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    "ocrText": "-2-\nsee if there is any basis we could join with the people of other\ncountries for an appeal to both sides for a truce. We have been\nin touch with the Hague group, with the Swiss. Hearing the\nPresident was interested in it I asked for a check today to be\nmade through our Embassy in Rome with the Vatican. It is SO\nlate now nobody could do anything unless the Pope were prepared\nto do SO and we could associate ourselves with his appeal.\nStabler (?) our Minister in Rome talked with Casarobli (?) an\nauthority on this subject in the Vatican. The Pope had considered\na truce appeal, had contacted the TMG (?) but had no reply.\nA TMG response is very unlikely. We had got a negative on the\npart of anybody else although there is a possibility the Italians\nmay want to make an approach to the Emperor and we are prepared\nto say our Ambassador there would join with them. We would not\nthink under the circumstances we want to do anything unilaterally\nespecially since the TMG is engaged in a very broad offensive\nand they would think if we did anything unilaterally we are\ninvolving ourselves.\nK:\nThat sounds right. Why don't you have it written up as a\nmemo and I will pass it to the President and we can show that\nState has acted on his preference.\nR: All right.\nK: Are you going to Boston for the Holidays. R: I am going up\nfor the New Year. Are you going away at all? K: I am going\nwith the President to the west coast. R: How long will you be away?\nK: Until the 4th or 5th. R: Have a good time. K: Thank you.\nI know we will be working together in the New Year.\nR: Well, I count on it Henry. K: Even better next year. It has\nbeen one of the good things that has happened to me here.\nR: I feel the same way. Thank you very much, Henry.\nms\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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