so kennedy sent kissinger, who had known him for years of course to adenauer in order to brief him on the american atomic policy. they had a meeting which was to last half hour. that lasted almost two hours. he postponed everything else. and i'm not meaning, kennedy -- excuse me, kissinger told kennedy this is ever going to first or using nuclear weapons. this is when we'll start using them. you can be sure the soviets will never cross west germany without being attacked outside west germany. and he went through quite a bit of astonishing details. it was such astonishing detail they decide they want these notes two-story. and so did the american embassy. they had the notes two-story. and no stony faced and that. he's just so kennedy had done it. but that's the kind of thing he could do. and that's the kind of thing he could do brilliantly. and that's the kind of thing for which kennedy once again. he had to stop the west german drive. and after that conversation, adenauer understood he didn't need to worry. >> what kissinger said it's okay, we're not going to the nukes on frankfurt. >