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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
8014
May 21, 1969
TOP SECRET
SENSITIVE
MEMORANDUM FOR MR HENRY A. KISSINGER
THE WHITE HOUSE
Subject : Proposed Hot Line to the FRG
Il
The State Department in collaboration with the
Department of Defense has developed the following recom-
mendations on a U.S. position for discussion with the
FRG on means of implementing the President's proposal
for a secure teletype communications link between his
office and that of Chancellor Kiesinger.
I. Diplomatic Aspects
We believe that authorization should be given to
propose to the FRG that discussions on establishment
of the communications link begin in Bonn on June 2
immediately after the Nuclear Planning Group meeting in
London when officials principally concerned will already
be in Europe.
The U.S. delegation would consist of Ralph J. McGuire,
Director, Office of NATO and Atlantic Political-Military
Affairs, State Department; Brigadier General Rex H. Hampton
from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (International
Security Affairs, European Region); and experts as
required.
The instrument for establishing the communications
arrangement would be a simple exchange of notes, along
the line of the drafts at Tab A, indicating the desire
TOP SECRET
SENSITIVE
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library.
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