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    "ocrText": "Telecon\nSecretary Packard\n9:20 a. m. 12/3/69\nK asked if Packard could see the President and himself at 11:30 on\nDecember 4. Packard agreed. K said the President will want him to\ntalk about the Vietnam trip. Packard said he would also touch upon\nhis contacts in Taiwan. He asked if K had a chance to look at the\nproposal to push back some B-52s. K said yes but he hadn't had a\nchance to discuss it further with the President. When the subject first\ncame up, the President was px opposed to it. Packard explained that\nwe have 15 in Guam. We don't need those to maintain the 1, 400 sorties\nand we can generate up to 1,890. We have never run more than 1, 850\nsorties. K asked what we would do if there was an offensive. Packard\nexplained our sortie capability and added that the other sffgguard is to\ntake them back and that could be done in a couple of weeks. K asked how\nmuch would be xxfex saved. Packard thought between $10 and ?$15 million\nper year. xx K said he would get an answer by early next week. Packard\nmentioned that he had a note from Ldird asking for a decision this week.\nK explained that it was in with the President and it depends on how much he\ncan push him. Packard wanted to get it settled as soon as possible.\nPackard said he was sending over memo on SALT issues. He asked that\nK look at the memo to see if any of these issues should be addressed.\nK said he had been looking for some way of triggering it.\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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