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K:
Well, whether they do it vis-a-vis Syria, I'm not so sure.
P: Well, in any event, the Syrians would fear it.
K: The Syrians would fear it. Of course, there's a third problem
that we may not have any choice about I don't think the Israelis
would hold still for very long if the Syrians seem to be winning.
They seem already to have mobilized a bit, which is a good deterrent.
P:
Yeah.
K:
Incidentally, we picked up an intelligence report this morning
not very reliable -- but interesting that the Russians gave the
Syrians a carte blanche which proves when you told me Friday night
they may be playing us, your instinct about the Russians is usually
remarkable.
P: In other words, that they gave you a note that they were
well, this note that they gave us over the weekend is
K:
Just to keep us quiet.
P: To keep us quiet and threatened us and so forth. In the
meantime, they say, 'Stir it up, boys; give them trouble; give them
trouble. Face them down.' That's what they are going to do. Well,
we may have to come to the Israelis, but I just want to be sure that
at this point that's why I've been so strong on it -- we don't
leave any impression we might come to them or they'11 come in
precipitately. We must not do it. It's got to be a very calculated
thing.
K:
No, it was absolutely right that we don't get anywhere near
the situation where we seem to be egging on the Israelis, because
they don't need any encouragement, and it should be at the
P: As far as we are concerned, still the justification is we still
have this refugee thing, haven't we, hanging over us.
K :
Yeah, but that's tough to work against the Syrians.
P:
That's right; that's right.
K : But that's another that can work both ways, if we go in and
then they get killed. And then I don't know what the Congressional
reaction would be if we got involved. If we did it in a two or three-
day operation, I think we'11 be all right or even a
week.
P: How do we justify two or three days? Suppose we were to call
the Congress in and say we are doing it for one purpose -- to save
Jordan?
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