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    "ocrText": "GERALD\nR. FORD\n- 9 -\nto negotiate. There has been no real response yet. We are\ning to continue to try hard. The opposition thinks that by\nbeing persistent and staying with it, that they can win.\nAs long as they think that they can win, negotiations will\nbe extremely hard to get. The aid will allow for a mili-\ntary stalemate and at that point we will have an opportunity\nto negotiate.\nSecretary Schlesinger If Phnom Penh falls, it will be the\nfirst major city to fall since 1945.\nThe President The Congressional group that went to South-\neast Asia were just in here recently and we sat around this\nvery table and talked over what they had seen. I think that\nthey came away from South Viet Nam generally sympathetic.\nI know that McCloskey has given some real good testimony\nup on the Hill which has helped and even Abzug was visibly\nshaken on the humanitarian side for what she had seen.\nCongresswoman Fenwick who campaigned on the fact that there\nwould be no aid to South Viet Nam and that we would pull out\ncompletely and totally, gave an impassioned plea for help. She\nwas sitting in the very seat that you are sitting in now,\nRogers, and she was afraid of the liquidation of people that\nwould take place if the Communist would take over and of course\nall of you know my strong feeling. We must help them until the\nrainy season hits. If we can do that, the opportunity for\nnegotiating a settlement is there.\nGeneral Scowcroft What you say is true, Mr. President. In the\nvillages that they have overrun, they have been slaughtering\nthose people who have acted as leaders, the government people,\nschool teachers, priests, and it has been a disasterous effect.\nThe President Well, that about takes care of the substantive\nportion of our meeting and I do want to give Pete Brennan the\nopportunity of saying a few words to us. Pete, I want you to\nknow how much we appreciate what you have done while you have\nbeen here. The Department has responded and I think that you\ndeserve particular recognition for the outstanding work you\ndid in the development of two historic pieces of legislation in\nComprehensive Education and Training Act (CETA) and the Pension\nReform Act. They will both set a standard for years to come.\nFurthermore, I want you to know about a quality which I have\nalways admired in Pete, and that is that he is a straight talker.\nYou may not always agree with him, but you always know where Pete\nBrennan stands and I believe that to be a very important matter.\nSo, Pete the time is yours.\nSecretary Brennan Thank you, Mr. President. I do want you to"
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