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    "ocrText": "TELECON\nDobrynin/Kissinger\nOctober 27, 1973\n11:24 a. m.\nD. Thank you. Scowcroft sent me a copy of what you sent. I\nreceived what we sent to you just after your talk with me. By the\nway, in your letter which you sent to Brezhnev in answer you quoted\nsentences in his letter of\nyou remember.\nK. Yes.\nD. Perhaps when I dictated to you it was my sound but a little bit\ndifferent. I don't think it makes that big of difference. It was not\nadhere. I said act here without delay.\nK. That makes a big difference.\nD. I don't think so.\nK. Adhere means we have to agree with what you said. While to act\nhere leaves it open to joint action.\nD. You will say that you acted pro\nThis adhere speaks about\na Security Council resolution. So, in any case\nK. We had the impression that you were planning a military move.\nWe did not invent this. Someday soon we have to discuss this. We\nhad no reason to meet until 4:00 in the morning.\nD. This is the point. On this, I think, one thing was really a big\nblunder on your wide, maybe it was deliberate. For six hours you\nare just telling us every hour to wait, there will be a reply. I am\nsure if you had just mentioned to me that the President feels it was\nnecessary to make an alert\nblow up our relations. We don't want\nto do it, please send an urgent message to the Chairman. We will be\nforced to do it if we must. I am sure it would have received a reply\nthat nothing\nK. That was a blunder.\nD. Seven hours you were telling us and then we receive a letter\nthat didn't say a word about the alert. It was widely publicized."
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