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The President/Mr. Kissinger (Brought in 8/5/71) - 15 - K: That's right. I think we ought to wait. P: Tell him that there'll be another time; there'll be a time when I think there's a good news period -- that I'11 be glad to see him then. K: I think that's right. P: Tell him I definitely have it in mind. It's a promise and I'll do it like I did with that fellow, Cy Sulzburger. K: Right. Okay, that will hold him. P: You promise him -- say that the commitment is made and that right now, for reasons he may understand, we don't want to say too much. K: Right. I think that will hold him. In fact, that/goes further that he think's you'd go. It's really fantastic -- for example, from the LOS ANGELES TIMES, Bob Donovan and Kraslow want to write about your secret search for peace in Vietnam. Now it's too early for that, too. P: Yeah, yeah. What are they basing that on? K: Well, they are just assuming there's a hell of a lot going on and they said, if you gave them access, they'd write a really, good, thoughtful piece. P: Yeah, of course, they would. K: Which I think they would do. P: But the point is that when that comes out, that's for everybody. K: Exactly. I don't see why we should shoot it. P: Why give it to them -- the secret search for peace in Vietnam. Boy, we've got a helluva record, and I'll tell you, it's just as well to keep everybody loose on that. We've got Mansfield damn loose on Vietnam now. He is damn loose. K: Right. But now we should clam down and not say any more.

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