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Dean Acheson
5/12/71 3:45 p. m.
A: I've been thinking over your difficulty. It seems to me what
we want is a little volley firing and not just a splattering of musketry. If
the President prepared a short and simply statement and we got all the
living -President's, all the living former Secretaries of State, all the
former Miftx military top men, former high commissioners, Chiefs of
Staff
K: I get the point.
A: Include all of these and have the President put it all out. If
he said a sentence or two along the lines of "I believe that to withdrawn
any of the forces now standing at arms with our allies in Europe would be
a disaster of incalculable proportions. 11
K: Excellent.
A: Then have the others say "I wholeheartedly concur with the
President" and sign it.
K: That's an excellent idea. I was going to call you because the
President wants a group of people like you together tomorrow at 4:30
to discuss this, if that is convenient.
A: Sure.
K: This other I am almost certain will also be done. Can you make
it at 4:30?
A: Yes.
K: And let me get that other started right away.
A: I think with Truman the best thing would be for the President
to call him himself, and with Mr. Byrns also. He's a funny fellow; he
might be too ill to do it, but I don't think SO. It will be an imposing group
of people.
K: And I think we'll get them all.
A: With a phalanz like that it's hard to oppose.
K: Good. We'll see you tomorrow.
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