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TELCON Gen. Scowcroft/Sec. Kissinger March 11, 1974, 11:45 a. m. K: the only reason I had to cancell the Armed ServicesCommittee was that I did not want to testify twice in one day. explain that and the end result is that I testify not at all. They are trying to put the Armed Services Committee back on and the result is that there will not be a decent attendance. S: I don't think they should put it back on. K: Why not? S: For that reason. K: I am telling that and how does it make the State Department with me look. S: I really try to get in on it. K: You have enough to do as it is. S: 90 percent of the management. I will get with Larry and figure out a way I can review it. K: I may beco mbine these two operations. It is just not working right now. S: It is not working well. K: It is not working at all. I have 200 wives (Congressional) and they were put in an auditorium for 1200. We have plenty of auditoriums for 200 in this building. It is one self-seeking operation after another. S: That was obviously a disaster. K: I don't know what I said. I know I slammed the Europeans. That is the last thing that we need. That they get slammed and by me. S: Is there anyway to recover it? K: How can you.

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