Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "498694033",
    "label": "March 23-30, 1974",
    "core": "doc",
    "dtoType": "document",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/498694033"
}

{
    "id": "498694033",
    "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/498694033",
    "contentType": "document",
    "title": "March 23-30, 1974",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/498694033",
    "collections": [
        "National Security Files (Nixon Administration)",
        "Henry A. Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts (Telcons)"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/nixon/rn-nsf/579113/Batch0002/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-25-06/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-25-06-001.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/nixon/rn-nsf/579113/Batch0002/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-25-06/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-25-06-001.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/nixon/rn-nsf/579113/Batch0002/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-25-06/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-25-06-001.jpg",
    "imageCount": 73,
    "hasImages": true,
    "source": "import",
    "hasTranscription": false
}

{
    "url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/498694033",
    "naId": 498694033,
    "levelOfDescription": "fileUnit",
    "recordType": "description",
    "ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}

{
    "seq": 63,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/presidential-libraries/nixon/rn-nsf/579113/Batch0002/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-25-06/37-natsec-kissinger_telcons-579113-25-06-063.jpg",
    "mediaId": "7aa58dcb9a4e4673",
    "ocrText": "Rush - page 3\nK: Yes.\nR: Henry, coming to another subject, we have, I think, got to put it up to Bill\nDonaldson. Either to devote his time to security assistance or to energy. The\nsecurity assistance thing is - thank God we're putting George Vest in now to take\nSy Weiss' place. Sy is not moving in. I talked to both of them, I talk three talks\nnow to Donaldson.\nK: Well, what does Donaldson say?\nR: He said he's getting on top of it. I'd tell him about the personnel problem - he's\ngetting on top of it. I asked him to come back and report to me, and I'm just not\ngetting the reports back. I've just decided he's SO completely wrapped up in energy\nthat's he's not going to be able to get on top of security assistance.\nK: Basically, he ought to be able to do them both.\nR: He's certainly wrapped completely around energy now. With George Vest\nin,\nPM is supposed to be, in essence, the staff for the Under Secretary for Security\nAssistance. We'll see how that goes, but I'm very sceptical that Bill can handle\nboth jobs. At least he's not doing it now and he's been in there for 6 months.\nK: He ought to be told he must.\nR: I've told mim three times now. I'll tell him again next week. I think I'll call\nhim again and tell him he may have to make a choice. See what his reaction is.\nI don't think he quite has the capacity to spread himself over those two bigs jobs.\nI think he's SO deeply in on security - on energy. He's traveling too, quite a bit\non it. The security assistance thing, we just have to take up ourselves that Joe\nis helping out on the Middle East. Did Joe see you, by the way, about Jordan.\nK: Not yet.\nR: On the 12 million five for Jordan, I just sent it back into Joe. On the 12 million\nfive, Henry, both AID and Holton think, they in essence told the committees, that\nthe Vietnam was the mass supplemental we were coming in on. They think it will\nhave a very bad reaction in the Congress on the whole thing if we go back in for an\nextra supplemental of 12 and a half for Jordan. That the thing to do is to include\nthe Jordanian 12 and a half next year. That Jordan's cash position is very strong\nnow and they don't need the cash and that we might jeopardize even Vietnam if we\ngot back in additional supplemental request on Jordan. They've had a very bad\nreaction in the Congress on Vietnam but I hope we'll get that through. I'm inclined\nto think we ought to let Jordan go into the '75 budget at 12 and a half million. Is\nthat alright\nK: Yes.\nR: Good. Now I left with Larry a new group of names for the Under Secretary for"
}