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    "ocrText": "Telecon\nThe President\n5:45 p.m 7/18/69\nThe President was asking about the press briefing. K said he mentioned\nall the things they discusseed. K said there were about 200 people there\nand it was held in the East Room. The President asked if there were\nany questions regarding Soviet security in\n?\nThey asked if\nnot\nwe were going to try to prevent that. K told them we ere/going to\nparticipate in that. The Pres. suggested we might get into the idea\ntxxxxd of developing policies now fxxr SO we don't get bogged down in\nanother Vietnam. In every one of these countries, there is the\npotential. K thought that was a very effective point.\nK told Richardson to proceed and now but there was word that the\nChinese may have captured an American yacht. K thought we should\nwait until we have determined the status of this. The President thought\nwe might put it out anyway since the yacht story hadn't hit the papers\nyet. We would come out with ours first.\nThe P wanted to know if K had talked to Mansfield about this. K wanted\nto wait also until the yacht status was cleared. The P thought K should\nexplain it to Mansfield.\nK mentioned his meeting with Mitchell. p The P wanted to know how he\nfelt about the reaction to Dobrynin move. K said State got hung up.\nWhen K read the telephone report, they still asked for colition government\nand unconditional withdrawal. K said they have asked us certain questions\nthat they would have to akk if they wanted to settle. It is more precise\nthan anything they have asked befodre.\nThe President was happy with what Rogers said on Hanoi. It was the\nfiarst time he has said anything hard. He liked K's point that some of\nthese Senators may begin to realize that the other side is being\nintransigent. We have to look and talk very peaceful. K said to them,\nyou (the P) is a terribly frustrating phenomen; they can't set you up.\nThe P has stayed ahead of the public opinion curve. The people are\nnow being more rdasonable, they can't think of things anymore that we\nshould be doing that we are not doing.\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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