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| Reference
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FCO 82/170
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| Department/Office
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Foreign Office
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| Title
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Presidential Elections of 1972 in United States (1972)
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| Description
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Summaries of Senator McGovern's proposed defence policies on the Soviet Union, SALT and Strategic forces including MIRV as well as NATO and US forces within Europe, the US contribution in Asia post-Vietnam and US Naval forces. A summary of McGovern's taxation proposals is also included. Report on the US primaries. Included is a chart of convention votes for both the Democratic and Republican Party. Biography of Republican Congressman John Anderson and his view that the election will not be a pushover for Nixon who he believes will have to fight hard to beat McGovern.
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| Date
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1972
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| Collection
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The Nixon Years, 1969-1974
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| Region
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North America
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| Countries
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Vietnam, Soviet Union, United States
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| Places
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Africa; Alaska; Asia; Australia; Cambodia; Caribbean; China; Egypt; Europe; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Israel; Japan; Jordan; Korea; Laos; Mediterranean; Mexico; Middle East; New Zealand; Okinawa; Rhodesia; Russia; South Africa; South Vietnam; Soviet Union; Thailand; United Kingdom; United States of America; Venezuela; Vietnam
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| People
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Anderson, John B; Ashbrook, John M; Cromer, 3rd Earl of; Ho Chi Minh; Humphrey, Hubert; Jackson, Henry; Kennedy, Edward Moore; Kennedy, Robert F; Lindsay, John; McCarthy, Eugene J; McCloskey, Paul N jnr; McGovern, George; Meany, George; Mills, Wilbur; Muskie, Edmund; Nixon, Richard M; Nol, Lon; Sadat, Muhammad Anwar Al; Truman, Harry S.; Tunney, John Varick; Wallace, George
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| Topics
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Agriculture; Aid; Arab; Arms; Balance of Payments; British Embassy; Census; Civil rights; Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP); Communist; Congress; Crime; Defence; Democratic Party; Demonstrations; Department of State; Desegregation; Domino theory; Draft; Drugs; Economic policy; Economy; Education; Elections; Energy; Environment; foreign policy; Free trade; Gubernatorial; Health; Inflation; Irish Republican Army (IRA); Japanese; Lockheed; Military appropriations; Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV); North Atlantic Treaty Association (NATO); Oil; organisation; Payments; Pentagon; Poverty; Presidential candidates; Presidential Primaries; Protectionist; Race; Recession; Refugees; Republican Party; Senatorial; Shipping; Silent majority; Supreme Court; Tariffs; Taxation; Taxes; Terrorism; The Nine; Trade; Trade unions; troops; Unemployment; United Nations; Vice President; Vietnam War; Voting age; Warsaw Pact; Welfare; White House; withdrawal
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| Copyright
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Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK
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