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    "ocrText": "MEMCON\nMay 9, 1970\n6:25 p.m.\nGovernor Rockefeller\nHAK\nHAK: How wouldxxxxx you like to go into the rice business. We have about\n4 million pounds.\nRocky: What are you going to do with it.\nHAK: We may ship some to Cambodia for the other army. We have captured\nmore ammunition than NVN expended in SVN in all of this year.\nRocky: I think this is great. The President called me at 1:30 this morning.\nHe called me again today. I talked to him today about the governers organizing.\nHe seemed satisfied with that. Is that allright with you?\nHAK: Certainly. Especially if you are in charge.\nRocky: This would be something that would be done by all of the governors\nif they wanted to. Most of them are pretty decent. They are going to be dealing\nwith problem in the states. It would take a log of time to get organized and get\na governers council and SO on. XXXX\nHAK: If you take leadership in it, it will be good. I am sure of it.\nRocky: I am going to meet with John Love, and Shaeffer and McNair before we\ncome over there. John is President of the Governers Conference. McNair\nis head of the Democrats, and Schaeffer is head of the Republicans. This way\nwe will have something before we come there. The President said he was going\nto suggest that the governers have a standard procedure in relation to the\nnational guard. This would be difficult to achieve. I think we should have\ncertain minimum standards but each governor is responsible for preserving the\nsecurity in his own state.\nHAK: We would go along with you on that. I don't think the President has\nanything definite in mind.\nRocky: We don't use guns on campuses but some states do. I just wanted to\ntouch base with you on that. How are things going there?\nHAK: A little violence starting now. I think we are over it now. If we keep\nour nerve we should be gaining the upper hand. I console myself with the\nthought that no student revolution in history has ever succeeded.\nRocky: Is the President going to give and factual information.\nHAK: Yes, you will get a full briefing."
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