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    "ocrText": "2\nK -- That would be my recommendation and Bill agrees. Believe\nPackard should give a news conference. All of us should work on\nthe Senators.\nPres -- And on the press with backgrounders.\nK Your problem is not with the public. Most of the questions would\nbe SO technical. I am sending a book to you tonight containing\npossible questions and answers on the ABM.\nPres -- I will look it over and see what I need to do. We might\nhave to go on later to answer some of the foolish things. But I\nthink we should move on it and make a good strong statement.\nK There should be a written statement issued to the press with\npossibly a morning press conference on it -- not a national, evening\npress conference.\nPres -- I don't intend to use prime time. The only purpose for a\npress conference is to answer questions. I could stay out of the\ntechnical stuff and make a statement and let it go at that.\nK -- It won't fly without your strong support. A written statement\nmay not be strong enough. It may have to be a regular press\nconference -- opened by this subject, and then open the floor\nto any other questions, half of which would be on this.\nPres -- Back to the private talks - -\nK -- I don't think you could issue an order from Key Biscayne\nwithout an enormous bureaucratic blow-up. Laird gets back\nWednesday. If they attack Saigon again, respond. If they don't, we\nwill be in private talks by the end of the week. We are now\ncommitted to it. If you hit Cambodia after the private talks start,\nit can break them, and you will be accused of insincerity.\nPres -- Once we are in private talks, we are virtually dead as\nfar as strong action is concerned. If done, it has to be before.\nK -- Hit them and then ask for private talks.\nPres -- Packard sees this as the best way to proceed diplomatically?\nK -- Yes, but doesn't feel that confident about it. Rogers feels it\nwould be bad for negotiations.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified."
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