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    "ocrText": "-2-\nK: I would guess after the next troop deployment, but they might just\ndrive on in March. They may start attacking with the forces they have\nbut I think your assessment if they do it in their normal way one would\nhave to say about April-May. 60 to 90 days lead time. I must say if they\nare going we are not going to be better off later on.\nN: I would rather hit them now.\nK: The earlier they attack the greater the confession how weak they\nreally are.\nN: Is Haig back?\nK: He will be back on Sunday night and we will get a judgment Monday or\nTuesday from him.\nN: What has be been reporting?\nK: He hasn't been too explicit. He just says he is getting a full study.\nHe visited every regiment of the ARVN, and is going to give us a pretty\ncold-eyed assessment. I had a talk with Laird this morning about that\nmeeting next week -- the one we discussed yesterday -- Laird said he\nisn't much in favor of hitting the north and we ought to do what Abrams\nrecommends -- just to hit more in the south. I am concerned about\nthis metamorphosis of Abrams views and Abrams may think he is going\nto become the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.\nN: I tell you right now it is going to be Moorer. The Navy guy.\nWe\nsettled that.\nK: May I ask Laird to give you two or three names?\nN: Yes, I want to make the decision soon. I can't believe Abrams is\nagainst hitting the north.\nK: He didn't ring true when he talked to you. I remember how upset\nhe was on the flight to Bangkok and Saigon when you were talking troop\nwithdrawals and how nonchalant he was when you talked a few months\nlater. I would feel more comfortable if he still holds that view after\nthe Chairmanship is settled. He seemed to me to take troop withdrawals\na little too easily in that conversation. When you said cross to Cambodia\nhe said no I wouldn't want to do that. I don't know what has caused him\nto change. Haig incidentally thinks that too. I don't think Laird promised\nhim anything - it may be in the back of his own mind. And I think the"
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