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    "ocrText": "Telecon\nBill Sullivan\n9:00 a m.\n9/6/69\nSullivan said Lodge has come in from Paris with a request and\nneeds some guidance. The NVN have opened a book of condolences\nat their delegation. The original suggestion was that XXEX\nperhaps a junior member of Lodg's delegation should sign the\nbook. Sullivan's reaction to that was negative. Maybe a\nnote could be sent to Ha van Lao which would say that \"I want\nyou to know that I appreciate what you and your delegation\nmust feel. \" Sullivan wanted to know if K thought there was\nany reason for sending note. K said that the President said\nyesterday he didn't want any public expression about Ho's\ndeath but he didn't address to this particular instance.\nK said he would bring this up. and wanted to know Sullivan's\npersonal view. Sullivan's feeling would be to do nothing. There\nis a question of Lodge's personal relationship between himself\nand the other delegation and whether a jesture of this type\nmight be of any humane value. The weight of that doesn't seem\nto have any particular significance on the negotiations.\nSullivan said Habib wanted to see K before he left, and K aaid\nhe would do that, on Tuesday or Wednesday and preferably Tuesday.\nSullivan said Habib is working on discussion the ceasefire\nbusiness. He has more imagination and is more adventuresome.\nK said his problem was that he couldn't believe that the lack\nof American proposals is the obstacle to a settlement right now\nand asked Sullivan if he agreed. He did Said we should build\n? within the framework of the May 14 speech. K said\nhe would have no problem with that. Sullivan said Phil wants\nto go beyond that. Sullivan mentioned the lastst\nwire from San Berga on the immediate ceasefire. It seems there\nis some confusion. K said he was talking to the secretary. He\nwould go along with the President. The President's view is\nbasically not to make an issue with GVN over it. Sullivan thought\nthat was everyone's view, but we have an operational problem as\nfar as the B-52s are conserned. K thought we had agreed to stand\ndown. Sullivan mentioned cable 18138 and asked if there was any\nguidance from the President. We haven't given them anything\nconcrete. K said the issue is whether we should press the ceasefire.\nSullivan said it looked as though they were agreeing to it but\ntoday it looks more obscure. K said he thought we would want\nto be more responsive. He didn't want to get Sam in a fight\nwith the GVN because of his relations here.\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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