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    "ocrText": "TELCON\nDobrynin/Kissinger\n4:02 pm\n12/2/70\nK: How are you?\nD: Fine.\nK: I understand that Semenov is seeing Smith tomorrow evening for a private\nmeeting and in addition to whatever formal proposal you make on Friday he has\nsomething private. I hope that a provocative issue will be raised through our\nchannel. only.\nD: That was the understanding. When was that last meeting?\nK: Yesterday.\nD: I received information on that but nothing on the talks tomorrow.\nwill\nfinish his expose in next two meetings.\nK: XSX ABM proposal.\nD: Some of your people have hinted to our delegation that they don't want to raise\nit themselves but if we do, they will discuss it.\nK: Provocative attack? If you lend us Siberia for a couple of years, I have\nsome people to send there.\nD: It's very nice there now. I wouldn't interfere really because I received\ninformation on talks but it takes me a few days after each talk. I have thi S\ninformation\nK: Do you think Semenov--\nD: Your man mentioned in your delegation that they are prepared to discuss the\nquestion but not prepared to raise it. I only have information but nothing\nabout\nwhether we will say it or not. Maybe they took it as an indication they are\nprepared\nK: They have nkx no authority and not given authority and will not be given\nauthority.\nD: As of now we have not raised this question. Raised informaltiy by your side.\nK: You don't want to tell me who the people are?\nD: Don't want to put them on the spot. The cocktail party there were talks\nsaid\non the record along the lines I xonk to you."
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