KISSINGER, HENRY A.

FEB 18 1971

Gentlemen:

I am writing to request that you change my telephone number. The one I currently have (332-2095) was given out inadvertently and I request that my new number be unlisted and unpublished as was the old.

I understand that the change will be made some time during the working day of Friday, February 19 and that my secretary, Miss Pineau, will be called at my office and informed of my new number on the same day.

Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Company
930 H Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.

RECEIVED
FEB 19 1971

jlp:2/18/71

TELCON

Senator Taft/Mr. Kissinger

5:04 8/8/72

EXECUTIVE

FEB-11/KISSINGER, HENRY A.

KISSINGER, HENRY A.

T: I'm calling on a couple of things. A very good friend and constituent of mine and actually a fine American--who has done a lot for D. Patterson Air Force Base and that sort of thing--is named Louis Prouk, he was also one of the principal trustees I gather of the American National Standard Institute. Now I understand that there is a possibility and he is very keen on developing the possibility of holding the meeting of the National Standards--International Standards Institute of Geneva in the United States of September, 1973. But by law it is required that all members be permitted to attend--Cubans who are members under present conditions could not get visas. Our friends in Commerce have apparently already been in this--

H: Now who is a member?

T: The United States has a membership in

H: No, I mean what type of people?

T: In the American National Standards Institute?

H: Yeh.

T: Leading business men in the United States are members of the International Standards work with business in trying to develop International Standards of various types in business, etc., etc. But I gather this is a National Security Council matter already. I wanted to find out if there any chance that ______ in this position and could it be considered as a possible way if we desire to move toward doing something with the Cubans of making special arrangements in this case and what the implications are--he is pushing me because apparently they have a sort of September deadline themselves.

H: We cannot make any formal commitments--in the past in a case like this we have in fact made exceptions and I think with your interest, we might do that again. But he has to take his chances on that--but I will tell you.

T: But I gather it would have to be a formal commitment to the International Institute.