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- ._ to other allied nations. The
President said thaf·Marcos had been to Vietnam and knows as much
about it as do we.
Secretary Rusk said Murray Marder and Marvin Kalb have
reports that Kosygin offered talks for a bombing cessation during
the Glassboro
- . Ambassador
Thompson had talked with Kosygin, and S ecretary Rusk had raised
the matter with Ambassador Dobrynin the previous Thursday.
The President said that he had 11played for time 11 with the
Israelis . He had hoped before Secretary McNamara left to have
- . and
recommend prudence and hope for a long-term settlement.
THE PRESIDENT:
Do you have a final draft of the letter to Kosygin?
SECRETARY RUSK:
it Saturday.
MR. ROSTOW:
This is a message dated Friday.
Dobrynin received
We knew about the ship before we knew
- their help, not their advice.
The President:
Mao has.
I cannot tell you how much influence either Kosygin or
The President: When we have a pause, we have a difficult time getting back.
Nixon: Who talks to the Soviets?
Secretary Rusk: We talk
- it as a choice between Israel
and Vietnam and believe we ought to withd raw from Vietnam. He told
Secretary Rusk to let Senator Mansfield know that this kind of music in
the Senate is just what Kosygin wants to hear.
Secretary Rusk before leaving the meeting
- regret it in the long run.
-- - The most awesome decision he has made during his Presidency
was made following the Israeli attack in his hotline conversations with
Kosygin.
--- He understands Israel's reluctance to counsel with the United States
- this week by the Communists
and Kosygin who are beginning to draw the line between Hanoi and the NLF.
Rusk admitted however, that he does not think Moscow, nor for that matter
Peking, has enough horsepower to deliver Hanoi.
The President asked if someone