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    "ocrText": "Telecon\nThe President\n3!15 p. m. 6/14/69\nHAK apologized for not being able to take the President's call earlier.\nHe thought it essential that he not leave the meeting. The President\nunderstood.\nThe Prsident wanted to know what the reaction was to his letter. HAK said\nhe read it word for word and has asked them all to prepare a written reply.\nThe President wanted the answerw by 10:00 in the morning but HAK thought\nit best to wait SO Helms could sign it. He didn't think it right to have\nCushman take the blame for something that weas Helms' responsibility.\nThe President agreed and said he wanted the document signed by all three\nmembers of the committee before his press conferecne and wouldn't take\nno for an answer. Helms would be back in the country on Tuesday. The\nPresident said he wanted the facts separate from the opinions this time.\nHAK expl ained that these people are against the ABM, mostly Democrats\nand are not going to break their backs to make the President look good.\nIn queseions of judgment, they all tend to remain against us. HAK thought\nthat Full bright could take many passages out of context as the report was\nwritten and make us look bad. HAK said Helms has to get fired if the report\nis written badly again. The two questions the President was specific about\nwere (1) what do the Soviets know about the U.S. capabilitiy,\nand (2) if there is no change in what we are doing, why is it that they are\ngoing forward with this other project.\nThe President was adament about not sending Hughes to London. Richardson\nshould find someone else -- someone who would be more loyal to the\nPresident. If this is a Presidential appointment, he would not sign it. )\nHAK said Harriman was in to see him and said that if one more American\nis killed it would be the personal reaponsibility of HAK's and the Presidents\nand that there would be riots.\nwhy\nThe\nPresident wanted to know what the Soviets made such a big deal out of\nnothing(?) He said if they have any trouble with China, we will accelerate\nthe mining operation. HAK said that certainly will finish it.\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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