so i went to see maxwell taylor, and with me the general at that time army, another and the navy commander, so four of us representing him and armed forces council. we went to the u.s. embassy. but i saw taylor come and open the door for us, you know and looked very angry. and he just said, ok, sit down. >> you said in your book he said immediately, sit down, not a greeting, not a hello, just sit down. >> just sit down. >> what was your reaction when -- >> of course, we sit down. but then we listen. so he very angry tone, you know. he said to me, to us, well,, you know, at the dinner few weeks ago, i ask you, i told you this and that, but now, you know, you still stage a coup. so he said something, you know, i waste my dinner. ok? so i and the other three vietnamese fellow didn't know how to react to such -- you know, such tone. so my reaction was, i said to taylor, i said, well, mr. ambassador, i'm very poor man. i didn't have beef every day. so i remember, you know, the dinner with you. you gave me the best steak, you know, and i really appreciate that. so don't think that you waste your

. >> you write about maxwell taylor, deceased general -- why were you doing that and what did you think? >> well "international security" was the magazine that i was a co-founder of at harvard university in 1976. and working with general taylor over those months and shaping his essay was an extraordinary experience. but it also provoked me to wonder how someone of that stature and brilliance and competence and linguistic ability as well could have gotten vietnam so, so wrong -- not my conclusion, but the halberstam book that had come out the previous years. >> this footnote later on. zumwalt, admiral zumwalt used to be the chief of naval operations. who says so? >> i think that's common opinion in the navy, even to this day -- his ability, his rectitude, his competence in reshaping the navy after rocky years in vietnam. >> here's one -- were you listening? is that why you heard that? >> yes, i was listening. but that werewolf example is the most deplorable instance of sloppy use of history by a secretary of state and a national security advisor, who recall that both donald rumsfeld and