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    "ocrText": "27-B\nConversation between Secretary Kissinger and James Callahan, British Foreign\nSecretary\nJuly 21, 1974 - 11:15 a. m.\nCallahan: Hello, Henry. I have read the telegrams and also had an interesting\nreport myself from Athens from one source. Any changes made will be for\nthe worse. Therefore, I believe we ought to remove any excuse for widening\nthe problem. You should take a bit of a risk in telling them what the Turks\nare willing to do and as far as I am concerned, I would approach them and\nsay we hold ourselves ready for talks which are available -- suggest perhaps\nin Vienna. The Turks are available, and as far as I am concerned, we are ready.\nKissinger: The Turks are not ready for a cease-fire. Ecevit is using the\nexcuse of Greek fleets in Cyprus. He says there are Greek ships carrying\nGreek flags. There will never be an end to this. He says that they are\nspeaking Turkish they learned in NATO. I said that no one could blame\nhim if he sank ships carrying Turkish flags; they are his own ships.\nCallahan: What did he say to that?\nState\nKissinger:\n25x(6)\nCallahan: The situation will be worse tomorrow.\nKissinger: I will tell Ecevit we need a cease-fire tonight.\nrelact\n25x(6)\nCallahan: How will that move affect the Greeks' move toward the USSR?\nThere is some suggestion of a move that way..\nKissinger: In Greece.\nCallahan: Would your bluff be called?\nKissinger: My bluff would be called if we went to war anyway,\nCallahan: What will you say to the Greeks?\nKissinger: I must talk to the Turks first.\nCallahan: We can expect the next positive action from the Greeks.\nDP\nPARTIALLY DECLASSIFIED ON 9-10-03\nby NARA on the recommendation of the\nNSC under provisions of E.O. 12958"
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