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    "ocrText": "TELCON\"\nSisco/HAK\nOctober 23, 1973/12:12 p.m.\nK:\nI just want to keep the lines of communication straight.\nS:\nI'11 pass along whatever you want me to pass along to him.\nK:\nBut I don't want to break Popper's morale.\nThe Israelis of course will\nnot accept the one even as edited. We turned to the decisions at the\ntime\nthat the ceasefire. Now, what I think we should tell the Russians is that\nif they want to make a joint resolution we can make it confirms the\nimmediate cessation of all activities and have a second paragraph on\nthe observer personnel. That part we can make joint. We cannot make\nit a joint resolution that demands that they return to the prime, at the\nmoment of the adoption of the ceasefire because that's inconsistent\nwith the original resolution. If they ammend it to make it at the time\nthat the ceasefire went into effect we will abstain from it.\nS:\nRight.\nK:\nDon't you think?\nS:\nWell, let me reflect on that. I think myself, if you, if the Russians go\nahead on this and we end up abstaining, I think now the Russians and\nothers begin to beat us over the head in the area. I think myself that\nif you press them hard enough you can get the deletion of that portion\nand that's what I think we ought to do in order to stay together. Because,\nif then, they come out on the side of God, we then put ourselves in the\nposition.\nK:\nOK, why don't you call Voronstov and tell him I'm in a meeting and say\nthis is our decision and I will call him in half an hour. That way I don't\nget into a shouting match with him.\nS:\nI will not say anything about the abstension because they'll bite at that.\nK:\nJust tell him\nS:\nWhat we need deleted.\nK:\nAnd tell him that once the observers are in the field we give them our\nassurance we will vote for any resolution censuring people crossing the\nline. See what I mean.\nS:\nSure. Give them that kind of assurance. Also you can use the\nargument."
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