Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "498693744",
    "label": "November 11-17, 1969",
    "core": "doc",
    "dtoType": "document",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/498693744"
}

{
    "id": "498693744",
    "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/498693744",
    "contentType": "document",
    "title": "November 11-17, 1969",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/498693744",
    "collections": [
        "National Security Files (Nixon Administration)",
        "Henry A. Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts (Telcons)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/nixon/rn-nsf/579113/Batch0002/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-03-02/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-03-02-001.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/nixon/rn-nsf/579113/Batch0002/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-03-02/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-03-02-001.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/nixon/rn-nsf/579113/Batch0002/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-03-02/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-03-02-001.jpg",
    "imageCount": 71,
    "hasImages": true,
    "source": "import",
    "hasTranscription": false
}

{
    "url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/498693744",
    "naId": 498693744,
    "levelOfDescription": "fileUnit",
    "recordType": "description",
    "ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}

{
    "seq": 31,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/nixon/rn-nsf/579113/Batch0002/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-03-02/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-03-02-031.jpg",
    "mediaId": "3a03953026b3d4d3",
    "ocrText": "Telecon\nSec. Laird\n5:45 p. m. 11/14/69\nK indicated that the Chinese Ambassador came in to see him with a\npersonal letter to the President about the two destroyers which are\ngoing off station soon. They understand the problems but they wonder\nwhether we could delay it for 2 or 3 weeks. Laird indicated that this\nis part of the State Department move toward China. They came in to\ntalk to Laird also. They equate this to the new policy toward the\nMainland. They are trying to get us to go along with a few F4s for\nthem. They only want to buy 8 or 9 of them. K asked what Laird\nthought about that. Laird said it was O. k. with him but they want us to\nmake credit arrangements for them. It is difficult for us to negotiate\ncredit with all thekproblems now. K said as he understood that the\nAmbassador was aware that the circumstances weren't to\nbe disputed but the point xhexwx K wanted to raise was that if it is true,\nand so the destroyers would not simply disappear without having the\nchance to talk, we we can delay it 2 or 3 3 weeks. K said he hadn't\nhad a chance to get to the President yet on this. Laird said we don't\nwant them to get the idea that this is a negotiable item. K said it would\nhave bo be made clear for budgetary reasons. How about giving them an\nextention of three weeks. Laird said he would like K know in the morning.\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."
}