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Telecon Secretary Laird 7/15/70 8:33 a. m. page 2 L: Yes. As far as taking care of the Chairman. I want the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the operating group to be the same guy. He will be two-hatted for awhile. But I don't think we should get into these things till we've studied them. The Chairman will take his J-3 staff K: What happens to the Joint Staff? L: The Operational staff will be that's what the Chairman does now. You can't get a decision from the Joint Chiefs now; you have to go to the Chairman. K: That's why the President feels SO strongly about having it be one man. L: That's right. That's That's why this language is so important. K: Can we do this on reorganization authority or do we need legislative authority? L: The only thing requiring legislative authority is setting up a new Deputy Secretary. They recommend that Research and Development be separate from Testing and Evaluation, and that would probably require legislative authority too. The reason I think the language is SO important is that I don't want Ron in a position where he commits us to everything. Also, he will say that this doesn't affect the 71 budget. I want that made clear.

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