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K:
Is that what you always do when you take a phone call from me?
S:
Yes; but if I hadn't come down clean, I'd have been dirty all day.
K:
Let me give you the President's reaction, SO then you have the whole
picture. He then called me back and said he wants me to pass the following
information to Rabin. (1) The action must succeed; (2) It has to succeed
diplomatically as well as politically, and as well as militarily. He's never
explained exactly what he meant by that. I've asked him about three times.
(3) Actually, the next sentence explains it. From that point of view, air
action alone would be easier, but we would support ground action if they thought
it necessary. But we believe that ground action should be confined to Jordan.
He specifically mentioned that, as he'd thought over your plan -- which he likes
militarily, but not diplomatically -- it should be confined to Jordan, though air
action in Syria would be supported. I said, 'Let's get the principals togeher
first thing in the morning. He says he doesn't want that. And he says, as
far as he's concerned, that the decision is made. Anyone who wants to protest
it has to call him. He doesn't want me to call him.
S:
You know what I would do, Henry.
K:
What? Let's do it in two stages. What do you think of this?
S:
On substance?
K:
On substance.
S:
On substance, I think we have no alternative in the situation, and I agree
on substance.
K:
Should I call Bill and tell him the same thing?
S:
The Secretary is in his office to relieve me for a couple of hours while
I change clothes. He is in his office, and I think you ought to put it to him.
He may want to have a chat with a few of us, since we've got an hour or so.
And we'll see how we go.
K:
Well, wait a minute. You can't see how you go because, right now, I've
got an order.
S:
Yeah, well, I know, but we've got to tell the Secretary. If he agrees,
well, that's it; then we go ahead. I don't think you'll find him a problem. We
had a very good talk with him, and I think he would say to you -- put it very
strongly to the Israelis in terms of our very strong preference.
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