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The President
10/12/71 8:30 a. m.
P: Hello, Henry. Feeling better today?
K: Yes, thank you.
P: I think you should cancel your trip to Chicago if you have any
problem at all. What is the trip?
K: It's something I had agreed to. A group of all the newspapers.
Another one is the Republican group that has been S supporting us. Above
all, Mr. President, I promised Percy I would go to his dinner. He
doesn't deserve it, but he got us the Mansfield vote.
P: All right. But it's just ridiculous for you to have to go out there.
K: I am sorry I agreed to it.
P: It's a hard trip at this point.
K: Percy isn't noted for his generosity.
P: He is a greedy bastard. What kind of dinner is it?
K: Illinois Republicans giving him a dinner. Taft, Griffin and Scott
are going out.
P: Going out tomorrow? X
K: Incidentally, the Japs haven't leaked yet.
P: If it leaks, it won't this morning.
K: No, not out of Japan.
P: It won't here either.
K: It just shows what type of bastards these Russians are.
P: It's just like our little boys though. One of our guys put out a
story that Byrd is not a possibility for the Court.
K: I heard that.
P: They don't realize the game though. He isn't going to be, but
I haven t told him that. It is driving them
we've got Byrd
and
Humphrey is licking his chops; McGovern doesn't know what to say. It
makes them all take positions; they will have a bloodbath. So one of our little