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TELECON Secretary Rogers 8/27/71 2:08 p.m. R: That played very well here, the Rush thing there. K: I haven't seen it. I wasn't there. I was at the meeting on Japan. R: How did that go? K: There is a terrible babbly of voices to tell you the truth, but it went okay. So I was present when the President and Rogers talked, but not at The President asked him to do a little backgrounder. I don't know how it played; I haven't seen the transcript. R: I haven't either, but the coverage was good. I thought it worked out well. K: I think it did. R: And the fact that we made our position clear was good too. K: They didn't accept it, but at least it didn't hurt. R: It helped N&X us. K: The only thing that bothered me was admitting that they might have a point in their interpretation. R: The thing that bothers me are you aware of that? K: Rush mentioned that on the issue of versus relations. R: The Russians are trying to make it appear henceforth so-and-so - will happen. Our position is that it continues to be happening. K: We have got to hang tough. R: Yes. Apparently it's not a dispute between the translators -- it's a question of whether they can change words. K: I would be adamant. R: We have got to be. The English feel very strongly about this; the French don't seem to care. K: My recommendation would be to tell Rush he should go to the brink on that. They won't blow up the agreement.