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    "ocrText": "TELCON\nDobrynin/Kissinger\n12:00 noon 8/12/71\nK: Two things. One on the matter we discussed yesterday on accidental war\nthing. I talked with Rogers and told him to work with details with you. One\noption is a signing in Washington when your foreign minister is here. Sept. 30\nor one or two days afterwards. I said you would get in touch with him. I\nsaw Semonov has taked with Smith about initiallingpart of it. That's fine.\nIt's working just right.\nD:\nI forgot to mention to you aboutx that we are proposing to you through\nhim a ? ? ? maybe while the signing of agreement we can make a simultaneion\nannouncement that we invited the others for likewise.\nK: During the ceremony on the 30th.\nD: By the two ministers. By\nI would not mention it.\nK: We don't have to worry about that.\nD: Its for you to know.\nK: You are absolutely right. I looked over provisions yesterday. No\nproblems I can see. They are initialling it tomorrow.\nD: I don't know when.\nK: Either tomorrow or next day.\nD: Gromyko should be back in Moscow today and we will have an answer about\nthe 30th. So tomorrow or Sat. I will have an answer on 30th.\nK: On other thing we have all the people of President working on these things\non NSC meeting on Defense budget and it's hard to give a final answer before\nTues. Informally I can say there XXXIX will not be surprises. We are\nlooking at May dates rather than June. Second half of May. I would rather\nwait until lunch Tues.\nD: In Moscow I said I would have to reply on Tues.\nK: Do you want to come for lunch on Tues.?\nD: If convenient for you. You will be back?\nK: I will. Lunch x 1:00 Tues.\nD: OK, then."
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