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    "ocrText": "TELECON\nSecretary Laird\nMr. Kissinger\nJuly 17, 1969 -- 6:25 p.m.\nSecretary Laird said there were two things which he had failed to\nmention in their meeting of the a. m. (1) Robert Ferry's nomination\nas Civil Administrator to the Ryukyus. Ferry is a career Foreign\nService Officer (L is sending the background to K). The reason he\nwanted K to know about it in advance was because he thought perhaps\nthe WH might want to go ahead and approve Ferry before the President\nvisits Okinawa. The procedure is that he will be designated by the\nSecretary of Defense after and with the approval of the President --\nand approval of the Secretary of State, which L has already obtained.\nK said he couldn't see any reason why this wouldn't be approved;\nhe will check it out.\n(2) The second urgent item is General Carter's replacement. K said\nL could not know what a battle he had been fighting for L on this one.\nHe has been keeping Maxwell Taylor off L's back -- he feels his Board\nis entitled to make a recommendation; and K has told him to deal with\nL on any recommendation. L said his recommendation is at the\nWhite House -- he recommends Admiral Kiler (?) K said this is a\nvery sensitive position and that not too many people are qualified to\nfill it. L said Kiler is; at one time he was military assistant to\nTom Gates; and L feels Kiler is first-rate. L asked for recommendations\nfrom the 3 services through the JCS. He personally conducted the\ninterviews. He chose Kiler because he will do a good job. K said\nthis is one on which it is essential that it not turn into a bureaucratic\ndonnybrook, and asked the deadline for action. L said the incumbent\nretires on August 1. K said we should be able to do this one bef ore\nthe trip. K said there was no problem on the first item; the second\none, only insofar as the sensitivity of the position. He repeated that\nhe thought action could be taken on both before departure on the trip.\nL said, on a third item, the nerve gas leak on Okinawa, a memo had\nbeen sent to the White House in early July giving details, to Col Haig.\nHerb Klein had called Laird and said Rogers and Kissinger didn't know\nanything about the matter. K said this wasn't so; when the news broke\nthis afternoon, we here at the White House were trying to assemble\nthe facts SO the President could be informed. Laird said he was\nsending another memo over this date referencing the earlier one\nand giving more details.\nlds\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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