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    "ocrText": "NV\nTELCON\nSecretary Schlesinger - Secretary Kissinger\nJanuary 4, 1974\n2:50 p. m.\nK: I am going to send Dayan off in a few minutes. We have made\nsome very ggood progress. We are not all the way, not yet, but\n90% of the way. They are psycopathic, though that this be kept only\nto you. I have to meet with him again tomorrow. I am fairly op-\ntimistic, though. They want some assurances of longer term supplies\nso I thought you could.\nS: Well, that's a political thing. You understand we have now\ncommitted 1.3 billion. After we pass 1.5 billion it has to be a\nPresidential determination.\nK: Under these conditions we will be able to do that though. I think\nyou could tell them its no problem and be willing to discuss a long\nterm supply proposal with them.\nS: This is what the administration wants?\nK: Yes.\nS: Okay. The P\nK: The President wants to do this if they are helpful in the political\nthing. Moreover, if.\nI think we will have less trouble from the Arabs\nif we do it clearly related to getting them to make concessions. We\nwouldn't be delivering these things until they have delivered a part of it\nanyway. If they could see some positive tone as a result of their\npositive thinking.\nS: We will give them positive tone. The things we will not be too\npositive about are the following: (1) There are certain advanced items\nwe just don't have in our inventory. They are asking for C\nwhich, you knowis still in R&D. This sophisticated stuff just isn't\navailable. (2) We can do the A-4s, we can go ahead with Skyhawks\nand 50 million dollars worth of choppers they want.\nK: I'd be pretty good on Skyhawks and choppers.\nS: The A-4s and othe r advanced to a lesser extent, though.\nK: They are getting walleye's aren't they.\nS: We have walleyes but what they want is the advanced walleyes,\nthe extended long range walleyes. We just don't have those available."
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