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    "ocrText": "JOP SECRET\n- -6- -\nMR. MATTHEWS reported that President Auriol had refused to accept\nPlevin's resignation.\nSECRETARY SNYDER said that on the fiscal side everything was arranged\nfor any action that was necessary\nMR. HARRIMAN called attention to the recent article in Pravda quoting\nfrom various papers in the United States. He urged that the President\nstrongly assert his leadership in the United States and that the United States\nassert its leadership in the United Nations. He also urged that we move as\nrapidly a.s possible in our plans under the NAT.\nTHE PRESIDENT referred to the campaign of vilification and character\nassassination which has been going on in this country and that would constitute\nthe best asset of the Soviet Union. He pointed out that he had made this\nremark at Key West some months agoe During the recent campaign, the Hearst,\nMcCormick and other papers had fed that fighte We are confronted by certain\nfacts and conditions and must meet them. He will meet theme The question was\njust how this should be done. In regard to sending a special message to\nCongress, he thought this was not desirable now. He did not think it desirable\nto have an individual approach to the problem pending UN action. We should,\nhowever, meet the campaign of vilification and lies in the United States.\nThe VICE PRESIDENT said the situation was the same as he had found on\nhis campaign tour. It was a diabolical attempt to poison the minds of the\nAmericar people. We are. in for a lot of trouble.\nThe PRESIDENT repeated that we must meet it. He said that some would\nrather see the country go down than for the Administration to succeed.\nThis was not true of all but it was of some\nMR. HARRIMAN said he was not sure that we will be able to rally our\nfriends in the UN and in the NATO until the President asserts his leadership\nhere in the United States.\nThe PRESIDENT said that was a point which should be discussede\nMR. SYMINGTON said the most important thing was to get out of Korea as\nfast as possible. He said that labor and industry in this country don't know\nhow serious the situation is. It was important for us to get strong as fast\nas we can even though we have to give up such things as refrigerators and\ntelevision.\nGENERAL BEDELL SMITH said the CIA did not wish to make any revision now\nin its intelligence estimate.\nMR. FINLETTER said that we had had a surprise on the ground and might\nget it in the air. Both Chinese and Russian units are available. A Chinese air\nattack alone would be very serious.\nGENERAL MARSHALL said the MacArthur offensive was necessary in order to\nI\nDECLASSIFIED\nE. O. 11632, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or a\nfind out\n8-1-10-17\nBy NLT- HU NARS Date 3-28-77 TOP SECREL\nDepr. of State letter, 1973"
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