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15. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Brzezinski ) to President Carter

ispatch periodically Cy, me, Andy, and others—to talk to the principal leaders with whom we are trying to maintain or develop closer relations: this would be flattering even to Giscard , or Schmidt , or Fukuda —and certainly to the Shah, or Fahd, or Obasanjo , or Desai ; and it would also be useful with Hua, or Tito , Gierek , Ceausescu , etc. This could supplement your direct personal contact with these leaders, and in some cases could reinforce any ongoing negotiations. From the domestic point of view, doing the above would also convey the feeling that you are deliberately orchestrating some…