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    "ocrText": "Mr. Kissinger/Saville Davis\n11:45 a. m., December 19, 1970\n- 3 -\nD:\nThis particular thing on China came from a different source\nthan the other things attributed to the Kissinger staff. This came\nfrom another source and which I would not, myself, have felt would\nknow the whole story. I have been around long enough to know you\ncan't conclude that it necessarily happened this way. Poor Bill\nwho was new and not so experienced was not astute enough to perceive\nit. Just as the sort of stuff came from the third source. Unfortunately,\nI am afraid this is in the disgruntled area. One of the most damaging\nstatements was in the section on SALT, regarding the State Department\nas a security risk in dealing with the Russians. I groaned at that\none.\nK:\nWhen you come in, I will tell you exactly how we managed the\nSALT thing. You can form your own judgment.\nD:\nYou have already told me some things.\nK:\nI feel SALT we have done best.\nD:\nI have the same feeling and have often written about it.\nK:\nI know. There is nothing personal. You could not be able\nto write anything before Monday anyway.\nD:\nI thought I should talk it out. It took all Friday morning to do it.\nK:\nDo you want to come in Monday? How about 10:30? I am in no\nhurry. The thing that disturbs me most is at a time of profound national\nissues, people could be so petty as to worry about who recommended\nwhat and set up issues tough enough as they are about a reluctant\nWhite House being beaten to death by another agency. The whole effort\nhas been to avoid having one bureaucratic group win battles.\nD:\nI appreciate this.\nK:\nI don't want a correction that says the White House is brilliant\nand the State Department is a bunch of klucks. I would like people to\nthink we are serious people trying to do together a serious job. At\nleast we are serious and not doing it in order to score points."
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