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"I'd rather use the nuclear bomb," Mr. Nixon responded.
"That, I think, would just be too much," Mr. Kissinger replied.
"The nuclear bomb. Does that bother you?" Mr. Nixon asked. "I just want you to think big."
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WASHINGTON March 9, 2002
(Reuters) - Citing a classified Pentagon report, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday that the Bush administration has told the Defense Department to prepare, on a contingency basis, plans to use nuclear weapons against at least seven countries.
The military was also directed to build smaller nuclear weapons for use in certain battlefield situations, the newspaper reported.
The countries named in the secret report -- provided to Congress Jan. 8 -- were China, Russia, Iraq, North Korea, Iran, Libya and Syria, the Times reported.
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