This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous)".
Richard Nixon, then President-Elect of the United States, wrote letters to prominent individuals to ask them to suggest "exceptional individuals" for presidential appointments. Merton would have not received the letter as he was in Asia and days from his death in Bangkok.
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If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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# | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1. |
1968/12/02 (#01) |
TLS to Merton |
As you may know, I have pledged to bring into this Administration men and women who by their |
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«detailed view» |
2. |
1968/12/02 (#02) |
other to Merton |
CONFIDENTIAL RESUME' FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENT |
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«detailed view» |
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