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McGeo. Bundy/Kissinger
11:41 a. m.
3/2/71
B: I had a long call from Reston this morning. You probably know what he
is pestering about. Is Henry Kissinger the victim of troubled circumstances
and why Fulbright is mad. You probably know it all.
K: He has been after me on the issue of executive prinidiex privilege but
more that the Administration is lying to the public.
B: He didn't try that with me. The problem is press and not officilas. He
agreed to that. He pushed the discussion what I think the legitimate worry
is that the only people who can explain American x foreign policy are thexfexx
two guys who don't go to the Hill -- you and the President. There's no way
of doing that if it's the night before Cambodia. He does perceive Fulbright
as unreliable (?) confidant. Fulbright tells Reston that you don't tell him
about those meetings.
K: Obviously you know the position of a Presidential assistant.
B: That leads to my point. The substantive suggestion I offer is that it
would be very valuable if someone from the Dept. could go and stand on the
document. It's the most substantive that's come out.
K: The State of the World Report?
B: If there were ways of getting Senators to say to the Secy. come and talk
to us about this so the person that talks is the man responsible and not the
two at the WH.
K: Good suggestion.
B: I think the legitimate worry they have is the guys that (who don't make
policy ?). This has been true since Dulles dies. The last 4 Presidents have
wanted to be X their own spokesman on foreign affairs and the mild manners
of Rogers and
and the simplistic
of Rusk. So they say,
where the hell do I go?
K: They should go to the Secy. of State.
B: But kleeyy that will take some doing. No one can read that as the President
and yourself. It's that kind of subtle document.
K: You don't think a private meeting with the foregin relations committee woul
help?
B: It's edgy.