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The President/Mr. Kissinger
April 14, 1971
P:
Now on the China thing what we have to realize, Henry, is that in
terms of the American public opinion, it is still against Communist
China you know.
K:
Right.
P:
So we are not making any votes with this.
K:
No, but we are quieting the intellectuals and the newsmen.
P:
The intellectuals will worry, they will worry about something,but
as we know as we move from the October 7 thing, that doesn't mean
that we get much from them, it will just worry them.
K:
That's right.
P:
They will think something else is up and the whole thing has got to
be played in terms of -- how about the Taiwan thing, that's sort of
worrisome, not a damn thing we can do about though is there?
K:
What Taiwan thing?
P:
Well, I mean their concern about what we have said.
K:
Right, but they haven't expressed it yet, have they, I don't think SO.
P:
Oh, I think there was something in the paper indicating that Taiwan
was -- [complaining].
K:
Oh, but that's inevitable, they have to say that. And Bob Murphy going
out there I think will -- of course they will be concerned, it is bound
to be a worrisome thing to them.
P:
Well, Henry, the thing is the story change is going to take place, it
has to take place, it better take place when they've got a friend here
rather than when they've got an enemy here.
K:
That's right. No, it's a tragedy that it has to happen to Chiang at the
end of his life but we have to be cold about it.
P:
We have to do what's best for us.
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