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Mr. Kissinger
Mr. Dave Kraslow
5/20/71; 8:15 p.m.
K: Did David give you my message?
HK: That we may be starting a new era of foreign policy? I agree.
I
am serious. That depends if both sides have enough vision to do it.
At this point we are in a period where you are seeing a lot of develop-
ments - the Chinese thing, the Soviet thing. Obviously no government
would put out a statement like this if we didn't think we could bring
about an agreement. We think that this may be the beginning of a new
attitude towards relations with states with different ideals.
K: By this you mean the SALT thing?
HK: Yes, and reduction of forces.
K: Brezhney's speech on reduction of forces, you mean?
HK: SALT, Brezhnev's speech on reduction of forces, China, new
approach in Asia in general.
K: How about the Middle East? No shooting in ten months.
HK; Berlin negotiations which SO far are stalemated but so was SALT.
K: But no regression.
HK: No, but some slight progress.
K: If you were in the position outside looking in, what would you do
about Vietnam at this stage.
HK: Vietnam is a phenomenon.
K: What does that mean?
HK: It was something that was inherited -- it in itself is not a new
concept of foreign policy. The fact that we are improving relations
with the Soviet Union may turn Vietnam into just a
issue.
It may make it easier to settle with negotiations.
K: What sort of timeframe should we talk about. How much time would
you give Nixon Administration?
HK: By 1976 we will have brought off
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