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    "ocrText": "Page 2\nfine, but I think there are many things we have to do --why don't you talkl\nto Dobrynin and the President and when the interpreter--the President\nsaid of course, he said, these are wonderful men and great friends of\nyours and our country and they could--I think it would be fine. And he\nsiad there are a lot of details to be worked out--Brezhnev was saying this\nin Russian--and then we said look we're patient, we will do everything we\nare asked to do and with that he stuck his hand out in Russian, you're\ninvited. So the President said you've got your deal now; I understood SO\nwalked away. Well Henry was in the state of shock. I talked to A1 Hiag\nfor a minute and told him about it and he said fine. He said fine--oh yeh\nBrezhnev said be sure be in touch with Dobrynin about Now I talked\n--oh I mentioned to the President that Firestone who is there had told\nme coming down they had been thinking of building a plant there now, SO\nI toldthis to Al and he said this was fine, let me know what--how you want\nto further this. Well in talking to Henry Salvatore this morning he said\nyou know I don't know whether we should ask our wives or should go it alone\nand I think business is all business and we'd like to be of help and we're\na special group and I think it ought to go to the mission and I said let me\ntalk to Henry Kissinger because I think if we are not going to have wives\nthis should be indicated rather than coming from you and I because we'll\nhave nothing but trouble but what Henry Salvatore is talking about is our\nengaging and we know it'11 cost a lot of dough but hiring a large private\njet and going there and trying to visit several cities and meeting people\nand maybe breaking in special groups where I can talk to motion picture\npeople--this is not to open up a trade between us but mayb e tell some of\ntheir people that we'd be hapby to make a picture or two there and maybe\nbring some of their technicians over to see what we do and generally\ntrying to further if it is useful--\nHK:\nLook if you want to do the thing realistically write me a letter of what you\nwant and let me take it up with Dobrynin.\nTF:\nAll right. Now I will do that but I want to find out from you really is advice\nif you say Taft I don't think you ought to do it--I don't think it would be\nconstructive, I don't think you put the President on a spot--\nHK:\nLet me see the letter. I think it could be useful. I think basically we'd\nbe for it.\nTF:\nAll right. That's the purpose and when you talk to the President you might\ntell him that we had this conversation SO that it is only going to be done if\nif's useful and helpful.\nHK:\nAbsolutely no question.\nTF:\nNo. 2, Wasserman called and said how was the affair and so forth I said\ngreat and he said you talk to Henry again, I said no I saw him for a minute"
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