Reproduced from the open files
of the Nixon Presidential
Materials Staff

DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12958, Sect. 3.6

By: KHLW NARA, Dato: 5/12/04

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TELECON
President/Kissinger
8:05 p.m. 4-9-70

K: Mr. President

P: Henry, when you see the Chancellor, I would like for you to tell him that I will speak very briefly because I think the people want to hear from him. I will just welcome him. I'll speak for about a minute and a half.

K: If I might suggest a little longer . . about German-American friendship. He would notice if you talked less. You have the list of things he is planning to raise with you in those memos I gave you. One of the (memos concerns) the mutual balanced force reductions.

P: Handle like SALT with careful preparation.

K: Incidentally, Le Duc Tho has gone back to Hanoi. The end of his instructions and he needs new ones.

P: What's the situation about helping the Cambodians? We are not doing anything.

K: Matter with the Japanese is moving on the way already.

P: They are going to do it. Be sure we get the funds to them.

K: They have asked the Commanding General . . General Nol's brother has asked for supplies.

P: Get it to them! I will get you a continuous ____ to them. I don't want State or anybody else. We will do this.

K: I saw Rabin this morning. On Dobrynin . . I told him we wanted to work outside the UN framework.

P: Same place?

K: I think that's premature.

P: You told him we need some help on Vietnam!

K: I said that we were very eager to face the Middle East. I said once Vietnam was settled we would take a beating on the Middle East.

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P: When is he coming back?

K: The first week in May.

P: That will be very interesting. They are having a hell of a time over there.

K: I also discussed the SALT procedure with him.

P: You make the deal! Smith ____.

K: Comprehensive proposal. We can ask for on-site inspections.
Your domestic doves will scream.

P: Do it!

K: We can't have a MIRV ban. We will be driven to discuss it. I think we ought to present it with the alternative of reductions. (If an alternative has the doves hollering?) we can say we are willing to reexamine it.

P: I talked to Lynn.

K: I appreciate that.

P: He is a fine man. Only 32. I said you can't walk out just when we are going to crack a few things.

K: The only indispensable man we have.

P: For any man you need.

By KHL NARA, Date 5/12/04

TELECON
President/Kissinger
8:15 p.m. 4-9-70

K: Mr. President

P: Call Laird and see if it would be useful for us to go to the Pentagon
tomorrow to have lunch with the Joint Chiefs and himself.

K: The idea is a nice thought.

P: I think it's a good idea. You call and we will work it out for
either tomorrow or Monday.

K: Then I will lay it on for Monday.

P: Just going to the Pentagon is good. We went to State.

K: There's a new Chairman on Wednesday. Say something
gracious about Wheeler.

P: I will.

By KHC NARA, Dated 5/12/04

TELCON
Mr. Kissinger
Secretary Laird

9:00 p.m., April 9, 1970

L: How are you Henry?

K: I'm fine Mel. I was just checking up to see if you are behaving yourself. I was just talking to the President and he thought in view of the announcement you wanted to make next week on Wheeler that he would come over for lunch with the Chiefs on Monday.

L: I think that would be good and we could make the announcement on Tuesday or on Monday after the lunch. I think the announcement should be made at the White House and we should then have a press conference over here.

K: Why don't we make the announcement on Tuesday and have the lunch on Monday?

L: I think that is wonderful Henry.

K: Well they need a shot in the arm. Is the new CNO going to be in town?

L: He will be here. I will have him in for the lunch. And I will have all the Chiefs.

K: And unless you object, I will come along. Will you set it up?

L: I will set it up. We can have it at 1:00 p.m.

K: Let's say 1:00 p.m.

L: I think it is very thoughtful.

K: I think they all deserve it.

L: We will have you, Dave, the Chiefs, the President, the new CNO and that is all.

K: Good. Fine.

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By: KML NARA, Dato: 5/13/04

TELCON
Hayes Redmon/Kissinger

9:50 am

4/10/70

R: Right now I'm in a big meeting with the boss so it's hard to talk. We have a slight problem -- Fortune article of March. It said Dr. ______ would contribute $15,000 to the Democrats. The largest single contributor. It's not true. I have a letter from the editor and the managing editor, apologizing. This is not in your area and I told the boss -- he wants the President to know it isn't so. We could go through Hess, Dubridge or you.

K: Not through Hess.

R: I spoke to both Adam and Dick. I gathered that Hess wasn't exactly in the right spot. The boss doesn't want you involved.

K: Steve won't help you. Send me copies of those and I will get them to our political people.

R: Are you bearing up?

K: What do they say at Harvard?

R: I keep reading about the secret swinger.

K: I was that charming two years ago but I didn't have that impact on women. Power must have something to do with it. Give me a call if you are ever down this way.

R: I will be down next month.

K: Give me a call and give my best to your wife.