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    "ocrText": "GERALD\nP.\nFORD\n- 8 -\nLIBRARY\nRoute 4 and 5 have been closed as well as the Mekong River. We\nmust fly in rice, petroleum, and ammunition. Fifteen hundred tons\na day are flown in. The air field is the sole line of com-\nmunication. The survival of the country depends on that air\nfield staying open. There are rockets within 11, 000 yards\nof the air field. The capital is encircled by some 25,000 troops\nand is being defended by about 40,000 troops, so we don't be-\nlieve that the Capital can be overrun. The funding is the most\ncritical part of the entire issue.\nThe Vice President Mr. President, I was out of town, but I\nread that Colby headline this morning. Could you explain that\nplease. Is there any substance to that?\nThe President No, there isn't and I'll have General Scowcroft\ntalk to that point. Brent-\nGeneral Scowcroft The headline didn't specifically indicate\nwhat the column was about. The column in substance didn't re-\nlate to the headline. It was more a scare headline than any-\nthing else. So there was no correlation between the two.\nSecretary Schlesinger In Viet Nam funds are badly needed as\nwell. Government troops are holding fairly well. There is\nbasically a stalemate in the country at this time with erosion\nof Government troop control of the outer countryside happening\nat a steady rate.\nThe President At my right is Bob Ingersoll, who is substituting\nfor Secretary Kissinger, who is travelling as you know. Do you\nhave any comments?\nRobert Ingersoll Some of the foreign embassies are moving out\nof Cambodia, particularly Phnom Penh. Other countries have ex-\npressed interest in assisting in the negotiations. Much has been\nwritten about Lon Nol, but the United States has no interest in\nasking him to step down. He has been very cooperative. He has\nsaid that he would step down if the United States asks him to do\nso. Of course, we are getting no help in the Congress. The votes\nwhich we have seen have been very difficult for us to accept.\nThe Hamilton compromise which passed 5-2 is a 135 million dollar\naid package, 82 million dollars of which would be military aid,\nthe balance of which would be economic aid. It does have a\nJune 30th deadline beyond which no aid would be given for South-\neast Asia. There appears to be general economic chaos, within the\ncountry. The refugees are rolling into the capital city at the\nrate of several thousand per year. Even though there is economic\nchaos, their internal political situation is amazingly stable.\nThere were some riots awhile ago, they were food riots; but every-\nthing appears to be all right now and is fairly stable. Again, Lon\nNol is no barrier to negotiations; he has been helpful.\nThe President Since I became President, we have made six efforts"
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