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Telecon Secretary Laird 11:00 a. m. 7/14/69 Laird said he spent the weekend studying the VN strategy problem they had discussed. He thought he would send Wheeler and Adm. Lemos to VN to sit down with Abrams. K thought this would be a good idea and he would tell the president. Laind said he was having problems with State on the troop with- drawals. State didn't want any more troops going to Okinawa SO Laird was sending them to Hxxx Hawaii and the U.S. Laird thought the ABM debate was moving along. K said Bryce Harlow was working on that. K said if Laird was happy with it, it was o.k. with him. K wanted to know if Laird had taken care of rewritting the directive SO that it lists things we want him (?) to do. Laird said yes. K said he had discussed with tokex Laird's office and suggested that the Seabed thing go to the Undersecretaries Committee. Laird said that would be fine with him. Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library DECLASSIFIED This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.