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The President
6/21/71 10:35 a. m.
P: Is your morale a little better today?
K: I don't know why you think it is bad Mr. President.
P: Well you're bound to be depressed to have these bastards raise
these questions. But on the other hand as you said last night there is some-
thing to be said for having to turn hard on the Russians. Also there's a lot
to be said for going the other way, and there's an awful lot to be said for
what we are doing with the Chinese. It's got to be done some time, SO
why not us?
K: I simply stated what I thought the impact would be, but I am not
discouraged.
P: You have got to remember this is a battle. When we smoked
everybody out on Laos and that time with the demonstration
it's the
same thing. From the standpoint of enemies now at home, we have really
got them smoked out now. Even Ted and the whole bunch.
K: Exactly. The Times is taking a few slaps at us, but primarily
it's at the previous Administration. It takes slaps at us on holding back
on the right to know.
P: Did they say anything about our problems on keeping security?
K: No, I have just skimmed them, but didn't see much about that.
P: But you know, the impact around the country on this is not as
big as it seems. You would think from reading the New York Times and
the Washington that the biggest story in the world. But it doesn't
have the emotional impact of the Calley story.
K: I think we can still turn it to an advantage over a period of weeks.
P: We may well be able to But whether or not we are able to do
that, we know that it is going to go away. You know that because, due to
the fact that after you water it all down, what is it, an old story. They
have been saying for a long time that Johnson lied and it's an immoral
war. They'll try to make a hero out of the guy that did it though -- we
can't allow that. It's like they tried to make a hero out of Hiss.
K: exactly the same phenemenon.
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