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    "ocrText": "TELCON\nSenator Pastore\nSecretary Kissinger\n9:23 a. m. 8/1/74\nK:\nMr. Chairman, how are you!\nP:\nFine. Stop calling me Mr. Chairman, will you please start calling\nme John.\nK:\nGood.\nP\nAll right.\nK:\nI'11 be much happier--only if you call me by my first name.\nP\nAll right, I'11 do that Henry. Look I've got a letter from the Providence\nChamber of Commerce from its President. I know this is an unusual\nthing but it is a hell of a\naffair. Now I don't know what your policy\nis, but I've got to get in touch with these people--they are asking me\nthat because of my relationship with you if you would be willing to address\ntheir annual meeting in October of this year-on the 10th or date in\nOctober that you would designate. Now I don't know what your policy\nis\nK:\nMy policy is .-I've got two contradictory policies - one is not to accept\nsuch invitations and the other to do almost anything within reason that\nyou ask me to do. Can you send that letter over to me and I'11 try my\ndamnest to see whether I can do it.\nP\nAll right.\nK:\nDoes it have to be a very formal speech?\nP\nOh no, no no. Not at all. I mean these really--the - business and indus -\ntrial and leaders of the community-- -it is a very, very fine group,\nbankers and and the industrialists and XX X xxatter xxxx the manufacturers,\nit is a high-class group and I have had occasion to addre SS them from time\nto time--even when I was governor. And naturally of course if you decided\nto go, I would be privileged to introduce you and--\nK\nI'd be very pleased--\nP\nSo what don't I -\nK:\nAnd you send it over or have a messenger bring it over and I'11 do my\ndamnest to make it possible.\nP\nAll right, thank you."
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