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...region that looks particularly promising for Republican gains among working people is the South. That is the thrust of a memo written to Reagan by one of his Southern strategists, Lee Atwater, who thinks the blue-collar workers hold the balance of power in the area. If they could be converted, the South could eventually be solid, he concludes, for Republicanism. Some evidence supporting this view comes from Texas, where the G.O.P. primary contest between Reagan and Bush drew a record 510,000 people to the polls. Says Reagan's Texas strategist Ernest Angelo: "There was just a greater degree...
...conservatives who saw a strong campaign issue and made the most of it, reports TIME Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil. The idea originated with Charls Walker, tax lobbyist for a number of big corporations and now a Reagan adviser. Walker sent a memo to Reagan headquarters last month to urge action, and when Reagan went to Chicago two weeks ago for a meeting with top strategists, he made his pitch in person. "There's no question we need this," said Reagan. "Any negatives?" "No negatives," said Walker. "Let's do it," said Reagan...
...Edward Lashman, director of external projects, said in a memo last week Fierra had not interpreted the plan's data correctly. He added that he will request Fierra reconsider the case before appealing the ruling through state Superior court...
...York Times Magazine published a letter by Simon which questioned federal wiretapping policies. His FBI file expanded a fraction more. M.A. Jones of the FBI Washington office reviewed his case and "recommended that no action be taken in answer to Simon." A handwritten message at the bottom of the memo read, "I agree...
...ACCEPTED Buckley's offer, and in October, Nichols--the main FBI speaker--reported the meetings details to Hoover. One full page of that five-page memo was later inked out "to protect the name of an individual interviewed by the FBI." Nichols elaborated, rather proudly, on his ability to dodge questions at the forum. One professor barraged him with questions, Nichols boasted in the memo, and "in answering him I would pick out the part that lent itself to the easiest discussion and then launch into a discussion of the Bureau. There were some questions he asked that I never...