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MM:
Yeah.
HK:
And, therefore, may I suggest this; why don't I mention the idea to
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the Chinese
MM:
I wish you would.
HK:
And leave open the precise date and tell them the exact truth. I've
always found that the truth is the best that if you go as our repre-
sentative we might want to slip it by a week.
MM:
Yes.
HK:
They don't have to worry about that aspect of it and that you will
let me know at the end, say in another week.
MM:
When you return.
HK:
When I return we'll schedule you. You know, what you want.
MM:
Sure, fine.
HK:
And they could in the meantime get the idea settled in principle.
MM:
That's fine. They might have a definite answer then.
HK:
That's right. At any rate it will save us one week in their machinery.
MM:
That's right. So what you're saying in effect then is that it might be
a week after the election.
HK:
What I'm saying is if this is worth doing we certainly will not take
the position that we are interested only if we can make an announce0
ment before the election.
MM:
Of course.
HK:
That would be a preposterous position for us take.
MM:
Yes. It's not needed.
HK:
It's not needed and we wouldn't play that sort of game anyway.
MM:
No, no it isn't you and me or you and me and the President. It's the
incidental factor that I'm trying to
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