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Packard/Kissinger
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4:05 pm
2/9/70
P: They have not been reviewed by the Joint Chiefs themselves. I have also
sent a memo to you recommending
K: You don't understand. This is not a recommendation. It is contingency
plans.
P: They ought to be combined with others involved
K: We don't know W how you clear
P: There's a lot of input that hasn't been cleared here.
K: WSAG has existed for a year and this is how it has been operating and there
has been no question about it before.
P: It may have been operating for a year x but any options they submit should
be considered higher up before they go to the President.
K: How you clear things in the Pentagon is up to you.
P: These are very serious options.
K: After the WSAG they go to the NSC. The President will not see it before
it goes to the NSC. If you want you can up date the WSAG to a higher level
but the Under Secretaries group has not been used for Contingency plans.
P: I think we should do that. Not all of these are viable options.
K: It has to be in the same structure that it is now. It can't just be shifted out
into some other group.
P: x When you get to the point where you are ready to present it to the President
they should be checked by higher level.
K: Let me suggest that after this next meeting we will call an Wndersecretaries
meeting for next Monday to go over where it should be. I will schedule it for
next Mon.
P: That will be good.
K: We will have another WSAG meeting on Wed. to be sure that the preliminary
is in shape. They would not have gone to the President in this
anyway.
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