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3/2/71
TELECON (Tape)
The President
brought in 3/22
K: Mr. President
P: Hi Henry, any late reports?
K: Yes, Mrm. President, we got some more of the bomb damage assessment,
and I've had it sent to you.
P: Wait just a minute
Yes.
K: We now have the Air Force report in, too, and
P: How does theirs look?
K: Comparable to the Navy except theirs is more on supplies and they had
P: Do [or did] we use B-52s?
K: No, no they have never been used in North Vietnam.
P: Is there any reason not to?
11
K: Well except that it would be something new, no particular one.
not
P: Well, we're too late now. We'll take a look at it next time. I see no
reason not to.
K: I see no particular reason not to.
P: What the hell, I mean, just use them.
K: And they have the advantage of all-weather capability.
P: That's right, that's what I meant that when I heard you could have had
52s don't use any visual bombing at all, do they?
Not
K:
Xothe at all, no Mr. President.
P: They just go right in there. They could have just clobbered this damned
place, couldn't they?
K: They could certainly have taken out all the supply areas no matter what
the weather
P: But all in all you feel it's a very successful
.
K: Oh that, they are delighted. Altogether, if you add the Army and the ]?
Air Force and the Navy theyfare close to two hund red secondary explosions,
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