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    "ocrText": "-7-\nD: I can assure you but..\nK: I have IX made no secret of my firm conviction and I consider\nwhat I have asked of Israel is the absolute minimum of what is\ndueable and has been designed to be the absolute minimum.\nAnd It is not what anyone else has suggested, but I will see you\nin Israel and we will all have a merry time.\nD: Yea.\nK: Because you will surprise me with your flexibility.\nD: That has always been your problem that you were taken by\nsurprise. Maybe the Syrians will surprise you.\nK: I will tell you this, in my view if your settlements weren't there\nand if you were capable in your Government of making tx more than\nI had proposed and more than I will propose, we would have an 85%\nchance of driving the Russians out of Syria and I think this would\ndo you more good than all this horsing around.\nD: I understand Mr. Secretary.\nK: But I don't have to worry because we would even discuss this\nI am just giving you my personal opinion.\nD: Well I don't know. There has been all sorts of denial in your\npress conferences and I understand\nSoviets\nI'll help you\nand SO what. Not everyone is SO sophisticated to understand this\nwhen you say that the Soviets are not going to help actually\nyou know what I mean.\nK: I have got to keep the Soviets quiet while I am doing this.\nD: I understand this.\nK: The problem of the Jewish in Israel right now is whether when\nthey are in mortal danger they have enough understanding and self-\ndiscipline to survive.\nD: I think Mr. Secretary.\nthat\nK: Now they have not proved/they can do that to me yet.\nD: Well, Mr. Secretary, I beg to differ with you. I think the\nJews I think both the military situation.\nK: That isn't the issue. The issue is that if you want to pick a word up\nout of my press conference."
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