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    "ocrText": "19\nand\nAmbassador Woodward said that he reported to the\nSecretary of the Privy Council the fact that he had talked with\none of the President's assistants and had passed on the\nsubstance of the Prime Minister's letter; that he did not feel\nthat he could get in touch with the President personally because\nof the pressure of his trip. The Secretary of the Privy Council\nhad reaffirmed that the farthest thought from Canadians minds\nwas to embarrass the President. It had been exactly the\nopposite and that was why they had picked November 4 as the best\nday to deliver the note.\nAmbassador Woodward pointed out to the Secretary that his\nopinion was that the Canadians should be deferred from delivering\nthe note tomorrow, which would freeze their position. He thought\nthe President had gone very far in supporting the Canadian position\nand he felt that this new proposed action would be difficult for\nthe President.\nThe Secretary said that he had had some talk with Mr. Pearson\nabout the St. Lawrence project but that he had not been told about\nthe proposed letter to the President and the note. He had not talked\nthe matter over with Mr. Wrong, when he saw him on Saturday\nnight, because he did not know what the President's position would\nbe. Ambassador Woodward said that it had been his understanding\nfrom the Prime Minister that the latter was going to ask\nMr. Pearson to tell the Secretary about the note. The Secretary\nsaid that all Mr. Pearson had spoken to him about was what had\nbeen reported in the memorandum of conversation which he had\ndictated in New York.\nAmbassador Woodward said the more he thought about it,\nthe more important it seemed to him that the Canadians should not\ntake this position without further consultation with us and possibly\nsome talk with the President. The Secretary said he was inclined\nto agree and that, if there should be any communication at this time,\nit would probably be better not to have a written one. He said he\nwould consult further in the Department and would get in touch\nwith the President.\nDECLASSIFIED\nE. Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\nDept. of State letter,\nO. 11652, Kozens\nAfter\nBy NLT the NARS Date 11.2076\nCONNICING"
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