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Rogers/Kissinger
2:40 pm
2/27/70
R: On that Laos things we are meeting on, it may be that the President will
be a little delayed and he wants us to go without him and W&X see where we
are when he can join us. Your basic biew by way of the Symington committee
RX
R: I want to know what the President wants and we should have someone
running this thing.
K: The Symington thing? He doesn't want to do it this time/
R: I want to do it this time.
K: He wants to discuss the public statement on Laos.
R: That's the Symington problem.
K: On one level. But he wants to discuss on how to get through the immediate
period. De we declassify the Symington stuff or what? We will thrash it
out at the meeting.
R: He should be there.
K: I will come but he just wanted to see if we can get some agreement.
R: There has been SO much said and he is not briefed on it. It's building
up on the Hill. Everything has been briefed before the Symington thing.
What do we do about disclosure? The newspapers are all after us. When
I was up on the Hill the House only asked about that. I've had 3 calls from
(Fulbright or Mansfield) and 2 from Symington. It's
building up to what Lyndon Johnson had. The President has to sit in and make
the decision. The credibility
K: That's what he wants to do.
R: I don't want to come until he is there. He has said in his press conferences
that he will not discbose anything else. He has to make a decision.
K: Right. All the principals will be there.
R: I don't care about talking to Lincoln. I want to talk to the President.
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