TELCON Dobrynin Elssinger 2 52 p m - 8 23 73 K Hello D Hello Henry how are you K OK Anatol D Yes I just receive information from Moscow that there was a meeting of the Politburo to discuss news about your nomination And they make a deCision first K To appoint me to the Poiitburo D Almost Laughs You probably know all our secrets Secondly they would like you to get a permanent visa to go to Moscow and just to call you Excellency when you come Putting jokes aside I receive a telegram from Mr Brezhnev and Gromyko and they ask me to give congratulations to you on your nomination to the post of Secretary of State Mr Brezhnev and Gromyko appreciate confidential and fruitful contact established with you and hope that you will continue to pay necessary attention to the development and strengthening of American relations in the future Gromyko hope to see you during the General Assembly session and he will then congratulate you personally Mr K Well I will send them a formal reply but you can tell them now that the relationship that's been established will only be deepened It will certainly never been neglectedi D I understand K You know I hope you and I will continue our weekly luncheons Well everything will remain unchanged as far as you and I are conc erned except that we can give direct orders now so the double bookke eping can stop D This is important really Assembly K Yes I expect to be confirmed by then D By this time K Thatt s what it looks like yeh And I will mention that to them And Henry do you expect to go to the General You will be returning on the 4th I 2 D It looks like to be st of my knowledge W hen do you expect to be over all these decisions I know that you don't know exactly but by 20th it will be K I would think so It depends how much trouble the Senate might want to make but it doesn 1t look as if D No it doesnJt look - I think the reaction was really very good and my impression here in the town when I spoke today on several occasions from State Department people and so on was really I should say a very good response Quite frankly So once again I would like to congratulate you on my own once again K Well Anatol you know r consider you not just a colleague but a personal friend D You are staying there the whole week or you are coming back K PH probably stay the whole week you would like to come out D OK K Yeh D I think it's a nice idea K Wednesday D Wednesday so it l s nothing to do with me Iem joking of course Because today at a reception there was a talk about this thing So on Monday you will let me know whether it is possible for you I think one day a little bit later to think it over about General Haig K Exactly Why donlt you count on Thursday so why don't we aim for Thursday D Thursday So it will be this way - Thursday I will arrive and then I can stay over night and then I can go to San Francisco to our place K Right D So Wednesday night it will be and then staying Thursday and then on Friday I can go to San Francisco to the crbunsel General OK K Absolutely Can I call you Monday morning - m aybe Monday morning you will call Good I think you will have rush on Tuesday Friday I have something Or arrive Wednesday night I think it's better 3 D But I have to check with you once again Monday K Yeh let me just confirm it on Monday in case some unexpected thing comes up D All right then I will expect a call from you on Monday incase anything comes up OK K Right D Well once again best wishes Henry Oh by the way I receive you rem ember you raised aboutfuis publication of this H1ruschev - they say they donlt like this idea quite frankly K All right I donlt want it to happen and now that lim at State I just think it's a bad idea D This why he asked me to discuss with K Look Anatol I cantt be eager to have it published D Another story it was our com munications with you it will be published Laughs You understand K I know D Pm joking They really feel it's too early and though it really was published some of them but it make an undesireable precedent K I agree with you D The departure would do serious damage to the confidentiality in our relations K I agree D OK Henry thank you very much K I'll see you soon Bye YOUjl but So on Monday I will await your call 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