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    "ocrText": "MSS DIV LIB CONG.\nSECRET/SENSITIVE\n2\nDobrynin thanked General Haig for calling and said that he would look at\nthe UPI dispatch immediately.\nIII.\nTelephone Conversation at 11:30 a. m. April 14, 1972:\nAmbassador Dobrynin called General Haig and informed him that he had\njust read the UPI dispatch. It was really something new and not as in the\npast. It was not a demonstration. From time to time, they had meetings\nof workers in Soviet factories. There were some 3, 5 and 10 weeks ago.\nWestern diplomats have said, as stated in the UPI report, they thought the\nreaction in the Soviet Union to the Vietnam warfare was mild compared to\nthe past. Even U.S. colleagues were surprised it was so mild. These are\nmeetings of factory workers and nothing new. The Ambassador continued\nthat he didn't specifically understand why the President had become so con-\ncerned. His first impression in talking to General Haig was that there were\ndemonstrations on the streets. He was surprised at General Haig's message.\nHe didn't quite understand the nervous reaction coming from Canada. It was\nreally mild and restrained according to the diplomats and UPI. From time\nto time they have meetings in factories. It was simply a natural reaction\nthey were just showing the war was going on and the Soviets didn't forget\nabout it. It was nothing else. The war was intensifying so they had some\nmeetings. It was not only not unusual but milder.\nGeneral Haig replied that he was trying to check up in Ottawa but had not\nbeen able to get through. He indicated that there may have been other\nsources. Ambassador Dobrynin stated that if he referred to the UPI item,\nthe Secretary General would be surprised. He indicate that the Western dip-\nlomats understood that the protest was mild. Ambassador Dobrynin stated\nthat it was not quite clear to him why the President was concerned, and after\nreading the source of information he was further puzzled and disturbed.\nGeneral Haig stated that Mr. Kissinger and the President were in a meeting\nso he was having difficulty reaching them. Ambassador Dobrynin commented\nthat he understood it was a serious matter when the President directed a\nmessage to the Secretary General. He asked General Haig to check for other\nsources. If he went with this one, he said, they would be puzzled. He then\nasked if General Haig would look into it when he was in touch with Canada.\nHe repeated when General Haig had called he had been disturbed; he thought\nit was a demonstration in the streets. He observed that these things happened\nfrom time to time to take notice that the war was still going on. It was nothing\nagainst the United States.\nSECRET/SENSITIVE"
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