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The President/Mr. Kissinger
11:15 p.m., September 18, 1973
P:
I was just going to say, you know, we've heard many quotes in this
place from undeserving people but boy this clown
K:
That was an eloquent
P:
There hasn't been a better one, has there?
K:
No.
P:
It was from the heart too. He meant it.
K:
What I will say in his defense, Mr. President, is he said this in the
middle of July when things looked very tough.
P:
I know and he told me tonight about the fact that NBC didn't use it then.
K:
That's right.
P:
And he was furious at them. So here's a Liberal, a real liberal.
You know, he went over our foreign policy like the Senate ought to and
the columnists and the rest.
K:
That's right. And that's what most foreigners think, Mr. President.
P:
And that's what he said, didn't he? It was really a beautiful toast.
K:
It was really moving.
P:
But the way he went in, went over the whole thing, what had happened
and the rest. He said about how history would record and the rest.
That's what really drives our Libs up the wall because here is a foreign
liberal speaking very eloquently. They know it's true but they can't
bear to admit it.
K:
And that's why they keep nitpicking away at the fringes = of it but not
in any way that will survive six months much less six years.
P:
Well, I'm glad it came around that we had him now.
K:
Actually, it's a better time
P:
And also, he was very good before the Foreign Relations Committee
and I want to be damn forthcoming with him, whatever we can do.
That harbor thing appeals to me. If there's anything we can do get
the Navy to do something there rather than some other place.
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