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Telecon
Joe Sisco
9/18/70 8:00 a. m.
K: On that cable to Teheran, the President wanted to put our
thinking to the Shah too. He can't go back to the Shah afterward and
say That is what we thought; now what do you think?'
S: I gave instructions for you to clear it. Let me find out who
cleared it in the White House.
K: The President has a strong feeling about the Shah. Can't we
just give him some guidance.
S: Yes, that's easy enough.
K: Is it still going to be in time or has he already seen him?
S: I don't know--let me check.
K: Okay. And in that meeting, we are not going to twise any
arms on negotiations today are we?
S: You saw the papers. I am meeting with the Secretary in
20 minutes. If there's been any change I'll have him call you.
K: Okay.
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TELCON
Laird/Kissinger
morning
9/18/70
K: The President called to thank you for your help. The President wants you on
ACxx AF-1. You will meet the military people in Rome or on the ship would be
best. That way they have no visibility. You can decide if you want to meet with your
Defense counterpart.
L: Let's keep that open.
K: The advisor meetings are usually bores.
L: Alone we will get more business.
K: We will be glad to have you in the big meeting but you will hate it. The
second thing, the President wants you, after the fleet exercise, to visit Greece
and Turkey. It seems invidious to visit the Mediterranean and not visit them.
Have you been there?
L: Yes. I have visited bases in Turkey and visited Greece.
K: Plan a day in each place. I will be there tomorrow.
L: It will be nice because it's a good group.
K: Now that I have learned that wives will be there.
L: Yes because you are such a women's man.
K: I heard about your performance at Georgetown Club.
L: I have both a secure phone and anouther line. Chicago wasn't bad.
K: They killed the inflammatory part. The Jordanian exercises have given us
manuevering room.
L: Shows movement towards settlement on part of Egypt and Jordan.
K: Certainly on the part of Jordan and possibly on the part of Egypt.
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TELCON
Brian McDonnell/Kissinger
10:00 a. m.
9/18/70
M: How's everything?
K: Hectic right now.
M: I called to say that the reason I didn't call was that we are not going to India
because Alice is in the hospital. She had to have major surgery.
K: What was it?
M: Hysterectomy. It looks like it's benigh.
K: That was awful.
Are you in town?
M: No, in Philly. She is doing very well. She is by asking
to do her exercised right away.
K: I Have been x called to the President. Where can I reach you?
M: IV 3-2711
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TELCON
V.P./Kissinger
11:10 m.
9/18/70
K: You are stirring up my ex-colleagues again.
VP: They stir so easily.
K: I know it's not intentional.
VP: I called on the campaign swing. It's obvious that some candidates for the
Senate are unversed on foreign affairs. Mrs. Romney's statements that she has to
go on TV against Hart and wondering how she can defend the Greek dictatorship.
I told her to talk to Haig. This kind of lack of preparation, she will get cut
up in pieces against Hart. Others Wald in Whoming. They don't have the
answers. I wonder if one of your bright young people could fix a packet and send it
to these candidates. They don't know what's going on.
K: x Or establish a focal point that could be called.
VP: They could come in with questions if they know the questions to ask but
they don't know the questions to ask. One hadn't even heard of the Nixon Doctrine.
They are going to be on TV as spokesmen of the Administration.
K: We are resuming military equipment to Greece.
VP: The President mentioned that. It's not public yet?
K: Dec. 22. What's you impression on the campaign.
VP: We are hurting.
K: The other side?
VP: Yes. You can see from the attacks we are getting.
K: When you get Ted Kennedy attacking student radicals, you know it's different.
VP: The heckling at Kent and in Saginaw was a real plus. One of the most important
was the 90 minutes with David Frost. 4 student leaders in debate
format. I am tapkng in komxxxxxxx Monday. Any particular hard points I should
hammer home if the opportunity shows itself you might give me a short memo.
What's most effective. I thought in the area of foreign policy there will be the
anti-war situation but it's a question of reminding these people of things thatx
they may have forgotten.
K: The more militant they are, it's better for you.
VP: If I am informed in my discourse. I must have superior information in every
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11:10 a. m. 9/18/70
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VP: (cont) field. They are being sent a deluge of material from the Democrats.
We must decide where we will be. What about Cambodia. They look discouraging.
K: The papers are not true. The Cambodians are not doing brilliantly but they
are not dkx trapped.
VP:
What about the Ky visit?
sent
K: We are trying to turn it off. We waxit Bunker in to see him to offer a WH
dinner at the end of Nov. if he will stay out now. He is hurting his cause.
VP: I asked the Presidentto increase MAP, not decrease it. Anything done?
K: We are trying for a supplemental.
VP: How about Nationalist China? Are we going to cut back?
K: Not if I can help it but State is out of control.
VP: If the war is wound down, $14 billion then is a good level to ? ????
K: They basically want to
Chiang Kai Chek (sp? ).
VP: I would like to be Secy. of State for 2 years.
K: I like my present job but I have everyone in State marked.
VP: How is our new man in Penom Penh?
K: He has to be an improvement. They wanted to keep that other man but we are
not doing that.
VP: Get me what you can.
K: I will, tomorrow. You might read the briefing I gave in Chicago on Wed.
It's not what you want, but it might be helpful.
VP: That would help. Send me a copy.
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TELCON
Amb. Freeman/Kissinger
11:10 a.m.
9/18/70
F: We have managed to kill most of that story. I was going to ask you if you
think anything will come out of State or the WH press conference. After warning
London I want to be able to tell them it's been killed.
K: We don't expect anything to come out. It will leak over a period of days.
I have turned off the Secy. of Treasury. If you protext, I will take care of it.
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Mr. Kissinger/Yugoslav Ambassador
September 18, 1970 12 noon
jlj
K: Mr. Ambassador
Y: Hello, 2 Yes, speaking.
K: You and I are going steady these days. I am sitting here with Mr.
Haldeman, the President's assistant, and we are going over the schedule
for the 50th time. We were wondering if we had any information for our
advance party who will be calling in.
Y: The way of getting decisions now is complicated because there are
many people who have to be consulted.
K: I thought XhXeX it was socialist countries who had centralized [decision
making].
Y: There are various types of socialist countries.
K:
[I was just wondering if you had heard anything from your
people about trip arrangements as our advance party is in there now. ]
Y: Do you have any word. I do not expect any serious complications.
I have been told that we are working very hard. They told me that as
soon as they had a decision they would let me know.
K: We would like a crack at the decision making too. Well, our advance
party will not agree to anything until they have talked to us here.
Y: Some of my people told me that your people have gone into Zagreb
all ready.
K: They have gone in today. I warned you. It won't be the first time
you have been invaded.
Y: In fact I was told that they had gone into Zagreb yesterday or the day
before.
TXXXX I was told there were a bunch of them in there.
K: Who told you that. I'll bet it was Sonnenfeldt
Y: If you wait for a few minutes I will ask Mr. Brunner (sounded like).
He is the one that told me. If you hold on I will check with him. [leaves
phone and then comes back. ] Yesterday the desk officer called and told
Mr. Brunner this and then today Mr. Brunner checked with Hal Sonnenfeldt
and confirmed it. They entered Zagreb - no wait - he says not Zagreb -
says Yugoslavia.
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K: Yes. They have entered your country. I was under the impression
that they were entering the 18th. We'll see what appears tXXX and
we will sort it out. Now that they are in there, something will happen.
[laughter in the background - Mr. Haldeman with HAK. ]
Y: What do you think might happen. I do not know the sound of your
voice good yet to be able to tell what you mean. Your advance team
is in there now. I am sure they will behalf accordingly.
K: I don't see
Oh, we'll do this. As soon as our people call
I will call you. If there is any deviation I will call you for advise on
a personal basis.
Y: Do you expect any deviation?
K: No, not on our side anyway. There may be some deviation on your
side. The advance party will not change from the schedule they have.
Y: They have a schedule?
K: Yes, you and I discussed it yesterday.
something to be
arranged in Belgrade
Y: Oh, yes we discussed that. I will call you as soon as I XXXX
hear something.
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TELCON
Prof. Graubard/Kissinger
12:15 p.m.
9/18/70
G: I never see you and I wonder if your life is impossible and if I could see you.
K: I would like to see you.
sometime
G: No urgency but I feel the years are running and if there could
come to Washington.
K: I always like to see you.
G: I thought maybe this coming Wed., the 23rd or if you like, on the weekend.
K: Dinner or lunch?
G: Lunch would be fine but dinner that night would be hard.
K: How about Tuesday. Somebody said she might X come into town.
G: Almost impossible. I teach my first class.
K: If that lunch on Tues. doesn't work out, I will shift Wed. to Tues. and keep
Wed. open. How about Friday?
G: Sure. I could do that.
K: Let's do one or the other.
G: I spent the summer incarcerated.
K: The last time I saw you you were beating me over the head on Cambodia.
But not after the others.
G: I was more interested in you then the area.
K: The man I don't understand is Shelling.
G: The age of his children.
K: They are doing a TV special on me. They go to Harvard to get the worst comments.
They are showing it on 10/13.
G: When do you leave for Europe?
K: On the 25th, probably, to talk to the peace to delegation. Shelling said ? ? ? ?
He doesn't know. They have to get some criticisms but it's interesting that it has to
be at Harvard. He knows nothing on how the decision was made.
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Graubard/Kissinger
12:15 p.m.
9/18/70
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G: You haven't told Dick Neustadt so he can xigx write a book. He is waiting.
You will let me know by Mon. whether it will be Wed. or Frid.
K: And if not then, when we get back.
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Attorney General/Mr. Kissinger
September 18, 1970 2:30 p.m.
jlj
[entered late into the conversation]
AG
using words like bullshit and other things.
K: It was courteous of you to call. I never look at that paper.
AG: On the basis of it you could have thought that I was going over
to the State Department. I wanted you to know that I was not changing
sides.
K: What was it an article on you?
AG: On the basis of
K: It still could have come from the place that you mentioned. I look
at you as an ally and friend and nothing [could change that].
Are they all about me?
AG: No, I said something about Governor Rockefeller being about to
buy the election.
X&X K: I appreciate your calling.
AG: The interesting point was that my publications people called my
attention to it after talking with Time Magazine. They were going to
print it.
K: Where did it appear?
AG: Just Women's Wear Daily used it. Whatever kind of rag that
is.
K: I was told that you had approved a memorandum that I sent over.
What memorandum was it?
AG: Something about getting your guidance on the XXXXXform
of treaties
XX K: Oh, yes , that's good.
G
AG: I think it is salutory at this time. Important that you advise
[oñ this. ]
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Telecon
Secretary Rogers
9/18/70 3:30 p.m.
R: I got a call from Senator Russell--you'll probably be getting one-- -
saying he was opposed to any involvement of any American troops in any-
stress in the Middle East. I wanted the President to know that.
He said he would fight it with all the strength at his command. Money and
materiel are different, but anything involving men he is unalterable opposed to.
K: I will get that to him immediately. That's very helpful- - it will
bog it down a bit. I will pass that word on.
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Senator Telecon Pursey
9/18/70 3:45 p.m.
P: I am leaving twon for the weekend. I talked to Griffin yesterday
before he talked with you. Perhaps he passed on some of the thinking repre-
senáttive of a group of us, certainly of the 25 who signed the cease-fire
letter. I am urging not a rebuff of the Binh initiative, but countered by a
proposal that could be looked on as generous. I would like to dictate to
your secretary three thoughts I think woubd be credible, acceptable and
you could look them over. Or I could read them to you quickly.
K: Why don't you do that.
P: First, an agreement by the U.s. to withdraw all combat forces
by June 30 1971 if all prisoners would be exchanged within 14 days.
Secondly, we would withdraw all remaining forces within
.
Third, the U.S. cannot dictate the leadership
of the Saigon government.
K: We will certainly look at it very carefully. We just want to
reserve the king timing of our own initiatives for the right moment.
They didn't affer a cease-fire you know. They onlynk offered a cease-
fire after all the other things have been settled.
P: I know that. But I'm concerned about the headlines around the
country and around the world which don't go into that and just give gen=
eral impressions. I'm concerned about hwhat we do to give us the time
to keep going on this.
K: What was the first point again.
P: First, we agree to withdraw all our combat forces, if a cease-
fire is implemented and the prisoners are exchanged within 14 days of
the agreement. I think rather than leave the impression that we are
rejecting it, a counter-proposal that is just as tough as theirs, but
shows that we are receptive would be good so that movement on their
part would show that we respond with movement on our part. I will
of course not make anything public about my feelings; to be responsible
all initiative must remain with you.
K: Have your man dictate this to my secretary.
P: All right. Thank you.
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Telecon
Percy
9/18/70
After the conversation between Percy and Mr. Kissinger, Percy's man
called and dictated the following to jlp:
1. The United States would agree to withdraw all combat forces
by June 30, 1971, if all prisoners are exchanged and a cease-fire imple-
mented within 14 days of the agreement.
2. The United States would agree to withdraw all remaining forces
within six months after a government is formed as the result of free,
internationally=supervised elections organized by a joint Viet Cong-
Saigon electoral commission.
3. The United States cannot dictate the leadership of the Saigon
government and is not in a position to negotiate on its composition. The
Viet Cong must negotiate directly on internal political matters with the
government in power in Saigon.
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Secretary Rogers/Mr. Kissinger
September 18, 1970 4:30 p.m.
jlj
R: I talked to the President about Cuba. I think we should be careful
about having any paperwork on it.
K: The paper flowing around is low level
intelligence exercise.
This is close hold I know. I have talked to Dick. Papers are only
going to principals and to members of the 40 Committee. No other
distribution at all. Not to the OEP. To you, to Laird, to Helms, to
Johnson and Moorer and Packard and that is all. There is no real
paperwork being done.
R: Mel Laird was preparing a paper and said he would stop.
K: I did not know that Laird was doing one.
is
R: There are two things we ought to guard against. One/paperwork
and the second is high level XXXX tension.
about not having
things in the paper. It happened in Guam and
All that is
out. Don't want to create a crisis in the public mind. [re publicity]
K: Helms told me that Cy Salzberger was in today and already
asked about it. This has to be very closely held and I have not ginned
up anyx a lot of staff papers on it. One thing I think we do need is one
paper pulling together all of the fragmentary information for the
President. No staff study on this. Only Haig is in on it.
R: I have told our people to discontinue our paper. We have pulled
out all the statements made by Kennedy and others in that other
operation.
K: The President does want to discuss it at the NSC meeting on Wednesday.
He wanted to call a meeting on Monday and I convinced him that we should not
do it.
R: I thought he wanted to do it[in a smaller quieter way].
not say
anything until that ship leaves.
K: I am not absolutely sure that I know what you are talking about.
R: I do not think we should talk about it on the telephone.
K: Maybe the way to do it is at the end of the regularly scheduled session and
have the President call some of the principal participants back into his office.
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TELCON
Brian McDonnell/Kissinger
6:00 pm
9/18/70
M: I am sorry to bother you. This issut phone has been crazy all day.
K: It's good to hear from you. I have been engaged in my problems.
M: I didn't want to leave you hanging.
K: Are you coming to Washington soon?
M: Probably.
K: I will be out of the country between 9/27 & 10/5.
M: OK. When I come I will let you know and perhaps we can have lunch. How
is everything else?
K: Constant crises but that's what I am here for.
M: It's a mess.
K: It's interesting how fragile it is. You throw in one play and the whole deck
of cards topple.
M: What do you think about Burgess.
K: What do you think of him?
M: He is a loudmouth and says too much. He divides the house. He says too
much about Egypt and if I hear too much, heavens knows what the Egp ytians
hear.
K: Give my warm regards to your wife.
M: I will.
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TELCON
Frankel/Kissinger
6:04 p.m.
9/18/70
F: Two points I want to bring up.
K: Since they won't let me XX expel the Soviets from the M. E., I am pretty
relaxed.
F: We have two separate stories. The flap about the Chicago Sun Times.
K: I wasn't there.
F:
What our guys say is that the substance of the story is correct but that
the President didn't want it out. I thought I would bounce that off you. The second
point was what was the mood with Madame Meir today? They have been singing
a bitter song about State.
K: After the meetings?
F: No. Going into the meetings they said the President WX is the President
and that's something else and she can deal with him.
K: Now what are they saying?
F: We can't get to them fast enough but her tone is pretty sanguine. The sheer
words
K: What is she sanguine about?
F: Support and hearing at the WH.
K: She has no problems with the President. They are an unlikely pair but he
has an enourmous respect for her.
F: How did the policy discussions go?
K: I think there was certainly no tension.
F: She didn't come in demanding thus and so?
K: No, it was a constructive meeting.
F: What do I do about the other story. Let it ride?
K: I would play it down. But you haven't always followed my advice and you may
have different objectives then I.
F: You are a truth teller too.
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Frankel/Kissinger
6:04 p.m.
9/18/70
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K: I wasn't there and therefore I cannot tell you what he did say.
F: The point is that regardless of what he did with the editors, what's coming
out is that what's happening in Irąq and Syria we are prepared to do more than
we are now. That in the papers 24 hours later carries weight.
K: You have seen our statement today and I doxxx wouldn't go beyond that.
There are no fixed plans I just would not go beyond that. There's no fixed
determination what to do in given circumstances.
F: OK. Thank you.
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TELCON
Governor Rockefeller
Mr. Kissinger
9/19/70, 8:20 a. m.
R:
My heart is with you. Happy is here and sends her love. I
am going to see Golda Meir.
K:
I know. I put in a little word. They were all for it. They
did not need much. I think they have handled it.
R:
I thank you very much. I wanted to get any counsel or advice
you might have. I am seeing her tomorrow.
K:
I think she is fairly satisfied with her talk with the President.
I think her enthusiasm for some of the others is not as
pronounced.
R:
Was Rogers in the talks?
K:
No, he saw her separately twice. I think the talks with the
President went fairly well. I believe she is leaving in a better
frame of mind than when she arrived. I think you should
keep the line we talked about.
R:
Thanks to your keeping me from going off the line I have been
getting a tremendous response up here.
K:
Well, you did not need any convincing on that. She refuses
to negotiate unless Egypt pulls back some of those missiles.
R:
Any progress on that.
K:
No, not even any significant attempt. If the King of Jordan
wins then events of the last week are a plus because it gave
us an opportunity for a show of strength which was badly needed
and the Soviets who have been insolent on violations have been very
gentle on this one since we started moving forces in there. If
the King collapses, I find it hard to imagine how the Israelis
can be kept out but I am now talking about things that will evolve
over a period of weeks. I think for the immediate future it will
be an uneasy stalemate.
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R:
The Arab Army is fighting?
K:
They stop in the afternoon because no Arab fights at night
and about two hours before they stop the Jordanians always
offer a cease-fire to get the people to come over. They
are proceeding at a stately pace. They are not fighting
with wild abandon.
R:
Well Henry, thank God for you. We lost months of valuable
time because of this stupid diversionary. Well Henry, on a
happier note, Happy had lunch with Christina and I am jealous.
She says she is coming down to see you.
K:
Oh, she did say she was coming down?
R:
Yes. Henry, you are great. We will be seeing you. Thank
you for letting me break in.
mlh
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Mr. Kissinger/Mr. Haldeman
September 19, 1970 9:10 a.m.
jlj
K: I have just talked to Al about the wreath laying in Yugoslavia. It
is my strong recommendation that we do this. Their whole history has been
to fight against foreign invaders. Their poem is about when they fought
the Turks and were exterminated to the last man. We have laid wreaths
in Britain, France and Italy. Then to say no in Yugoslavia is not right.
I strongly urge us to do it. I don't even think we should check it. XXXX
XXX *heX X
even to ask and then to turn it down - I think we
should tell them OK now. I really feel we should not do it in Spain
but in Yugoslavia we have got to do it.
H: You will remember this came up and he (the President) said he did
not want to do it.
K: I would be willing to take it upon [myself to urge this commitment. ]
You know how he does these things.
H: You do not think we should turn them down.
K: No, we should do it. We should tell them we want to do it.
We should not turn them down.
H: But we have already done that. Dwight went with that instruction.
no wreath laying in Yugoslavia.
K: Then I think he (Dwight Chapin) should say he misunderstood his
orders.
H: His orders?
K: He should say he misunderstood his instructions. It doesn't matter
to us that much. They fought the Turks and Germans.
H: What do we say when we get to Spain?
K: They haven't even raised it.
H: We haven't got there yet.
K: They won't raise it. Bob, I think it would be a grave mistake not to
do this in Yugoslavia.
H: That's a bad pun Henry. Grave mistake - get it?
K: Oh yes.
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H: What is your recommendation then?
K: My recommendation is to call them back and tell them that they
should accept the invitation to lay a wreath in Yugoslavia and that
they should tell them they misunderstood their instructions. The quicker
we yield the better off we are.
To have the Yugoslavs agree
there will be no wreath laying is worse for us than for us to lay the wreath.
II
Better for us to lose this argument than to win. If we win we lose. ]
H: You mean with the Yugoslavs?
K: Yes, my judgment is that if we win the argument
we would lose the Yugoslavs.
H: You think we should do it anyway. Should we check with the President.
If you feel we have to do it regardless
K: I feel equally strongly that we do not do it in Spain. I advised ** against
it in Asia. I am not a wreath laying bug. But in this icase [it is
tremendously important].
H: You XXXX don't think the tree planting would cover it.
K: No, I don't. I would rather give up the tree planting.
H: He likes the idea of leaving little Nixon trees all around the world.
Then he can send David's children over later to look at them.
K: I think we should yield gracefully on this. I am not ultimately convinced
that if we refuse to do this the Yugoslavs will [go with the trip].
H: Dwight thinks the whole thing would fall through.
K: That's exactly what I mean. They could say screw you and we will
not
I think we should call Dwight and say he misunderstood his
instructions and that we accept with pleasure and I will explain it to the
Ambassador here.
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Mr. Kissinger/Yugoslav Ambassador
September 19, 1970 9:20 a. m.
jlj
Y: How are you? You are fantastic. In another 15 seconds I would
not have been here. How is the trip planning going.
K: We have got your house bugged. It seems to be going well except
for one stupid thing on our side. Our people have been under instructions
not to do any wreath laying because of the next stop on their itinerary.
I wanted to let you know that we will be delighted to lay a wreath in
Yugoslavia.
[The Ambassador had a little trouble understanding Mr. Kissinger as he
was speaking fast SO Mr. Kissinger repeated the above until the Ambassador
understood.
]
Y: I will communicate this to my people.
K: We are not accepting grudgingly. We are delighted to accept. Our
advance party was thinking of the next stop where we do not want to lay
a wreath. You
Y: [laughter]
necessary and contemporary
K: Do not tell everyone in your department.
Y: It will be a pleasure of our own.
K: You can tell your King and a couple of top people what the reasoning
was.
Y: Tell me what you instructed your people. I have indicated that you
will let me know. I have sent
of a maximum of 30-45 minutes.
K: I don't have anything for you yet. We want to see what our
advance people have to say. I just wanted to explain to you that our people
had their instructions mixed up and had misconstrued bureaucrafically
the instruction so as to mean your country too. Your people took it
very ill that our people said we will not do the wreath laying because they
didn't realize they were at the western end of the Mediterranean.
Y: nh, we will fix that. Do not worry about that.
K: Thatnk you Mr. Ambassador. Goodby
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September 19, 1970 11:35 a.m.
jlj
K: Ron is here on this press release and I have one suggestion on
a protocol basis. President is not visiting another country at the invitation
of a private citizen. It has to be at the invitation of the President. We
will put in that he will be seeing his old friend Jack Mulcahy (phonetic)
and the official part will take part on Monday. If we say that he is going
at the invitation of a friend, there will be doubt about
their sovereignty. Would be the same as if Kosygin said that he was
visiting the US at the invitation of Cyrus Eden (phonetic).
H: Ky is doing it.
K: He is not a head of state.
H:
Oh, yes. TXXX Have in there the President wanting to visit Ireland
with a chance to see his old friend, Jack Mulcahy, and the home of his
ancestors.
K: That is fine but the formal part has to come to the XXXXX President
from the President of Ireland. Purely protocol.
H: Regarding the Spanish part. Why is Bravo in for a separate visit.
The President will scream.
K: They say Franco is ga-ga. They did not think he could last
through a 1 hour meeting. Bravo speaks English so it would probably
be only about 1/2 hour. Spaniards are protocol maniacs. Maybe we
could XXXX skip the color event.
H: That was what we wanted to do. [Meaning that the President wanted
to do the color event. ] He (President) just gets cranked up
I
Then sees Franco, then the Prince comes to see him, then Bravo comes
to see him, then the VP comess to him. Do we have to have the VP
come see him?
K: I would not have though so but
H: Could we substitute Bravo for Branco?
K: I don't see why not. It is not in the category of the war memorial.
I think we should give Chapin leeway to work this out.
H: OK
K: Will you do that?
H: OK
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K: Let me see, there was one other
H: Hello
K: I was just waiting for my orders from you.
H: Orders?
K: I know who the real boss is.
H: That will be the day. I cannot even get my own staff to listen to them.
I talked to Al and they [something about handling the wreath laying question].
K: I would not handle it k as a local political issue. They could say
screw you.
H: It hadn't been turned down. [When it comes up they will accept it. ]
K: What if they do not raise it again?
H: Then he (Chapin) will. He will say I was wrong on this and I have
my instructions now. He will do it when they are wrapping up there.
K: Ok fine. Thanks Bob.
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Secretary Johnson (State)/Mr. Kissinger
September 19, 1970 12:20 p.m.
jlj
J: Henry, have you seen this flash from Amman in which the King is
asking for hospitals. I think the nearest we have undoubtedly is Germany.
I thought I would send a flash back and say of course we would do everything
we could and ask khxexXxixx has the King approached ICRC? We would like
to get an ICRC umbrella in there.
K: Yes, I have seen it. Haig brought it in and he is going to call Sisco
on it.with the same ideas. Our minds are xxxlkingx running along the same
lines. I told Haig that we would like a multi-lateral umbrella but we
should not hold up too long in order to organize it.
J: I'll tell them that we are taking all measures that we can.
K: Yes, of course. Multi-laterally with the ICRC or with - jointly
with Germany and France who I understand they also asked.
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Secretary Johnson (State)/Mr. Kissinger
September 19, 1970 11:25 p.m.
jlj
J: Tommy is still in the hospital
K: I have told the President about this.
J:
I thought he was out. I talked to his wife and he is in good shape
and receiving visitors. I wonder if this is something that I could go over
and talk to him about if you approve.
K: The President says it is OK. Perhaps it would be better that way
than to have him in a meeting.
J: I think I will try to go over Monday and see him.
K: That is a good idea.
J: The Secretary is agreeable. I will try to get over Monday afternoon
and I will report to you.
K: Is the Secretary content with the other things?
J: Yes, that is what I wanted to call and tell you. I'll see him on
Monday and report to you.
K: Thank you
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Secretary Rogers
9/20/70; 6:58 p.m.
R: I have been out of touch for the last 2 hours. What is the latest? Are
you having the meeting?
K: Yes. There is nothing of great consequence that has happened. The
Israelis said if we want anything we have got to be loud and clear, but
we don't want anything.
R: Yes, be soft and obscure.
K: The President has come to the view if any action it should not be by us.
What was the latest information you had?
R: Pretty much how you and I last talked. What is the meeting going to
consider?
K: Just update everybody on what has happened and pros and cons of
American vs Israeli action. If the Syrians come back.
(General Haig walked into HAK's office and Mr. Kissinger asked him what
had happened in the last 3 hours.)
K: (Continuing) Our Embassy is still isolated. We have got Israeli
intelligence report about armored battle between Syrian and Jordan armies.
Essentially there isn't anything of consequence. No actions have been
taken by anybody as far as I know. Your statement was played very well
on TV this evening, with your picture.
R: Oh, well, but that isn't.
K: I just wanted you to know. I will call you as soon as the meeting is over.
R: All right.
ms
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The President
9/20/70; 7:25 p.m.
P: What time will the meeting [WSAG] be finished?
K: In 15 minutes probably, or maybe a half hour. We have already been
meeting for about 30 minutes.
P: I will come over in a few minutes. I want to get a feel for what's going
on.
K: Fine, Mr. President.
P: I will just sit in for the last part of it.
K: Terrific, Mr. President.
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Kissinger/Moose (Private Secretary for PM)
September 20, 1970 11:15 p.m.
K: Hello, can you hear me?
M: Can you hear me?
K: Not very well. I have just talked to your Ambassador and I would
like to use this occasion to pass on this message received from our
Ambassador in Amman.
M: Yes
K: It read as "The King phoned me at 3:00 a. m. He said he wanted
me to pass the following most urgent message directly to the President.
Message follows: Situation deteriorating dangerously following Syrian
massive invasion. Northern forces disjointed. Irbid occupied. This
having disastrous effect on tired troops in the capital and surroundings.
After continuous action and shortage of supplies. " Why don't we do this
then. We will tell our Embassy to deliver it to you immediately. That's
the way to do it. I have read it to Mr. Freeman. ??? from any
quarter including from you because we are asked to pass this message
to you.
M: I see. That's similar to the message we passed to you.
K: Stronger than the message you passed.
M: The same meaning.
K: As I have told your Ambassador, we have informed the Israelis
of this message, and your Ambassador as on other information.
M: Thank you very much.
K: You will tell Dennis Greenhill this?
M: Will tell them what you have told me. Have you any other comment?
K: We are discussing our own course of action which we have confined
to
but we have not made any decision
M: Are you considering at this time?
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K: We are considering but will not do this precipitously.
M: I have great difficulty hearing you.
K: We are considering the message but we will not precipitate action.
You will hear from us. Give my best regards to Dennis. Good bye.
M: Good night, Dr. Kissinger
mlc
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President/Kissinger
10:30 c.a.
9/21/70
P: How long do we have to make our plans because of the number of people
who are depending on this trip. It comes apparent that nothing will happen that
will change the situation now.
K: We can decide by the end of the day.
P: You said Wed.
K: No, we should cancel before someone cancels us. After the meeting this
afternoon, we can probably make that decision.
P: hmmh-hummh. We might hear from Tito on this. Nothing will happen on
that. I don't see anything XXXXXX that will change it by the end of the day.
K: Unless the king stabilizes the situation.
P: Then it would be important to go. We could wait until this afternoon or
tomorrow.
K: Right.
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Joe Kraft
9/21/70 11:55 a. m.
JK; I'm calling because Mrs. Meir at lunch said something
about a personal statement by the President to take up Soviet missiles.
K: She must have had in mind that we promised her we would
not drop the issue.
JK; I see. It was interpreted by some of us as an indication
of movement toward communication at the highest level.
K: No, there was no such. She must mean that we said we
would raise it and continue to raise it and not acquiesce in it.
JK: I see. Is there any sign that the Russians are stopping the
Syrians.
K: There's no sign that the Russians are doing anything. We
get a different report every hour on what the situation really is in
Jordan. The Soviet behavior is not easy to understand
JK; It's quite easy in light of what General DeGaulle once said
to you, about trying to restore credibility in the most visible way.
K: But it's not easy in light of what they are saying about trying
to help with a settlement.
JK: Okay. I would like to see you.
K: It's a bad week, but I would love to see you.
JK; Okay.
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Secretary Rogers
9/21/70 3:50 p.m.
R: I'm calling about a totally different subject.
K: Thank God.
R: Yes, your backgrounder. Gerry Smith is concerned about
something on page 13, regarding the SALT talks. You said "Proposals
"
K: I was afraid you were going to praise me for a minute.
R: Said, "Proposals have been carefully prepared on our side, and
the Soviet proposals have provided a basis for negotiation. " Gerry
Smith doesn't think they do.
K: That's an unhappy formulation.
R: What he asked about was whether this had been released.
K: Yes it has. The intention was to say "were not unreasonable." It
was badly put.
R: He is afraid it might be seen as a signal to the Russians that we
want to negotiate on their proposals.
K: It hasn't been picked up in the press like that.
R: What we should do, he thinks, is to have somebody say just the
opposite, not to refer specifically to it, but have somebody ask us and
say no.
K: That's okay as long as it doesn't look like a frontal attack on me.
That's not a good formulation, I agree.
R: Okay.
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Gerard Smith/Kissinger
4:02 p.m.
9/21/70
K: I still hope to get together with you this week if the M.E. calms down. But
next time when you have a complaint about a backgrounder come to me and not
the Secy. of State.
S: I just thought it was a change in policy.
K: Oh, God. When you go through 20 pages -- you know I don't accept the
Soviet proposal. I don't think anyone has picked it up.
S: I bet the Soviets have. And why should they pay any attention to our proposal
if we accept theirs?
K: It said many good things about our proposal and since I have been involved
in forming our proposal it doesn't seem likely that I would (advocate something
totally different).
S: I just wanted to get it xg straight.
K: Then call me. The Secy. of State calling me 3 times when I have other
things to occupy me, you may have your objective but not make a friend of me.
S: I have a responsibility to him too.
K: Sure and now we can trace through our pages and see (what we come up with
and who did what when.)
S: I don't want to knife anyone.
K: ????? answer newsmen and do it. And if you call me directly, that's what
I would have said.
S: OK
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N. Rockefeller/Kissinger
5:20 p.m.
9/21/70
R: I wanted to thank you for what you did in relations to the visit.
K: I hope it was all right.
R: Did you see the NYTimes? Fantastic!
K: I gave the ambassador a talk on where their interests are.
R: Arther left the dias and joined his wife in the audience, he was so furious.
K: I told them a co-religionist wouldn't do them any good.
R: She's a great woman. We need her in our country.
K: That's what the President said.
R: I told her to take the job here.
I
K: We are trying to move in the first team but before we are through they will
know they have bitten something off. Things have turned a lot.
R: It's exactly what you said two months ago.
K: Hel was convinced that I made myself extremely unpopular here by saying this
would lead to war rather than peace. It's like lions, you blink once with the
Arabs and they are all over you.
R: Does he understand what Rogers has been doing?
K: I think. We wik are really pouring power in there now. More going on this
week.
R: She said, and rightly, that Hussein wouldn't have done
without
encouragement. You needn't comment. The other thing is on the shipment of
equipment which I hope is taking place.
K: It's ordered about 3 times a month but then it's like punching pilbow S.
R: She said one week technicians were sent and things were rolling and then it
wasxxxx turned off. But you know.
K: Too well.
R: Thank you.
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5:20 p.m.
9/21/70
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K: Your support has always meant an enourmous amount to me. You have walked
the line well. We are slowly digging ourselves out of the morass but if this blows
you are not coming through Washington during the campaign?
R: I may.
K: If you should, there are some things of interest to you which you can't use
in the campaign but show a rough time.
R: Does it look like a trip?
K: I guess no.
R: If there were, you would go?
K: Yes.
R: I had a feeling that with the problems and crises that another trip --
K: It was a good move to go to the 6th Fleet to show se meant it but now SO
much has ax happened and now it will be hard.
R: I hope Hussein doesn't go under.
K: That's essential. We are more in control with things here than two weeks
ago.
R: You know, she never criticized in public or private. Really great.
K: A great woman.
R: Well, people up here are happy.
K: How is your campaign going?
R: Too well. Too long between now and elections. Job of keeping the momentum.
I am going up-state this week.
K: I need hardly tell you I am for you.
R: You have been very helpful and John Mitchell has been helpful.
K: He likes you. Did you see where he popped off, after a few drinks, in
omen's Wear Daily? He said Winthrop can buy the votes SOW why worry.
R: I think he will lose. He was fabulous when I brough those blacks down.
K: He is great. (last seemed to refer to Mitchell).
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TELCON
President/Kissinger
5:55 p.m.
9/21/701
P: Did you have anything before this meeting at 6:00?
K: I could drop by.
P: Did we have Helms?
K: You decided last night not to have him.
P: I meant this morning.
K: OK, I will see that he is invited from now on. Anyway, he is in Alabama.
P: Good, then we don't need him.
K: May I raise a trip question with you? I spoke to the Ambassador about
Mrs. Nixon. The I Queen is going to ask to be invited to lunch with you and
Mrs. Nixon at Chequers and afterwards Lady Home would take care of her
at her country house. It's so unprecedented that X it would be awkward to turn
down.
P: That's right.
K: You would have a meeting with Heath before lunch. She xhowkxx would join
after and then you'd meet with Heath after lunch. We could make Shannon later.
P: That's right. Check with Haldeman because Mrs. Annenberg was working
on something. I told them that the Queen took precedence.
K: Freeman said it's unprecedented.
P: I hope we can make the trip. Maybe we can.
K: We don't have to be precipitous on this.
P: Let's get this going on time. These people have been working hard and they
need a good night's rest. Bring us up to date on developments during the day.
You and Sisco.
K: Vorontsov is in to see Sisco now. He had a message.
P: Probably worning us
K: That's all we have to do now. (?)(
P: Has anyone talked to Rabin about going through Sryia?
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President/Kissinger
5:55 p.m.
9/21/70
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K: I did and Sisco and they are exploring it.
P: Nothing new.
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The President/Mr. Kissinger
very difficult to hear)
7:43 p.m., September 21, 1970
K:
You say you are leaning to keeping the trip on.
P:
In every possible way, we are not going to be in position to be in
the middle of it.
K:
I think we should go full speed ahead, Mr. President.
P:
Just because the Israelis are having a little battle with the Syrians,
we are not going to be moding around.
K:
Would expect that the Soviets would make some sharp move under
these conditions.
P:
We have got to go on as if the world is still turning.
K:
The fleet will have to leave its station around the 26th, 5 days from
now, so we have plenty of time.
P:
We don't have to have exercises, just knock that off -- don't have to
have the whole fleet over there.
K:
Have most of the fleet there.
P:
We don't have to go to the carrier you understand. -72222222
Think you should continue the plan as if the trip was going to go on
and we could cancel but not before Wednesday evening. Everybody
will understand if we knock it off.
K:
Have you had a chance to talk to Bob about the Queen?
P:
??????
K:
We ought to invite the Annenbergs.
P:
That's fine, that's fine, it would be very nice for Mrs. Nixon to see
Checquers.
wgh
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Ambassador Freeman
9/21/70 7:45 p.m.
K: Your tour director is reporting. I notice you discuss all the
important matters with the Secretary of State.
F: A slight change of form. This afternoon I only got on to Al
Haig because I didn't want to bother you.
K: He hasn't talked to me about this.
F: Well he has got something he's going to talk to you about. It's
simply that you may not know that Alec Douglas Home is coming here
Wednesday for a conference with Rogers. I wondered if the President
would want to see him. He will be here at 11:00 in the morning and he
sees Rogers at 3:00. He wants to get back to New York as soon as pos-
sible after that but I could bring him by any time between 11:00 and
3:00.
K: I am sure the President will want to see him. I will check
with the appointment secretary and let you know.
F: Not wanting to intrude on you this afternoon I simply called Haig.
K: Now I have another grievance. You are feeding my paranoia.
F: What have I done?
K: No, really you are frustrating me. I have talkedto the President
and he is very pleased by the Queen's suggestion and happy to accept.
And if Mrs. Annenberg could be included it would be considered a
great Kindness.
F: Of course they would. The present intention is that Mrs. Nixon,
Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Annenbert would be included. The thing is that
if you want seriously to put the point about extending the talks, there
are problems at our end, though we could get over them if you care very
much about it.
K: It's just that it's impossible to get away from Spain before 9:00,
F: We needn't concern ourselves in detail about this at the moment.
Our idea is to have the talks start at 11:30 and to until **** 1320.
K: Right.
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Ambassador Freeman
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F: As far as we can see there would, in any case, probably be
time for a short further talk after the lunch without extending it.
K: What is the outside time?
F: We have none. Apparently there is some slightly embarrassing
social detail about getting the Queen away but it appears that in any case
you wouldn't have to leave Checquers until 3:10.
K: But if you are concerned about our time we can extend it to 3:45
or 4:00.
F: I don't know exactly what the difficulties about time from our
end are. But I think it can be overcome.
K: I wouldn't make a big problem out of it.
F: No. What's in the Prime Minister's mind, he and the President
should start talking together alone. Meanwhile the two Secretaries of
State with their advisors would talk in another room. And then the two
great men can decide when they want to join the two Secretaries of State.
K: That is our thinking. You see I deal with all the important
problems at the White House.
F: I see that. Anything else you have trouble with, call me in the
middle of the night.
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TELECON
Joe Sisco/Mr. Kissinger
8:20 p.m., September 21, 1970
S:
What I will do if you agree, Roger will clear simultaneously with the
Secretary.
K:
You will give the answers to Rabin tonight?
S:
If you clear and the Secretary clears the way I formulated it.
It will be over in 5 minutes. I have arranged with Haig to call
Roger Davies who is on duty and give him any changes that you may
have. Will communicate these to Robbey. Think I have reflected
the meeting pretty well.
K:
You always do.
wgh
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Mr. Haldeman/Mr. Kissinger
8:30 p. m., September 21, 1970
K:
Two things, one about England -- the Queen who is going to be in
Balmoral is going to make a special trip down to have lunch at
Checquers.
H:
Great
K:
The British Embassy tells me this is unprecedented and has never
been done before.
H:
??
K:
She is invited too. She would have lunch at the Embassy. This is
in effect the Queen inviting her to lunch. Mentioned it to the President,
he said yes but also that I should take it up with you.
H:
Should get word to Mrs. Annenberg.
K:
Will you take care of it?
H:
Yes.
K:
May I give you my personal judgment on the trip. I don't think we
will be going. He said you told him that he should do business as
usual.
H:
Did the President say I said that. I said in cancelling the trip the
process of doing that would be a major major factor in itself. I have no
view on that whatsoever. The question of if you do it, you have to
do it. That in itself is a major event.
K:
It would be a disaster if we were all scattered all over Europe. The
Saratoga would have to pull out of line if the crisis is still in full pitch.
H:
Cancelling is a very major event and will be regarded as such and
may be a very good event. The fact that we are doing that may do
us as much good as doing the trip.
K:
[How do you think we are doing? ]
H:
So far I think we are doing great in spite of ourselves.
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Mr. Haldeman/Mr. Kissinger
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K:
The President is great. He is keeping very good control. He drives
me crazy when things are calm. His questions are superb.
H:
Going back on this Queen thing, one lunch or two lunches?
K:
Probably two luncheons. The Queen, Prime Minister, Secretary of
State and his wife, the President and his wife and one or two advisors.
(Discussions going on at my desk -- interrupted)
H:
Prince Phillip would not be coming?
K:
No, at least not that we have heard.
K:
Annenberg, I ought to turn her off.
K:
It is a great honor. The Queen never travels to see anyone Freeman
says. He knows of no instance where that has happened.
H:
We ought to get that out before it is cancelled.
K:
Right, but we don't know if it is formal with the British to be announced.
wgh
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Roger Davies/Mr. Kissinger
8:45 p.m., September 21, 1970
K:
I was told half hour ago that they would be here in 5 minutes.
D:
The Secretary had some changes. I will carry them up to the machine
in 5 minutes to be LDX'd.
wgh
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The President/Mr. Kissinger
9:10 p.m., September 21, 1970
P:
Henry, I am going to bed early -- I am meeting with Congress in the
morning.
K:
Think it is going to be quiet tonight. I won't disturb you unless --
P:
If you hear anything, let me know.
K:
Haven't given them the answers. When I talked to Rabin there were
so many conflicting signals -- I think by tomorrow morning we will
have answers.
P:
We will have additional intelligence on where it all stands.
K:
Think noon tomorrow is a good time for this group to meet. I think
the Jordanian psychological end is stronger, more than their physical
strength.
P:
More than they are showing on their nerve.
K:
They might still pull it out.
P:
I hope so but whatever, if the thing quiets down, this trip would be
a reinforcement.
K:
If the Israelis don't move by Thursday, the thing will settle down.
P:
Okay Henry.
wgh
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Telecon
Mr. Kissinger
Roger Davies 9/21/70; 9:30 p.m.
K: Would you read the last paragraph again.
D: In the recent crisis the U. S. has augmented the Sixth Fleet. It
has also taken other readiness measures clearly implying a decision
not to permit Soviet intervention against Israel in the conditions under
discussion. As for the specific measures the U. S. may take to prevent
Soviet intervention we have contingency plans for these eventualities.
K: No, what I was going to say -- these would depend on circumstances
that exist at the time.
D: That these depend upon the circumstances of the situation that exist
at the present time we have contingency plans for these eventualities.
K: Do you agree it sharpens it?
D: Yes, sir.
K: You will be pleased to know that I am clearing the other cable as it is.
I appreciate the cooperation of everyone in your organization.
D: Thank you very much. I will pass that on to the boys.
K: Seeley impressed me in particular today. He did a superb job in
drafting considering the pressure he was under.
D: He turns out a great deal of good work.
K: He impressed the hell out of me.
D: I will be pleased to pass that on to him
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Haldeman (1p.)\n9/21/70\n14\nTelcon\nHAK and Joseph Sisco (1p.)\n9/21/70\n15\nTelcon\nHAK and Joseph Sisco c2 pp.)\n9/21/70\n16\nTelcon\nHAK and Yitzhak Rabin (lp.)\n9/21/70\n17\nTelcon\nHAIR and Roger Davies CI p.)\n9/21/70\n9/21/70\nB\nFILE GROUP TITLE\nBOX NUMBER\nKissinger Transcripts - Telephone Conversations\n6\nFOLDER TITLE\n1970 18-21 Sept\n8\nRESTRICTION CODES\nA. Release would violate a Federal statute or Agency Policy.\nE. Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or\nB. National security classified information.\nfinancial information.\nC. Pending or approved claim that release would violate an individual's\nF. Release would disclose investigatory information compiled for law\nrights.\nenforcement purposes.\nD. Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy\nG. Withdrawn and return private and personal material.\nor a libel of a living person.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon returned non-historical material.\nDECLASSIFIED\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES This AND document RECORDS has been reviewed ADMINISTRATION pursuant to Executive Order *U 13526 and has been determined to be declassified. NA 14021 (4-85)\nTelecon\nJoe Sisco\n9/18/70 8:00 a. m.\nK: On that cable to Teheran, the President wanted to put our\nthinking to the Shah too. He can't go back to the Shah afterward and\nsay That is what we thought; now what do you think?'\nS: I gave instructions for you to clear it. Let me find out who\ncleared it in the White House.\nK: The President has a strong feeling about the Shah. Can't we\njust give him some guidance.\nS: Yes, that's easy enough.\nK: Is it still going to be in time or has he already seen him?\nS: I don't know--let me check.\nK: Okay. And in that meeting, we are not going to twise any\narms on negotiations today are we?\nS: You saw the papers. I am meeting with the Secretary in\n20 minutes. If there's been any change I'll have him call you.\nK: Okay.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELCON\nLaird/Kissinger\nmorning\n9/18/70\nK: The President called to thank you for your help. The President wants you on\nACxx AF-1. You will meet the military people in Rome or on the ship would be\nbest. That way they have no visibility. You can decide if you want to meet with your\nDefense counterpart.\nL: Let's keep that open.\nK: The advisor meetings are usually bores.\nL: Alone we will get more business.\nK: We will be glad to have you in the big meeting but you will hate it. The\nsecond thing, the President wants you, after the fleet exercise, to visit Greece\nand Turkey. It seems invidious to visit the Mediterranean and not visit them.\nHave you been there?\nL: Yes. I have visited bases in Turkey and visited Greece.\nK: Plan a day in each place. I will be there tomorrow.\nL: It will be nice because it's a good group.\nK: Now that I have learned that wives will be there.\nL: Yes because you are such a women's man.\nK: I heard about your performance at Georgetown Club.\nL: I have both a secure phone and anouther line. Chicago wasn't bad.\nK: They killed the inflammatory part. The Jordanian exercises have given us\nmanuevering room.\nL: Shows movement towards settlement on part of Egypt and Jordan.\nK: Certainly on the part of Jordan and possibly on the part of Egypt.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELCON\nBrian McDonnell/Kissinger\n10:00 a. m.\n9/18/70\nM: How's everything?\nK: Hectic right now.\nM: I called to say that the reason I didn't call was that we are not going to India\nbecause Alice is in the hospital. She had to have major surgery.\nK: What was it?\nM: Hysterectomy. It looks like it's benigh.\nK: That was awful.\nAre you in town?\nM: No, in Philly. She is doing very well. She is by asking\nto do her exercised right away.\nK: I Have been x called to the President. Where can I reach you?\nM: IV 3-2711\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELCON\nV.P./Kissinger\n11:10 m.\n9/18/70\nK: You are stirring up my ex-colleagues again.\nVP: They stir so easily.\nK: I know it's not intentional.\nVP: I called on the campaign swing. It's obvious that some candidates for the\nSenate are unversed on foreign affairs. Mrs. Romney's statements that she has to\ngo on TV against Hart and wondering how she can defend the Greek dictatorship.\nI told her to talk to Haig. This kind of lack of preparation, she will get cut\nup in pieces against Hart. Others Wald in Whoming. They don't have the\nanswers. I wonder if one of your bright young people could fix a packet and send it\nto these candidates. They don't know what's going on.\nK: x Or establish a focal point that could be called.\nVP: They could come in with questions if they know the questions to ask but\nthey don't know the questions to ask. One hadn't even heard of the Nixon Doctrine.\nThey are going to be on TV as spokesmen of the Administration.\nK: We are resuming military equipment to Greece.\nVP: The President mentioned that. It's not public yet?\nK: Dec. 22. What's you impression on the campaign.\nVP: We are hurting.\nK: The other side?\nVP: Yes. You can see from the attacks we are getting.\nK: When you get Ted Kennedy attacking student radicals, you know it's different.\nVP: The heckling at Kent and in Saginaw was a real plus. One of the most important\nwas the 90 minutes with David Frost. 4 student leaders in debate\nformat. I am tapkng in komxxxxxxx Monday. Any particular hard points I should\nhammer home if the opportunity shows itself you might give me a short memo.\nWhat's most effective. I thought in the area of foreign policy there will be the\nanti-war situation but it's a question of reminding these people of things thatx\nthey may have forgotten.\nK: The more militant they are, it's better for you.\nVP: If I am informed in my discourse. I must have superior information in every\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nV.P. /Kissinger\n11:10 a. m. 9/18/70\n-2-\nVP: (cont) field. They are being sent a deluge of material from the Democrats.\nWe must decide where we will be. What about Cambodia. They look discouraging.\nK: The papers are not true. The Cambodians are not doing brilliantly but they\nare not dkx trapped.\nVP:\nWhat about the Ky visit?\nsent\nK: We are trying to turn it off. We waxit Bunker in to see him to offer a WH\ndinner at the end of Nov. if he will stay out now. He is hurting his cause.\nVP: I asked the Presidentto increase MAP, not decrease it. Anything done?\nK: We are trying for a supplemental.\nVP: How about Nationalist China? Are we going to cut back?\nK: Not if I can help it but State is out of control.\nVP: If the war is wound down, $14 billion then is a good level to ? ????\nK: They basically want to\nChiang Kai Chek (sp? ).\nVP: I would like to be Secy. of State for 2 years.\nK: I like my present job but I have everyone in State marked.\nVP: How is our new man in Penom Penh?\nK: He has to be an improvement. They wanted to keep that other man but we are\nnot doing that.\nVP: Get me what you can.\nK: I will, tomorrow. You might read the briefing I gave in Chicago on Wed.\nIt's not what you want, but it might be helpful.\nVP: That would help. Send me a copy.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELCON\nAmb. Freeman/Kissinger\n11:10 a.m.\n9/18/70\nF: We have managed to kill most of that story. I was going to ask you if you\nthink anything will come out of State or the WH press conference. After warning\nLondon I want to be able to tell them it's been killed.\nK: We don't expect anything to come out. It will leak over a period of days.\nI have turned off the Secy. of Treasury. If you protext, I will take care of it.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nMr. Kissinger/Yugoslav Ambassador\nSeptember 18, 1970 12 noon\njlj\nK: Mr. Ambassador\nY: Hello, 2 Yes, speaking.\nK: You and I are going steady these days. I am sitting here with Mr.\nHaldeman, the President's assistant, and we are going over the schedule\nfor the 50th time. We were wondering if we had any information for our\nadvance party who will be calling in.\nY: The way of getting decisions now is complicated because there are\nmany people who have to be consulted.\nK: I thought XhXeX it was socialist countries who had centralized [decision\nmaking].\nY: There are various types of socialist countries.\nK:\n[I was just wondering if you had heard anything from your\npeople about trip arrangements as our advance party is in there now. ]\nY: Do you have any word. I do not expect any serious complications.\nI have been told that we are working very hard. They told me that as\nsoon as they had a decision they would let me know.\nK: We would like a crack at the decision making too. Well, our advance\nparty will not agree to anything until they have talked to us here.\nY: Some of my people told me that your people have gone into Zagreb\nall ready.\nK: They have gone in today. I warned you. It won't be the first time\nyou have been invaded.\nY: In fact I was told that they had gone into Zagreb yesterday or the day\nbefore.\nTXXXX I was told there were a bunch of them in there.\nK: Who told you that. I'll bet it was Sonnenfeldt\nY: If you wait for a few minutes I will ask Mr. Brunner (sounded like).\nHe is the one that told me. If you hold on I will check with him. [leaves\nphone and then comes back. ] Yesterday the desk officer called and told\nMr. Brunner this and then today Mr. Brunner checked with Hal Sonnenfeldt\nand confirmed it. They entered Zagreb - no wait - he says not Zagreb -\nsays Yugoslavia.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\n-2-\nK: Yes. They have entered your country. I was under the impression\nthat they were entering the 18th. We'll see what appears tXXX and\nwe will sort it out. Now that they are in there, something will happen.\n[laughter in the background - Mr. Haldeman with HAK. ]\nY: What do you think might happen. I do not know the sound of your\nvoice good yet to be able to tell what you mean. Your advance team\nis in there now. I am sure they will behalf accordingly.\nK: I don't see\nOh, we'll do this. As soon as our people call\nI will call you. If there is any deviation I will call you for advise on\na personal basis.\nY: Do you expect any deviation?\nK: No, not on our side anyway. There may be some deviation on your\nside. The advance party will not change from the schedule they have.\nY: They have a schedule?\nK: Yes, you and I discussed it yesterday.\nsomething to be\narranged in Belgrade\nY: Oh, yes we discussed that. I will call you as soon as I XXXX\nhear something.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELCON\nProf. Graubard/Kissinger\n12:15 p.m.\n9/18/70\nG: I never see you and I wonder if your life is impossible and if I could see you.\nK: I would like to see you.\nsometime\nG: No urgency but I feel the years are running and if there could\ncome to Washington.\nK: I always like to see you.\nG: I thought maybe this coming Wed., the 23rd or if you like, on the weekend.\nK: Dinner or lunch?\nG: Lunch would be fine but dinner that night would be hard.\nK: How about Tuesday. Somebody said she might X come into town.\nG: Almost impossible. I teach my first class.\nK: If that lunch on Tues. doesn't work out, I will shift Wed. to Tues. and keep\nWed. open. How about Friday?\nG: Sure. I could do that.\nK: Let's do one or the other.\nG: I spent the summer incarcerated.\nK: The last time I saw you you were beating me over the head on Cambodia.\nBut not after the others.\nG: I was more interested in you then the area.\nK: The man I don't understand is Shelling.\nG: The age of his children.\nK: They are doing a TV special on me. They go to Harvard to get the worst comments.\nThey are showing it on 10/13.\nG: When do you leave for Europe?\nK: On the 25th, probably, to talk to the peace to delegation. Shelling said ? ? ? ?\nHe doesn't know. They have to get some criticisms but it's interesting that it has to\nbe at Harvard. He knows nothing on how the decision was made.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nGraubard/Kissinger\n12:15 p.m.\n9/18/70\n-2-\nG: You haven't told Dick Neustadt so he can xigx write a book. He is waiting.\nYou will let me know by Mon. whether it will be Wed. or Frid.\nK: And if not then, when we get back.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nAttorney General/Mr. Kissinger\nSeptember 18, 1970 2:30 p.m.\njlj\n[entered late into the conversation]\nAG\nusing words like bullshit and other things.\nK: It was courteous of you to call. I never look at that paper.\nAG: On the basis of it you could have thought that I was going over\nto the State Department. I wanted you to know that I was not changing\nsides.\nK: What was it an article on you?\nAG: On the basis of\nK: It still could have come from the place that you mentioned. I look\nat you as an ally and friend and nothing [could change that].\nAre they all about me?\nAG: No, I said something about Governor Rockefeller being about to\nbuy the election.\nX&X K: I appreciate your calling.\nAG: The interesting point was that my publications people called my\nattention to it after talking with Time Magazine. They were going to\nprint it.\nK: Where did it appear?\nAG: Just Women's Wear Daily used it. Whatever kind of rag that\nis.\nK: I was told that you had approved a memorandum that I sent over.\nWhat memorandum was it?\nAG: Something about getting your guidance on the XXXXXform\nof treaties\nXX K: Oh, yes , that's good.\nG\nAG: I think it is salutory at this time. Important that you advise\n[oñ this. ]\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTelecon\nSecretary Rogers\n9/18/70 3:30 p.m.\nR: I got a call from Senator Russell--you'll probably be getting one-- -\nsaying he was opposed to any involvement of any American troops in any-\nstress in the Middle East. I wanted the President to know that.\nHe said he would fight it with all the strength at his command. Money and\nmateriel are different, but anything involving men he is unalterable opposed to.\nK: I will get that to him immediately. That's very helpful- - it will\nbog it down a bit. I will pass that word on.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nSenator Telecon Pursey\n9/18/70 3:45 p.m.\nP: I am leaving twon for the weekend. I talked to Griffin yesterday\nbefore he talked with you. Perhaps he passed on some of the thinking repre-\nsenáttive of a group of us, certainly of the 25 who signed the cease-fire\nletter. I am urging not a rebuff of the Binh initiative, but countered by a\nproposal that could be looked on as generous. I would like to dictate to\nyour secretary three thoughts I think woubd be credible, acceptable and\nyou could look them over. Or I could read them to you quickly.\nK: Why don't you do that.\nP: First, an agreement by the U.s. to withdraw all combat forces\nby June 30 1971 if all prisoners would be exchanged within 14 days.\nSecondly, we would withdraw all remaining forces within\n.\nThird, the U.S. cannot dictate the leadership\nof the Saigon government.\nK: We will certainly look at it very carefully. We just want to\nreserve the king timing of our own initiatives for the right moment.\nThey didn't affer a cease-fire you know. They onlynk offered a cease-\nfire after all the other things have been settled.\nP: I know that. But I'm concerned about the headlines around the\ncountry and around the world which don't go into that and just give gen=\neral impressions. I'm concerned about hwhat we do to give us the time\nto keep going on this.\nK: What was the first point again.\nP: First, we agree to withdraw all our combat forces, if a cease-\nfire is implemented and the prisoners are exchanged within 14 days of\nthe agreement. I think rather than leave the impression that we are\nrejecting it, a counter-proposal that is just as tough as theirs, but\nshows that we are receptive would be good so that movement on their\npart would show that we respond with movement on our part. I will\nof course not make anything public about my feelings; to be responsible\nall initiative must remain with you.\nK: Have your man dictate this to my secretary.\nP: All right. Thank you.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTelecon\nPercy\n9/18/70\nAfter the conversation between Percy and Mr. Kissinger, Percy's man\ncalled and dictated the following to jlp:\n1. The United States would agree to withdraw all combat forces\nby June 30, 1971, if all prisoners are exchanged and a cease-fire imple-\nmented within 14 days of the agreement.\n2. The United States would agree to withdraw all remaining forces\nwithin six months after a government is formed as the result of free,\ninternationally=supervised elections organized by a joint Viet Cong-\nSaigon electoral commission.\n3. The United States cannot dictate the leadership of the Saigon\ngovernment and is not in a position to negotiate on its composition. The\nViet Cong must negotiate directly on internal political matters with the\ngovernment in power in Saigon.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nSecretary Rogers/Mr. Kissinger\nSeptember 18, 1970 4:30 p.m.\njlj\nR: I talked to the President about Cuba. I think we should be careful\nabout having any paperwork on it.\nK: The paper flowing around is low level\nintelligence exercise.\nThis is close hold I know. I have talked to Dick. Papers are only\ngoing to principals and to members of the 40 Committee. No other\ndistribution at all. Not to the OEP. To you, to Laird, to Helms, to\nJohnson and Moorer and Packard and that is all. There is no real\npaperwork being done.\nR: Mel Laird was preparing a paper and said he would stop.\nK: I did not know that Laird was doing one.\nis\nR: There are two things we ought to guard against. One/paperwork\nand the second is high level XXXX tension.\nabout not having\nthings in the paper. It happened in Guam and\nAll that is\nout. Don't want to create a crisis in the public mind. [re publicity]\nK: Helms told me that Cy Salzberger was in today and already\nasked about it. This has to be very closely held and I have not ginned\nup anyx a lot of staff papers on it. One thing I think we do need is one\npaper pulling together all of the fragmentary information for the\nPresident. No staff study on this. Only Haig is in on it.\nR: I have told our people to discontinue our paper. We have pulled\nout all the statements made by Kennedy and others in that other\noperation.\nK: The President does want to discuss it at the NSC meeting on Wednesday.\nHe wanted to call a meeting on Monday and I convinced him that we should not\ndo it.\nR: I thought he wanted to do it[in a smaller quieter way].\nnot say\nanything until that ship leaves.\nK: I am not absolutely sure that I know what you are talking about.\nR: I do not think we should talk about it on the telephone.\nK: Maybe the way to do it is at the end of the regularly scheduled session and\nhave the President call some of the principal participants back into his office.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELCON\nBrian McDonnell/Kissinger\n6:00 pm\n9/18/70\nM: I am sorry to bother you. This issut phone has been crazy all day.\nK: It's good to hear from you. I have been engaged in my problems.\nM: I didn't want to leave you hanging.\nK: Are you coming to Washington soon?\nM: Probably.\nK: I will be out of the country between 9/27 & 10/5.\nM: OK. When I come I will let you know and perhaps we can have lunch. How\nis everything else?\nK: Constant crises but that's what I am here for.\nM: It's a mess.\nK: It's interesting how fragile it is. You throw in one play and the whole deck\nof cards topple.\nM: What do you think about Burgess.\nK: What do you think of him?\nM: He is a loudmouth and says too much. He divides the house. He says too\nmuch about Egypt and if I hear too much, heavens knows what the Egp ytians\nhear.\nK: Give my warm regards to your wife.\nM: I will.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELCON\nFrankel/Kissinger\n6:04 p.m.\n9/18/70\nF: Two points I want to bring up.\nK: Since they won't let me XX expel the Soviets from the M. E., I am pretty\nrelaxed.\nF: We have two separate stories. The flap about the Chicago Sun Times.\nK: I wasn't there.\nF:\nWhat our guys say is that the substance of the story is correct but that\nthe President didn't want it out. I thought I would bounce that off you. The second\npoint was what was the mood with Madame Meir today? They have been singing\na bitter song about State.\nK: After the meetings?\nF: No. Going into the meetings they said the President WX is the President\nand that's something else and she can deal with him.\nK: Now what are they saying?\nF: We can't get to them fast enough but her tone is pretty sanguine. The sheer\nwords\nK: What is she sanguine about?\nF: Support and hearing at the WH.\nK: She has no problems with the President. They are an unlikely pair but he\nhas an enourmous respect for her.\nF: How did the policy discussions go?\nK: I think there was certainly no tension.\nF: She didn't come in demanding thus and so?\nK: No, it was a constructive meeting.\nF: What do I do about the other story. Let it ride?\nK: I would play it down. But you haven't always followed my advice and you may\nhave different objectives then I.\nF: You are a truth teller too.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nFrankel/Kissinger\n6:04 p.m.\n9/18/70\n-2-\nK: I wasn't there and therefore I cannot tell you what he did say.\nF: The point is that regardless of what he did with the editors, what's coming\nout is that what's happening in Irąq and Syria we are prepared to do more than\nwe are now. That in the papers 24 hours later carries weight.\nK: You have seen our statement today and I doxxx wouldn't go beyond that.\nThere are no fixed plans I just would not go beyond that. There's no fixed\ndetermination what to do in given circumstances.\nF: OK. Thank you.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELCON\nGovernor Rockefeller\nMr. Kissinger\n9/19/70, 8:20 a. m.\nR:\nMy heart is with you. Happy is here and sends her love. I\nam going to see Golda Meir.\nK:\nI know. I put in a little word. They were all for it. They\ndid not need much. I think they have handled it.\nR:\nI thank you very much. I wanted to get any counsel or advice\nyou might have. I am seeing her tomorrow.\nK:\nI think she is fairly satisfied with her talk with the President.\nI think her enthusiasm for some of the others is not as\npronounced.\nR:\nWas Rogers in the talks?\nK:\nNo, he saw her separately twice. I think the talks with the\nPresident went fairly well. I believe she is leaving in a better\nframe of mind than when she arrived. I think you should\nkeep the line we talked about.\nR:\nThanks to your keeping me from going off the line I have been\ngetting a tremendous response up here.\nK:\nWell, you did not need any convincing on that. She refuses\nto negotiate unless Egypt pulls back some of those missiles.\nR:\nAny progress on that.\nK:\nNo, not even any significant attempt. If the King of Jordan\nwins then events of the last week are a plus because it gave\nus an opportunity for a show of strength which was badly needed\nand the Soviets who have been insolent on violations have been very\ngentle on this one since we started moving forces in there. If\nthe King collapses, I find it hard to imagine how the Israelis\ncan be kept out but I am now talking about things that will evolve\nover a period of weeks. I think for the immediate future it will\nbe an uneasy stalemate.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\n-2-\nR:\nThe Arab Army is fighting?\nK:\nThey stop in the afternoon because no Arab fights at night\nand about two hours before they stop the Jordanians always\noffer a cease-fire to get the people to come over. They\nare proceeding at a stately pace. They are not fighting\nwith wild abandon.\nR:\nWell Henry, thank God for you. We lost months of valuable\ntime because of this stupid diversionary. Well Henry, on a\nhappier note, Happy had lunch with Christina and I am jealous.\nShe says she is coming down to see you.\nK:\nOh, she did say she was coming down?\nR:\nYes. Henry, you are great. We will be seeing you. Thank\nyou for letting me break in.\nmlh\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nMr. Kissinger/Mr. Haldeman\nSeptember 19, 1970 9:10 a.m.\njlj\nK: I have just talked to Al about the wreath laying in Yugoslavia. It\nis my strong recommendation that we do this. Their whole history has been\nto fight against foreign invaders. Their poem is about when they fought\nthe Turks and were exterminated to the last man. We have laid wreaths\nin Britain, France and Italy. Then to say no in Yugoslavia is not right.\nI strongly urge us to do it. I don't even think we should check it. XXXX\nXXX *heX X\neven to ask and then to turn it down - I think we\nshould tell them OK now. I really feel we should not do it in Spain\nbut in Yugoslavia we have got to do it.\nH: You will remember this came up and he (the President) said he did\nnot want to do it.\nK: I would be willing to take it upon [myself to urge this commitment. ]\nYou know how he does these things.\nH: You do not think we should turn them down.\nK: No, we should do it. We should tell them we want to do it.\nWe should not turn them down.\nH: But we have already done that. Dwight went with that instruction.\nno wreath laying in Yugoslavia.\nK: Then I think he (Dwight Chapin) should say he misunderstood his\norders.\nH: His orders?\nK: He should say he misunderstood his instructions. It doesn't matter\nto us that much. They fought the Turks and Germans.\nH: What do we say when we get to Spain?\nK: They haven't even raised it.\nH: We haven't got there yet.\nK: They won't raise it. Bob, I think it would be a grave mistake not to\ndo this in Yugoslavia.\nH: That's a bad pun Henry. Grave mistake - get it?\nK: Oh yes.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\n-2-\nH: What is your recommendation then?\nK: My recommendation is to call them back and tell them that they\nshould accept the invitation to lay a wreath in Yugoslavia and that\nthey should tell them they misunderstood their instructions. The quicker\nwe yield the better off we are.\nTo have the Yugoslavs agree\nthere will be no wreath laying is worse for us than for us to lay the wreath.\nII\nBetter for us to lose this argument than to win. If we win we lose. ]\nH: You mean with the Yugoslavs?\nK: Yes, my judgment is that if we win the argument\nwe would lose the Yugoslavs.\nH: You think we should do it anyway. Should we check with the President.\nIf you feel we have to do it regardless\nK: I feel equally strongly that we do not do it in Spain. I advised ** against\nit in Asia. I am not a wreath laying bug. But in this icase [it is\ntremendously important].\nH: You XXXX don't think the tree planting would cover it.\nK: No, I don't. I would rather give up the tree planting.\nH: He likes the idea of leaving little Nixon trees all around the world.\nThen he can send David's children over later to look at them.\nK: I think we should yield gracefully on this. I am not ultimately convinced\nthat if we refuse to do this the Yugoslavs will [go with the trip].\nH: Dwight thinks the whole thing would fall through.\nK: That's exactly what I mean. They could say screw you and we will\nnot\nI think we should call Dwight and say he misunderstood his\ninstructions and that we accept with pleasure and I will explain it to the\nAmbassador here.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nMr. Kissinger/Yugoslav Ambassador\nSeptember 19, 1970 9:20 a. m.\njlj\nY: How are you? You are fantastic. In another 15 seconds I would\nnot have been here. How is the trip planning going.\nK: We have got your house bugged. It seems to be going well except\nfor one stupid thing on our side. Our people have been under instructions\nnot to do any wreath laying because of the next stop on their itinerary.\nI wanted to let you know that we will be delighted to lay a wreath in\nYugoslavia.\n[The Ambassador had a little trouble understanding Mr. Kissinger as he\nwas speaking fast SO Mr. Kissinger repeated the above until the Ambassador\nunderstood.\n]\nY: I will communicate this to my people.\nK: We are not accepting grudgingly. We are delighted to accept. Our\nadvance party was thinking of the next stop where we do not want to lay\na wreath. You\nY: [laughter]\nnecessary and contemporary\nK: Do not tell everyone in your department.\nY: It will be a pleasure of our own.\nK: You can tell your King and a couple of top people what the reasoning\nwas.\nY: Tell me what you instructed your people. I have indicated that you\nwill let me know. I have sent\nof a maximum of 30-45 minutes.\nK: I don't have anything for you yet. We want to see what our\nadvance people have to say. I just wanted to explain to you that our people\nhad their instructions mixed up and had misconstrued bureaucrafically\nthe instruction so as to mean your country too. Your people took it\nvery ill that our people said we will not do the wreath laying because they\ndidn't realize they were at the western end of the Mediterranean.\nY: nh, we will fix that. Do not worry about that.\nK: Thatnk you Mr. Ambassador. Goodby\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nMr. Kissinger/Mr. Haldeman\nSeptember 19, 1970 11:35 a.m.\njlj\nK: Ron is here on this press release and I have one suggestion on\na protocol basis. President is not visiting another country at the invitation\nof a private citizen. It has to be at the invitation of the President. We\nwill put in that he will be seeing his old friend Jack Mulcahy (phonetic)\nand the official part will take part on Monday. If we say that he is going\nat the invitation of a friend, there will be doubt about\ntheir sovereignty. Would be the same as if Kosygin said that he was\nvisiting the US at the invitation of Cyrus Eden (phonetic).\nH: Ky is doing it.\nK: He is not a head of state.\nH:\nOh, yes. TXXX Have in there the President wanting to visit Ireland\nwith a chance to see his old friend, Jack Mulcahy, and the home of his\nancestors.\nK: That is fine but the formal part has to come to the XXXXX President\nfrom the President of Ireland. Purely protocol.\nH: Regarding the Spanish part. Why is Bravo in for a separate visit.\nThe President will scream.\nK: They say Franco is ga-ga. They did not think he could last\nthrough a 1 hour meeting. Bravo speaks English so it would probably\nbe only about 1/2 hour. Spaniards are protocol maniacs. Maybe we\ncould XXXX skip the color event.\nH: That was what we wanted to do. [Meaning that the President wanted\nto do the color event. ] He (President) just gets cranked up\nI\nThen sees Franco, then the Prince comes to see him, then Bravo comes\nto see him, then the VP comess to him. Do we have to have the VP\ncome see him?\nK: I would not have though so but\nH: Could we substitute Bravo for Branco?\nK: I don't see why not. It is not in the category of the war memorial.\nI think we should give Chapin leeway to work this out.\nH: OK\nK: Will you do that?\nH: OK\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\n-2-\nK: Let me see, there was one other\nH: Hello\nK: I was just waiting for my orders from you.\nH: Orders?\nK: I know who the real boss is.\nH: That will be the day. I cannot even get my own staff to listen to them.\nI talked to Al and they [something about handling the wreath laying question].\nK: I would not handle it k as a local political issue. They could say\nscrew you.\nH: It hadn't been turned down. [When it comes up they will accept it. ]\nK: What if they do not raise it again?\nH: Then he (Chapin) will. He will say I was wrong on this and I have\nmy instructions now. He will do it when they are wrapping up there.\nK: Ok fine. Thanks Bob.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nSecretary Johnson (State)/Mr. Kissinger\nSeptember 19, 1970 12:20 p.m.\njlj\nJ: Henry, have you seen this flash from Amman in which the King is\nasking for hospitals. I think the nearest we have undoubtedly is Germany.\nI thought I would send a flash back and say of course we would do everything\nwe could and ask khxexXxixx has the King approached ICRC? We would like\nto get an ICRC umbrella in there.\nK: Yes, I have seen it. Haig brought it in and he is going to call Sisco\non it.with the same ideas. Our minds are xxxlkingx running along the same\nlines. I told Haig that we would like a multi-lateral umbrella but we\nshould not hold up too long in order to organize it.\nJ: I'll tell them that we are taking all measures that we can.\nK: Yes, of course. Multi-laterally with the ICRC or with - jointly\nwith Germany and France who I understand they also asked.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nSecretary Johnson (State)/Mr. Kissinger\nSeptember 19, 1970 11:25 p.m.\njlj\nJ: Tommy is still in the hospital\nK: I have told the President about this.\nJ:\nI thought he was out. I talked to his wife and he is in good shape\nand receiving visitors. I wonder if this is something that I could go over\nand talk to him about if you approve.\nK: The President says it is OK. Perhaps it would be better that way\nthan to have him in a meeting.\nJ: I think I will try to go over Monday and see him.\nK: That is a good idea.\nJ: The Secretary is agreeable. I will try to get over Monday afternoon\nand I will report to you.\nK: Is the Secretary content with the other things?\nJ: Yes, that is what I wanted to call and tell you. I'll see him on\nMonday and report to you.\nK: Thank you\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTelcon\nSecretary Rogers\n9/20/70; 6:58 p.m.\nR: I have been out of touch for the last 2 hours. What is the latest? Are\nyou having the meeting?\nK: Yes. There is nothing of great consequence that has happened. The\nIsraelis said if we want anything we have got to be loud and clear, but\nwe don't want anything.\nR: Yes, be soft and obscure.\nK: The President has come to the view if any action it should not be by us.\nWhat was the latest information you had?\nR: Pretty much how you and I last talked. What is the meeting going to\nconsider?\nK: Just update everybody on what has happened and pros and cons of\nAmerican vs Israeli action. If the Syrians come back.\n(General Haig walked into HAK's office and Mr. Kissinger asked him what\nhad happened in the last 3 hours.)\nK: (Continuing) Our Embassy is still isolated. We have got Israeli\nintelligence report about armored battle between Syrian and Jordan armies.\nEssentially there isn't anything of consequence. No actions have been\ntaken by anybody as far as I know. Your statement was played very well\non TV this evening, with your picture.\nR: Oh, well, but that isn't.\nK: I just wanted you to know. I will call you as soon as the meeting is over.\nR: All right.\nms\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTelcon\nThe President\n9/20/70; 7:25 p.m.\nP: What time will the meeting [WSAG] be finished?\nK: In 15 minutes probably, or maybe a half hour. We have already been\nmeeting for about 30 minutes.\nP: I will come over in a few minutes. I want to get a feel for what's going\non.\nK: Fine, Mr. President.\nP: I will just sit in for the last part of it.\nK: Terrific, Mr. President.\nms\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nNIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS PROJECT\nDOCUMENT CONTROL RECORD\nITEM REMOVED FROM THIS FILE FOLDER\nA RESTRICTED DOCUMENT OR CASE FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM\nTHIS FILE FOLDER. 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FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM REMOVED\nAND THE REASON FOR ITS REMOVAL, CONSULT DOCUMENT ENTRY\nNUMBER 4 ON EITHER THE DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD\n(GSA FORM 7292 OR NA FORM 1421) OR NARA WITHDRAWAL SHEET\n(GSA FORM 7122) LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THIS FILE FOLDER.\nA sanitized copy substituted for an original item which\nContains information restricted under the Privacy Act.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNLN FORM 101 (revised 6-85)\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELECON\nKissinger/Moose (Private Secretary for PM)\nSeptember 20, 1970 11:15 p.m.\nK: Hello, can you hear me?\nM: Can you hear me?\nK: Not very well. I have just talked to your Ambassador and I would\nlike to use this occasion to pass on this message received from our\nAmbassador in Amman.\nM: Yes\nK: It read as \"The King phoned me at 3:00 a. m. He said he wanted\nme to pass the following most urgent message directly to the President.\nMessage follows: Situation deteriorating dangerously following Syrian\nmassive invasion. Northern forces disjointed. Irbid occupied. This\nhaving disastrous effect on tired troops in the capital and surroundings.\nAfter continuous action and shortage of supplies. \" Why don't we do this\nthen. We will tell our Embassy to deliver it to you immediately. That's\nthe way to do it. I have read it to Mr. Freeman. ??? from any\nquarter including from you because we are asked to pass this message\nto you.\nM: I see. That's similar to the message we passed to you.\nK: Stronger than the message you passed.\nM: The same meaning.\nK: As I have told your Ambassador, we have informed the Israelis\nof this message, and your Ambassador as on other information.\nM: Thank you very much.\nK: You will tell Dennis Greenhill this?\nM: Will tell them what you have told me. Have you any other comment?\nK: We are discussing our own course of action which we have confined\nto\nbut we have not made any decision\nM: Are you considering at this time?\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELECON\nKissinger/Moose\nSeptember 20, 1970 11:15 p.m.\n- 2 -\nK: We are considering but will not do this precipitously.\nM: I have great difficulty hearing you.\nK: We are considering the message but we will not precipitate action.\nYou will hear from us. Give my best regards to Dennis. 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After the meeting this\nafternoon, we can probably make that decision.\nP: hmmh-hummh. We might hear from Tito on this. Nothing will happen on\nthat. I don't see anything XXXXXX that will change it by the end of the day.\nK: Unless the king stabilizes the situation.\nP: Then it would be important to go. We could wait until this afternoon or\ntomorrow.\nK: Right.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nNIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS PROJECT\nDOCUMENT CONTROL RECORD\nITEM REMOVED FROM THIS FILE FOLDER\nA RESTRICTED DOCUMENT OR CASE FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM\nTHIS FILE FOLDER. 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FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM REMOVED\nAND THE REASON FOR ITS REMOVAL, CONSULT DOCUMENT ENTRY\nNUMBER 12 ON EITHER THE DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD\n(GSA FORM 7292 OR NA FORM 1421) OR NARA WITHDRAWAL SHEET\n(GSA FORM 7122) LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THIS FILE FOLDER.\nA sanitized copy substituted for an original item which\nContains information restricted under the Privacy Act.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNLN FORM 101 (revised 6-85)\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTelecon\nJoe Kraft\n9/21/70 11:55 a. m.\nJK; I'm calling because Mrs. Meir at lunch said something\nabout a personal statement by the President to take up Soviet missiles.\nK: She must have had in mind that we promised her we would\nnot drop the issue.\nJK; I see. It was interpreted by some of us as an indication\nof movement toward communication at the highest level.\nK: No, there was no such. She must mean that we said we\nwould raise it and continue to raise it and not acquiesce in it.\nJK: I see. Is there any sign that the Russians are stopping the\nSyrians.\nK: There's no sign that the Russians are doing anything. We\nget a different report every hour on what the situation really is in\nJordan. The Soviet behavior is not easy to understand\nJK; It's quite easy in light of what General DeGaulle once said\nto you, about trying to restore credibility in the most visible way.\nK: But it's not easy in light of what they are saying about trying\nto help with a settlement.\nJK: Okay. I would like to see you.\nK: It's a bad week, but I would love to see you.\nJK; Okay.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nNIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS PROJECT\nDOCUMENT CONTROL RECORD\nITEM REMOVED FROM THIS FILE FOLDER\nA RESTRICTED DOCUMENT OR CASE FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM\nTHIS FILE FOLDER. 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You said \"Proposals\n\"\nK: I was afraid you were going to praise me for a minute.\nR: Said, \"Proposals have been carefully prepared on our side, and\nthe Soviet proposals have provided a basis for negotiation. \" Gerry\nSmith doesn't think they do.\nK: That's an unhappy formulation.\nR: What he asked about was whether this had been released.\nK: Yes it has. The intention was to say \"were not unreasonable.\" It\nwas badly put.\nR: He is afraid it might be seen as a signal to the Russians that we\nwant to negotiate on their proposals.\nK: It hasn't been picked up in the press like that.\nR: What we should do, he thinks, is to have somebody say just the\nopposite, not to refer specifically to it, but have somebody ask us and\nsay no.\nK: That's okay as long as it doesn't look like a frontal attack on me.\nThat's not a good formulation, I agree.\nR: Okay.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nNIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS PROJECT\nDOCUMENT CONTROL RECORD\nITEM REMOVED FROM THIS FILE FOLDER\nA RESTRICTED DOCUMENT OR CASE FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM\nTHIS FILE FOLDER. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM REMOVED\nAND THE REASON FOR ITS REMOVAL, CONSULT DOCUMENT ENTRY\nNUMBER 14 ON EITHER THE DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD\n(GSA FORM 7292 OR NA FORM 1421) OR NARA WITHDRAWAL SHEET\n(GSA FORM 7122) LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THIS FILE FOLDER.\nA sanitized copy substituted for an original item which\nContains information restricted under the Privacy Act.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNLN FORM 101 (revised 6-85)\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELCON\nGerard Smith/Kissinger\n4:02 p.m.\n9/21/70\nK: I still hope to get together with you this week if the M.E. calms down. But\nnext time when you have a complaint about a backgrounder come to me and not\nthe Secy. of State.\nS: I just thought it was a change in policy.\nK: Oh, God. When you go through 20 pages -- you know I don't accept the\nSoviet proposal. I don't think anyone has picked it up.\nS: I bet the Soviets have. And why should they pay any attention to our proposal\nif we accept theirs?\nK: It said many good things about our proposal and since I have been involved\nin forming our proposal it doesn't seem likely that I would (advocate something\ntotally different).\nS: I just wanted to get it xg straight.\nK: Then call me. The Secy. of State calling me 3 times when I have other\nthings to occupy me, you may have your objective but not make a friend of me.\nS: I have a responsibility to him too.\nK: Sure and now we can trace through our pages and see (what we come up with\nand who did what when.)\nS: I don't want to knife anyone.\nK: ????? answer newsmen and do it. And if you call me directly, that's what\nI would have said.\nS: OK\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELCON\nN. Rockefeller/Kissinger\n5:20 p.m.\n9/21/70\nR: I wanted to thank you for what you did in relations to the visit.\nK: I hope it was all right.\nR: Did you see the NYTimes? Fantastic!\nK: I gave the ambassador a talk on where their interests are.\nR: Arther left the dias and joined his wife in the audience, he was so furious.\nK: I told them a co-religionist wouldn't do them any good.\nR: She's a great woman. We need her in our country.\nK: That's what the President said.\nR: I told her to take the job here.\nI\nK: We are trying to move in the first team but before we are through they will\nknow they have bitten something off. Things have turned a lot.\nR: It's exactly what you said two months ago.\nK: Hel was convinced that I made myself extremely unpopular here by saying this\nwould lead to war rather than peace. It's like lions, you blink once with the\nArabs and they are all over you.\nR: Does he understand what Rogers has been doing?\nK: I think. We wik are really pouring power in there now. More going on this\nweek.\nR: She said, and rightly, that Hussein wouldn't have done\nwithout\nencouragement. You needn't comment. The other thing is on the shipment of\nequipment which I hope is taking place.\nK: It's ordered about 3 times a month but then it's like punching pilbow S.\nR: She said one week technicians were sent and things were rolling and then it\nwasxxxx turned off. But you know.\nK: Too well.\nR: Thank you.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nN. Rockefeller/Kissinger\n5:20 p.m.\n9/21/70\n-2-\nK: Your support has always meant an enourmous amount to me. You have walked\nthe line well. We are slowly digging ourselves out of the morass but if this blows\nyou are not coming through Washington during the campaign?\nR: I may.\nK: If you should, there are some things of interest to you which you can't use\nin the campaign but show a rough time.\nR: Does it look like a trip?\nK: I guess no.\nR: If there were, you would go?\nK: Yes.\nR: I had a feeling that with the problems and crises that another trip --\nK: It was a good move to go to the 6th Fleet to show se meant it but now SO\nmuch has ax happened and now it will be hard.\nR: I hope Hussein doesn't go under.\nK: That's essential. We are more in control with things here than two weeks\nago.\nR: You know, she never criticized in public or private. Really great.\nK: A great woman.\nR: Well, people up here are happy.\nK: How is your campaign going?\nR: Too well. Too long between now and elections. Job of keeping the momentum.\nI am going up-state this week.\nK: I need hardly tell you I am for you.\nR: You have been very helpful and John Mitchell has been helpful.\nK: He likes you. Did you see where he popped off, after a few drinks, in\nomen's Wear Daily? He said Winthrop can buy the votes SOW why worry.\nR: I think he will lose. He was fabulous when I brough those blacks down.\nK: He is great. (last seemed to refer to Mitchell).\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELCON\nPresident/Kissinger\n5:55 p.m.\n9/21/701\nP: Did you have anything before this meeting at 6:00?\nK: I could drop by.\nP: Did we have Helms?\nK: You decided last night not to have him.\nP: I meant this morning.\nK: OK, I will see that he is invited from now on. Anyway, he is in Alabama.\nP: Good, then we don't need him.\nK: May I raise a trip question with you? I spoke to the Ambassador about\nMrs. Nixon. The I Queen is going to ask to be invited to lunch with you and\nMrs. Nixon at Chequers and afterwards Lady Home would take care of her\nat her country house. It's so unprecedented that X it would be awkward to turn\ndown.\nP: That's right.\nK: You would have a meeting with Heath before lunch. She xhowkxx would join\nafter and then you'd meet with Heath after lunch. We could make Shannon later.\nP: That's right. Check with Haldeman because Mrs. Annenberg was working\non something. I told them that the Queen took precedence.\nK: Freeman said it's unprecedented.\nP: I hope we can make the trip. Maybe we can.\nK: We don't have to be precipitous on this.\nP: Let's get this going on time. These people have been working hard and they\nneed a good night's rest. Bring us up to date on developments during the day.\nYou and Sisco.\nK: Vorontsov is in to see Sisco now. He had a message.\nP: Probably worning us\nK: That's all we have to do now. (?)(\nP: Has anyone talked to Rabin about going through Sryia?\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELCON\nPresident/Kissinger\n5:55 p.m.\n9/21/70\n-2-\nK: I did and Sisco and they are exploring it.\nP: Nothing new.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELECON\n(President spoke very softly - --\nThe President/Mr. Kissinger\nvery difficult to hear)\n7:43 p.m., September 21, 1970\nK:\nYou say you are leaning to keeping the trip on.\nP:\nIn every possible way, we are not going to be in position to be in\nthe middle of it.\nK:\nI think we should go full speed ahead, Mr. President.\nP:\nJust because the Israelis are having a little battle with the Syrians,\nwe are not going to be moding around.\nK:\nWould expect that the Soviets would make some sharp move under\nthese conditions.\nP:\nWe have got to go on as if the world is still turning.\nK:\nThe fleet will have to leave its station around the 26th, 5 days from\nnow, so we have plenty of time.\nP:\nWe don't have to have exercises, just knock that off -- don't have to\nhave the whole fleet over there.\nK:\nHave most of the fleet there.\nP:\nWe don't have to go to the carrier you understand. -72222222\nThink you should continue the plan as if the trip was going to go on\nand we could cancel but not before Wednesday evening. Everybody\nwill understand if we knock it off.\nK:\nHave you had a chance to talk to Bob about the Queen?\nP:\n??????\nK:\nWe ought to invite the Annenbergs.\nP:\nThat's fine, that's fine, it would be very nice for Mrs. Nixon to see\nChecquers.\nwgh\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nNIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS PROJECT\nDOCUMENT CONTROL RECORD\nITEM REMOVED FROM THIS FILE FOLDER\nA RESTRICTED DOCUMENT OR CASE FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM\nTHIS FILE FOLDER. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM REMOVED\nAND THE REASON FOR ITS REMOVAL, CONSULT DOCUMENT ENTRY\nNUMBER 15 ON EITHER THE DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD\n(GSA FORM 7292 OR NA FORM 1421) OR NARA WITHDRAWAL SHEET\n(GSA FORM 7122) LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THIS FILE FOLDER.\nA sanitized copy substituted for an original item which\nContains information restricted under the Privacy Act.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNLN FORM 101 (revised 6-85)\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTelecon\nAmbassador Freeman\n9/21/70 7:45 p.m.\nK: Your tour director is reporting. I notice you discuss all the\nimportant matters with the Secretary of State.\nF: A slight change of form. This afternoon I only got on to Al\nHaig because I didn't want to bother you.\nK: He hasn't talked to me about this.\nF: Well he has got something he's going to talk to you about. It's\nsimply that you may not know that Alec Douglas Home is coming here\nWednesday for a conference with Rogers. I wondered if the President\nwould want to see him. He will be here at 11:00 in the morning and he\nsees Rogers at 3:00. He wants to get back to New York as soon as pos-\nsible after that but I could bring him by any time between 11:00 and\n3:00.\nK: I am sure the President will want to see him. I will check\nwith the appointment secretary and let you know.\nF: Not wanting to intrude on you this afternoon I simply called Haig.\nK: Now I have another grievance. You are feeding my paranoia.\nF: What have I done?\nK: No, really you are frustrating me. I have talkedto the President\nand he is very pleased by the Queen's suggestion and happy to accept.\nAnd if Mrs. Annenberg could be included it would be considered a\ngreat Kindness.\nF: Of course they would. The present intention is that Mrs. Nixon,\nMrs. Rogers and Mrs. Annenbert would be included. The thing is that\nif you want seriously to put the point about extending the talks, there\nare problems at our end, though we could get over them if you care very\nmuch about it.\nK: It's just that it's impossible to get away from Spain before 9:00,\nF: We needn't concern ourselves in detail about this at the moment.\nOur idea is to have the talks start at 11:30 and to until **** 1320.\nK: Right.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTelecon\nAmbassador Freeman\n9/21/70 7:45 p.m. page 2\nF: As far as we can see there would, in any case, probably be\ntime for a short further talk after the lunch without extending it.\nK: What is the outside time?\nF: We have none. Apparently there is some slightly embarrassing\nsocial detail about getting the Queen away but it appears that in any case\nyou wouldn't have to leave Checquers until 3:10.\nK: But if you are concerned about our time we can extend it to 3:45\nor 4:00.\nF: I don't know exactly what the difficulties about time from our\nend are. But I think it can be overcome.\nK: I wouldn't make a big problem out of it.\nF: No. What's in the Prime Minister's mind, he and the President\nshould start talking together alone. Meanwhile the two Secretaries of\nState with their advisors would talk in another room. And then the two\ngreat men can decide when they want to join the two Secretaries of State.\nK: That is our thinking. You see I deal with all the important\nproblems at the White House.\nF: I see that. Anything else you have trouble with, call me in the\nmiddle of the night.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELECON\nJoe Sisco/Mr. Kissinger\n8:20 p.m., September 21, 1970\nS:\nWhat I will do if you agree, Roger will clear simultaneously with the\nSecretary.\nK:\nYou will give the answers to Rabin tonight?\nS:\nIf you clear and the Secretary clears the way I formulated it.\nIt will be over in 5 minutes. I have arranged with Haig to call\nRoger Davies who is on duty and give him any changes that you may\nhave. Will communicate these to Robbey. Think I have reflected\nthe meeting pretty well.\nK:\nYou always do.\nwgh\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELECON\nMr. Haldeman/Mr. Kissinger\n8:30 p. m., September 21, 1970\nK:\nTwo things, one about England -- the Queen who is going to be in\nBalmoral is going to make a special trip down to have lunch at\nChecquers.\nH:\nGreat\nK:\nThe British Embassy tells me this is unprecedented and has never\nbeen done before.\nH:\n??\nK:\nShe is invited too. She would have lunch at the Embassy. This is\nin effect the Queen inviting her to lunch. Mentioned it to the President,\nhe said yes but also that I should take it up with you.\nH:\nShould get word to Mrs. Annenberg.\nK:\nWill you take care of it?\nH:\nYes.\nK:\nMay I give you my personal judgment on the trip. I don't think we\nwill be going. He said you told him that he should do business as\nusual.\nH:\nDid the President say I said that. I said in cancelling the trip the\nprocess of doing that would be a major major factor in itself. I have no\nview on that whatsoever. The question of if you do it, you have to\ndo it. That in itself is a major event.\nK:\nIt would be a disaster if we were all scattered all over Europe. The\nSaratoga would have to pull out of line if the crisis is still in full pitch.\nH:\nCancelling is a very major event and will be regarded as such and\nmay be a very good event. The fact that we are doing that may do\nus as much good as doing the trip.\nK:\n[How do you think we are doing? ]\nH:\nSo far I think we are doing great in spite of ourselves.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELECON\nMr. Haldeman/Mr. Kissinger\nPage 2 -- 8:30 p.m., September 21, 1970\nK:\nThe President is great. He is keeping very good control. He drives\nme crazy when things are calm. His questions are superb.\nH:\nGoing back on this Queen thing, one lunch or two lunches?\nK:\nProbably two luncheons. The Queen, Prime Minister, Secretary of\nState and his wife, the President and his wife and one or two advisors.\n(Discussions going on at my desk -- interrupted)\nH:\nPrince Phillip would not be coming?\nK:\nNo, at least not that we have heard.\nK:\nAnnenberg, I ought to turn her off.\nK:\nIt is a great honor. The Queen never travels to see anyone Freeman\nsays. He knows of no instance where that has happened.\nH:\nWe ought to get that out before it is cancelled.\nK:\nRight, but we don't know if it is formal with the British to be announced.\nwgh\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELECON\nRoger Davies/Mr. Kissinger\n8:45 p.m., September 21, 1970\nK:\nI was told half hour ago that they would be here in 5 minutes.\nD:\nThe Secretary had some changes. I will carry them up to the machine\nin 5 minutes to be LDX'd.\nwgh\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTELECON\nThe President/Mr. Kissinger\n9:10 p.m., September 21, 1970\nP:\nHenry, I am going to bed early -- I am meeting with Congress in the\nmorning.\nK:\nThink it is going to be quiet tonight. I won't disturb you unless --\nP:\nIf you hear anything, let me know.\nK:\nHaven't given them the answers. When I talked to Rabin there were\nso many conflicting signals -- I think by tomorrow morning we will\nhave answers.\nP:\nWe will have additional intelligence on where it all stands.\nK:\nThink noon tomorrow is a good time for this group to meet. I think\nthe Jordanian psychological end is stronger, more than their physical\nstrength.\nP:\nMore than they are showing on their nerve.\nK:\nThey might still pull it out.\nP:\nI hope so but whatever, if the thing quiets down, this trip would be\na reinforcement.\nK:\nIf the Israelis don't move by Thursday, the thing will settle down.\nP:\nOkay Henry.\nwgh\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nNIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS PROJECT\nDOCUMENT CONTROL RECORD\nITEM REMOVED FROM THIS FILE FOLDER\nA RESTRICTED DOCUMENT OR CASE FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM\nTHIS FILE FOLDER. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM REMOVED\nAND THE REASON FOR ITS REMOVAL, CONSULT DOCUMENT ENTRY\nNUMBER\n16\nON EITHER THE DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD\n(GSA FORM 7292 OR NA FORM 1421) OR NARA WITHDRAWAL SHEET\n(GSA FORM 7122) LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THIS FILE FOLDER.\nA sanitized copy substituted for an original item which\nContains information restricted under the Privacy Act.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNLN FORM 101 (revised 6-85)\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nNIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS PROJECT\nDOCUMENT CONTROL RECORD\nITEM REMOVED FROM THIS FILE FOLDER\nA RESTRICTED DOCUMENT OR CASE FILE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM\nTHIS FILE FOLDER. FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEM REMOVED\nAND THE REASON FOR ITS REMOVAL, CONSULT DOCUMENT ENTRY\nNUMBER 17 ON EITHER THE DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD\n(GSA FORM 7292 OR NA FORM 1421) OR NARA WITHDRAWAL SHEET\n(GSA FORM 7122) LOCATED IN THE FRONT OF THIS FILE FOLDER.\nA sanitized copy substituted for an original item which\nContains information restricted under the Privacy Act.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNLN FORM 101 (revised 6-85)\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.\nTelecon\nMr. Kissinger\nRoger Davies 9/21/70; 9:30 p.m.\nK: Would you read the last paragraph again.\nD: In the recent crisis the U. S. has augmented the Sixth Fleet. It\nhas also taken other readiness measures clearly implying a decision\nnot to permit Soviet intervention against Israel in the conditions under\ndiscussion. As for the specific measures the U. S. may take to prevent\nSoviet intervention we have contingency plans for these eventualities.\nK: No, what I was going to say -- these would depend on circumstances\nthat exist at the time.\nD: That these depend upon the circumstances of the situation that exist\nat the present time we have contingency plans for these eventualities.\nK: Do you agree it sharpens it?\nD: Yes, sir.\nK: You will be pleased to know that I am clearing the other cable as it is.\nI appreciate the cooperation of everyone in your organization.\nD: Thank you very much. I will pass that on to the boys.\nK: Seeley impressed me in particular today. He did a superb job in\ndrafting considering the pressure he was under.\nD: He turns out a great deal of good work.\nK: He impressed the hell out of me.\nD: I will be pleased to pass that on to him\nfeg\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nDECLASSIFIED\nThis document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified."
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