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Ambassador Dobrynin
5/13/71 3:55pm p. 2
But shorter is quite all right. Put it this way:
11
to concentrate this
year on working out
11
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K: The best thing in English is "to concentrate on working out this
year an agreement
D: But it will have stress on working out this year. You really
emphasized that it should be working out this year. Thought it really will
be practically the same. Ind your case, you would rather put it
K: If you say this year then I rather say 11
On a priority basis.
11
D: Say "current year. 11
K: No, that's not the point. The point is what in the hell have we
agreed to? Have we agreed to concentrate or have we agreeed to work
something out? If you say to concentrate on working out this year it doesn't
mean we are committed to work it out, only that we are committed to work
on it.
concentrate on working out this year an agreement for the
limitation of Anti-ballistic missile systems.
11
D: I don't know what to tell you.
K: Why don't you check it?
D: According to me text, it was many times before. You for the
first time raised it. I didn't pay much attention when it was in the text.
This is the first time you raised it.
K: We thought of
on two separate letters.
D: It's the same really; it doesn't change it
K: Let's leave it aside for the moment. Any other problems?
D: On the statement no. But on the text of the letter
K: In that case, if you want to have "concentrate" let's leave it and
we'll come back to it.
D: On the letter, do you have it?
K: Yes.
D: Paragraph three, "is prepared to concentrate this year. 11
Instead of saying
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