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TELECON President Nixon/Secretary Kissinger March 18, 1974 6:28 PM K: Mr. President. N: Hello, Henry. K: We finally got the official text. What happened is basically it is lifted unconditionally by the majority. With the previsal that they would discuss it again on June 1. Which doesn't mean it goes back on June 1, it just means they will discuss it again on June 1. N: Right. K: The Algerians may say they agree to lift it only until June 1, SO they make it conditional. N: We don't care, we don't get any from them anyway. K: That's right. I got a message from Sadat and he said he will help me get the thing concluded by the end of April, which is also my plan. The Syrian disengagement, so then there won't be any problem, anyway. N: Well, of course, there must follow not only the disengagement, as you know , but K: Mr. President, with all respect, we don't have to linger to any permanent settlement at this point. The major thing we need now is the disengagement. If we talk too much about permanent settlement, when I was there the last time I talked to Sadat, he isn't ready to discuss that. That will get us back into Geneva. We should be very careful in making promises on that. N: This is one thing we're going to do though, Henry. That's understand that. There is going to be a permanent settlement. K: Of course, Mr. President. If we get into a forum where all of these issues get discussed together, we'll get killed. N: I agree, but we don't want to leave any illusions here with our friends here that this is it, you know, and the Israelis think that they can just dig in and this is it. K: No, no N: Because then this same thing will come up to haunt us next Fall. K: No, the strategy that I see now, but which we shouldn't announce publicly, is that after the Syrian disengagement we should get a settlement between

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