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    "ocrText": "Telecon\nGeorge Shultz\n1/13/71 4:00 p. m. page\n3\nSecond, to what extent are we locked in on various things because of the\nbudget and the answer to that is that the budget is budgeted right up although\nif he wanted to do something like that or delay base closings tax it would\nrun the Budget up some but we could probably handle it.\nK: But delaying the base closings doesn't XXRRX the sum you do not\nsave\nthere come out of something else?\nS: We could sent up a supplemental or something. The problem with\nthe base closings is he won't be able to close them in an election year and\nthen we've got a billion dollars worth of drag on the military with keeping them\nopen. This is not a positive thing.\nAll this stuff they don't want dragging\nthem down and they can't get rid of it.\nK: So you are telling me that you db n't want to change the budget?\nS: That's right.\nK: I'll talk to the President and be back to you.\nS: The only thing I can think of -- it's hard to change it at all at this\npoint, to change it in a manner that won't break into Defense and say you get\nhalf a million more now.\nK: That's impossible.\nS: That is literally scattered through all these accounts. I don't know that\nit is shown in the budget particularly. Really I think it best to leave it alone.\nK: I tend to agree with you.\nS: It's always possible at the last minute -- I would never say we couldn't\nBut it would delay the publication of it at this point.\nK: I am afraid the stories of your going back to the Pentagon and asking\nthem for more than they asked for would be bad. It would have been a cinch\ntwo weeks ago. Let me talk to the President and be back to you.\nS: Okay, thanks."
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