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    "ocrText": "Telecon\nSecretary Rogers\n6:45 p. m.\n10/13/69\nOn the President's thoughts, Rogers wanted to be sure he got the\nsignal straight. The President indicated he wanted someone to go\non a TV show on Wednesday that NBC is doing. This confused him\nsince the new instructions were not to say anything about Vietnam\nuntil after the President's Nov. 3 address. K said he just heard\nabout the TV show and he felt the same as Rogers and didn't know\nwhere the instructions came from. K said his own view was that\nwe should leave Oct. 15 to the demonstrators Rogers asked if\nthat was the Presidents view. K said those are the words the\nPresident asked him to repeat to Sec. Romney who had offered to\ndo something. K thought the TV thing was from Klein and said he\nwould run it down and call Rogers back.\nRogers didn't feel there should be X mandatory instructions until\nwe see how things go. It would be a mistake to hold off all\ninstructions and thought we should do it on a day to day basis since\nits such a long period of time. K said, well, that was the President's\nintention. Rogers thought he had better talk to the President then.\nRogers thought maybe the President was just talking about hearings.\nK was sure about that. K said it depends on what you mean by\ndiscussion. The President wanted to avoid 'on the record public\nstatements. 11 Rogers asked what the President wanted to avoid. You\ncan't tell people they can't talk about Vietnam for three weeks. K\nsuggested that a press conferences any questions about Vietnam should\nbe referred to the President's speech. Rogers said it wasn't realistic,\nwhen the hottest thing in the world today is Vietnam. He thought the\nPresident meant major speeches. K said that day to day things could\nbe covered by McCloskey. Rogers said they are raising questions about\nprogress. He wanted to say, yes there had been progress and didn't\nwant to back away from that. K said that anything that would reaffirm\nwhat has been said would be O. k. Whatever Rogers or Laird have already\nsaid could be reaffirmed.\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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