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From Khachigian to Buchanan RE: comments from Eagleton's thoughts on Jane Fonda making anti-war broadcasts from Hanoi. 5 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/24/1972
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From Khachigian to Buchanan RE: letter to the editor from Isreal 'enough to put McGovern away for awhile with the Jewish vote.' 2 pgs. [Subject: Campaign] [Memo], 7/11/1972
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7/24/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Khachigian to Buchanan RE:
comments from Eagleton's thoughts on Jane
Fonda making anti-war broadcasts from
Hanoi. 5 pgs.
47
37
7/1/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Khachigian and Buchanan to
MacGregor RE: talking points in upcoming
speech. 5 pgs.
47
37
7/11/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Khachigian to Buchanan RE: letter to
the editor from Isreal 'enough to put
McGovern away for awhile with the Jewish
vote. 2 pgs.
47
37
7/7/1972
Campaign
Memo
From Khachigian to Buchanan RE: Kevin
Phillips portraying McGovern as Democratic
party elite rather than the 'common man.' 2
pgs.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
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7/17/1972
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Memo
From Khachigian to Dean RE: legal advice
on the use of videotape footage. 5 pgs.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Page 2 of 2
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memo
Khachingia to Gliachen, re:
7/31/72
[Doc 147]
((nx)
Henry Himmelman, with
[Doc 148]
attached draft copy
attachment
memo, Betty polanto
re: Kindman, 7/28/72
N.2
Memor
Khochigain ne.
7/24/72
( ( mg)
[Doc 149]
yesterdays performer on the
interniew shows with attached
draft cry
N-3
meny
Khadiyian yoBuchanag e:Eagleton's
7/17/72
[Doc 150]
appearance on are the nation"
with attached draft copy
N-W
memo
Buchaman a Khachyianto morting
7/12/72
company
[Doc 151]
re: Issuens arrewer performance,
[Doc 212]
another C opy
with attached draft copy and
[Doc 213]
N-5
meno
Khachigian to Busharen, willetter to
7/11/72
((my)
[Doc 152]
the editor from Israel
N-G
memo
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7/11/92
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(nix)
[Doc 214]
case file]
,U-?
Memo
Khachigianto Buchavan, re: re me itor
cy Dem party elite, with attached
7/7/72
[Doc 153]
((n)
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 24, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PAT BUCHANAN
FROM:
KEN KHACHIGIAN
Here is the most egregious material out of yesterday's
performances on the interview shows -- things which I believe
we ought to jump on right away -- one way or the other.
Eagleton was asked what he thought about Jane Fonda making
anti-war broadcasts from Hanoi. His answer:
11
I know Jane Fonda is a sort of a blithe,
floating figure, a free-thinker and a free-wheeler. I
wouldn't try to circumscribe where she would visit. I
would not enthusiastically support broadcasting in North
Vietnam, but I am not going to try to control Miss Fonda or try
to tell her how to live her life and I suspect she will not try
to tell me how to live mine. 11
His absolute refusal to outrightly repudiate what Jane Fonda has
done is a blow against the men who are fighting and who have fought
in Vietnam. Can you imagine what would have been said if the same
descriptions were made of "Tokyo Rose" or others of her ilk.
Perhaps the VFW, American Legion and several on the Hill ought
to go directly after Eagleton on this. Fletcher Thompson has been
giving Jane hell, maybe he do it to Eagleton as well.
McGovern made three statements on Face the Nation" which are
very vulnerable. Asked: "If in fact you were President and you pulled
all the American troops out, and the North Vietnamese posed some other
condition and you didn't get the prisoners back, what do you do then?"
He responded: "Well, I think it's in our interest to get out in any
event, Mr. Morton. 11 I.e., we get out even if the POW's don't come
back. This is a flat-out statement of admission that the POW's are
secondary in importance to getting out of Vietnam. This statement
got very little press attention, and it ought to be elevated this week.
7/24/72
copies
MEMROANDUM FOR PAT BUCHANAN
amc6+ MCG
FROM: EEN KHACHIGIAN
Here is the most egregious material out of yesterday's
perfiormances on the interveew shows -- things which I
believe we WM ought nk to jump on right away -- one way
or thex *** other.
Wagleton was asked what he thought about Jane Fonda
making anti-war broadcasts from His
answer:
"
I know Jane Fonda is a sort of a blithe,
floating figure, a free-thinker and a free-wheeler. I wouldn't
try to circumscribe where wh she would visit. XXWEN I would
not enthusiastically support EXHE broadcasting in North
Vietnam, but I am not going to try to control Miss Fonda
OR try to tell her how to livex her life and I suspect shw she
will not try to **** tell me how to live mine."
His absolute refusal to outrightly repudiate what
Jane Fonda has donex is ии patentiy a stap flow agin against the
men who are fighting and who have fought in Vietnam. Can you
imagene what would have been said if the same descriptions
were made of "Tokyo Rose" or others of her ilk. Perhaps the
VFW, American Legion and XXXXXX several on the Hill ought
to go directly after Eagleton on this. Fletcher Thompson
has been giving Jane hell, maybe he'll do it to Eagleton as well.
page 2
on "Face the Nation"
McGovern made three statements/whicha are £ very vulnerbble.
Asked: "If in fact you were President and you pulled all the
Ameridan troops out, and the North Vietnamese posed some
other condition and you didn't get the prisoners back, what
do you KM do then?"
He responded: "Well, I think it's in our interest to
get our in any event, Mr. *Morton.' I.e., we get out
èven if the POW's don't come back. This is a flat-out statement
of admission that the POWn's are
secondary
in importance to getting out of Vietnam.
This statement
got veary
little press attention, and it ought to
be elevated this
week.
Asked by Dave Broder if a "McGovern Administration" would
of intervention
have taken the same action/as we did in the kDetroit busing
casex, McGoven responded: "I KXM think not, Mr. Broder."
First, Griffins sing k ought to be told about this as he may
have missed it. Second, 1701 ought to call our guns in
Michigan and tell them about this -- that McGovern would not
have given them one ounce of support in their battle against
busing.
Finally, McLGovearn suggested that we had provecateurs
who would go to Miami "to cause trouble in order to win
sympathy for the candidates they are demonstrating against."
This was to offset Doler's quote of last* week. We should
make the point againa and again that Rubin, Hoofman and others
page 3
H
have ******* endorsed McGovern. They are McGovern supporters.
If they do ****** anything to mess up our convention, Mc overn
should be heldxask at least partially reponsible. Moreover,
if unless McGovearn has XMH any names of provocateurs, he
better quit accusing us of XK trying to SEREE stage a
backlash at Miami. He is impugningmmxxxx our integrity,
and an nameless allegations of *** this sort are surely
beneath the dignity of a U.S. Senator.
July 12, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CLARK MACGREGOR
FROM:
PAT BUCHANAN
KEN KHACHIGIAN
For your speech tomorrow and for your performance on Issues
and Answers, we have the opportunity to get across an important
line regarding the Dem convention. The line is the amazing
political expediency and opportunism that McGovern stooped to
to get his way at the convention -- the compromises he made which
went counter to his record as the man you can trust. Some of the
examples which follow should be compared with his position that
he wouldn't compromise his fundamental principles and that he
would never advocate a course in private that he was too embarrassed
to pursue in public. I.e., spare us the hypocrisy and the goody-goody
rhetoric about being a man you can trust.
He shafted the women in the South Carolina delegate vote.
He told the National Women's Political Caucus that he would support
their position on the credentials fight, then he turned around and let
the gals go down the drain in order to perserve his hide on the
California challenge. No one begrudges his desire to save his
political future, but why did he lie to the caucus?
For months he has taken the position that he would get out of Vietnam
lock, stock, and barrel and go on the good graces of the North Vietnam-
ese to get our POW's back. Yesterday, after meeting with the POW
wives and getting their support, he said he would leave a residual force
in Thailand and off the SVN coast in order to make sure we get our
POW's back. Just where does he stand?
He has endorsed publicly the $6500 minimum guaranteed
welfare payment for a family of four, yet instructed his delegates to
vote against this measure in the platform fight on Tuesday night and
early Wednesday morning.
He continued to say through his aides that he was not instructing
his delegates on how to vote on platform issues. Yet Dan Schoor
of CBS News made public a secret McGovern staff memo which showed
the party line on all the platform positions -- including instructing his
delegates that he would not want the minority plank provisions on
abortion and homosexuality among other things. Why did his lieutenants
continue to say in public that he would not instruct his delegates'
Page 2
-- On abortion, Shirley MacLaine his "spokesperson" spoke in
favor of the McGovern position -- i.e., not to adopt the minority
position -- on the grounds that this would jeopardize McGovern's
chances in the fall -- yet she voted for the minority position (only
after she knew it would not prevail on the floor). This is the very
kind of expediency he said he would not pursue in his quest for the
Presidency.
SUGGESTED LINE:
Spare the country all this pious talk about being "right from the
start, " about being consistent, candid and open. McGovern's
shuttling back and forth on the issues at Miami Beach was one of
the most ambidextrous and opportunistic political performances of the
past decade.
cc: Jeb Magruder
bcc; Pat Buchanan
McCovern: Right fro the
clark Mac oregor
7/12/72
FOR:
NAN
PAT Buchanan
FROM: KEN KHACHIGIAN
your
your
For MacGregors speech tomorrow and for his
performance on Issues and Answers, we have
the opportunity
to get across an important line regarding the Dem convetion.
The line is the amazing political expediency that McGovern
stooped to to get his way at the convention -- the compromises
he made which went counter to his record as the man you
can trust. Some of the examples which follow should be
compared with his position that he wouldn't compromise
never
his fundamental principles and that he would
advocate
a course in priavote that he was too embarrassed to pursue
in public. I.e.,
spare us the hypocrisy and the
goody-goody
rhetoric about being a man you
can trust.
-- He shafted the women in the South Carolina
delegate
C
vote. He told the National Women's Solitical Causus that he
woul support their position on the credentials fight, then
he
turned around and let the gals go down the drain in
order to preserve
his hide on the California challenge.
No one begrudges his desiere to save his
political
future, but
why did he lie to the
caucus?
For months he has taken the posotion that he
would get out lock, stock and barrel
of Vietnam
and
page 2
go on the guist good graces of the North Vietnamese to get
our POW's back.
Yesterday, after meeting with the
POWS
wives and geetting their support, he said he would
leave a residual force in Thailand and off the SVN coast
in order to make sure we get our POW's back. Just where
does he stand?
--- He has endorsed publicly the $6500 minimum
guaranteed welfare payment for a family of four,
yet instructed his delegates to vote against this measure
in the platform fight on Tuesday night and early
Wednesday morning.
-- He continued to say through his aides that
he was not insturcting his delegateas on how to
vote on platform issues. Yet Dan
Schoor of CBS News
made public a secret McGovern staff memo which showed the
party
line on all the platfoom positions -- including
insgructing them that he would not want the minority plank
his delegates
provisions on abortion and homosexuality among other things.
his bentenants
that
Why did
continue to say in public he would not
instruct
his delegates?
-- On abortion, Shirley MaciLaine his"spokesperson"
spoke in favor of the McGovern position -- i.e., not to
adopt the minoirty position -- on the grounds that this would
jeopardize McGovern's chances in the fall -- yet she £ voted
in
XXM for the minoirty positonax (only after she knew it would
pq ga 3
not prevail on the floorx. This is the very kind of
expediency he said
he would
not pursue in his quest
for the Presidency.
Suggested lines
Spare the country all this pious talk about being "right
from the start," aboud being consistent,
candid and open. McGovern's shuttling back and forth on
the issues at Miami Bbach was one of the most **** ambidextrous
(sp?)
and opportunistic political performances of the past decade.
July 12, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CLARK MACGREGOR
FROM:
PAT BUCHANAN
KEN KHACHIGIAN
For your speech tomorrow and for your performance on Issues
and Answers, we have the opportunity to get across an important
line regarding the Dem convention. The line is the amazing
political expediency and opportunism that McGovern stooped to
to get his way at the convention -- the compromises he made which
went counter to his record as the man you can trust. Some of the
examples which follow should be compared with his position that
he wouldn't compromise his fundamental principles and that he
would never advocate a course in private that he was too embarrassed
to pursue in public. I. spare us the hypocrisy and the goody-goody
rhetoric about being a man you can trust.
He shafted the women in the South Carolina delegate vote.
He told the National Women's Political Caucus that he would support
their position on the credentials fight, then he turned around and let
the gals go down the drain in order to perserve his hide on the
California challenge. No one begrudges his desire to save his
political future, but why did he lie to the caucus?
For months he has taken the position that he would get out of Vietnam
lock, stock, and barrel and go on the good graces of the North Vietnam-
ese to get our POW's back. Yesterday, after meeting with the POW
wives and getting their support, he said he would leave a residual force
in Thailand and off the SVN coast in order to make sure we get our
POW's back. Just where does he stand?
He has endorsed publicly the $6500 minimum guaranteed
welfare payment for a family of four, yet instructed his delegates to
vote against this measure in the platform fight on Tuesday night and
early Wednesday morning.
-- He continued to say through his aides that he was not instructing
his delegates on how to vote on platform issues. Yet Dan Schoor
of CBS News made public a secret McGovern staff memo which showed
the party line on all the platform positions -- including instructing his
delegates that he would not want the minority plank provisions on
abortion and homosexuality among other things. Why did his lieutenants
continue to say in public that he would not instruct his delegates?
Page 2
-- On abortion, Shirley MacLaine his "spokesperson" spoke in
favor of the McGovern position -- i. e., not to adopt the minority
position -- - - on the grounds that this would jeopardize McGovern's
chances in the fall -- yet she voted for the minority position (only
after she knew it would not prevail on the floor). This is the very
kind of expediency he said he would not pursue in his quest for the
Presidency.
SUGGESTED LINE:
Spare the country all this pious talk about being "right from the
start, " about being consistent, candid and open. McGovern's
shuttling back and forth on the issues at Miami Beach was one of
the most ambidextrous and opportunistic political performances of the
past decade.
cc: Jeb Magruder
bcc; Pat Buchanan
July 12, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR:
CLARK MACGREGOR
FROM:
PAT BUCHANAN
KEN KHACHIGIAN
For your speech tomorrow and for your performance on Issues
and Answers, we have the opportunity to get across an important
line regarding the Dem convention. The line is the amazing
political expediency and opportunism that McGovern stooped to
to get his way at the convention -- the compromises he made which
went counter to his record as the man you can trust. Some of the
examples which follow should be compared with his position that
he wouldn't compromise his fundamental principles and that he
would never advocate a course in private that he was too embarrassed
to pursue in public. I. spare us the hypocrisy and the goody-goody
rhetoric about being a man you can trust.
He shafted the women in the South Carolina delegate vote.
He told the National Women's Political Caucus that he would support
their position on the credentials fight, then he turned around and let
the gals go down the drain in order to perserve his hide on the
California challenge. No one begrudges his desire to save his
political future, but why did he lie to the caucus?
For months he has taken the position that he would get out of Vietnam
lock, stock, and barrel and go on the good graces of the North Vietnam-
ese to get our POW's back. Yesterday, after meeting with the POW
wives and getting their support, he said he would leave a residual force
in Thailand and off the SVN coast in order to make sure we get our
POW's back. Just where does he stand?
He has endorsed publicly the $6500 minimum guaranteed
welfare payment for a family of four, yet instructed his delegates to
vote against this measure in the platform fight on Tuesday night and
early Wednesday morning.
He continued to say through his aides that he was not instructing
his delegates on how to vote on platform issues. Yet Dan Schoor
of CBS News made public a secret McGovern staff memo which showed
the party line on all the platform positions -- including instructing his
delegates that he would not want the minority plank provisions on
abortion and homosexuality among other things. Why did. his lieutenants
continue to say in public that he would not instruct his delegates
Page 2
-- On abortion, Shirley MacLaine his "spokesperson" spoke in
favor of the McGovern position -- i.e., not to adopt the minority
position -- on the grounds that this would jeopardize McGovern's
chances in the fall -- yet she voted for the minority position (only
after she knew it would not prevail on the floor). This is the very
kind of expediency he said he would not pursue in his quest for the
Presidency.
SUGGESTED LINE:
Spare the country all this pious talk about being "right from the
start, " about being consistent, candid and open. McGovern's
shuttling back and forth on the issues at Miami Beach was one of
the most ambidextrous and opportunistic political performances of the
past decade.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 11, 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: PAT BUCHANAN
FROM:
KEN KHACHIGIAN D
You may have missed this letter to the editor from Israel --
it's enough to put McGovern away for awhile with the Jewish vote.
Suggest that it be gotten over to 1701 with orders that it be
mailed out to all our Jewish fundraising people. It should receive
wide attention along with that Israeli editorial of a few days back and
the comments by Ambassador Rabin.
I'm not sure people understand that we have to start now and
continue hitting hard on this Israeli proposition in order that we
change voter sentiment on the issue safely in advance of the election.
Attachment
7/11/72
MEMORANDUM FOR BUCHANAN
FROM: KHACHIGIAN
You may have miss missed this letter to the editor
from Israelx -- * it's enough to put McGovern away for
awhile with the Jewish vote.
Suggest that it X be gotten over to 1701 with
orders that it be mail mailedamk out to all our Jewish
fundraising people. It should receive wide attention
along with that Israwli editorial of a few days back and
the comments by R Ambassador Rabin.
I'm not sure people understand that we have to
start now and ********** continue hitting hard on this
Israeli proposition in order that we X change paxe MEHX
MERK voter sentiment on the issue safely in advance of
the election.
P.
keep right letter
Lew Dur K. files.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGION
July 7, 1972
MEMORANM FOR:
PAT BUCCA EN
FROM:
KEN KHACIIGIAN
Kevin Phillips should be able to use the attached to
continue his current theme that McGovern represent the
Democratic only clite rather than the "common man. 11
Here's the approac
The photo appea ng in the Post amounted to a round-
table of Camelot the same Eastern Establishment liberals
w1.o got us into Victnam. Townsend Hoopes and Paul Warnke
were both prominently mentioned in the Pentagen Papers, and
so, probably, was Abe Chayes, the Kennedy legal advisor at the
State Department. More: ver, all the others were part of the
Kennedy-Johnson team in one way or ano: or the ones who
gave us till disasterous foreign policy of the 60's. In my
opinion, the fact that McGovern is calling on these guys for
advice is a damining indictment of his potential foreign policy.
Moreover, a look at the photo will show that the only
women is a secretary. No blacks, chicanos, poor people, etc.
McGovern makes a big thing about representing the "people"
and that he will bring them into his cabinet. But, in fact,
he still calls on the elite for his advice.
I think there is a good potential column along these lines.
7/7/72
MEMORANDUM FOR PAT BUCHANAN
FROM: KEN KHACHIGIAN
Keven Phillips should be able to use the attached
current theme
to continue his that McGovern represents the Democratic
party elite rather than the "comman man." Here's the
approach.
The photo appearing in the Post amounted to a
rougdtable of Camelot -- the same Eastern Establishment
Townsend
liberals who got us into Vietnam.
Hoopes
and
Paul Warnke were both prominently mentioned in the Pentagon
Kennedy
Papers, and so, probably, was Abe Chayes, the 1 legal
advisor at the State Department. Moreover, all the others
were part of the Kennedy-Johssson
team in one way or
the ones who
another
gave us the disasterous foreign policy of
the 60's. In my opinion, the fact that McGovern is calling
on these guys for advice is a damning indictment of his
potential foreign policy.
Moreover, a look at the photo
will
show that
the only women
is a secretary. No blacks, chicanos,
poor people, etc. McGovern makes a big thing about representing
the "people" and that he will bring them into his cabinet.
But in fact,
he still calls on the elite for his advice.
potential
I think there is a good column along these lines.
Chron
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 17, 1972
ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JOHN DEAN
Va
FROM:
KEN KHACHIGIAN
We have a potential problem that we may be faced with in the
fall and need to get an opinion before the fur starts flying.
There is a great deal of valuable videotape footage on the
networks which would be useful for us to use in ads. E.g., the
California debates where HHH beat McGovern over the head on
the issues and some of the interview shows where Wilbur Mills,
Scoop Jackson and others have been pounding away at McG.
Obviously, it would help us to be able to use these to prove that
McGovern is not liked even by his own party.
However, as you know, these materials (though we have them
on tape) are the property of the networks, and it is my understanding
that copyright laws stand in the way of their use. Moreover, it is
also my understanding that the networks will not give permission
for use of these tapes to one candidate to use against another candidate.
Let me pose some questions and fact situations along these
lines:
Suppose we ran an ad in October which used footage from
"Meet the Press" -- showing Scoop Jackson attacking McGovern.
Suppose, also, that we did not credit the tape to the network. What
would be the possible consequences? Keep in mind that we are goi ng
to have 1701 make these tapes and not drag Signal Corps into the
process.
What happens if we run the ad and at the bottom say: "NBC film - -
Meet the Press?" Is the network likely to be less apt to take legal
action against the Re-Elect committee?
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Assume the ad runs with the credit line at the bottom and
NBC seeks legal action. Would an injunction be their first act?
If they seek an injunction, and we comply, and let's say the ad
ran only two or three times nationally, would the network be in
a position to seek damages, and if so what would the amounts
possibly be?
Generally, do you see the problems as being so insur -
mountable as to militate against any use of network tapes in the
fashion I suggest? Consider these points. Let's say they seek
an injunction, and we say: "O.K., we will pull it off the air, and
regret using your tape. But we don't see how anyone can be angry
about using someone's public statements. We felt that Meet the
Press was an excellent source of information and we used it. 11
Of course, if there is a public outburst on this, it only draws more
attention to the ad itself -- to our benefit I believe.
I am least concerned about the injunction. It wouldn't be so
bad moreover, I am not sure the networks would be all that
upset over the free advertisement of their interview shows. But
I would be concerned about monetary damages, and it is in this
area where I would think we might want to focus.
Obviously no action will be or would be taken until we have
some idea about how to proceed.
cc: Fred Fielding
Pat Buchanan
ADM
INISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL
7/17/72
MEMORANDUM FOR JOHN DEAN
FROM: KEN KHECHIGIAN
We
Have a
potential problem that we may be face
with
in the
fall and need to get an opinion before the fur
starts flying.
There is a great deal of valuable videotape footage
on the networks which would be useful for us to use in
ads. E.g., the California debates where HHH beat McGovern
over the head on the issues and some of the interveiw
shows whe re Wilbur Mills, Scoop Jackson and others
have
been pounding away at MCG. Obviously, it would
help
us to be able to use these to prove that McGovern is
poor candidate liked even by his own party.
However, as youknow, these materials (though we have
them
on tape) are the property of the
networks, and
it is my understadhing that copyright laws stand in the
way of their use. Moreover, it
is also my understanding
that the
netweorks will not
give permission for
use of these tapes to
Candidate to use against another
candidate.
Let me pose some questions and fact situations along
these lines:
Suppose we ran an ad in October which used footage from
"Meet the Press"
--
showing Scoop Jackson attacking McGovern.
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Suppose , also, that we did not credit the tape to the
network.
What would be the possible consequences? Keep
in mind that we are going to have 1701 make these tapes
and not drag signal corps into the process.
What happens if we run the ad and at the bottom say:
"NBC film Meet the Presse?" Is the network likely
to be
apt to take legal action against the
Re-Elect committee?
Assume the ad runs
with the
credit
line at the bottom and NBC seeks
legal action.
Would an injuntion be their first act? If they seek an
injunction, and we comply and let's say the
ad ran
only two or three times nationally, would the network be
in a postion to seek damages, and if so what would the
amounts possibly be?
Generally, do you see the problems as being so insur-
mountable as to militate against any use of network tapes
in the fashion I suggest. Consider these points. Let's say
they seek an injunction, and we say: "O.K., we will pull
it off the
air, and regret using
tape. But we
don't see how anyone can be angry about using someone
We felt that Meet the Press was an excellent source of
information and we used it." Of course, if there is a
public outburst on this, it only drawss more attention
DO the ad itself -- to our benefit I believe.
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I am least concerned about the injunction. It wouldn't
be so bad -- moreover, I am not sure the networks would
me
be all that upset over the feee adverties nt of their
interview shows. But I would be concerned about
monetary damages, and it is in
this area where I
would think we
might want to focus.
Obviously no action will be or would be taken until
we have some idea about how to proceed.
CC: Fred Fieldis
Pat Buchanan