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Secretary Laird
3/16/71 2:08 p. m.
L: I'm still at the Senate Armed Services Committee.
K: The President is very anxious that we kill any further talk about the
troop withdrawal. He didn't mean every month the same figure.
L: No, the average, the average! I used exactly his quote, word for
word. And then I took his transcript yesterday and stayed within his words.
I'll send you a copy of the transcript now.
K: I think it's best at this point to say we won't say any more till the
President speaks.
L: All I want to do is support the President. I'm not going to walk away
from him.
K: Right.
L: I have gone over the State document at some length.
K: Which?
L: The one that's going to the printer's today. I sent over our comments
but I guess there won't be meetings on that particular document.
K: We weren't clear about the schedule, but that will be rectified in the
future.
L: I don't think it's the greatest workmanship I've ever seen.
K: It has no particular point of view.
L: It doesn't mention the Nixon Doctrine; doesn't mention the Cambodian
thrust, makes it look like we are following foreign policy rather than leading
it. It doesn't hurt anybody, but it doesn't help either.
K: That's my feeling too.
L: I communicated that, but I think it's better to let it drop now.
K: We thought that with feelings as they were it was best to let it drop.
There was going to be a meeting, but I didn't realize we were working within
a d eadline.
L: Will you get a copy of the statement to the President SO he doesn't
think I am not following his language?
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