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Elliot Richardson
2/19/70 10:15 a. m.
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K: The problem is not what its said about me.
R: No, I'm just commenting that they had a very fair picture of you.
K: I haven't even read the Post editorial carefully--the only con-
cern of the President is
R: I'll call Phil Geylin and say "for Christ's sake Phil, this is a
serious effort; it's unprecedented to set forth
The most ennoy-
ing thing about the Post editorial its it's essentially ignorant of the
significance of a lot of the stuff in there.
K: Yes, one thing you cannot say is that it doesn't have substance.
You can viblently disagree, but you cannot say it doesn't have substance.
R: You need to know the background of some of these things. In
Europe for example. And the same is true of many other points in the
whole thing. I think this is the most irritating part of the Post.
K: There was no public relations effort to this thing. It was the
President's original thought to put out the statement you made at the
Cabinet meeting. I think this is too defensive. But we would appreci-
ate it very much if you were willing to do that. The point that your
bureau chiefs thought it was helpful to them.
R: I am sure there will be ways of doing this. I was on TV this
morning at Klein's suggestion. But it turned out to be a very brief
interview. The guy started on the thesis that the State Department
has been downgreded. So I had to explain about Presidential decis-
ions. I didn't have much of a chance to be positive about that report.
Okay, III call Geylin.
K: Good. I'll see you for lunch.
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