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2 K: Don't worry about it. I'll quiet them down. I'm going to shut Ziegler up now. L: How about letting them read my memo to the President anyway. I don't think anybody has read it over there. K: I'll get Ehrlichman to read it. L: Just give him a copy of it because Jesus this is rather serious and they say that there are other bills up. They only other bills are the HEW appropriation bill and that isn't going to be cut below the President's budget and that's already passed both the Senate and the House. It's just a conference report that needs to be acted on. I'm not trying to burden you with problems Henry and I think it's a lot of crap anyway. K: It is a lot of crap and they should just shut up now. L: They're just trying to make a story out of the damn thing when we should just let it lie. K: You have no idea how much time Haig and I have spent on this idiotic thing. L: Is that right ? I was just going over the clips that came in from - that they brought in here. I don't give a damn about it. What the hell do I care but they say that their telling them that the President slapped me today and that K: Listen I talked to the President and he's perfectly relaxed about it. There's a lot of staff guys churning it around. L: Just so he knows what the facts are over there with the McGovern amendment. Christ, it was important to win that. K: He understands Mel. Don't worry about him and I'm going to shut these guys up now. L: I'm not trying to perpetuate this thing at all but I wish they would just stay with the statement and shut up. K: I agree with you. OK. Fine.

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