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OCR Page 1 of 41The President/Mr. Kissinger
March 20, 1971 2:30 p.m.
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P: Anything later today on the Laotian operations?
K: I have just talked to Vogt and Moorer and they are going on the
4 hour shot tonight. They say they will have the weather. I think
the total impact will be favorable. There may be some criticism.
P: This should be described as protective reaction. It is well
know they have been firing.
K: I have got the word to Abrams that he should talk about this
news material.
P: About the morale of the ARVN.
K: Yes. Also talking to the chopper operation which was flying
into Laos.
P: I don't doubt that a lot of the fault is with the leadership of the
chopper pilots.
K: Otherwise there is nothing really to report. Sir Robert Thompson
made a statement that he thought the Laos and Cambodia operations
helped the situation and withdrawal.
P: In London?
K: No in Tokyo.
P: That is good. It is a good thing for me to pick up.
K: I am sending it up to you. I have seen it on the UP wire but I have
not seen it on AP yet. Otherwise there aren't too many developments.
There is nothing of any consequence. I have talked to Moorer and Vogt.
You know about Eban visit. Rogers must have told you yesterday that
it went fairly well. That is a problem. Bush was in and I told him to
stay with your position and not to go to fixing Israeli borders as Rogers
did.
P: Bush is good and will handle it all right.
K: I did not mention Rogers.
P: If they do get off this 4 hour -