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    "ocrText": "TELCON\nFriday, July 19, 1974\nSecretary Kissinger - Amb. McCloskey\n8:45 p.m.\nM: Hello.\nK: Hello, OK. Sisco is to go to Athens. Callaghan agrees.\nM: OK.\nK: Before he goes to Athens he is supposed back into the Turks and he\nis to tell them first of all that we object strongly to their actions, ahat\nit has strong consequences for everybody we now believe that the\nClerivites solution is the only one and that he has been instructed to\nAthens to propose it, and that we expect the Turks to go along with us.\nAnd we are interpreting that phase \"go along with it\".\nNow is there anyting else on his tortured mind?\nHas he told you our whole plan on the telephone?\nM: No.\nK: What is his objection? Callaghan does not want him in London.\nM. OK, that is dosn't know and no one could tell him that before now.\nK: Well, what was he going to do in London? Will you tellme?\nM: Mr. Secretary, I'm sorry. I don't know what he was going to do in\nLondon. I had to be interrupted twice while I was speaking with him.\nK: Whatis his reason for not wanting to go to\nAthens\nM: He says there is no way the Greeks will accept the Clarities proposal that\nhas already been rejected by the Turks furthermore.\nM:\nK: Then he has been writing out the cables. / But that is what he is saying to\nme over our rough connection.\nK: As to who will be president under those circumstances, Ecevit said government\nis Turkey does not care. Now, what in the hell does that mean?\nM: OK. I think I still have an open line to him. I'll go back to him and\ntell\nhim he must go, he will have detailed instructions for him there and"
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