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    "ocrText": "President/Kissinger\n1/15/70\n6:10 pm\n-2-\nK: I had a call from Norman Counins about Biafra. He felt you could gain\nprestige with groups you do not generally have access. He will help.\nI gave him a rundown on the weekend.\nPresident: Was he pleased? Hope he knows that the State Department\nwasn't happy about that.\nK: Yes, I told him. He thought that if you called a conference of private\nand governmental organizations, it would make a good impression.\nPresident: After the State of the Union?\nK: He thought next Monday or Tuesday.\nPresident: Fine. I want to be sure we take leadership on humanitarian\nproblems. They are savages. I don't care about the anarchists,\nthe Communists, the facists. I have as little use for Hitler as for\nStalin.\nK: A lot of black groups say if we do something for Biafra\nPresident: Ask Fergueson\nK: I will. Cousins feels he can raise $50 million.\nPresident: What about State?\nK: Richardson will carry the ball.\nPresident: Rogers should be in on it and it would strengthen him.\nDon't worry about Gowon because he wants aid. If they don't play\nwe\ndon't have an Ambassador we'll just take him out of there.\nAnd Wilson better be careful because British aren't happy.\nK: I will wait for Cousins proposal. He's sending it by wire tonight.\nIt will give you a lot of credit and standing with groups. You are\ngoing to get into major problems with safe guards.\nI\nthink we should have a Friday morning meeting on safeguards.\nSmith is difficult. He should plead. He thinks you are about\nto abandon\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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