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TELCON (HOME)
The President/Mr. Kissinger
December 5, 1971 (??)
K:
Mr. President.
P:
Hello. It's all directly on just what we discussed.
K:
And what are they going to do?
P:
Stick with the ceasefire and withdrawal and give nothing at all on that.
That he says is the Pakistan's position.
K:
Exactly.
P:
The Somalia Resolution basically.
K:
Exactly.
P:
And he said that was what we would do and we would stick right with it
and I said, "Absolutely
11 He said that was what he was going to
do and I said that's what I wanted done. So, that's that.
K:
Terrific, Mr. President.
P:
Now, I asked him what the hell we could do about the British, the
French. He said nothing. So dammit, I think well, the British I
guesswant to get along with India in the future. I said to him that I didn't
think there was a hell of a lot that he said that the British had to be
on the winning side as you said because they figured they had to get along
with India in the future. I said, "Well, maybe it means something to
them but it doesn't mean anything to us except a $10 billion drag in
foreign aid over the last 20 years." I said, "Maybe let the Russians
pick up that tab. 11 Well, that sort of shook him. He said, well, we
really didn't want to get that out too much because you know it will look
I said, no, I'm just referring to what we do and that's
what I mean. I don't think even you, Henry, how tough I feel about that
aid business. We are not going to aid countries that engage in aggression
and then don't do a goddamn thing when we ask them to get out.
K:
Mr. President, if we don't act this toughly, I'm completely aboard.
This is going to be a dress rehearsal for the Middle East in the spring.
P:
That's right, that's right.
K:
And I'm much more worried about the impact on the Russians.
P:
Right.
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