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    "ocrText": "TelCon\n4:45 pm, March 16, 1973\nJerry Schecter/Mr. Kissinger\nK:\nHello\nS:\nHi, nothing in this world can happen without involving you.\nK:\nThat's right. I admit this is true, but when did you find thisout.\nS:\nWell, it's taken me a while but it always seems to come back here\nparticularly on Friday afternnon, and Saturday when you want to\ngo on vacation. We're doing a cover on Whitlamb next week.\nK:\nOh, Jesus, now what have I done.\nS:\nAnd Sous berger (spP) had a column on Wednesday saying that\nWhitland sent a letter ofprotest about bombing last December to\nPresident Nixon. Mr. Nixon had Henry Kissinger tell the\nAustralian Embassy the President disdained to answer theletter.\nWith some ugly and hostile remarks to Australian Cabinet members.\nOur people in New York wanted to know whether that is right or not.\nThat was last December.\nK:\nOh yeah, I--were there nasty remarks.\nS:\nThat's not the Cabinet. It doesn't say anything about what these\nthings were but-=\nK:\nIt's total nonsense to say that we disdain to answer the letter.\nS:\nYeah. But the letter warn't answered.\nK:\nWell, because there wasn't much point in it. You know, there were\nofficial communications. Our Ambassado r gave a reply, there\nwasn't a written reply. We had our Ambassador give a reply.\nS:\nBut you also talked to them here in Washington?\nK:\nWell, because we were leaving town that day, and what happened\nwas that their Ambassador was on the way back and sent theletter\nover.\nS:\ni see, so you just--\nK:\nWell, when you don't answer a letter you don't have to say you're\nnot going to answer the letter. Wouldn't you think."
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