the Mudge Rose Estate Plan and the
John Dean "materials" control plan if you deem that appro-
priate.
Agree, Strachan draft memorandum for Ehrlichman's
signature.
Disagree, submit Mudge Rose and Dean plan separately.
Other
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.......istratively Confidential
December 17, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR FOLLOW-UP
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
On January 3rd, check with Rose Mary Delamarco at Mudge
Rose.
GS:1m
December 16, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
HARRY FLEMMING
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
Nixon State Committees
We have discussed several times the importance of having young,
sharp, under 30 individuals on these various state committees.
At one point a target of 30% was set. Would you advise me of
how we stand on the two already named - New Hampshire and
Maryland - and the two comming up - Oregon and Wisconsin.
Thank you.
GS:1m
December 10, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
HARRY PLENMING
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
Would you please send me the updated version of your June
25 memo regarding the exact date for filing as a candidate,
and determination of delegates for all states.
Thanks.
GS:lm
Administratively Confidential
December 6, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR FOLLOW-UP DECEMBER 26
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
Check with Bob Tester regarding the three primary
state polls on December 26.
GS:1m
December 3, 1971
12/6/71 GS attach and has all lack up.
Dear Mike:
Please excuse the delay in getting the materials
(Mr. Higby's marriage license and his daughter's
birth certificate) that you requested. In addition,
I am enclosing a xerox copy of his birth certificate
which you may need.
I trust you will not have trouble using a xerox copy
of the original. If you do, please advise, and we can
obtain a notary public or statement by attorney admitted
to the D.C. Bar or if necessary, the originals should
you require them.
You mentioned that the filing fee would be approximately
$40 to $50. Let me know the exact amount and I will see
that you are reimbursed,
Do you have any idea how long this procedure might take?
The Bentley's returned from their three year world tour
and filled us with stories here in Washington. They
are now "traveling across the country to pick a town to
settle down in". My guess is that they will choose
someplace near the slopes as they are more avid skiers
than ever.
Kristine and Lauren are doing well and hope to travel to
California in the reasonably near future. They may even
make it to Berkeley to say hello.
Hope to see you soon.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Gordon Strachan
Mr. Michael Ferguson
Attorney at Law
552 Wildcat Canyon Road
Berkeley, California 94708
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Administratively Confidential
December 29, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR:
L. HIGBY
FROM:
GORDON STRACHAN
SUBJECT:
Campaign Committee Access to
Roy Morey's Memorandum on
Catholics
You asked how Bob Marik at the Committee for the Re-
election of the President acquired access to Roy Morey's
memorandum on Catholics, prepared for the Domestic Council.
Morey gave Marik the memorandum with Ed Harper's approval.
The Domestic Council works closely with Marik at the
Committee on "issues"since Marik will be the one to
funnel "issues" information out through the campaign
organization to the spokesman. Ed Harper is the Domestic
Council contact with the Committee because Harper is their
"political" man. You will recall that Harper attended
recent RNC meetings.
As to other materials from the Domestic Council to which
the Committee has access, the summary of the President's
accomplishments prepared in notebook form with tabs is
the most substantial item.
GS:1m
November 30, 1971
Dear Mr. Hauradous
Mr. Haldeman asked no to thank you for
your letter of November 29 outlining your
desires to contribute your services to
the campaign.
I'm forwarding a copy of your letter to
the Committee for the Re-Election of the
President which, as the title states, is
a group of citizens like yourself who
have begun thinking and planning for
the campaign.
You should be hearing from them in the
near future. Thanks again for your offer
of support.
Sincerely,
Corden Strachan
Staff Assistant
to H. a. Haldeman
Mr. Ricardo L. Martines Nauradou
Apartment 15 e
201 Meet 16th Street
New York, llow York 10011
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CC: Jeb Magruder w/incoming
Ricardo L. MARTINEZ HAURADOU
201 West 16th St., Apt. 15 G
New York, N. Y.
10011
Monday, Nov. 29th, 1971
H. R. (Bob) Haldeman, Esq.
The President's own Chief of Staff.,
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear sir:-
As a Panamanian born US citizen, journalist
and writer, actually at the New York Public Library and
simultaneously Spanish Editor of the "Public Employees
Press" AFL-CIO DC37, member of the Sindicato Nacional
de Periodistas de Panama and collaborator on several
Spanish speaking newspapers, retired from the Panamanian
Diplomatic Service, I am offering my services for the
next political campaign of my "tocayo" Ricardo Nixon.
Waiting to synchronise our next movement, I
am taking this opportunity to express to you the senti-
ment of my esteem,
>Harl
PS:- I was President's Remon Cantera former Chief of
Public Relations.