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1/9/70 5:20 p. m.
L: I have a couple of things. Do you have a minute?
K: Sure.
L: One is this balance of forces proposal to the Soviet Union to got
that balanced force reduction proposition that Elliot Richardson approached
Dobrynin on on December 30 and he said he did so on your proposal.
K: H didn't have any right to do that. He never cleared it here.
We want to put it before NSC.
L: That's what I thought.
K: They were the orders of the P to put it before the NSC.
L: They wanted to send the memcon to NATO. I told my people
to hold up on it. I didn't want the NATO people to see it.
K: I agree.
L: I'm glad; if you hadn't I was going to argue with you. Okay, fine
the next item is Panama. I know you've had someone here looking around
on it.
K: No I haven't. I've sent some questions over that the P wanted me
to ask/
L: Well, someone was over here; I've got his name. He was talking
with
on DIA.
K: I don't know who that could be.
L: There are some questions about the mission of that intelligence
group. But they reported to the Ambassador- - - said he shouldn't tell the
Prime Minister (President?) of Panama. These reports were given to
our Ambassador.
K: He swears they weren't.
L: I can give you details and times. It was decided in the Embassy
they wouldn't go to the President of Panama. There are a lotm of things
you can blame on DIA
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