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    "ocrText": "- 3 -\nthey claim and insist that he mentioned it only incidentally,\netc. of course, I say that even though it's incidental\nit's confirmation of the claims that these people have\nmade that there was a Washington contact, also that you\nwere it, etc., all of which we have denied. I don't know.\nWe might be able to worry that damned Post on the ground\nthat if these damned articles offer aid and comfort to these\npeople in this law suit we'll expect to have a suit over\nagainst them for any damages suffered. (Believed to refer\nto sale of radio station WMCA \"under pressure\" 2-10-44)\nC--Yeah.\nW--Which is probably the basis on which to put it. But I don't\nthink there's any point in being unfriendly yet.\nC--Yeah.\nW--I'd let it go a step further.\nC--Yeah. Well, I'd keep watching it though.\nW--Well, I think we do want to keep watching it, but I don't\nthink we want to jump the gun on them.\nC--O.K.\nW--O.K. Goodbye.\nC--Goodbye.\n10:35am\nMr. McCASHEN to NASON asking if he had read the book. NASON said\nno. McCASHEN has to see the Russians on the same matter today\nbut he thinks a book is available there and so will not need the\none NASON has. He will see the latter tomorrow.\n11:10am CORCORAN to D. WORTH CLARK telling him he must immediately start\npressing CLINTON ANDERSON on the Lever Bros. matter by obtaining\nan appointment with him. CLARK disagreed, saying he didn't\nbelieve crowding him now was wise. CORCORAN said the \"other\ncrowd\" was pressing a great deal and CLARK stated \"but they are\nnot asking for anything and we are.' \" They agree that CLARK,\nCORCORAN, and JIM BRENNAN will have a 3-way conversation later\nabout the matter.\n11:16am CORCORAN and JIM BRENNAN to D. WORTH CLARK. CLARK said he'd\ntalked with BROWNELL (Phon.) who said he had done business with\nJASSPON (Phon.) for 25 years and further that JASSPON didn't\ndo business with anyone else (other than P & G?). BROWNELL,\nsaid CLARK, would find out \"how close he is to them.\" CLARK\nsuggested he tell CLINTON ANDERSON all about JASSPON and TOM\nCORCORAN agreed. CORCORAN again reiterated the necessity of\nimmediately seeing ANDERSON and not letting \"the ball play us\"\nas it has been \"up to now.\" BRENNAN said he felt it was a good\nidea to follow up on it. BRENNAN said, \"I told WORTH this\nmorning that the DIAMONDS are very good friends of the FORTAS'\n(Interior Department) and that DIAMOND and ABE went to Yale to-\ngether.\" WORTH said he was considering \"KILLIAN might be able"
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