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P: I would go.
K: I told him I would have to check with you. I don't think we should connect
it with the Peking trip, Mr. President.
P: No, it should be after Peking.
K: I think SO because it will drive the Chinese --
P: No, after Peking, absolutely.
K: My guess would be --
P: Maybe after Russia.
K: That's what I would recommend. End of June, early July would be my
recommendation.
P: Right. Incidentally, I think that on Berlin, too, the perfect ploy there
(get Bill)
is
the
one
I
mentioned
to
you, /khxxxxxxxxx and say look, the economic thing WRX
really requires that we have a good announcement this week, if we XX could;
that coming at this point would be very helpful.
K: Well, I talked to Bill this morning and he, as it turns out, your instinct
was absolutely right, he doesn't know what he's talking about. These bureaucrats
have given him a brief and he says he just wants to make sure McCloy and
Clay can't get mad at us.
P: Right.
K: And, so, I've called Rush and called Dobrynin, SO everybody understands
what's going on.
P: And did Bill sort of agree that we don't want to wait three weeks--
K: That's already agreed. So I thought the best thing we can do is to low-key
it to get Rush back. Letxx him fight for his draft and if there's a deadlock
we'll have to rule with Rush. I think I can avoid a deadlock, because frankly
Bill doesn't understand it.
P: What
picayunish crap?
K: Well, what he's picking exactly. The thing he's picking on- but what's
basically getting these gueys, Mr. President, is that they know damn well you've
been in touch with Rush.
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