kissinger throw all of the pages across the room.here is a two star general crawling over the floor picking them up. >> i just got an email from her talking about all those days. what this was is that after the cambodian speech and kent state and the huge explosion that took place, nixon sent the troops into cambodia for 60 days, and 30 kilometers, and he wanted a long paper presented on what we had accomplished with that, and the nsc produced a paper, i guess some 6,000 words, so nixon told me, and haldeman told me through nixon, he wants you to rewrite it. henry, as was his custom, would hold off his material long enough so that you couldn't get it in. so he held it off and it was 6,000. it was given to me in the afternoon, out at san clemente and sally and i went to work. i rewrote the 6,000 words all night long. it was about 8:00 in the morning when i got it done and i told sally to take it down to kissinger's office. i said to sally, "take it on down to dr. kissinger's office." and that's what she came back and told me. he had t

considering the post that henry kissinger held at that time we think that we should know that a pact existed within the military dictatorships in south america we think that he can provide information on an agreement between authorities in the southern cone to disappear certain people and inflict torture in certain cases and kidnapping in this investigation they're avoiding the many summons made and a summons for the former secretary of state of the us dr kissinger would be one more a hint that this has to be a prologue for justice and not the culmination of it ok some more great programs get their start in moments here in r.t.e. international that i'm back with all the updates on a busy news day in 30. i . think. this is a story about what happens austria's stray bullet kills a young girl in the street. what happens to her family daughters i'm sorry. no my other daughter is buried in a cemetery. is it with your head what happens to the community the public was screaming for a scapegoat the police needed a scapegoat so why not choose a 19 year olds. black kid with a criminal record w

kissinger's office." and that's what she came back and told me.e had thrown it right across the room, but the odd thing is, nixon as haldeman writes, he loved the job i had done, putting you know these items up, bullet points of all the weapons captured from the north vietnamese or casualties, exactly how many rockets in the borders and the ammunition and really made the case -- it made the case where the documents and facts and information made it well instead of one of these long meandering things that you got out of the nsc. patrick: and nixon said that was -- i want all the papers done like this in this form after this, and he thought it was terrific. so i felt very good about it and after reading haldeman's memoirs. brian: you have got lots of memoirs in here. there is a couple of points i am thinking, this is buchanan's revenge. he has waited all of these years to publish all of these memoirs to say, "see, i was right back then." patrick: well were you always right? i mean, i was opposed to the -- i was stunned by the china trip, but all of

>> kissinger had gotten word, i hought the shanghai ommunication was a sell-out of taiwan. and frankly, a shallow piece of all through ions it. and it embarrassed me. it almost made me a shame so he back to discuss it. what's your problems with the communique? here, chinese open with a statement about revolution what we want and we examination h some of conscience. i said, japanese, they say japan militaristic. we don't defend our own, and the accept their , we position. and so it was a sell-out. badly written. there.ould have had me in i would have liked to have written it. we could have stated our side, sigh, so then ir he went forward and he came back started, henry started ragging me, your conservative haven't supported us in the middle east. and then i just got up and put that far from his, and b.s. and sat down.lar i looked believe it, and it was scowcroft. i don't know if he agreed with enjoyed the encounter. resign?did you >> that's y. i grew up being that the learning worst diplomatic disaster in he had signed over the freedom of no 10 countries in eastern europe t

for a take over as position of the coordinator, meet with kissinger and nixon. other people would take on the role as national coordinator in washington, d.c. at that point, it did shift to the east coast. 1970, what started out as the league of wives, officially becomes the national league of families of prisoners missing in southeast asia. sybil has already met with richard nixon in 1969. did either of you go to washington in the spring of 1970? there were a couple of rallies. tell us about your visits to washington during the time. >> the may event. i didn't. i, and ourmaria, and five kids went to paris at that time for the first peace talks. and went to the embassy hoping to get information about our husband and she is still considered mia. >> and going to the peace talks, was adid this, as well, major way the press caught onto this issue because the wives would go to confront at the embassies, but it was also for publicity purposes, the media would pick up on your plight and broadcasting to the world. so these all had multiple angles to them. >> get the wor

i did tell henry kissinger about it. he said oh no, that didn't happen. it did. there wasn't -- >> they never make connections. >> and the wiretapping, this was under johnson. when nixon comes in, things open up because you had gone public at that point. that was during the key quiet period, so things change quite a bit from lg -- lbj to nixon. things were quite loud. >> you mentioned about senator dole and the may day rally in washington. >> the may day rally, may 1, 1970. this is the second rally in d.c. that senator dole and east coast, west coast wives, sort of the leadership and what would become the national league, they had tried to get the families of prisoners were missing together in a rally. the first rally in february failed miserably. there were 300 people that showed up. and senator dole and sybil said this is not acceptable. we are going to fix this. we are going to fill constitution hall. this is the daughters of the american revolution headquarters there. that hall is huge, it seats 3000, 4000 people. so senator and elizabeth dole ally together,

documents referred to operation condo as a legitimate counterterrorism action moreover and rick kissinger then secretary of state was briefed on the murder operations of. operation corndog in august 1976 the operation would last until 1989 and for all those years the cia chose not to step in to prevent the brutal violence in fact the u.s. kept its finger on the pulse of operation condor or aiding at times with strategic planning. brazil argentina chile bolivia paraguayan year ago i make up the nets they keep in touch with one another through a u.s. communication installation in the panama canal zone which covers all of latin america obviously this is the commodore network which all of us have heard about over the last few years this cia did such a great job ensuring control of latin america through operation corndog that in 1977 just 2 years into its official phase europe took notes representatives of west german french and british intelligence services had visited the condo organization secretary it's important harry's during the month of september $977.00 in order to discuss methods for

to their view that the terrorists aversive threats had reached such dangerous levels in europe as kissinger was well aware the cia knew all about this state department knew all about this and in fact the united states helped facilitate communications between the 6 countries that were involved in this people are getting some small measure of justice and it's much too late many of the perpetrators have already died you have to realize this was a vast operation thousands and thousands of people involved 7 governments involved at least you have to also remember. that you have the intelligence services of britain france and west germany also collaborating with these governments in south america so this was that michael o'boyle operation to silence critics silence reformers this is a horrendous period in history in terms of acts of all justice being met it out year on earth that's probably not going to happen in most cases ok just about time to cross to washington d.c. and find out what's gulf there watching the hawks crew talking today up to see you in 30 for all your latest made we can use upda

. -- henry kissinger and people like that. peter: tell us about kissinger. gary: he was secretary of state. [laughter] peter: retail your conversation with henry kissinger. gary: i would lob one question and then i would be quiet for a long time. he did tell a story about lbj. you don't want to hear this. peter: i do want to hear this. i asked. gary: he said he was driving with lbj one time and he looked over to him and said henry, what that? he pointed at a piece of machinery. henry, let's that? -- once that? -- what's that? the third time, he pointed to a cow. thought it was a trick question and said i'm not sure. he said henry, that's a cow. that passes as humor. peter: while you're an archivist, you finished your dissertation. gary: i did. peter: tell us about that process. gary: i dropped out of graduate school because i had been assigned a dissertation topic, which you well know i do not do. that's the worst thing you can do is pick topics for your students. it's hard enough to write a dissertation if you're interested in it. and they picked one for me

henry kissinger was u.s. president gerald ford secretary of state at the time. in the 1974 document that was long kept classified he demanded the massive d. population of developing countries and declared abortion to be an indispensable tool for population control. no country has reduced its population growth without resorting to abortion. while women in the united states were still heading to the streets to demand the right to control their own bodies american foundations and politician. were pressuring developing countries to legalize abortion. in the following decades a massive surplus of men was created in asia through the abortion of daughters the consequences are only present in india today. once again those who suffer most are girls and women of low socio economic standing . like 19 year olds. my mother and older sister died on 2 consecutive days i was 6 months old at the time. then my father contracted polio and my grandmother raised me. my father went out to beg and we lived off what he brought back. and that's how we 4 kids grew up. today said ina live

kissinger tested the waters. the immediate result of the stunning visuals of seeing these two world leaders together was a thaw in relations and a shift in the cold war balance that led to the collapse of the sophisticated and led to china becoming an economic powerhouse and a trade relationship that is now fraught is spying and mistrust. 50 years later are we witnessing a similar seismic moment? president trump became the first sitting president to step foot into north koreans. general keen, this is a similar moment? we will say that was the moment? >> it's not an icon moment with mixon. -- nixon. never had been a meeting like that before. but there have been two meetings between these leaders prior to this. i think that makes it very different. i think it's largely symbolic taking a step into north korea. the president has something in mind here. the talks have been stalemated ever since the hanoi summit blew up and kim jong-un went home empty handed and not getting the sanction relief that was his objective in

a brief time ago i spoke to the robert daly, director of the kissinger institutroat the wowilson center. robert daly, thank you so much for joining us. is is uncharacteristic f hong kong. some protesters say that the peaceful demonstrations have not worked. does this fundamentally change things? robert: this is unprecedented, and torrow might be different, nt this was an act of vandalism of a sort we did see in the previous rounds of demonstrations, 2014 and 2003. going into the legco building and defacing a symbol of hong kong and draping the colonial fl over the lectern, these are new acts, and these could change public perceptions in hong kong and within myenland china. this is something new. nada: carrie lam at 4:00 a.m. decided to speak about this issue. she tried to make a distinction between peacefulrotesters and others she called hooligans,ho saying she wased and hope the community at large was as well. do you think they will agree with her as she hopes? robert: i think many will agree with her that the younger people weho went into legco and committed vandalis over the top. but

when henry kissinger was secretary of state and adviser at the same time, there had been tension between secretary of state and advisers. how is your relationship with john bolton? >> there's tension between the organizations. we come at these things from a different viewpoint. he has his responsibility to make sure all of these ideas are better. secretary of treasury, secretary of energy, intelligence committee each have their missions. we have robust debates. i agree with each of them often and disagree with most of them sometimes. we have a few dozen ambassadors. what would you give them as insight on the foreign policy matters? >> it's what you do every day in your business. it's not about the seem like mike or al or alice, it's about did you show up within informed database theory that can deliver and if we do that and show up with the best answer we will drive the policy. if we don't, there are reports today that the new head of the central intelligence will be john radcliffe. some people say he's too political for that position. do you believe that he is too political for the posi

the american president, i think was it kennedy, when kissinger said, when i want to call europe, whichdo i call? it is a fact that britain, berlin and france, it is very uncertain who i call. therefore, the date, october the ist, is unrealistic. i need to prepare the public for the fact that chasing the brexit phantom was the worst distraction in british modern political history. well, we'll come back to your particular problems, assuming your name might be boris johnson, in presenting the british public with this truth, as you put it. right. agnes, as other european panellist here, give us your take on whether there is somebody as british prime minister that you want to talk to. thomas says they're not in job yet, but we do have nominees for those top european posts. if i am the british prime minister, i revoke... congratulations. i have a cup of tea, revoke article 50 and then we can press on with what is at stake that is, you know, as you say, british society and issues. let's be practical here. my name is borisjohnson, i am the british pm... and you said do or die, october 31st, wh

with ng there now kissinger, president's adviser n defense matters, admiral mccain, commander in chief of pacific forces and rear admiral davis, commander of the -- frontier. james, ow we have been ho is slowly making his way over to us. condition word on the of the astronauts? >> they appear to be in great condition. e's finished taking the blood samples and the swabs, so he's through with them and at the ime i was talking over there a couple of minutes ago, aldrin is getting out of the shower. are rong and collins already dressed. i talked to collins, he said he's proud to be back. happy to be very back. >> i can imagine. >> and very proud, of course, of they have accomplished through the whole world and they re especially proud of the recovery force. so that's a good thing. >> i don't blame them a bit. a recovery went off out single hitch as far as we could tell. >> one of our best. >> i suppose it's too early, ben find out if there is any the al determination about possible effects of the lunar xcursion by aldrin and armstrong? >> yes. f course, this is a cursory examination, norma

state rogers who has come here in advance of the arrival of the president, standing now with henry kissinger, the president's advisor on defense matters, admiral mccain, the commander-in-chief of the specific courses, real admiral davis. now, we have been james, who is slowly making his way over to us. fromwhat is the word inside the mobile facility on the condition of the astronauts? >> they appear to be in great condition. the doctor has finished taking blood samples and swaps, so he is through with them, and i was talking with them a couple minutes ago and aldrin is getting out of the shower. armstrong and collins are already there. i talked to collins, and he said he is proud to be back, they are all very happy to be back, and very proud of what they have accomplished. they are especially proud of the recovery force, so that's a good thing. >> i believe the recovery went off without a single hitch as far as we can tell. >> it was one of our best. >> i suppose it is too early to find out if there's any initial determination by the doctor about the possible effects of the lunar excursion b

. >> except when henry kissinger was in, how is your relationship with john bolten. >> we come at things from a different viewpoint. ambassador bolten has his responsibility to try to make sure all the ideas of vetted. the secretary of intelligence and others have theirs. i disagree with them often and most of them sometimes. we have a few dozen ambassadors here, what would you give them insight as to the best way to influence the president of the united states on foreign policy matters? >> deliver value. that's what i talked about every day. what's what you all do every day and about your business. it's not about like does he like mike or al or alice, did you show up a with informed fact-based theory that can deliver the commander's intent. if we do that and show up with the best answer, we'll drive policy. if we don't, we'll just be banging our gums. >> now, there are reports today the new head of the central intelligence, of the cni, it will be, john ratcliff from congress and some people say he's too political for that position. you've served in cia, do you believe he's too political

the american president, i think was it kennedy, when kissinger said, when i want to go europe, whichr doi when i want to go europe, which number do i call? it is a fact that britain, berlin and france, it is very uncertain who i call. therefore, the date, october the ist, is unrealistic. i need to prepare the public for the fact that she singly brexit phantom was the worst distraction in british modern political history. well, we will come back to your particular problems, assuming your name might be borisjohnson, problems, assuming your name might be boris johnson, in problems, assuming your name might be borisjohnson, in presenting the british public with this truth, as you put it. agnes, as other european panellist you're, give is your take on whether there is somebody as british prime minister that you want to talk to. thomas says they are not injob yet, but to talk to. thomas says they are not in job yet, but we do have to talk to. thomas says they are not injob yet, but we do have nominees for those. if i am the british injob yet, but we do have nominees for those. ifi am the b

standing and never the henry kissinger, the president's advisor on defense matters admiral mccain, commander in , chief of pacific forces and rear admiral davis, commander of the sea frontier. we have right now we have ben james, who is slowly making his way over to us. ben, what is the word from inside the facility on the condition of the astronauts? >> they appear to be in great condition. he's finished taking the blood samples and the swabs, so he's through with them and at the time i was talking over there a couple of minutes ago, aldrin is getting out of the shower. armstrong and collins are already dressed. i talked to collins, he said he's proud to be back. they are all very happy to be back. >> i can imagine. >> and very proud, of course, of what they have accomplished through the whole world and they are especially proud of the recovery force. so that's a good thing. >> i don't blame them a bit. the recovery went off out a -- without a single hitch as far as we could tell. >> one of our best. >> i suppose it's too early, ben, to find out if there is any initial determination about t

except for when kissinger was secretary of state and national security advisor at the same time, there'sis been some tension. how is your relationship with john bolton? sec. pompeo: there is always tension among leaders of different organizations. we come at these things from a different viewpoint. ambassador bolton has a response building make sure all ideas are vetted and get to the president. the secretary of energy, other secretaries have their views. we have lively debates. i disagree with them often and agree with them sometimes. mr. rubenstein: we have a dozen ambassadors here. what would you give them as insight as the best way to influence the president on foreign policy matters? sec. pompeo: deliver value. that is what i talk about everyday. it is what you all do every day your business. is not about does he like mike or al or alice. it's about, did you show up with an informed, fact-based theory that can deliver the outcomes that are in the president commander's intent? if we do that, if we show up with the best answers, we will drive policy. if we don't, we will be banging ou

bending there with henry kissinger, admiral mccain, the commander-in-chief of pacific forces, and rear admiral davis, commander of the why see a frontier.e -- the yca is slowly making his way over to us. what is the word inside the mobile quarantine facility on the condition of the astronauts? >> the doctor says the astronauts appear to be in great condition. he has finished taking the blood samples and the swabs, so he is through of them. aldrin is getting out of the shower, armstrong and collins are already dressed. they are all very happy to be back. >> i could imagine. >> and very proud of what they have accomplished for the whole world, and especially proud of the recovery force, so that is a good thing. a bit. not blame them the recovery went off without a hitch. >> it certainly seems to. it was one of our best. >> it is too early to find out if there is any initial determination about the possible effects of the lunar excursion by aldrin and armstrong? a bursaryse, this is examination and a normal physical he is going through now, as you know. nothing very different than what we

once those things started, it was as kissinger so aptly put, perhaps unfortunate for him when it became public later, it was like eating salted peanuts. once you did one, you had to announce the next one and it became irrelevant what happened on the battlefield. so when the easter offensive was over and the south vietnamese prevailed with massive amounts of u.s. air power, nixon had his opportunity to declare victory and go home. whether morale had anything to do with that decision, that's certainly questionable. in my mind, the decision ought to be made regardless of morale and other issues and problems. and once we are gone, it is the arben's problem. >> do you want the last word? >> any questions from the audience? >> i have a, engines, it. he talked about the difference in the perception between senior leaders and the troops. it was emphasized because he said the troops perception is they are the platoon. >> thank you all for your time this morning. i am sure the panel will be one happy to take your questions. i appreciate the conversation and look forward to spending the rest of th

he is now the vice-chairman of kissinger associates. let's start with the fed.dent trump had something to say it, again, as he left the white house this morning. >> i would like to see a large cut and i would like to see immediately the quantitative tightening stop. cutd: he would like a large . everyone is anticipating some sort of cut. we have a chart that shows that most people think it will be 25 as opposed to 50. does the president have a point? at the you look underlining economy, for the most part, it's doing well. the numbers that came out this morning strengthen the conviction that it is not in a severe downturn, is not really in a downturn of any major significance. i don't think we would be having this conversation, certainly not an animated one, were it not for the fact that things are brought are operating in a way that is negative for the american growth, which is to say in many countries abroad is deteriorating. strong dollar relative to the euro, yen, other currencies. david: that is one of the points jay powell has said, we are looking at these

lou: strategically i think back to the 50s when there was henry kissinger who had pushed forward mutually-assuredolicy around that concept. this seems a time when we are watching china bragging about its 2 million man army which can be matched at least in numbers by the north koreans. russia with its significant ground troops and advanced weaponry of all sorts including hypersonic missiles. this is a nation that seems to be now that might be contemplating what is the strategy for the future and it might be one that is designed never to put boots on the ground to assure simply the destruction of enemies who would harm the united states and take actions that are clearly meant to be devastating and outright destructive of the u.s. interest. what do you think about a higher-level strategy? >> well i think it's very appropriate and it's got to be comprehensive all of government in concert with our allies and it has to have a major strategic focus. it has to transcend political economic information operations and yes military deterrence. the reason why we were so successful with the cold war certainly

when you read kissinger's cable traffic, you will see he referred to the arabs as savages, which will give you the idea of which -- after all, it was even -- kissinger when he went to saudi arabia received a gift from the king which was a bound copy of the rules of the elders of zion which is not what i would give a jew. in 1979, the saudis made carter very unhappy by not only refusing -- not only not endorsing but refusing to accept the egypt/israel peace treaty. the last time i was in baghdad, was the time in the spring of '79 when all the arab foreign ministers threw egypt out of the arab league. as much effort as carter put in on courting the saudis, it wasn't enough. in 1988, came the peculiar episode in which the united states discovered by accident that the saudis had acquired nuclear capable chinese missiles, which they would not let us inspect. the first thing that happened was richard armitage told the saudis they managed to put themselves at the top of israel's target list where they had not been. that episode took some doing to unravel. then, of course, there was 9/11. 15

weiss and henry kissinger the greatest russian asset of all because he pursued detente? it is silly. the deeper messages people accusing mitch mcconnell of being a russian asset are the same people who think ratcliff is politicizing the dni office. a disturbing trend of mixed politics and intelligence and use these terms and irresponsible ways when we are having is a political fight over the best policy issue in the federal government, being in charge of election the policy. >> does involve attacks on maternal? >> i support enhanced election security. i agree with what senator schumer said at the clip that was played but i don't believe for a second that mitch mcconnell is a russian asset. i agree with john to the extent that i don't think we should so effectively weapon ice partisanship when we have policy disagreements but i see the case of mitch mcconnell who i disagree with very different from mister ratcliff who i'm not sure is qualified it is you say we will find that out in the hearings but the washington post went too far and i was disturbed when i read it. >> ma

even richard nixon and henry kissinger regarded as most realist of all administrations, they get soviet to sign helsinki which forced to accept certain human rights standards. i think understanding how to do that is not peripheral to american power, it's what makes for the best use of american power. ultimately where the largest economy in the world but we're not going to be that forever, but we will be the spokesman, the spokesperson for rights, values, democracy, freedom, if you handle it correctly. >> very quickly, it was also just so strange to see president trump and vladimir putin. president trump is behaving so obsequiously on friday towards vladimir putin, not admonishing him for election interference. instead saying this. watch this moment. >> don't meddle in our election, please, he he he he laughing. vladimir putin was visibly uncomfortable with obsequiousness. also kim jong-un looks kind of baffled by much of this. >> you notice kim jong-un didn't -- trump keeps saying how well they got on, he pockets the concessions one by one. that's the larger, more worrisome point. putin

in the next hour, we are joined by the vice chairman kissinger associates.ng to him about iran and the strait of hormuz. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ tom: "bloomberg surveillance." our special coverage today, this special day in the history of the united kingdom. it is going to be 90 something today. it actually published in new york that london will be 100. let's begin with the heatwave. tom: celsius -- francine: celsius! tom: i know, i'm sorry. how bad is the heat in london? francine: it's pretty hot, tom, i have to say. this is very unusual. there was some kind of analogy about dungeons and brexit yesterday. tomorrow is meant to be the hottest day on record in london, some 40 degrees celsius. tom: 40 degrees celsius there. the only one in the room knows celsius and fahrenheit is rupert harrison of blackrock, and of course his public service to united kingdom. how will it play today? we are so london centric at bloomberg. i am the worst victim of that as well. how does boris johnson play from sea to shining sea? rupert: he is divisive. that is not just in london

there is some symbolic importance to them of the shanghai communique with kissinger. an important step that they really are sincere wanting to move forward. very important to us. they're back in the markets buying agriculture. they made those commitments to us. we want to see those commitments fulfilled. my expectation there will be a few more meetings before we get a deal done. charles: a couple things were done there. mnuchin wisely set up expectations. they're going to meet. it is going to be in shanghai at the request of president xi. that's fantastic. china is doing things like buying soybeans and other things they promised to do. both sides making nice. we were here before. the markets love it. i want to bring in clear state advisors managing director jim awad to discuss. jim, we'll not be as excited this time around, right? there was a moment earlier in the year everyone figured this is just about done. we're 95% of the way. we've gone across heart break hill. we can see the finish line. wall street will not make that assumption anymore. >> at this point wall s

they saw kissinger taking a lot of actions. we're seeing same thing now.he party leadership will watch the pare debates, charles, to see if anybody says anything tough about china. china is the one who is the most shall we say pro-china. he contact get his head around the idea that china is surpassing us and president trump is trying to stop it. he seems to talk about a china poor and backward when he first visited back in 1982. we have a very different china now that is tough, closing in on oust. charles: right. >> so that may be confusing them. their hope that the mueller reports and all the friction aimed at president trump will somehow weaken him. i don't think they're right. they're likely to find out in the next couple days in shanghai that robert lighthizer, mnuchin are equally tough as they were back in april and may. hopefully the chinese will get back to where things were in early may, without us ratcheting up the pressure even more than we already have. charles: lighthizer has a tremendous track record of being tough, coming out of these deals s

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