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    "ocrText": "-3-\nsorta indicated that if they don't accept what he wants then Jackson\nwill offer the Jackson amendment on the Export-Import thing.\nWe'll try to compromise.\nK: So he, I think what he wants is the minimum is the Congressional\nveto on every loan. That has, Casey tells me a number of commercial\nproblems in that while that loan is on the table the competitors would\nall know what the bidding is.\nC: Yea. Well, we will try to avoid that except at some figure\nUnfortunately they are talking fairly low figures like 25 million\nK: Yea. I mean if the figure is high enough we can live with it.\nC: What is your idea of an acceptable figure?\nK: Ch, God, a few hundred million.\nC: Yea. I doubt that we can get one at that level, but\nK: But what they have to consider, well I don't have to convince you.\nWe just cannot get a moderate Soviet policy in the Middle East\nand systematic cuto ff all the fruits of detente. That isn't possible.\nC: Yea. I fully understand that and I think there is a good number\nwho do. Well we'll work\nK: I can say my impression in talking with the Jewish community\nwas that all except the head of the Soviet group would positively\nfavor a compromise and even he in private talks was more\nflexible than I have ever seen that group to be.\ntrying to arrange\nC: Really. That is very encouraging. Well what I will / is\nto hit Jackson from the two sides if necessary from the Jewish\ncommunity on the one hand and the Senators on the other hand.\nTo try to orchestrate XX SO that it sorta happens about the same\nmoment, if we need to do that at this point. But I will focus on\nthe credits and let the other stuff sorta slide.\nK: I greatly appreciate this.\nC: If we can help on the SALT thing why there is a number of us\nwho want to. We don't\nK: Well, I have talked to Muskie about this yesterday and we may\nget together a group just one evening at the Department and let\nour hair down and explain the figures, because I tell you of all\nthe demoniac things that I have heard this one is the worse."
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