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Telcon
The President
October 12, 1970; 6:10 p. m.
P: Did Bob reach you on the plane? I just thought this wasn't exactly
the right way to do this. I like the idea of putting it in the NSC context.
Let's do it in the whole Council. Remember we presented the problem
before the Council; let's present this to the Council in the same general
context. Then we have a good record. I think your idea of having Haig
go around and present pictures is good because then the Churches and
other people can see there is nothing there.
K: I will go to Laird and Rogers.
P: Yes. Remember we shouldn't go about talking to Rogers; that
wouldn't be fair to Laird.
K: Laird is dieing to leak this. His intelligence picked them up on the
high seas.
P: Tell him to hold it.
K: I have already told him to hold it.
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P: That will really hurt us with the Russians because they play fair with
us on this and whenever they play fair with us we must play fair with them.
I think they have some sense of propriety.
K: We must not make it public that we faced them down.
P: Therefore we must not puff in public, but the fact is that they are gone
now. Tell Laird, mum's the word unless you think we should meet
tomorrow.
K: I don't think that is necessary. I can work with Alex Johnson tomorrow
to pass some guidance for the press.
P: Let's get the guidance now and everybody sits with it. We will make
Laird swear on the Bible on it. I like doing it in an orderly way. Much
better than off in left field because Laird has to know what is going on.
K: Joe Alsop was moved to tears by your phone call. He was in tears.
I don't know what you said to him.
P: I said I hope the next 60 years were as good as the last and the country
wa owes him a deep debt for his courage.
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