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    "ocrText": "Amb. Dobrynin/Kissinger\n9:10 a. m.\n5/11/71\n-6-\nD: I could tell you from this tée gram that answer to what youx proposed is\nstill not approved. This telegram is the second from Gromyko. He emphatically\ndenies it here.\nK:\nWhat's going to happen -- if we don't straighten this out we will be forced\nto give a formal answer in Vienna and it will be total confusion.\nD: Smith is confused and trying to present a case he didn't know.\nK: A case he didn't advocate before. He had other ideas before.\nD: Safeguards against Moscow.\nK: The he wouldn't get if Semonov\nD: Everything you mentioned was his interpretation.\nK: Semonov made those points on the boat.\nD: He has his instructions. I don't know whether -- I don't know. Semonov\nhas to follow instructions or he will loose his job. When he denieis it I am\nsure Semonov will not on a second time report the same story. What he X\ncould do if they discussed in detail , he will see how Smith will react and then\nreport back to Moscow. What's important and you should ask Smith was there\nan official proposal?\nK: No text. I will get his memo.\nD. It would be helpful to me.\nK: I will have it by the end of the day.\nD: A brief summary.\nK:\nI have to tell you that the -- your formal position I understand but the fact\nis that Smith believes sincerely and since he doesn't know I ever discussed it\nand he has had different ones --\nD: I can now finish this telegram. Semonov said he discussed only what was\ndiscussed before. He emphasized that he was on previous position which I gave\nto you before and that freezing would be settled after ABM You check it.\nSemonov said simultaneiously or before.\nK: I can tell you that really there's a hell of a strange feeling. We find it\nstrange that there should be an answer as far down as Gartov. (cont.\n)"
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