Kissinger: Yes, you need a strong leader.
President: When I get the names I will talk to you.
Kissinger: North Korea has made many feelers to us. I would use them to get good behavior in the UN but not so as to shake up South Korea.
On the UN, you can go straight in or go to the US mission. It would please Scali, but I think your first visit should be to the UN. Then if you want to go to the mission you can do it afterwards.
President: That sounds much better. Let's do it that way. Speaking of Rogers and Cuba, where are we?
Kissinger: I planned to talk to you soon.
There are two aspects: bilateral and in the OAS. State is preparing a paper with these guidelines: We are being moved into relations with Cuba, but it should not appear to the American people as if it is being forced on us. So I would hold tough in the OAS, using the Brazilians. But we should start with low level talks with the Cubans to see what we can get for it. If we don't we may be driven by majority votes from one position to another.
President: Let me look at the paper. What price would we want?
Kissinger: Some promise against subversion. Some principle on expropriation of assets; some foreign policy moves.
President: What would be the Soviet attitude?
Kisinger: It is costing them a lot. We have little to gain from Cuba. There is nothing Castro can do for us. A little embarrassment in Third World meetings. We should move slowly.
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