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TELCON
Mr. Kissinger/Rick Smith
7:05 p.m., February 23, 1971
S:
I see the Republican battalions have been sent in.
K:
What does that mean?
S:
The Scotts and Fords sense the hand of the field marshal. I have
a few questions based on what they said.
K:
We didn't announce that we had cut the coca cola line yet.
S:
(laughter) This business of three out of four roads.
K:
I don't want to get into the military business. This was to explain
to the leaders. There are 3 out of 4 motorable truck routes - - this
doesn't mean that there aren't bicycle trails that they can still use.
S:
I don't know whether they got those numbers maybe where
possible three out of four roads.
K:
You have to look at what area he is talking about.
S:
The three roads - - 9, 92, and 914.
K:
That's essentially right.
S:
But 9 is running east-west.
K:
And then there is 223 (?)
S:
Is that motorable?
K:
234 is marginally.
S:
Marginally motorable -- what about other ones in this area? The
picture we got is that 3/4 of the job is done.
K:
Look, Rick, I don't want to get into this publicly. I tried to explain
the strategic concept to these guys.
S:
Maybe it wasn't the field marshal -- talking to Hugh Scott for
privacy is pretty tough to do.
K:
The hammer lock
don't want to get into this business
right now. Another 2-3 weeks is soon enough to get into it on
a military basis.
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