DECLASSIFIED Authority £ _Q_ _j 9 -- _ ByaliNARA Date - Z i_ J Telecon Ron Ziegler 6 1 70 9 35 a m Z How's Jill K Whom do you mean Z St John K I don't know whom you maan Z Okay then how's Faye Dunaway You can't do much in my part of the country without my finding out about it Why don't you let the Zieg in on it K What the Zieg doesn't understand is that the thing is self- erpetuating Once the thing has gotten started they're such publicity hounds it keeps itself going Z I'm going to leak it K That's what I was hoping you'd do That's what I'm doing it for Two things The President called last night and thought I should stop in at that briefing Z I think that would be very wrong K For once I agree with you did wrong Z He thought that Jerry It's playing fine K I agree There's no way I could get out without saying something substantive or else lying R So I'm just going to say that the President was encouraged by the report and that this week ke's going to give a progress report on Cambodia and more importantly on Vietnamization K Don't say more importantly report on Cambodia and Vietnamization Just say a progress Z I'll say a progress report and he will also report at the conclusion of the operation on June 30 K Just say he will report at the conclusion of the operation Z Yes but the conclusion of the operation will be on June 30 And he will report at the conclusion DECLASSIFIED E0 12958 Ullll Sect 3 5 Nu By ch-1 eG1¢ Pee Y1 ' r- ov d-OOl NARAt Date otf 0 - 9 CP r 1 _ DECLASSIFIED Authority £ _ _ _ _ _ ByOliNARA Date _E Z f f Telecon Ron Ziegler 6 1 70 9 35 a m page 2 K Or you could say our operation concludes on June 30 but we may hold it until the Vietnamese get out around August 1 Z That would get a headline K I've got some other good news for you--I'm resigning Z You wouldn't leave your President I have occasionally been upset with you Henry but I've never been jealous on you eezzz se until now And Jill St John and Faye Dunaway in one weekend--that makes me jealous K Okay don't let me finish Z I'm ready elling you my news There is a story out of Bangkok where the Thai Prime Minister said we are going to equip Thai volunteers for Cambodia z Yes K You've seen the story Z Yes K How are you going to handle it Z I'm waiting for the pearls of wisdom K Well the problem is it's essentially tru but we don't want to admit it There's enough truth in it that a flat denial could ee damaging Z I can say I don't have any details on a play like that but anything regarding the Thai government troops • K Should come out of Bangkok z Yes K I understand your speech was a great success Z It went all right K Any demonstrators Z None One member of the faculty got down on his hands and knees and wrote peace signs on the sidewalk Four of the students wore peace medallions but that's all No hostility It was amazinEJ