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    "ocrText": "Telecon\nBill Sullivan (State)\n7/14/70 3:15 p.m.\nK: We never got to finish our conversation the other day about your\ntrip. But I told the part that you had told me to the President, about the\nmood in Saigon.\nS: It was a very confident bunch. What I was calling about now was\nNSSM 94. It was due July 14, and will be sent over to you this afternoon.\nK: You saw the Smyser condensation?\nS: Yes, looked it over and made some changes. Was that all right?\nK: Yes, good, that wasn't to be a directive.\nS: And we put in a price tag and some other items. On the role of\nsenior negotiations, Alex told me that in your conversation on July 4 the\nquestion of Soviet contacts was raised. I gathered from him that you\nthought the Dobrynin circuit was over-loaded and you thought that Paris\nwas the place to do it. Its that right?\nK: That is correct, although my impression is that the President\nwould prefer to wait a month or at least a few weeks to see what develops.\nS: We suggested that it be opened right away.\nK: I think the President will want nothing put there for a few weeks into\nAugust. If you can at least keep that possibility open though.\nS: That channel open with be of no use though till the President moves\non the proposals.\nK: He may not want to approve it. I will just regard it as an option.\nAnd I don't usually tell the group the President's thinking.\nS: Well, knowing your steering ability, you can get this through I\nthink without indicating the source.\nK: That piece of paper has been seen.\nIf it is forced to a decision now, it will be rejected. I think Alex will confirm\nit on the basis of another conversation in which he flatly said he didn't want the\ntwo hooked together. But things often start that way and I assure you it will be"
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