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Senator Ribicoff
5/19/71 6:58pm
K: I am calling about the Mathias amendment. I don't know where you stand
on it and I haven t t before asked Senators to vote before and wouldn't now except
that this is an issue very close to my heart. I feel very strongly
it my
profound conviction on top of it's being Administration policy that this is not
in the national interest.
R: Let me put it this way: I can vote against the Mathias amendment,
but I'm going to to vote for the one.
MANSFIELD)
K: That's all right. Of course I am violently opposed to that but I
would rather have a vote on cutting forces than have the constant guillotine
of cuts every six months hanging over my head.
R: I'll vote against Mathias, but I'm voting for Mansfield. I feel very
strongly that there is no justification for NATO not paying the dollar in balance
for our men there. They ought to pick up that tab.
K: That's is a different issue from whether the forces should be cut
and one I would like to discuss with you some time.
R: Okay, I appreciate your calling.
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