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The President/Mr. Kissinger
8:18 p.m., April 27, 1971 -- page 2
K:
Nelson has possibilities.
P:
A possibility, yeah. Of course, that would drive State up the wall.
K:
He would take someone from State along but he despises them SO much
he will take our direction and I would send someone from our staff to
go along.
P:
Send Haig. Really, he's really tough.
K:
And he knows Haig.
P:
Henry, it wouldn't have happened if you hadn't stuck to your guns.
We played a game and we got a little break. It was done skillfully
and now we will wait a couple of weeks.
K:
We have done it now, we have got it all hooked together; Berlin is
hooked to SALT. Nelson might be able to do it, particularly if I
sent Haig.
P:
Oh, we would have to have Haig; and a State guy but not that Green
guy.
K:
Oh, Green could go. On foreign policy, Nelson would take my advice.
P:
He would be a special envoy in a sense.
K:
Actually, Mr. President, that's a very original idea and he's tough.
P:
Particularly if you get him in right at the mountain top and say look,
it will make or break you, boy.
K:
Oh, he would do it and I could tell him on this one. On the long
operation he would be hard to control but on this one he would be good.
P:
If Dewey were alive, he could do it.
K:
Nelson would be better.
P:
But Dewey isn't alive.
K:
If you can hold on a minute, I can get you -- I have the oral note that
the Pakistans sent me. Here it is -- the Pakistan note to Yahya which
Yahya passed onto the Chinese that asked him (read portion of note
In reply to questions from me, Mr. Kissinger said
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