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    "ocrText": "TELCON\nThe President\nMr. Kissinger\n7:02 p. m. , 9-11-69\nP said Henry I noted this story in the Star with regard to the secret\nmeetings. K said that was unexpected. That happened today.\nP said what is your reaction? K said I think is a rather cool\ncommunique. When they don't use the word fraternal, I think this\nwas a serious talk. The Chinese may have invited Kosygin to stop\nby becoming nervous about possible attack because it must be in\nthe Chinese interest to cool this off. P said, you don't read it as\na detente? K said no. They could have a tactical coalition for a\nlimited time but even that I consider not possible. I think this is\nan effort in which both sides are working to position themselves\nfor what is to come. P said but when you put it in the context of\nKosygin going a roundabout way and leaving before the others arrive,\nsomething must have happened.\nK said he might have decided that he could show his displeasure by\ncoming the southern route and then offered to stop in Peking on the\nway home which the other party could not refuse. K said this is\nan enormously cool communique for the communists. They made\nno reference to fellow communists. The rule is when they say open\nfraternal spirit, they reached a complete deadlock.\nP said I have an idea on Allen. Why not substitute him for Coyne?\nK said it would be excellent. You would probably get General Taylor\nresigning but he is not our man. P asked how do we do this. It\nseems to me moving Allen into there, we have a hard line guy in a\ngroup like that. K said he would read into a lot of stuff which is not\nbad. It would give CIA a heart attack. K said I would strongly favor\nit. P said Coyne is basically just a bat boy for Taylor and Allen,\non the other hand, would be our man and help us. P said do we have\nan appointment problem. K said I will have to look into that Mr.\nPresident. K said I think we can get him picked up by CIA. P said\njust tell Cushman to pick him up. Do out it if it is doable. I don't care\nabout sensitivies. K said I will find/about the appointment business.\nK said Mr. President on the meeting tomorrow I would avoid any\nreference to ceasefire, P said I will.\nmlh\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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