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    "ocrText": "Amb. Dinitz/Secy Kissinger\n3\nK:\nYeah.\nD:\nSo in case he\nK:\nWell, I don't give a damn what Sisco thinks.\nD:\nNo, no, I just thought that I should inform you that he called.\nK:\nYeah.\nD:\nhave really passed all the exchanges of views between heads.\nK:\nWell, all we can do now is see what happens.\nD:\nWe'll wait. In the meantime, they are continuing the shelling there\nin heavy manner thinking that they could force us into it, which is\nalso bad. You know, because it creates an opposite reaction on this\none. You know, they've been shelling heavy\nK:\nMr. Ambassador, you remind me of a man who has won the grand\nprize in the lottery and is now trying to spend it as fast as you can.\nYou have about two months to wreck the Arab coalition. My judgment\nhasn't been all that wrong on strategy in the past.\nD:\nNo --\nK:\nAnd I wouldn't give a nickel for all these maneuvers that are now\ngoing on, which are good tactics and which may only bring back a\nmuch more strategic situation. We've now got the Europeans out of\nthe game; we've got the Russians out of the game. Any hint of stalemate\nwill bring them back into the game prematurely.\nD:\nMr. Secretary, may I suggest something, I would say that --\nK:\nBut maybe there won't be a stalemate, maybe they'll deliver the\nprisoner list and in that case\nD:\nMaybe you can suggest to them that they should give it to you and you\nwill hand it to us\na proposal.\nK:\nBut you know damn well I couldn't take that responsibility.\nD:\nWell, at least we know that they are alive. You know, I mean it's\nYou know, I'm just thinking aloud without any such\n.\nMaybe they\ngive it to you and then you give us the number. You know, without giving\nus the list and then we send you proposals for your view -- for your\nconsideration. Then they want Dayan here and then they give the full list.\nYou know, I'm trying to --"
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