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    "ocrText": "EXECUTIVE\n7\nCo\nJuly 31, 1965\nSaturday- - 12:30 p.m. FG105\n502\nFG105- 7.\nREPORT TO THE PRESIDENT\nFO\nND19/C0312\nSUBJECT: Informal lunches with Foreign Ambassadors F03-2\nFG11-8-\nThus, Ambassador Hand and I have lunched with 11 Ambassadors.\n/ialenti, Jack\nWe intend to follew a schedule of two lunches a week, with A total 00 30 +\nof 10 Ambassadors a week.\nWe have seen the following diplomats:\nAmbassador of Zambia\nAmbassador of Tunisia\nAmbassador of Morocco\nAmbassador of the United Arab Republic\nAmbassador of Nicaragua\nAmbassador of Austria\nAmbassador of Upper Volta\nAmbassador of Madagascar\nAmbassador of Cameroun\nAmbassador of Ivory Coast\nAmbassador of Chad\nGeneral trend of conversation:\n1. Overwhelming support of the President's policy\nin Viet Nam.\nItem: The Aíricans, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta,\nCamerouns, Chad, Malagasy Republic, all insisted\nthat the President's course in Viet Nam is right and\njust. They underscore the fact if we get out every\nsmall country in the world will feel frightened and\nuneasy. Malagasy said, for example, they do not\nneed to spend money on armaments for they know\nthat the free world's strength will be at their side\nif they are attacked through subversion by Com-\nmunists. They also made it clear that the Red\nChinese are the future enemies of Afrida.\nRECEIVED\nAUG3 1965\nCENTRAL FILES,\nNothing to 9/2/65\nelse sent\nCentral Files as of"
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