and helen thomas said, chewing her gum, she said, they can always tell.aid, what are you talking about? she said, kids can always tell if someone's genuine or a phony. they can tell. it's very telling, kids just saw her and hugged her. >> exactly. we also went to indonesia, and they took her to an orphanage. and it was total chaos because the press came in and the babies started to cry. it was terrible. and when we finished the event, mrs. nixon said, from now on, we'll do orphanages, but no press. >> yeah, right. >> she didn't want the children to be upset. >> right. to frighten them. >> now, another thing in ghana, the nixons had been there, of course in 1957, for their independence ceremony and there had been a chieftain there who had met the president and mrs. nixon briefly. >> i don't remember his name. mary lou is the one who remembering everything. some chief. and he wrote to president nixon when president nixon became elected. and the president sent a pro fo forma letter saying, thank you very much. and this guy waved this all over ghana saying, t

and helen thomas said, chewing her gum, she said they always can tell.aid what are you talking about? she said kids can always tell if someone's genuine or a phony. they can tell. it's very telling, killds just w her and hugged her. >> exactly. we also went to indonesia, and they took her to an orphanage. and it was total chaos because the press came in and the babies start to cry. and it was terrible. when we finished the event, mrs. nixon said, from now on, we'll do orphanages, but no press. >> yeah, right. >> she didn't want the children to be upset, to frighten them. >> yeah. >> now, another thing in ghana, the nixons had been there, of course in 1957, for the independent ceremony and there had been a

we tick off and helen thomas, who we'll talk about a little bit later was a you can't have communications on this plane. i said, call kent davis. i said, yeah, helen. nancy was there with bob holderman's wife. you remember that? >> jack, you know, talking about all this white house communications in 2000 and all, it just seems alien to even hear it because my mother, why wasn't she sick from the flu shot or whatever the yellow fever? in other words, she was a one-man band. when they went to china, she took one aide with her. that's the way she always traveled. they didn't want want you hired on. you're most effective if you don't have a big entourage. you have to get out and meet people. of course, the presidency today has changed. i understand there has to a lot of security. but it's most effective when, you know, you go to the markets and you meet the people and just don't have the shielding. >> and don, you were in africa with mrs. nixon in 1957. but that was the trip that we went to to commemorate the ghana becoming a nation instead of a colony of great britain. and we went through a

arrived in berlin, according to all press reports from the "washington post" and "new york times," helen thomas of the a.p., there had been massive demonstrations in west germany, in west berlin, protesting president reagan's visit, protesting our views on disarmament, protesting our policies in the middle east. they had burned down buildings. they had torched cars. and so you've got to put that into context as well as we arrived in berlin. things were quiet, but the night before had been very treacherous. >> peter robinson -- actually there was an article that appeared in saturday's "wall street journal" by peter, and he mentioned that -- he repeated some of what we saw in the video clips, but he also mentioned that there were no less than seven drafts that came back from the state department, seven different versions, seven alternative versions to the speech. is that unusual? is that odd? or was the speech at its inception viewed as one of such historic importance? >> seven is a bit much. we knew this would be the capstone of the ten days of the g-7 summit and the visit to the pope, which was

and helen thomas, who we'll talk about a little bit later, was a up irep upi reporter. she said, oh, we got you now. you can't have communications on this plane. i said, call kent davis. i said, yeah, helen. nancy was there with bob holderman's wife. you remember that? >> well, jack, you know, talking about all this white house communications in 2000, it just seems alien to even hear it because my mother, you know -- i mean, why wasn't she sick from the flu shot, or whatever, the yellow fever? in other words, she was a one-man band. when they went to china, she took one aide with her. i mean, that's the way she always traveled. and i think, don, you reflected on that. they didn't even want you and bradford to be hired on, right? because i think they realize when you're a diplomat you're most effective if you don't have a big entourage. you've got to get out and meet people. and, of course, the presidency today has changed. and i understand that there has to be 00 la lot of security. but it's most effective when, you know, you go to the markets and you meet the people an

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