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    "ocrText": "TELECON (tape)\nMr. Kissinger/Mr. Yoshida\nLate evening, November 24, 1970\nY:\nI'm sorry to disturb you. Have you.\nK:\nWell, I've had a very preliminary talk and we haven't had\na final talk yet which we'll have in the morning. But I can tell you\nwhat my recommendation is going to be. I think we should break\noff the negotiations. It isn't worth it. I don't think this is an\nacceptable proposal and I don't think we want to undermine the\ndomestic position of your friend any further. I don't see.\nI don't\nthe proposal does us any good, and it won't do him any good.\nY:\nYes, I understand that this is your recommendation, but also\nI'm thinking of the prestige of your friend.\nK:\nWell, that's all right now, but this proposal won't help the\nprestige of my friend, and the alternative proposal is going to over-\nthrow your friend, SO there isn't any sense in it.\nY:\nYes.\nK:\nSo I think\nWell, I will see, maybe my colleagues believe\nwe should accept your proposal. I think it's a mistake but.\nY:\nI am going to see my friend probably for the very, very final\ndecision whether we should, from our side, make major concessions\nto meet your needs on how you feel. At any rate, I share your feeling\nto break off with minimum\nK:\nI think at this point all the negotiations do is irritate both sides\nand weaken the domestic position of both sides.\nY.\nThat's right.\nK:\nAnd I don't see any sense in it, myself, any more. So I'm\ngoing to see, maybe, if my colleagues would accept it (which I doubt)\nbut that still is not going to help my friend any.\nY:\nThat's right.\nK:\nIf they objected, it would be to have an excuse to do something\nabout the trade bill for the wrong reasons. But I will decide that\ntomorrow and why don't you call me at the end of the morning tomorrow."
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