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K:
Well, he is a technician.
S:
Have you been in contact with Dobrynin?
K:
I don't want to go into that.
S:
Normal contact?
K:
Well, he cannot have failed to get the message.
S:
I think this thing has worked pretty well this time.
low visibility.
The bombing has gone on well as near as I can tell.
K:
That is the way it looks now. The additional
in Military
Region I and the fact that our airplanes are designed to only fight
over the desert. I am joking, Hugh.
S:
I know it.
K:
Then why don't you laugh. They are not doing it with massive
American air support, they are doing it pretty much.
S:
Our guys were pretty much impressed . Our guys from the field
had some good reports on them. Tell me a little about the
President. He's right at the center of it?
K:
Yes, but he is very calm. He's convinced it's a test of Vietnamization.
The other day somebody said to him, "This is going to go now one
way or the other. 11 He said, 'No, it's only going to go one way.'
11
S:
I see.
K:
That may be bravado, but any way.
S:
I think it looks pretty good. How long are we going to be in it?
K:
Probably months.
S:
What is your routine, has it changed at all?
K:
Two differences. I get a JCS briefing at 15 to 8 every morning
and a WSAG meeting everyday at 10.
S:
What about at night?
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