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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\n50\n9\n12/13/1970\nCampaign\nMemo\nFrom RN to Bob Haldeman RE: Press ideas\nregarding president's health and hard\nworking demeanor. 2pgs.\nThursday, May 24, 2012\nPage 1 of 1\nDOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD [NIXON PROJECT]\nDOCUMENT\nDOCUMENT\nNUMBER\nTYPE\nSUBJECT/TITLE OR CORRESPONDENTS\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nN-1\nMemo\nRN to HRH, re: apportunities on\n12/12/70\nC(NIXON)\n[83]\nthe PR side\nMemo\nRN to JDE, re: Christmas sales\n12/13/70\nC(N xon)\nN-2\n[84]\nN-3\nmemo\nRN to HRH, re: need to sit down\n[85]\n12/13/70\nC(Nixon)\nwith Kissinger, Maynehan, et al.\nN-4\nMemo\nEN to HRH, re: hardwarking\n12/13/70\nC(NIXON)\n[86]\npresident line\nFILE GROUP TITLE\nBOX NUMBER\nPresident's Personal File\n2\nFOLDER TITLE\nMemos - December - 1970\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 Withdrawn and return private and personal material.\nor a libel of a living person.\nH. Withdrawn and returned non-historical material.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNA FORM 1421 (4-85)\nPresidential Materials Review Board\nReview on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: President's Personal Files\nBox Number:\n2\nFolder:\nMemos - December 1970\nDocument\nDisposition\n83\nRetain\nClose\nInvasion of Privacy\n84\nRetain\nOpen\n85\nRetain\nClose\nInvasion of Privacy\n86\nReturn Private/Personal\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDecember 13, 1970\nMEMORANDUM FOR BOB HALDEMAN\nFROM THE PRESIDENT\nI have hit upon what I think is an ingenious idea for getting\nacross the \"hard working President\" line.\nI will be taking my physical examination sometime between\nnow and the end of the year. After the examination is finished\nthe press will want to know the results. Usually, we have\nZiegler read some rather dull information in his briefing. I think\nit might be a good idea in this instance if Ziegler were to very\ncarefully select a small pool, including the two wire services,\none or two good network guys, etc., but no more than 5 or 6,\nand let Tkach give them the results of the examination. The\nresults of the examination should be routine.\nIt will give him a chance to say, first, that the President's\nhealth is excellent; second, he might comment on one or two\nthings that are particularly important from a public standpoint,\nthe fact that the President has an amazingly low blood pressure which\nis an inherited quality from both his father and his mother, and\nthat this is something that has been remarkable for him (Tkach)\nto observe through the years while I was Vice President as well\nas President even in periods of very great stress. Tkach\nmay balk to an extent on revealing what he calls professional\ninformation to the press. But, after all, President's are in the\nposition where doctors are supposed to put out the truth and\nnothing but the truth with regard to the President's health, and\nif this is done in this low-key way it could be enormously\neffective.\n- 2 -\nBut now comes the point where Tkach can really make\nsome yardage for our side. He should then say that his major\nconcern about the President's health is that he does not take\nenough time off and does not get enough recreation. He should\nsay that this has been the case throughout the time that he has\nknown the President, during the 8 years that he was Vice\nPresident and now during the two years he has been President.\nHe should point out that even though the President has taken\ntrips to California and Key Biscayne that he refuses to use these\ntrips adequately for recreation and usually works a full day,\neither on the phone or with his close personal staff on these\nso-called \"vacation\" trips. He should point out that the President\ndoes not have the relaxations of others in the office. He does\nnot play bridge, he has played golf only four times in the last\nyear, he has bowled five times, that his only recreation consists\nof an occasional swim when he is at the beach in Key Biscayne\nor California, or in the summer time at the pool at Camp\nDavid, and on weekends a movie or a televised sports event.\nHe should say that the President's daily work schedule is the\nmost back-breaking that he has ever observed in a public figure,\nthat the President never takes time off for lunch and unless he\nhas an official dinner how he works three hours or so after\nhaving dinner with the family.\nHe should point out, nevertheless, that the President\nremains in excellent health due to very spartan habits -- a\nvery light diet, both at breakfast and lunch and even at the State\nDinners where he usually passes the dessert. Apparently, his\nwalking with the dogs on occasion and a one-minute running in\nplace at a very fast speed in the morning seems to keep him in\nsurprisingly good health, but that he (Tkach) if he had any\nrecommendation, it would be for more recreation.\nAs you can see, this will get across our point very powerfully,\nand I think that Tkach could do it with complete credibility.\nIn fact, if he would be willing to do so, he could even make these\npoints on the morning show, although I think the better thing\nwould be to limit it to the type of direct pool report to which\nI have referred. Consider this and follow through on it if you\nthink the idea is a good one."
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