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TELCON Sisc, HAK August 15, 1973/9:13 a. m. K: Hello B: Hello Henry. I'm sorry to bother you so early but things are moving We've got a rather delicate tactical situation up there. We've got a resolution which you Which we sent to you yesterday. which the Lebanese are they are trying to keep circumscribed and we sent suggestions and changes yesterday which I think Scali now has succeeded in getting in sor far as the Lebanese are concerned. However, we've got the more militants, the God damn Egyptians, the Koreans and so on that are playing around with an alternative resolution which not only condemns Israel but is quite specific in terms of sanctions and that kind of thing. K: Yeah. B: Now, I am about to go up to see the secretary to review the situation with him but I wanted to have a word with you. The Israelis are coming in around 12:30 and we told them yesterday obviously we are going to do the best that we can and these changes that we've had in getting are obviously all in the direction that they would like. Now I gather that from New York that one of the suggestions which was sent up from you or from the White House is a change in operative paragraph one which would term the action rather than the government as Israel. Is that correct? Just SO I'm straight. K: Right. B: My own judgment for what it is worth Henry is this. If we try for that as desirable as it would be I think we're in great danger and I owe this to you of really ending up with this other proposition which then will force I think probably veto on our part and Christ another veto is going to be fairly difficult. Moreover, what really worries me is that athe Lebanese are way out on a limb on this one in that they have forced the militants to accept these very important changes that we called yesterday. K: You took out the word strongly and to B: And to order the sanctions paragraph to merely consider rather than to the decision in principle. Both changes of which have abeen made Henry. K: Ok Well then I think

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