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    "ocrText": "Telcon\nSecy Rogers\n6/24/70; 7:50 p.m.\nK: I just wanted to tell you that Mitchell and Stans got to the President\nand they are urging him and he agreed that Stans should make a statement\ntomorrow, on political grounds, and I just wanted you to know this. I\nhad it set up that Stans would ask for a delay until Monday and we would\nreview it in the interval. I just had a note from McCracken regarding\npresenting the position. The only thing I can see is if you want to\nappeal it to the President.\nR: Does he know those objections?\nK:\nI did not myself talk with him. I told Mitchell I wanted to make\nsure you had objected to it and Mitchell said he had stated your objections\nand he says he put it adequately and he felt the political considerations\nwere overriding. I cannot guarantee it. Do you want me to call the\nPresident?\nR: Maybe it is the right decision, but we don't have to do it in the\nmorning.\nK: That is their argument. That the Democrats have asked for 3 hours\nof the floor tomorrow and if we wait until Monday it looks as if they\nbeat us into it.\nR: If it is a political decision that is it. I have no way of weighing the thing.\nK: I don't either. I refused. They came to me and asked me to join\nthem. I said I couldn't possibly do it since I don't know those considera-\ntions and from my point of view this was a dangerous proposition.\nMitchell talked to him because I refused to do it.\nR: It's one of those things that is going to hurt the President a good\ndeal in the foreign policy field generally. I am not sure it's worth that.\nI think the textile people would be just as happy. As long as they get\nwhat they want they don't give a damn how the President does it, but\nthis is very important to the rest of the world.\nK: And also to shoot the day after\nR: Yes. I think he makes a mistake when he does things quickly and\ndoesn't hear other points of view.\nK: I thought we had it set for Monday and then both Stans and Mitchell\ncalled me and I said I see no reason to take a political appeal to the\nPresident SO they called him themselves.\nR: Well, let it ride. I think it is one of those things he is going to regret.\nms"
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