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TELCON Gerard Smith 2:00 pm 8/5/70 On the secure phone-- very difficult to hear S: said look that was part of a comprehensive approach and he had the feeling that it was of special interest to the Soviet Union and not the U.S. K: Who said this? S: Manhanov (?). He would be the first to say let's postpone it. ? ? ? ? I really said I thought there was no difficulty with it regarding one side or the other but it inovlved other people. I was XX afraid to put it in a telegram] because some people might say forget it and others want to keep it open. K: How should we persue it? S: Get the other ? ? ? ? in . I didn't report in a formal telegram but I XX could do it in a backchannel. The State Dept. would just say that's the end of that. K: Did you tell him the door is not closed to it and that's on the authority of the President? What you said is correct. S: I will do that at the first opportunity. K: Put it in a backchannel or letter. S: Do you see any difficulty in Nov. 2? K: No. I wouldn't squeeze them.

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