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TELCON George Vest Secretary Kissinger 12:34 3/8/74 V: I have only one question which is a question that comes out of your remark that you have been meeting regularly with members of the Jewish community and the report from the National Conference on Soviet Jewry that they have not seen you for several months - --you said regularly but K: No, no just a minute--the - National Conference on Soviet Jewry- V: Is not the Jewish leaders K: Just say I have been maintaining my position V: With members of the Jewish community K: I have been meeting with the President's conference and other key leaders of the Jewish community-- I didn't include every last member of them V: Right, that is what I wanted to pin down--I've -- got nothing else K: What are you going to do on the European thing if anything comes up V: I would take exactly sir the line that had gone out in the telegram which we sent out yesterday- - Ed Hartman and I had spoken of this yesterday- just a simple--rehearses - - the background and says we are now carefully studying the text and a meeting date will be fixed upon completion on the study K: And you better make clear we received it officially only on Wednesday V: Yes, that is the preceding part, sir - - received it on Monday originally but then explanations on Tuesday March 5--which reached us on Wednesday and this is too serious a matter to be handled that quickly. K: Don't say it is too serious - just say we won't be ready and if you have and opportunity--Reston has been briefed--that horses' ass --by French (?) we have never asked to be present at the ForMin's meeting- that was not an issue at all if it comes up--don't volunteer it V: Right, I understand K: Good, thank you.