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(Dobrynin)
8/4/71
12:35 p. m.
A: Now they are beginning to publish on a ticker when you have a meeting
with the President. I just saw it on the ticker, UPI, 11:00
K: It probably means I'm on the way out.
A: It gives me respect at that particular time, but now I think that it is
true.
K: That I am on the way out?
A: No.
K: Let me explain to you. The President scheduled a press conference in
his office for this afternoon which was supposed to be a surprise, but it leaked
out. Then there was the danger that a lot of angry newsmen would come over.
He wanted to have it this morning, so it was announced
you follow me?
A: Yes.
K: I'm calling because something embarrassing happened at the press
conference. They asked about a summit with Moscow, would he consider it
before Peking? He said in effect what I had told you, but in a convuluted way.
He said that when Gromyko was here last year we discussed the summit and
said that if it was held it should be well prepared. That slipped out and we
owe youan apology for that. I hope you will explain it. It was a slip of the
tongue. The answer itself was along the same lines as what we discussed.
The only part of it that worries me is that he mentioned he had discussed it
with Gromyko last year.
A:
K: You mean it has been discussed?
A: Yes, it is going on still. But I will look at this.
K: We like to aviid public discussions back and forth. Incidentally, the
President is preparing a letter to Brezhnev.
A: I think that is a good idea.
K: And I think you will find it constructive.
A: On this about the talks with Gromyko
Now I have full text. First,
about China any new one, that is nonsense -- not a single hint of that. He,
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