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Joe Sisco/Mr. Kissinger
October 16, 1970 -- late p.m.
- 2 -
S:
(cont'd) The Secretary handled that, I thought, very well.
He said, "Who knows what is meant by a coalition government? What
do you mean by a coalition government? The other side, in effect,
defines a coalition government to mean 'kick out the present crowd
in South Vietnam, 111 and he concluded by saying that the President
had made it clear that whatever propositions that the two parties
really agreed to you know, if they get together, why we could
accept whatever they got together on.
So the whole summary of the evening is that there were no
changes on either side.
K:
What was the general mood?
S:
The mood, I woul d say, not unfriendly; businesslike; frank,
straightforward. Every now and then, Gromyko showed some sensitivity
over the fact that we had accused them of cheating; said it had caused
difficulties in their government. The Secretary responded that this
had caused difficulties in our government -- their cheating. We don't
understand it. On Vietnam, he pressed the Secretary, I thought, very
hard on the usual Communist strategy. He said, "Do you include a
coalition government?" The Secretary said, "We have said we don't
like the word coalition government; we don't know what it means; the
other side's defined it in this way; but what we have said is we will
go along with any proposal the two really can get along with. 11 "Then
you
do bar a coalition government -- you know that kind of Communist
strategy of boring in. [End of tape]
[Beginning of new tape]
S:
after the meeting.
K:
Did you discuss that with them?
S:
You mean on the announcement?
K:
Yeah.
S:
Not in my presence that I recall but, in any event, what
K:
Were they alone PART of the time?
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