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P:
That's what they're saying.
K:
No, they are saying
I asked that precise question and
the
precise answer was that 'the possibility of a favorable response
is greatly enhanced if we have your understanding. I
P:
Give Sisco a call and get his reaction and call me back.
K:
Right, Mr. President.
Mr. Kissinger/General Haig
K:
Hello.
H:
Yes, sir.
K:
Al, the reaction was pretty much as you expected. The last
thing he wants is a meeting of the principals.
H:
Right.
K:
Because he might have to face some people. And you know, he
is just not eager to do. He said it will.
headlines will be Israeli
invasion of Jordan. It's a better headline to say the Middle East is
lost two months from now. So what he wants me to do is ask Sisco
on a personal basis. But you know that son-of-a-bitch will be on the
phone to the Secretary within two seconds after that.
H:
That's correct.
K:
So, don't you think if I call the Secretary myself
What do
you think? Or I could call Sisco and then the Secretary. And then go
back to the President.
H:
Yeah, I would do that. I'd get Sisco lined up first.
K:
Okay.
H:
And then get the Secretary next.
K:
Okay, but I better get you lined up for a conference call when
I go back to the President. You should have been on that line, incidentally.
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