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    "ocrText": "TELECON\nGov. Rockefeller\nMr. Kissinger\n10:45 p. m., 7/14\nK said here is the problem. Salvador has just attacked Honduras, jumping\nall over the place. They have attacked seven airfields, and moving across\nthe border. As yet we haven't confirmed the ground action. K said the\nPresident wanted him to call Rockefeller to see what he thought. K said\nlast week we helped create a mediation committee composed of Costa Rica,\nGuatemala, & Nicaragua and we have sent telegrams to the Presidents of\nSalvador and Honduras urging them to cooperate and settle peacefully.\nK said the OAS has now formed an investigative committee and we have\ngiven them a plane to go down. K asked R if he could think of anything else\nwe should do. R said he just couldn't believe it. He said he could call\nthe President of Salvador tomorrow and ask what the hell he is doing. K\nsaid if he doesn't settle it, what would we do then? R said it was fantastic.\nR also said it would be bad re military equipment thing. K said luckily\nthey don't have jet aircraft. He said at least we won't be accused of giving\nmodern military equipment. R said he could call on a personal basis and\nfind out what the score is. R asked what Salvador and Honduras said. K\nsaid SO far they have said nothing. K said this thing is bound to peter out.\nK said he has been a little concerned about our jumping in while the OAS\nis investigating. R agreed with K 100%. Let's leave it up to the OAS and\nshow our restraint. K said let's leave it on this basis, if you agree. K\nsaid by tomorrow morning we should have a clearer picture and if the thing\nis still going on you might consider calling them. K asked R which one he\nknew better and R said both. K said you might call them both and R said\nthat is what he was thinking. R asked who was going down for the OAS.\nK said Dominican Republic, Argentina, Guatemala, US, Costa Rica and\nEquador. Gallo Plazo (?) is on the team and is the ranking member. R\nsaid he is the best bet we have. R said under these conditions I think we\nshould keep out of it. If they can do it themselves, it would be a great thing.\nR said he would check with K tomorrow. R said he just didn't understand\nit. He said it was going to be hard on the military equipment program. K\nsaid yes. R said psychologically. K said yes. R said this is an indication\nthat we have to stick close tho this. K said the President didn't want to move\nwithout talking to R and it shows the confidence the P has in R. R said he\nvery much appreciated that.\nR asked K if he was going to get up there. K said he would try to Saturday\nafternoon. R said marvelous. K said he looked forward to it and that it\nwould be like old times.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified."
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