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C~ THA • WE ALSO THINK THAT, ::~KE~Y TO INTERPRET 0.CTION AS  . GIVEN PASIMPLE  SSAGE OF RETREAT  TI ME, ON  OUR  SOVIETS ?ART.  NOT HQt.~ EVE~,  

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i:--:.t. COYiPOUND SITUATION BY ALLOt11ING SOVIETS TO PREVEi1T US F20Yt ~V~ ' .: AYI NG P.. CONCESS I ONA:iY ~1 OVE SU CH AS TH IS, WE BEL I EVE RES LT IN~ ~FFECT o~~ s:::~AT' ON SOVIETS, AND ON PUBLIC, IF IT BECOMES K. 1Q111N , WOULD B~ TOO HIGH PRICE·TO HAVE PAID . 

· 	3. {;1'.:: T ~.YZ THIS POSITION IN PART, ALSO, BECAUSE l·.JE BELIEVE IT 
H:C:-HL r urJLI ~ELY SOVIETS \:}ILL GIVE us ANYTHING BUT EQUI VOC AL 
p~:S"SR. OUR PU:iP OSE IN INFORMING SOVIETS w.~s TO TELL T HEM l1JHAT \tTE 

. · ~ l:TE:~1jD£D. T 0 DO S 0 THf'i.T THEY, IN I NJEREST OF PROTECTI NG THEI R . ;.CCZSS TO i/EST 3~ALI ~J, t,,.iOULD SEE TO IT INFORMALLY THAT t·!E NOT 
.. 	c~ c~s--:-,'~ICTE:D . 1,._:E BELIEVE SOVIETS taJOULD DO THIS. HO l1iEVER, IT 
1'0ULD 3E CG '< TKA;:\Y TO THE:IR CONSISTE:NTLY STATED PRI NCIPLE RE GD R 
Su!2:::£~ I G: ~ ""'Y r ~; THIS FIELD FOR SOVIETS TO GIVE us ACTUAL ASSURANCE 
:Hp,T Efl.ST GER~·: A~~S ' WOULD PERMIT US T0 USE NEW PROCEDURE. U~JLESS THE Y 

, SA\i IT AS PP.RTICULARLY I N THEIR INTEREST TO HAVE US ADOPT PROCEDUR~, .?ESU~~s_y BEC AU SE THEY BELIEVED IT COULD BE EXPLOITED FOR OT HER GAI NS, -::::~y 'C __ 1LD PAV?_ NO R~.~SON TO DEPART FROM THIS PRINCI PLE . ASKI~G SOVS J::.::£CTLY rO R THEiii I NTERCESSION OR TO GIVE ASS UPAN CES t.iQULD C?E.' COOR TO NEGOTIATIONS, IN WHICH WE WOULD BE AT DISADVi6.NTi6G~ •. 
TH-0.1LY RE CENT S I MIL AR EXPERIENCE WE HAVE HAD IS ATTEf'11 PT TO H.~V E US C0~1MPi, .JD t)J T REC OM r-t: Er' CE ENT ERIN G I NT 0 E A ST BERL I N <R~F D ) • THI S ~AS o-COUR SE LESS DESIRABLE EVENTUALLY FROM SOVIET POINT OF VIE W. HCJt,JEVER, l!J: SUSPECT THEY MAINLY VIEl.1.1ED IT AS SOMETHING l•1E \·I At'TED A~D .H~~EFORE SOMET HI NG THFY COULD BARGAIN AGAINST. ATTEMPT HAD TO ,j£ ABA .100,·ED WHEN TOO HIGH A POLITICAL PRICE l 1JAS REQUIRED WHILE _HA. ISSUE WAS ~IMITED ENOUGH AND OUR APPROACH WAS INFORMAL 
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.: :ourH THAT 1: E COULD DiiO? IT t .• rITH SOME ·LOSS OF FACE BUT NOT TOO · 1CH DISC\DV1-\. TAGE, WE \•10ULD NOT LIKE TO SEE PRESENT PROPOSAL :,..:v ZLOP I . SAME v' AY. 
: :~ SUl'.1 AR (, p E THINK CH~.N.CES ARE SLIGHT THAT '·.IE WiLL ENCOUNTER '":':---c rLTY I APPLYir G NEW PROCEDURE , WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THt:.T 

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... ----•a:-i• wO·E ROUTI,·:L B ioN-A.... LIED DIPLOM.C\TS. H0111EVER, EVEN LIGHT RIS ' IS TOO G~EAT TO TAKE WITHOUT BEING PREPARED r .... F. ECTIVEL. iTH SUCH A CONTINGENCY. IF l1rE FIND THIS
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T ·o. RS TOO BY BRI ..... -sH AND FRENCH WHEN THE AGREED TO 7!1U I ~G .lE ·J 0 ROCEDURE, AND IF THEY OB~ECT, WE BELIEVE S OT OF SUFFICIEl;-IMPORTANCE TO BE PURSUED FURTHER. 
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