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Sunday Sept 20.
atc.D. K. called fist thing re latest in Jordan.
Syvans moved tanks in then backed out. Testing us. Knas
worried cause State wants to take to UN Jodem wants es
r give direct warming to Syria.
K.veryworriedice Rogersplans Finds Lisin NY this week -
just learned Dobynim coming back spending 2 days in NY.
Rapaid R. has plan to meet Dob. -u deal on summit.
Feels R shed not see Dob-esp before Nscmtg. Weds. Thinks
Conger come tok cause they have patsy in P.
K.wantiame to call R. tell him not to see Dre - K didn't
wanth talk to Pee this - but later agreed s in my see. - x
Soaps problem is his selectance to
understand that tacties turn into strategy -and you cairy let
things goaling t then try to save them w/o brilliant manuwa 5
Feels the ual stake is RN credibility of soviet.
Hasa real plot building - u whole Sovet plan They
have been building a strategic meclear naval case in luba.
whichwill increase effectiveness of their seels six times.
Now looking at sequence of events Refeels they we been king
summit & Egypt missillo as cover for their lulan operation
Following same pattern as in 162.
In July Russia affermed all Cubon agreements twe did
likewire (K. that this was signal re wanted a summit). aug.
15 un formally offered summit. aug 20 they started bldg a
full scale installation
162 Thinks this will surface in 10days 2 who Can't
K. fears R. softness will mislead them as Bush did in
hold til after elections - which is what A wants Fean if
R. goes ahead of Dr. mtgset. Sirets will lose all their from
ORN - then P. will have to go violently the other way. Last
thing we want is crisis W. Russians now- exp of this new
strateg ic advantage. I now beyond pt. officist indulging
-da projigta two year seriory crises.
K. feels shed not have summit cause would The as
down for form weeks and prohibit our precip italy
a comfortation for sometime afterwards - no would give
them perfect cove for completing the sub base, Russia
may well be leady to a showdown. Real long range proh
is we must have a game plan twednit
all this also explains why DOG away solong to we'd lave
noone to talk fore Egypt Cuba, Egypt was smokescreen -
cap. because they was to blatant. Caba is real kick a
teeth to RN. Kurgers Let lunk together do Landle
all this - csp w/p t vis avis P.