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    "ocrText": "TELCON\nP. Farley/Kissinger\n12:20 pm\n4/17/70\nF: I have been engaged in a three way conversation with Gardner, Rogers\nand Tucker on operating procedures of the delegation and I want to be sure\nwhat's done is right. Have you talked to Gardner or Laird?\nK: k Laird called me yesterday.\nF: You know how Gerry felt about being uninhibitied.\nK: I know how the President feels. One thing that will create feelings is\nthat option D has the same status as C and is not a fall back position. I don't\nthink we have to give the order three times. They have equal status and\nwe want to discuss them both.\nF: I didn't realize there was an issue on this. I thought that was very\nclear. There was a reference to (order) in both the instructions and I under-\nstand that the people in Vietna felt that as long as we were going to take the\nsecond step on the discussion in NATO nad it's better not to put that on the\ntable with the Soviets. That might inhibit it.\nK: Why should it. I got word to Gerry he was to discuss it at NATO.\nF: He did and no if, ands or buts but we were going to handle NATO thing\nbefore tabling it. Larry has the thing to look at the U.S. side of it.\nK: That problem exists in either case with any option.\nF: Actually the reduction one\nK: If we make the hard one ? ? ? ? ? ?\nF: The only questionexthat has been raised with the degree with which the\nstatements made by the delegation are reviewed back here. I had proposed\nafter talking to Rogers to get word to Gerry that if anything of significance\nhe would make, he wxbx should get it back here but we should discourage the\nidea that every FSO-3 or Lt. Col has a better idea.\nK: That's right. Laird said that opening statements are not being cleared\nany more. But you are not saying that.\nF: He is right. One that was made today was not cleared and the one for\nMonday has not been cleared. I will cable Gerry and say we have to have\nthat.\nK: We are having a loose rein but I think we should see it."
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