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Tape brought in Tuesday, May 18
May 17, 1971 10:45 p.m.
Conversation with the President/Mr. Kissinger
P:
I was thinking that if we don't get the reply until tomorrow--well
if you get then we can still make our Thursday date.
K:
Well, if they agree, Mr. President, it would be a nuisance to
change it again.
P:
That's right, if they agree. The difficulty is that if they didn't
agree until Wednesday, it would be almost impossible for us to get our--
K:
No, we could do it. I have reviewed all my telephone conversations
with D., and have asked Haig to review them and we just don't see that
it is probable or completely conceivable that anything could go wrong.
K:
And he is just being super-meticulous being after all just wanting
to make absolutely sure that it is in order.
P:
Particularly, if the way you put it that you said we agreed, but
would like to check this other thing, I suppose
K:
That's right, and I told him specifically not to put to the government,
just to do it if the Foreign Minister has that authority.
P: Well, that may be, of course, but by the time they get it translated-
K:
Well }you see, I got through talking to him at 6:00 on Thursday,
it was already 1:00 in the morning in Moscow Friday. So even if you
put it on the wire right then and there, it couldn't have arrived there
before Friday noon. Breshnev was in Tifflis -- he didn't get back until
today.
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