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Norman Mailer/Mr. Kissinger
12:35 p.m., September 18, 1972
M:
Sure. Henry, there's one thing I do want to go through here though.
There are two "agrees." "He's primarily a moral leader but I do not
wish to agree but you will probably agree __" Two "agrees" don't sound
good. I want to use some other word but I don't want to put a word of
my own in because these are your words.
K:
Well, I could get worse advice than from you on style.
M:
Well, you've helped me on foreign policy. (laughter)
K:
Or you can say, "I do not see it that way, 11 or something like that.
M:
All right, I'll do something [in piece] to that exact sentence. You see,
It's just a matter of avoiding the double "agree." It has
a kind of "agree" to "agree" sound that hurts the sentence.
K:
Yeah. May I make one suggestion on page 199 which I don't think
affects anything of yours.
M:
All right.
K:
If you could drop that sentence, "I found them immensely impressive. "
M:
All right.
K:
If you simply go, "In the beginning I made the mistake of assuming --"
Just let out that one line. The Russians are almost paranoid about
being compared.
M:
Uh-huh.
K:
You know you can say, "But the Chinese
-_"
If you could leave out
"The Chinese are exceptional If you simply go from talk about
to in the beginning my worries are over.
M:
Let's see. You want to say "They will talk about --"
K:
"In the beginning I made the mistake of assuming that they negotiate
like the Russians and they don't." You see, if I can get the -- But
I
thought it really, you know, without any rhetoric, I thought it was a
very strong and perceptive piece.
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