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Laird/Kissinger
5:35 p. m.
6/11/71
K: Meglomaniac that I am we don't want you on the phone first. I keep trying
to teach my girls.
L: Don't ever worry about that.
K: I will have a recommendation for you on Taiwan in a day or so.
L: I think the Ambassador should handle that quietly. Chiang Kai-shek has
XXXXX me in the country.
K: It's not a good time right now.
L: Don't commit me to do it. I don't want to go to China in
.
K: You are going to be in Face the Nation on Sunday. The President is very
goosy about and of combat given any more of a fillip. If you could dodge that
question. He has something particular in mind on that that I will talk with you
about next welk.
L: I was going to say it's not in the Defense report and we are not going into
it.
K: When we have something to announce, we will. Itx At the end of phase one
That
and no guessing game. Exxxxxx will please the President.
L: It will be on the POW thing.
K: That's the second thing. We don't want a position with the POW s against
a deadline. I think we should take the position that we are not negotiating publicly
with Clifford and we will not get into a reasonable deadline. They know how to
talk with us.
L: I want to take Clifford on.
K: Oh, sure.
L: I have some quotes of his when he was here that I would like to throw back
at him.
K: I saw LBJ last night at a dinner.
asked if we weren't hard on Clifford
and he said hard? He went out to Burning Tree after his statement and the
President had to clean up the mess. They know how to talk with us. On what
grounds will you take him on?
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