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&tober 26, 1,969
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Bob Haldeluan
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I knffir that you sre setting up a pogram for the November 3 spoech, I want to be aure that some of the Iotlowlng thougtts are lmplemented tn that prograrn. An especlally elfecEve €Foup should be set up trhree televlslon networks and idtttng them hard on the posltlve sI& of t}re speech a^nd taking them on lf tlrey take a negatlve vlew. I want tlts handled in more than a rodfng fastrlon and a strlke force is to be set up for each network. In addltion, I want a epelal strlke force set up for Mh t}e Nenr York Tlmee ad the Wa"ehing&n Post and for the two nevs magazlnes, strongly suporttng the sBeech and taHng tbem on lor whatever crl&al comment they may lnclulge ln.
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You already have underway S€tting favorable comments from Governors, $endors, Congressmen, teadlng editors, ete. This t! of vital lmportanee. The calls to Reagan and Rockefeller should be made by Klssinger aad t$e other Governors and Congressmen and Senators should be dtvlded up among our kst VIP tyBes asd ealts made by thoee who have the greetest lnfluence wlth them to urge their sutrport of the epeech. Of course, wltbout an adrance text this will be more dtllleult thsn usual but the procedure wlll be slmply to tell them to llsten and you are Eure they are golng to ftnd t}r$ thery wlll want to support tt artd that support ls enormously tmportant at this tlme. Qrre other srygestion that I would llke for you to discuss witb Harlow, partlcularly, and wlth Klsskger ls to see lf we can get two or three leaders tn the House and the sarne number in the Senate to try to clrctdate a petltlon or letter to me the day a-frer the speech ptedgtng sutr4rort. Now the tmportant thfng here ie mt simply to uee John Tower or &Ien&I Rlvers but ts brlng ln a fellow like F,lndtsy as well as those who may be srtated tn my dlreetlon ln the flrst lnetances What we want ls t}re broadest poeslble suppor* and lt oecurs to me that a letter slgned by 250 Congressmen ln the event they are willlng to do so and by 50 or so S€nators could be very helpful ln ttds respeet. Sf course,