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Henry Brandon/Kissinger
4:50 p. m.
12/17/71
B: I would like to see you for a few minutes about the Heath meeting.
K: I doubt it.
B: Anything special on your side?
K: No. We have to wipe up the mess on the subcontinent. It ended after the
tragedy of it's beginning. We at least saved W. Pakistan. That's what we were
after.
B: What do you think should be done now?
K: You know what can be done now? Can't -- there's not much that can be done
now. We have to face the facts of what this means.
B: What does it mean to you?
K: You know my views. It could not have happened without the Soviet Union.
B: Yeah.
K: It's also true it could not have ended without the Soviet Union. But I don't
throws
know if someone who ***** a match into a powder keg should get credit for
bring the fire dept.
B: It was their doing.
K: Like the M. E. war was. It could not have happened XXX without them.
B: In terms of common action.
K: Whose?
B: U.S. and U.K.
K: I am not sure that common action is the motto of your govt at the moment.
B: I think it may be true. I am not sure that -- it may be a little bit of pick
in this.
or
Z
The action earlier on the part of the U. S.
K
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