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    "ocrText": "telcon\nDean Rusk/Mr. Kissinger\n1:09 p.m., January 29, 1973\nR:\nHenry, I don't want to detain your further. I just wanted to check in\nagain on this TV thing but also I just wanted to let you know that if\nI'm asked about this Vietnam agreement, I'm going to take the general\nposition that on a matter of this sort that we ought to proceed on a basis\nof hope and confidence; that diplomacy has to move that way because\notherwise nothing could ever make sense and to give it a chance. I\ndid at the Rotunda express -- tried to congratulate the President on\nthe results. But you have my best wishes for the future on this and\nwith a little luck maybe we can get something out of it that really\nmakes sense.\nK:\nWell, I agree with you incidentally about Laos and Cambodia sand that\nwill be the most vital test. If they get out of Laos and Cambodia, that\nwill really de facto take care of many of our concerns.\nR:\nRight, right.\nK:\nAnd we have an understanding with them on a ceasefire in Laos after\nwhich they're supposed to pull their forces out.\nR:\nRight.\nK:\nAnd that must happen within the next month.\nR:\nRight.\nK:\nAnd that will be our first\nDean, as long as I have you on the phone,\nI know Rogers talked to you once. We have always hoped that we could\nget you back into government service at one point as a senior\nambassadorial post and\nR:\nWell, there's not a chance in the world, Henry.\nK:\nThere isn't?\nR:\nNo; for age, health and other reasons, I just -- I've done my duty in\npublic service. I appreciate their thought and as a matter of fact, that\nwas discussed in 1969 but I just\nK:\nI know it was discussed in '69 and I could see why you didn't want to\ndo it then.\nR:\nIf I can be of any help, as I'm trying to be a little bit on things like on\nthe SALT talks, or the law of the sea conference, I'm willing to do that.\nBut I just haven't got it in me to take on another public service job again."
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