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    "ocrText": "it sounds as if you thought I said it. I didn't. What I did say was\nmoth the US and Soviet agree that the chances are that the present area\ncan end only in an all-out nuclear war which neither of then want's*.\nI\n3rd the President himself say that a number of times and there-\nW save the us believes this. I would also say that no other\nhad the characteristics of this one On the other hand, E would\nsized weakness Ied to World War I and II but no recommendo-\narmaments Staff or Stassen have made would produce one-sided\nIn fac. the basis of all qur reports, as you.\nknow\nhas\nthat\npressure from the Rissi an people on the leaders\nfause when you usetthe words \"efficacious pressure!\nbei Love there is pressure (perhaps *great! is too strong) from the Bussfan\ntheir Leaders for peace; butte don to believe that it necessarily\nhas\none the ir leeders and I certainly don't believe the Soviet\nled popular fears an: wi shes, though I do believe the se\nsome effect under certain circumstances\n16:3 don't agree that may well be doubted\" the Soviet leaders\ndesirails \"primarily for the purpose; of relaxing tension*. They would\nlike lax tension - not because they are nice fellows which they are\nnot but because it serves at this time their and of world domination.\nThey want to dissolve NATO, SEATO, etc. by a their - by a relaxation of\ntension. &Rather than saying, as you do, that the Soviet \"creates tensions*\nto produce a surrender of the basic positions of free systems, I would say\nthat more often they try to \"relax tensions to produce a surrender of the\nbasic/positions of the free systems. My point is we should not be afraid\nto stand up to then on this and expose the falsity, or explore the reality\nif\nthere 18 any to be found of their position or, perhaps, as is more\noftenithe case their pose.\n11. I don't agree that the history of the recent negotiations shows\nthe Soviets are not interested in a disarment agreement. They would like\nnothing better than to get a disarmament agreement on their terms - and\nhaving failed that they have made concessions on inspection in order to\nsecure an agreement that is not on their terms but what - at least until\nnecotiated further - seen to have possibilities of being on elements of\nboth sides terms. Whether the so concessions are real or apparent cannot\nbe sait by anyone until we've really gone to the nat with them on it.\n12. I don't know what \"daringly conciliatory moves of Governor Stassen*\nyou refer to - to which you say I pay tribute. I assume you can only mean\nthe elements of the US disarmament position of last year or his patient,\npersistent negotiating techniques. What is sometimes forgotten is that any\nagreement worth anything has to be in the mutual interest - and will probably\nnever be arrived at if only in the US interest.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Library and Museum."
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