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    "ocrText": "TELECON\nThe President\n3/17/71 7:43 p. m.\nK: I talked to moorer and he had talked since my conversation with him\nat 3:00 to the Chief of Staff out there and says this is one of the wierdest\nthings -- there is absolutely nothing to it. Usually there is some basis for\nit which has been exaggeraged. He said it was a tough fight: 66 ARVN killed\nand 180 wounded. They killed 1100 of the enemy.\nP: Must have been a hell of a battle.\nK: He thinks this must have something to do with because they got 270\nindividual and\n20\ncrew-served weapons. So they are claiming a victory.\nBut in intercepted messages the other side is saying to their headquarters that\nthe South Vietnamese are retreating in good order, and I said to him we can't\nkid ourselves. He's talked to the First Corps commander, to\nand to Abrams and they all say this was a planned operation. There were\nlosses\nP: I know that. I don't care about the losses\nK: But it's the same as Hill 31 which was a debacle for the enemy;\nthey also claimed that we were getting whipped. And there is no evidence\nto back it up.\nP: The question is what are we going to do about getting the public\nrelations of this turned around. Laird can't do that; Moorer can't\nAre we going to brief someone? Are you going to\nI'm not sure you\nshould -- they they will be saying the White House is trying to rescue\na debacle.\nK: If in a week we are still where we are\nP: I know. That's right. I agree. But I want you to be sure to read\nthat article in the Staf word for word\nK: I have read it word for word.\nP: There were two men in there who made statements that were very\nbad. If they were right they should be promoted but if they were wrong\nK: Moorer said he talked to all the heads\nOf course you can't\nguarantee they didn't see anybody running where they were\nP: Of kourse.\nK: It's a battle.\nP: That's right. But these smart on-of9a-bitching reporters. I really"
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