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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 47 30 11/2/1971 Campaign Memo From Khashigian to Haldeman RE: Harris Poll results. 2 pgs. Monday, April 13, 2015 Page 1 of 1 DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD [NIXON PROJECT] DOCUMENT DOCUMENT NUMBER SUBJECT/TITLE OR CORRESPONDENTS TYPE DATE RESTRICTION N- ( Memo Khoch-gian to Italdance re: [Doc. 108] 11/2/21 Havis Pall - Pressemk, with c (mix) attached draft copy (attached to cover slip, "chen File"] J FILE GROUP TITLE BOX NUMBER KEN KHAOHIGAL 5 FOLDER TITLE november ( 1971 ) {30f3} RESTRICTION CODES A. Release would violate a Federal statute or Agency Policy. E. Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or B. National security classified information. financial information. C. Pending or approved claim that release would violate an individual's F. Release would disclose investigatory information compiled for law rights. enforcement purposes. D. Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy G. Withdrawn and return private and personal material. or a libel of a living person. H. Withdrawn and returned non-historical material. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION NA FORM 1421 (4-85) Presidential Materials Review Board Review on Contested Documents Collection: Kenneth L. Khachigian Box Number: 5 Folder: November [1971] [3 of 3] Document Disposition 108 Return Private/Political MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON November 2, 1971 MEMORANDUM FOR H.R. HALDEMAN (per Strachan) FROM: KENNETH L. KHACHIGIAN De An interesting note on the Harris Poll of yesterday showing the President leading EMK by 45% to 38%. : believe the poll is suspect and that in reality the President's lead might be even higher over Teddy. Harris has the Black vote going 3% for the President and 93% for Teddy. Because this sounded out of line, I checked back to a RN/EMK trial heat Harris took this last June. In that one the President led Teddy 44% to 36% and among Blacks it was RN - 13%, EMK - 71%. How, in a period of three months could Teddy's support among Blacks jump thirty percent and the President's drop by 75%? My conclusion: Harris slanted the poll somewhat (note that his inter- pretation has EMK as the only Dem pulling up on RN while all others drop back). And the slanting probably took place not only in the Black precincts. In any case, the data just struck me as interesting, and I feel that the true reading would have RN scoring as high over EMK as he does over Muskie. bcc: Pat Buchanan 11/2/71 MEMORANDUM FOR H.R. HALDEMAN (per Strachan) FROM: KENNETH L. KHACHIGIAN An interesting note on the Harris Poll of yesterday showing the President leading MM EMK by 45% to 38%. I believe the poll is suspect and that in reality the President's lead might be even higher £ over Teddy. Harris has the Black vote going # 3% for the President and 93% for Teddy. Because this sounded out * of line, I checked back to a RN/EMK trial heat Harris took this last June. In that one the President led Teddy 44% to 36% and among Blacks it was RN - 13%, EMK - 71%. How, in a paxidx period of three months could Teddy's support among Blacks jump thirty percent and the President's drop EXX by 75%? My conclusion: Harris slanted the poll somewhat (note that his interpretation has EMK as the only Dem pulling up on RN while all others drop back). And the slanting probably took place not only in the Black precincts. In any case, the data just struck me as interesting, and I feel that the true reading would have RN scoring as high over EMK as he does over Muskie. bcc: Buchana