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THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON April 26, 1971 THE PRESIDENT DAN SEEN, MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM JOHN EHRLICHMAN In response to your memorandum of April 14 saying "The April 12 News Summary carried an article by Robert Roth of the Philadelphia Bulletin wherein he stated that 'the critics also say that if FAP and revenue sharing had been better prepared they might now be enacted'. 11 I asked Mr. Roth to come in for a conversation. I told him bur that we were very concerned that the quality of our work be as excellent as possible and that I would very much appreciate any specifications which he might be able to give me to support his thesis that these measures could have been "better prepared". He then launched into a long explanation of how a columnist with a byline simply gives general impressions and does not necessarily have a specific and detailed fact to support his impressions. He then explained that this is one of those situations where he simply had an impression that other people thought this about our effort. He was interested to hear about the preparation process and what we are doing to maintain our quality control.