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    "ocrText": "TelCon\nDean Acheson\n3/20/70; 4:35 p. m.\nA: I had two thoughts. Just wanted to let you know that I am on that\nside too. One has to do with Cambodia. Eight years ago I represented\nhis government at The Hague and spent some time there with him. He\nmust have slipped a lot to get in this position. He had a firm hold on that\ngovernment eight years ago. I think a lot of changes have gone on.\nWhat I was thinking about -- don't let's get drawn into this one.\nK: Oh, no. We have no intention.\nA: khavex I just wanted you to know that I am urging this too. I wouldn't\nbet much on this government's staying there.\nK: We are saying nothing, and more important, doing nothing.\nA: We don't need any more weak allies in Southeast Asia. In another field,\nthe President said the other day that he thought the XXXXXXX Russians\nmight make some proposal and he feared the general rush toward that.\nSomeone might say, grab it and he thought we ought to have a proposal of\nour own. I got hold of Paul the other day and talked to him about what\nwent on, and Paul shares my worry about Gerry Smith. He thinks he\nwould be the fellow who would say, oh, yes, let's get hold of this.\nPaul thinks the only way if a proposal is made is suggestion which seems\nvery wise to me. We say, well whatever you say is very interesting.\nWe would be interested in talking about possibility of regulating number of\nlaunches or number of manned bases. Nobody would really like to do this.\nBut the point is not whether you do it but whether you suggest it. The thing\nthat is good about it is that they would not\nThe Army and the Air Force\nwouldn't like it at all. The Navy would think it is fine. It seems to me that\nif you are looking for a suggestion as a countermeasure here is one that is pretty\ngood.\nK: I have been talking to Paul and let me talk to him again to get the details.\nHe is very good.\nA: That is all I have in mind.\nK: The President is calling me. I will call you back in 15 minutes.\nA: OK"
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