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    "ocrText": "Telecon\nJohn McCloy\n10/31/70 a. m.\n[Missed beginning of conversation -- had to answer another phone. ]\nM:\nhigher level than the\nto how you can expedite\nthis thing and get it totally ratified before elections take place.\nK: But that's within the next three weeks!\nM: Yes, but their thought is that Brandt make an offer to the\nEast Germans or Gromyko on recognizing the GVR (? )\nidea that this will produce tangible results in\nBerlin and perhaps produce special relationship between GVR and X\nFederal Republic. This seems to go completely contrary to the under-\nstanding that they had in regard to the entry of the GVR until there have\nbeen some concessions.\nK: I don't understand how Brandt is going to improve his position\nby making a\nconcession.\nIf he has to get the German\npublic\nbut never underestimate the depths of German stupidity.\nM: This is the feeling I get but if there is nothing on this from the\nU.S. government, then others will be approached to give their blessing\nto this before the Bender elections. We arex sitting in the wings in a\nneutral position and being completely outmaneuvered. We ought to be\naware of this -- it is the World War II peace treaty. For all practical\npusposes, Brandt is wriging the fundamental peace treaty right now.\nK: I have yet to see a European leader who is not profoundly dis-\nquieted by what the Germans are doing. But no one has the guts to say\nSO publicly.\nM: We've fought the war and we won, and here a small minority\nis taking the ball away from us in a way that will profoundly affact the\nrest of us.\nK: Look at the Germans inside of Germany. I'm going to fix an\nappointment for you with the President. It's useless to go the other route.\nI think you should talk to the President first and then Rogers. I share your\nconcerns.\nM: I am profoundly disturbed.\nK: If you look at Chile and Germans, that's where historical changes\nare going on."
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