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TELCON Kissinger/Ivan Head 3:25 5/18/72 HAK: Hello, how are you IV: I am well, how are you. HAK: I am well, I have had my hands full since our visit. IV: I bet, I have been reluctant to HAK: No, no I owed you a phone call. I also thought that given our impending changes, it might be better to wait until it was consummated. What we discussed is still on, as far as WE you are concerned. My strong advice is that we wait until we are back from Moscow and as soon as the change is completed we will get Shultz to start the negotiations. IV: That sounds very good to me. One of the reasons I wanted to get through to you was the pressures we felt were coming in from the flanks on us --one in particular of the Assistant Secretary's in that department had been making some speeches which were quite inflammatory here, and that coupled with the pressures that we're under are not overtly supporting your Vietnam policy, but certainly indicating that we are sticking with you and loyal to you because we are in trouble has given some cabinet ministers some cause to squeal --they thought well what kind of response are we getting from Washington where we need a little help when we are in political trouble because of helping them. HAK: I chose the unheroic course of not fighting a tough battle when three weeks from now it will be relevant anyway. If you would explain that to the Prime Minister, we will proceed along the lines of our discussions. IV: There seems to be an increasing amount of pressure in Canade building up among labor unions and intellectuals that is spilling out a lot more broadly than we have ever had before. I do want to reassure you that the PM and Mr. Charb will stick to the guns they have taken on this up until now. None of us anymore than you I am sure are committed