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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\n30\nWhite House Staff\nOther Document\nFrom Edwards to Kehrli RE Information\nRequest 1pf\n53\n30\nPersonal\nOther Document\nFrom Moses, Servant of the Lord to Aaron,\nBrother of Moses RE: \"Advanced Planning\nfor the Exodus\" 1pg\n53\n30\nPersonal\nOther Document\nFrom Aaron, Committee Chairman to Moses,\nServant of the Lord RE: \"Project Exodus\nPlanning Committee\" 1pg\n53\n30\nPersonal\nOther Document\nFrom Aaron, PEP Coordinator to Moses,\nServant of the Lord RE: \"PEP Status\" 1pg\n53\n30\nPersonal\nOther Document\nFrom Moses, Servant of the Lord to Aaron,\nBrother of Moses RE: \"Progress of the\nExodus Planning Project\" 1pg\n53\n30\nPersonal\nOther Document\nFrom Aaron, PEP Leader to Moses, Servant\nof the Lord RE: \"Preliminary Findings\" 2pg\n53\n30\nPersonal\nOther Document\nFrom Moses, Servant of the Lord to Aaron,\nBrothe of Moses RE: \"Exodus\" 1pg\nMonday, June 25, 2012\nPage 1 of 1\nDOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD [NIXON PROJECT]\nDOCUMENT\nDOCUMENT\nNUMBER\nTYPE\nSUBJECT/TITLE OR CORRESPONDENTS\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nN-1\nmemo\nHooper to \"File\" 'c: talk with Fry\n[DOC#43]\nre. request by Bell's former secretary.\n4/26/74\nC\nJones to Buzhardt re: \"John Robinson\n4/24/74\nC\nN.2\nmemo\nwest\".\n[DOC*44]\nN.3\nmemos\nMoses, Servant of the Lord to Aaron,\nnone\nC\n[DOC*45]\nBrother of moses re: \"Advanced planning\nfor the Exodus\" and 5 memos\nbetween moses and Aaron re. samesubject.\nN.4\nmemo\nMalek to Cole rc: \"Coordination\".\n3/28/24\nC\n[DOC.*46]\nN.S\nmemo\nHoopes to Haig re: \"Sindlinger Polls:\n1/28/74\nJ\n[DOCH47]\nN-6\nmemo\nHoward to Haig re: \"Dent Memo no\n12/21/73\nC\n[DOCH48]\nJindlinger\".\nN.7\nmemo\nSec. of Commerce to Haig rc:\n12/13/73\nC\n[Doc. #49]\n\"Sindlinger surveys\".\nN-8\nJones to Scureman re: Sindlinger request\n10/23/73\nC\nmemo\n[DOC.#50]\nKehrli to Lias re: the fellow.\n2/5/74\nJ\nN-9\nmemo\n[DOC#51]\nFILE GROUP TITLE\nBOX NUMBER\nSTAFF SECRETARY\n115\nFOLDER miscellaneous-1974 TITLE [Fire equipment bond sales, etc., classified\nand unclassified, #2]\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:\n115\nFolder:\nMiscellaneous -- 1974 [Fire Equipment, Bond Sales, etc.,\nClassified and Unclassified, #2]\nDocument\nDisposition\n43\nRetain\nOpen\n44\nRetain\nOpen\n45\nReturn\nPrivate/Personal\n46\nRetain\nOpen\n47\nRetain\nOpen\n48\nRetain\nOpen\n49\nRetain\nOpen\n50\nRetain\nOpen\n51\nRetain\nClose\nInvasion of Privacy\nSTATE SHOULD RESIDENT 3 a\nEXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nOFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET\n3/14\nACTION FROM: TO: frue James 0. Edwards Date:\nApproval\nSignature\ncomment\nInformation\nFile\nDraft response fort\nRoy L. Ash's signature\nHav REMARKS: MD would have hundled of\nFor fined your handling\n#1\nTO:\nAaron, Brother of Moses\nFROM:\nMoses, Servant of the Lord\nSUBJECT: Advanced Planning for the Exodus\nAs you know, at the burning bush The Lord God Almighty\ninformed me He planned to deliver Israel from Egypt to\nCanaan. I spoke to Him again today and it looks like\nHe's really sold on the Project. This being the case,\nand taking into consideration His single-mindedness in\nmatters like these, I felt that we had better start\nAdvanced Planning as soon as possible. Therefore, I'd\nappreciate it if you would head up this area and arrange\na meeting with cognizant tribal leaders to see what\nsystem they can devise. It's going to be a tough one\nto tackle - and with You-Know-Who taking a personal\ninterest, it would be politically unwise (to say the\nleast) to shove through a crisis-plan five minutes\nbefore we take off. On the other hand, it would also\nbe politically unwise to sacrifice speed of implementa-\ntion for over-complexity. 'I'll leave it up to you.\nKeep me informed of significant developments.\n#2\nTO:\nMoses, Servant of the Lord\nFROM:\nAaron, COmmittee Chairman\nSUBJECT: Project Exodus Planning Committee\nIn response to your request, I met with tribal leaders\nyesterday evening to set up a Project Exodus Planning\nCommittee - or PEP Committee, as we decided to call it.\nThe Project was well received, particularly after I let\nslip Who was Backer. The tribal leaders set up the\ntypical Steering Committee/Task Force organization, with\nthe Committee heavy on planning types (elders, leaders,\nand others not presently working) and the Task Forces\nstaffed with key technical personnel (overseers, store\nkeepers and flock coordinators). The Task Forces will\nmeet daily after the evening meal, the Committee plans\nto meet on-demand, at unspecified intervals. The\nCommittee personnel, however, intend to use their\nindividual powers of influence to bring to fruition\nwhatever plans the Task Forces evolve.\nSo far, the following Task Forces have been established\nas entities:\nCensus Problems Analysis (people oriented)\nCensus Problems Analysis (animal oriented)\nCanaan Location Determination (these are coordinating\nand mutually dependent)\nRoute Analysis\nProvision Requirements Analysis\nProvisions-on-hand and Provision Transportation Analysis\nIt is expected that more Task Forces will be created as\nthe problem areas become more clearly defined.\nI intend to monitor the PEP/TF meetings for a few days\nto get a thorough feel for the trend things are taking.\nI'll report back to you as soon as I have more data.\n#3\nTO:\nMoses, Servant of the Lord\nFROM:\nAaron, PEP Coordinator\nSUBJECT: PEP Status\nThe Task Forces and Steering Committee are progressing well;\nhowever, there is one problem that requires your attention.\nThe Task Force personnel feel that they would be much more\nproductive if they could delegate subordinates to perform\nnon PEP tasks and devote full-time to the Project. Maybe\nyou could approach Him on this - He might be able to arrange\nsomething with the Egyptians.\nThe plagues He sent have also caused difficulty. The\nmeeting ground is near the river, and between the dead fish\nodor and the influx of frogs, things have not proceeded at\nan optimum pace. It would therefore be appreciated if the\nnext demonstration plague could be directed, perhaps, more\ninland.\nAnother PEP Task Force has been created - you might add it\nto your list. It's the \"Transition Implication Analysis\"\ngroup. Several people pointed out that we hadn't\nconsidered the psychological overpressure engendered by\nuprooting so many people for such an extensive period of\ntime in such a sustained stress-situation.\nIt's heartening to realize so many diverse groups are\nbeginning to actively participate in the PEP concept. I'm\nsure we'll come up with an exciting system structure.\nHave you any word on how much more time we have? The\nTask Forces are just beginning to understand the nature of\nthe problem, and the Steering Committee is relatively\nquiescent, awaiting definitive reports. You might suggest\na more extensive program of (inland) plagues to Him the\nnext time you have a conference.\nBy the way - would it be possible to have bread and wine\nprovided for the meetings? I feel that participation might\nbe greatly enhanced.\n#4\nTO\n: Aaron, Brother of Moses\nFROM\n:\nMoses, Servant of the Lord\nSUBJECT: Progress of the Exodus Planning Project\nI have taken your recommendations into consideration and\nwill do what I can. Unfortunately, your memo arrived too\nlate to stop the lice. I hope the river area was\nrelatively free from dust.\nI am. a bit uncertain about your latest Task Force group.\nI have a feeling that He would not entirely appreciate\nthe need for \"Transition Implication Analysis. I could\nbe wrong - but in the light of our discussion on political\nposture, I suggest you change the name to something like\n\"Religious Support Requirements\". Sorry.\nWhat have your Task Forces produced SO far? They have\nbeen freed from routine tasks for some time now. As I\nunderstand it from Him, we have about six or seven\nplagues to go - and the intervals between are not lengthy.\nI'd appreciate it if you could get across the urgency of\ndeveloping concrete procedures. We can explore the\ntheoretical at leisure during the trip.\n#5\nTO:\nMoses, Servant of the Lord\nFROM:\nAaron, PEP-Leader\nSUBJECT: Preliminary Findings\nThe fleas weren't too bad - but please inform Him that a\nnumber of OUR people work in Egyptian homes. We had two\nTF Support members rendered absolutely useless by the fly\nplague. Something must be done to institute better\ncontrols.\nAs for PEP findings - do you have any idea of how far off\nCanaan is? And how inaccessible? There is no \"good\"\nway to get to the place - the TF concluded the only logical\nway is by the sea. The next best (and I use the word\nloosely) is by the Coast Route. Any other way is insanity.\nPEP also concluded that the Provisions Required matched with\nthe Provision Transportation available' will require that\nevery man, woman, child and animal (as revealed by the\ncombined Census) must carry, at the very mimimum 275 pounds\nof stores. This is for the simplest, most direct journey.\nThe other was off the counting. device.\nAnother thing - The \"Transition Implication Analysis\" group\n(which you arbitrarily destroyed because, some feel it\nthreatened your politically omnipotent self-concept)\nreports that 99% of the Children of Israel will:\n1. die on the way, or\n2. commit suicide, or\n3. defect to the nearest civilized community\nThese findings were based on the fact that the most direct\njourney would take at least ten years -- and the most\nindirect (a ridiculous route based on the premise of crossing\nthe Red Sea, looping down the peninsula, crossing the Wilder-\nness of Sin and looping back up again) might take more than\ntwenty.\nThe actual concensus is that Israel would be better off in\nEgypt. The population explosion within the group shows\ngreat promise - in fact, it indicates that within two\ngenerations the native Egyptians may well be significantly\noutnumbered. Both Committee and Task Forces feel this\napproach has the potential of offering a particularly\n- 2 -\nalternative system concept, and is worthy of an all-out\ninvestigation-in-depth\nThe PEP groups also feel that perhaps His desires and\nHis influence have possibly been afforded greater weight\nthan the occasion calls for. They believe that many\ncurrently acute problems with the Egyptians have been\nprecipitated by Outside interference, and that involved\ngroups interacting on a local level should be left free\nto handle local problems.\nAfter intensive study of all facets of the question, I\nfeel personally inclined to agree with them. The\nProject, as originally conceived, is simply not feasible.\nAs a .note - despite numerous requests, we have never\nreceived any wine, or any bread. I trust this will be\nremedied.\n#6\nTO\n:\nAaron, Brother of Moses\nFROM\n:\nMoses, Servant of the Lord\nSUBJECT: Exodus\nAt 0600 tomorrow you will have the people ready to leave.\nThey will take their animals, the personal belongings that\nthey can carry, unleavened bread - and nothing else. They\nwill proceed South to the Red Sea, which they will cross,\nand then further South to pass through the Wilderness of\nSin and loop back up the peninsula. The PEP Committee\nand the Task Forces will be disbanded. Everyone will move\nas a group. There will be no divisions. You will report\nto my tent as soon as possible: I have a few letters that\nneed attention.\nHe says He appreciates your efforts but, thanks anyway,\nHe feels His overview of the situation is sufficient.\nI sincerely regret you never got the bread and wine."
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