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opportunity to make its intentions with respect to cooperation clear
to us. I will expect you to assume the initiative in preparing
appropriate recommendations for my attention to deal with the
situation as it appears to be at that time
- , recommendations which translate this state
ment of policy into specific action programs for each of the
Eastern European countries (with particular reference to sub
stance and timing) and, at the same time, to examine the possi
bilities of multilaterallzing
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Do wng raded at 3 year
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after 12 years
[Front]
1964 APR 30 PM 2 3R
[Back]
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May 4, 1964
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. BUNDY
Mac -It appears reasonable to give NASA a little more time
- Will assist the Secretary of' State in exploring problems of ·
procedure and timing connected with holding discussions with
the .Soviet Union and in proposing for my consideration the
channels which would be most desirable from our point of
view
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crisis, Moscow has appeared to recognize that the present balance of
power is relatively unfavorable to it and will remain so for a long time.
As a result, Soviet policy has been essentially d:!.rected toward keeping
international ten s5.on within bounds
- be possible,
for example to arrange for mo:"e interchange of power through high
tens~. cn transmission lines or f 0r West European linkage to cr1:de oil
ar:.d r~.rd:.ural. gas pipelines from the East.. Such ac"Gion does no·t·, appear
feasible. at; this time
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and, on the other hand, enable us t o e>consider individually
and carefully the many questions of substance, priorities
and timing that are involved .in a program as broad and
far-reaching as this.
The Treasury Department disagrees with the proposal
to support East
- information and information given by
Ambassador Dobrynin.
The Pres i dent instructed Rusk to ask Dobrynin in to discuss this matter,
The S ecreta ry could say:
(a) Astonished at this news.
(b) N ot opportune time to mak e announcement tomorrow.
Tell allies we
- charts wh ich we re displayed to the Council mem
bers are attached .
The President asked several times at appropriate points in the brief
ing for comparabl e U . S . figures . Secretary McNamara responded
each time, giving comparative figures
- their countri es of the Czech liberal
reforms .
3 . The Czechs were printing, for the first time, supressed accounts of
the horrors of the Stalin regime. The Kremlin leaders were acutely
embarred.
4. The Czechs were requesting financial backing from the USSR