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    "ocrText": "TELCON\nSen. Harry Byrd/Kissinger\n12:40 pm\n12/2/70\nK: I am xix calling you about something that is generally outside my field but\nI am taking the liberty of calling you. It's the trade bill and the inclusion of\nthe shoe quota in the bill. I am not an economisxt and I will not make that case.\nI am mostly concerned about relations with Spain and Italy. Spain will construe\nthis as contravening the arrangement when we established the bases and\nItaly will be pushed further over the brink. I wonder if national security\nconsiderations could be taken into account.\nB: Let me give you my thinking. Some months ago I had a great many people\ncome to see me about adding things to the trade bill which was under considera-\ntion by the House. Basically I am a free trader. We have to temper high\nwages but basically I am a free trader and I felt that the least protectionist\nbill we could get from this Congress was the bill that Mills presented and so\npeople trying to add to it I said I would not go beyond the House bill and would\nsupport it. That was my thinking yesterday. Textiles we are committed --\nK: We have no problem. We made a try at voluntary arrangements and the\nJapanese have been tough as hell.\nB: Yesterday what persuaded me on that, having said I would support the\nHouse bill I would be in an awkward position to vote against a part of it.\nI did it with the idea of preventing having it added to.\nK: We thought this was your ax general attitude. Our problem is that the\nSpanish Foreign Minister has already said they will retaliate strongly. In\nItaly the shoe quotas would hit in the Red Belt and we cannot separate these\ntwo countries and they are the bulk of the imports. I don't know the legistative\nhistory for this and I understand there's another vote\nB: Could be but presumably this ended it. Of course a member could get it\nopened up again.\nK:\nI don't know whether you could katkx take into account what I have mentioned\nto you\nB: It would put me in an awkward position. After saying I would support the\nHouse bill. I will give it some thought.\nK: I would appreciate it. I don't normally engage in this activity but based on\nthe trip to Europe -- I am not normally involved in economic matters but I\nam persuaded this is necessary.\nB: I will think about it. It's been a pleasure to chat with you."
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