- - - -- a eclassified Case 47692 Date October -11 1973 gin-2019 - 6 35 p m - K Hello N Henry 'what's new today Well we are beginning to navigate The Israelis are 20K inside Syria 2 That's good That is about as Egypt You have been up there haven t you You can look across the desert K II had Dobrynin in toda I felt we had to do something I told him during the coursefof our conversation that I Would try to work up a cease re arrangement and that I would try to get I something by tomorrow but I can probably stall for another day and I told him on a simple cease re we would abstain if they 3 would abstain He thought that would be agreeable i N I-What is the line in the Post and the Times Are they advocating a cease re K They do not approve of the detente Let's be realistic The Soviets in the case of have not done a hell of a lot in the case of the Middle East Soviet press has not said one word against us If we are the them to do nothing is inconceivable 1 N Of course What are they saying s Under these conditions there cannot be any MIN N El just wanted to be sureDobrynin says the problem of the second line people is taken care of have told them on the pain- of death not to tell the public what we are doing That is where the dif culty of the Dith and Mrs Mier are very grateful eozsusoso 01- md Authority 00% 7 # 47692 DocId 536239 DECLA rEozsxs ose K After you called me in the morning I was giving a lunch for Lon Tran who has been wanting to come to the State Department I invited Mansfield who said that whoever you nominate for the Vice President the Senate will take weeks to approve N He is just threatening They won't take weeks you watch He 'is just a sour bastard Did you tell him about the naming himsaid the President is yery thoughtful I am just passing this information on I thought it might be interesting for you to lmowfwhat he said N Sure Bill Rogers has been suggested as a possible Vice President It would be impossible K 3 He would drive you crazy N There have also been suggestions for Rockefeller-and certainly Connolly maybe Reagan and Ford 5 K Of that list I would certainly drop Reagan N There have been over a thousand requests for Reagan While I don t back K Any of the other three you mention could do the job I N Even Dan Ford Ford to me has the advmtage over the other If you pick Connolly or Rockefeller they will be the presidential candidate in the next election47692 DocId 536239 Kl Authority OquB-Ot That i s one of the reasons people want Ford K I don t think he is a possible candidate for President He will be Safe He is basically a bright Truman K believe it is important that you' maintain a position after '74 where some of the candidates need you and by withholding your support until the last minute you can maintain the maximum leadership position N gI just want to know about the PR side I just want it to come out in the end As far as the American people are con- cerned they don't want us to get involved I want to see that Israel doesn't lose It is going to be one terrible blow to the people around the world K fI will not come down hard on the Soviets ever Our response will be as touch I will not comment on military 4 supplies or anything like that Beyond a certain point know we have managed this ght I jeozsmoso N I am not making this the principal in India Pakistan Korea and Viet-Nam We - are single centered 1 K f We have already pursued the same policyDECLA Authori y ooqQ-a-o 47692 DocId 536239 6025x6030 - 2 5 j- N Are they doing well in decimating the Syrian army - K It looks as though the Syrian army is broken - N But the Egyptian army holds What is that 5 v Eoesm 030' K They haven't launched an all out attack I I I I -N They are marvelous ghters They have knocked out 900 Syrian tanks N Israel lost 500 themselves K About 400 to 500 N We are doing the right thing giving all the private assurances to Mrs Mier K Defense is dragging its feet about supplies N Give them that s all that she wantsDocId 536239 Authority Mm This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu