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    "ocrText": "TELECON\nMr. Sisco/Secretary Kissinger\nAugust 7, 1974\n2:35 PM\nK: What I called you about was some concern I have for NEA. We have Fahmy\ncoming next week. I don't know what we are going to do about this. I don't\nknow who is invited, what is planned, where\ni have to entertain XXX him, I\ndon't even have a guest list in final\nS: There was a memorandum sent into you yesterday and I saw\nK: Yes, and it only raises four locations. What in the XXX name of God is so\nhard about it. An FSO-8 should be able to prepare it. Nothing makes it any\neasier, three days before or three weeks before.\nS: I know\nbut let me take hold of this and see what I can do.\nK: understand you had lunch with Dinitz today. I hope you didn't tell him much.\nS: Very little. I left that for you with Rifai\nI\ntold him A) we are in general\nconcurrence and willing to talk about this and secondly, there is a question about\nhow these things can be done. What I really talked about was we have the Law of\nthe Sea problems and secondly, he talked about arms, but he said he thinks he can\nexplain why all of this war talk is coming out of Israel. He says they need this to\ngenerate the kind of professional preparations calling new up and that sorts of\nthing; X provisions to get weapons, tanks ready. I think this is a government\nthat is politically afraid to get caught with their pants down. I found it a rational\nexplanation X but from an international view point, it is difficult.\nK: Take a look at NEA and if Atherton can't perform, we'll have to replace him.\nS: I'll have a look and I'll do my best. This is my first love and I want to please\nyou and do what you want me to do.\nK: I know that. But now the problem is, here we have Fahmy coming on Monday\nand what are we going to discuss in the economic session, but why aren'txs the\ninvitations even out for a dinner for him? And it's too late.\nS: That is true, it is late. One of the difficulties is they aren't clear in terms of\nwhen he is going to be here.\nK: We could just pick Tuesday.\nS: I think you should, that is, they suggest a working luncheon but you have to\ndecide what you want to do socially."
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