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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\n53\n11\n6/12/1972\nCampaign\nMemo\nFrom Kehrli to Haldeman RE: \"McGovern\"\n2pg\n53\n11\n1/20/1972\nCampaign\nMemo\nFrom Kehrli to Colson and Haldeman RE:\n\"Catholic Voting Attitude\" 2pg\n53\n11\n1/19/1972\nCampaign\nMemo\nFrom Kehrlo to Haldeman RE: \"New\nHampshire\" 1pg\nMonday, June 18, 2012\nPage 1 of 1\nDOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD [NIXON PROJECT]\nDOCUMENT\nDOCUMENT\nNUMBER\nTYPE\nSUBJECT/TITLE OR CORRESPONDENTS\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nN-1\nmemo\nKehrli to Haldeman re: October\n10/25/72\nc(Nixon)\n[148]\n25 News summary.\nN-2\nmemo\nKehrli to Haldeman re: \"Vermont\n10/10/72\nC (Nixon)\n[149]\nRoyster Comments\".\nN.3\nmemo\nPrice to RN re: \"vermont Royster\".\n9/29/72\n( (Nixon)\n[150]\nN-4\nmemo\nMoore to Kehrli re: \"Presidential.\n10/4/72\nC(Nixon)\n751]\nPosture During Next Six weeks\nN-5\nmemo\nPolitical Media Analysis\" re: Mr.\n9/25/72\nC(Nixon)\n[152]\nMcGovern.\nKehrli to Haldeman re: \"munich\n9/8/72\n(Nixon)\nN-6\nmemo\n153]\nTragedy\".\nKehrli to Haldeman re: attached\n7/28/72\n(Nixon)\nN-7\nMemo\n154]\ncomment from July 28 News.\nN-8\nKehrli to Ehrlichman, Haldeman re:\n7/25/72\nmemo\nC(Nixon)\n55]\n.GOP Poll\".\nN-9\nKehrli to Haldeman re: \"McGovern\".\n6/12/72\nmemo\nC(Nixon)\n[156]\nFILE GROUP TITLE\nBOX NUMBER\nSTAFF SECRETARY\n84\nFOLDER TITLE\nPresidential Memos- 1972 Haldeman\nRESTRICTION CODES\nA. Release would violate a Federal statute or Agency Policy.\nE. Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nB. National security classified information.\nfinancial information.\nC. Pending or approved claim that release would violate an individual's\nF. Release would disclose investigatory information compiled for law\nrights.\nenforcement purposes.\nD. Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy\nG. Withdrawn and return private and personal material.\nor a libel of a living person.\nH. Withdrawn and returned non-historical material.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNA FORM 1421 (4-85)\nDOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD [NIXON PROJECT]\nDOCUMENT\nDOCUMENT\nNUMBER\nTYPE\nSUBJECT/TITLE OR CORRESPONDENTS\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nN-10\nmemu\nKehrli to Haldeman re: \"News\n4/4/72\nc c(Nixon)\n[157]\nsummary Notes\".\nColson to RN re: \"Comments from\n3/2/72\nN-11\nc(Nixon)\nmemo\n758]\nLouis Harris on Your China Trip\".\nN-12\nmemo\nKehrli to Haldeman re: \"RN Phone\n1/31/72\nC(Nixon)\n159]\ncall stories\".\nN-13\nmemo\nKehrli to Colson, Haldeman re:\n1/20/72\nC (Nixon)\n[160]\n\"Catholic Voting Attitude\".\nN-14\nmemo\nKehrli to Haldeman re: \"New\n1/19/22\nc(Nixon)\n[161]\nHampshire\".\nFILE GROUP TITLE\nBOX NUMBER\nSTAFF SECRETARY\n84\nFOLDER TITLE\nPresidential Memos- 1972 Haldeman\nRESTRICTION CODES\nA. Release would violate a Federal statute or Agency Policy.\nE. Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nB. National security classified information.\nfinancial information.\nC. Pending or approved claim that release would violate an individual's\nF. Release would disclose investigatory information compiled for law\nrights.\nenforcement purposes.\nD. Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy\nG. Withdrawn and return private and personal material.\nor a libel of a living person.\nH. Withdrawn and returned non-historical material.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNA FORM 1421 (4-85)\nPresidential Materials Review Board\nReview on Contested Documents\nCollection:\nStaff Secretary\nBox Number:\n84\nFolder:\nPresidential Memos - 1972 Haldeman\nDocument\nDisposition\n148\nRetain\nOpen\n149\nRetain\nOpen\n150\nRetain\nOpen\n151\nRetain\nOpen\n152\nRetain\nClose\nInvasion of Privacy\n153\nRetain\nOpen\n154\nRetain\nOpen\n155\nRetain\nOpen\n156\nReturn\nPrivate/Political\n157\nRetain\nOpen\n158\nRetain\nOpen\n159\nRetain\nOpen\n160\nReturn\nPrivate/Political\n161\nReturn\nPrivate/Political\nMEMORANDUM\n[Item N-a]\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJune 12, 1972\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nMR. H. R. HALDEMAN\nFROM:\nBRUCE KEHRLI BAK\nSUBJECT:\nMcGovern\nPlease note the attached comments from the June 12 Weekend News\nReview.\nMagruder and John Mitchell are aware of this comment from Lyn\nNofziger and will reprimand him for it.\nCC: Alexander P. Butterfield\nSemple, in NY Times, writes that \"the men who are running\nRN's re-election campaign seem to worry about the prospect of\na McG candidacy the closer they get to McG himself\". While\nnat' aides are confident they can pin 'radical' tag on George,\nSemple says others in primary states are cautious. One Calif.\nRN worker said: \"Contrived or real, McG is projecting an\nimpression of freshness, seriousness of purpose and candor,\nbuilding himself for a direct confrontation with the old politics\nin Nov. 11 H. Itis good then seared but\nHis stupid to put out their line\nSemple, in earlier piecel says \"the suspicion is that RN is\nrichly enjoying the commotion\" caused by his refusal to specify\nVP. He adds that new Connally mission, tho, has prompted some\nto ask if they aren't being conned \"by a Pres whose taste for little\nsurprises and grand theatre is beginning to make even the great\nLyndon look like an amateur. Semple says WH staff feel VP Agnew\nwill be on the ticket, but writers feels that the VP's ambiguity\nabout whether he really wants the top job may affect RN's choice.\nFurguson writes that primary results \"say clearly that moods\nand personalities matter far more to the voter in 1972 than issues and\nevents\". Thus RN, whose doing all he can to influence issues and\nevents, may still face problems. RN \"will be open to just the same\nkind of damaging contrast with McG\" as HHH was in Calif. says Ernest.\nNY Times magazine has article by Rice on Sen. Smith of Maine.\nShe faces a tough primary and/or reelection campaign, says author,\nas many feel she's old or hasn't done enough for Maine.\nC.S. Monitor's Strout writes that the \"much-criticized US\npresidential primary system seems once more to have vindicated\nitself\". Its cruel but effective ordeal by publicity has cut down the\nsupposed front-runner, and brought another from obscurity into lead.\nAnd further, primaries have delineated the \"major issue of the\ncampaign -- the depth of the current of unrest and dissatisfaction\nrunning through US\". \"Many criticize Presidential primaries but\nit's hard to find an alternative\", he concludes.\nItem N-13]\nMEMORANDUM\nChlichman\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJanuary 20, 1972\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nCHUCK COLSON\nH. R. HALDEMAN\nFROM:\nBRUCE KEHRLI\nBAK\nSUBJECT:\nCatholic Voting Attitude\nIt was requested that you note the attached information on a\nrecent Cambridge Marketing Poll.\nAgreement was indicated with the underlined portion and it\nwas noted that much of Muskie's strength is due to his\nCatholic support.\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nTHE presilent H&S SMX\nSupplement to Agenda and Brief\nfor Cardinal Cooke Meeting\nRE: Catholic Voting Attitudes\nThe \"Bailey memorandum\" circulated at the 1956 Democratic\nConvention in support of Jack Kennedy's candidacy for the Vice\nPresidency had as a basic thesis that Catholics vote for Catholics\nand would for some years to come. 1960 proved the thesis, but many\nquestion whether or not it will be true in the future.\nPlesser of Cambridge Marketing has shown me the results of a\njust completed poll of 1500 likely voters. Shown below are the results\nbroken down by all voters and by Catholic voters in a three-way race\nwith both Muskie and Lindsay.\nAll Voters\nCatholic Voters\nNixon\n38\n34\nMuskie\n34\n42\nWallace\n10\n6\nUndecided\n18\n18\nNixon\n42\n43\nLindsay\n30\n29\nWallace\n11\n11\nUndecided\n17\n17\nI asked if Lindsay was not a special case, but Plesser assured\nme the same pattern pertained in the figures for the other non-Catholic\nDemocratic candidates. Other data indicate that in objective reactions\nto Nixon, not related to other candidates, Catholics break down in the\nsame proportion as \"all voters\".\nFrom the above, it appears clear that many Catholics who would\nnot otherwise vote for a Democrat will do so if he is a Catholic.\nBecause of this vulnerability, we should continue to give special\nemphasis in our campaign and legislative strategy to winning back\nthese votes.\nJanuary 20, 1972\nmd\n[Item N-14]\nMEMORANDUM\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nJanuary 19, 1972\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nH. R. HALDEMAN\nFROM:\nBRUCE KEHRLI\nBAK\nSUBJECT:\nNew Hampshire\nThe January 19th, 1972 News Summary contained the following\nparagraph:\n'McCloskey predicts lagging support in New Hampshire\nwill force RN to campaign there before the primary.\nMcCloskey again said he wouldn't be surprised to see\nRN stop off in New Hampshire enroute home from Peking,\nbut said, \"I don't think he will win. 11 Pete said anti-RN\nsentiment is running strong in N.H. and that he doubted\nthat RN would come even close to the 78% of '68. \"The\nkey issue\nis that people no longer believe their Pres.,\nwhether on the war, inflation, unemployment or pollution\ncontrol, 11 said McCloskey. I\nIt was requested that efforts be stepped up to reduce the estimate\nof 78% in New Hampshire.\nGordon Strachan will relay this request to the appropriate staff\nmember at the committee.\nCC: Alexander P. Butterfield\nADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL"
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