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Senator Stennis/ Kissinger (not verbatim) December 29, 1970 9:45 a. m. jlj Ellender Amendment, Fulbright S: Hello. I hate to bother you. On this military appropriations bill /amendment We are going to reconvene at 2 p. m. this afternoon. My point of view, just to refresh your memory, on the Cooper-Church matter and the Fulbright matter you know. Are you familiar with the provisions prohibiting the President from We cannot get a vote in the Senate. I was wondering what your reaction would be to strike out all of the language of the Fulbright Amendment out of the appropriations bill. With the added proviso could you live with that? K: But will that not leave the appropriations bill? S: Yes. You would cut out all the language of the amendment but still have the military procurement still standing. K: But this would prevent the use of Vietnamese and Thai troops in Cambodia and Laos. S: It reads provide support and assistance to the government of Cambodia and Laos in the authorization bill. I just wanted to check with you about where would that leave you - could you live under that. K: We do not think SO. You can't ask the Vietnamese to sit around while they rebuild the sanctuaries This will eventually affect our own withdrawals. S: You understand that we have the proviso in there. K: Yes. You have always been a gentleman. S: I just wanted to check with you what your attitude would be on striking the amendment language military procurement authorization bill. K: Does not permit use of Vietnamese troops in Cambodia. S: We are in an awful fix on this bill. We could get it passed in the Senate if we could bring it to a vote. K: Thank you for calling me. DECLASSIFIED E.O. 13526, Section 3.5 PeR HR. 6/26/2012 By WIH/RS NARA, Date 5/16 /16 NIN 08-28/12332 [P. 10F 1]

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