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TELECON Ambassador Dobrynin 10:22 a. m. , February 1, 1970 K: The President has your letter. I have had a brief talk with him about it and will talk to him again. We will reply to it in due course. D: You wouldn't know when it will be? I don't want to know the exact date, just approximately. Could you make a guess for my own information? K: The President is going to Chicago on Thursday -- it will be either then or early next week; toward the end of this week or early part of next week. I will let you know. This is not an official statement of when. We are reading it with the respect that any communication from your Prime Minister receives here. We will answer it in the same spirit. D: You will let me know? K: Yes. (Jokingly), If you take me away from the ballet again, there will be drastic consequences. I didn't see it; I went right back to Washington. D: Could I arrange the next one for you? K: Are you coming with your editors on Tuesday? D: I may, but I'm not sure. Sometimes they want to come alone. K: That wouldn't be an occasion for us to talk, but it would be a pleasure to see you. lds