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TELCON Ambassador Dobrynin/Mr. Kissinger 5:32 p. m., May 3, 1972 K: Anatol, how are you? D: I think I could tell you by telephone. You remember about this tender business? K: Yes. D: And SO I just give this on the phone, for your own information. First, about this tender. Tender, according to our information, that your military people are mistaken in the sense that this is not a tender base but it is a training ship with Naval cadets and has nothing to do with submarines at all. K: Right. D: So this is the thing they asked me to tell you. This is not true; what you received from your military end. This is not a base; not a tender but is a training ship with Naval cadets and has nothing to do with any submarines. K: Right. D: And within a few days this ship will leave Cuba. K: Yeah. D: On atomic submarines -- K: It isn't atomic; it has ballistic missiles. D: Oh, this one. Probably this was mistaken. This says this is not atomic but she is leaving on the 6th of May from Cuba. K: Okay. D: So this is the way I would like to tell you. K: Thank you. D: This is from Moscow. K: Well, I appreciate it and I appreciate the spirit in which this communication is made.