nitze. paul was a absolutely remarkable individual, served in virtually every administration from the last roosevelt administration well into the time of past nixon. and he was someone that everybody wanted to have him work for them. paul had been deputy secretary of defense in the johnson administration, and in january of 1969 he was about to leave office on the 20th when everybody else would leave, and the republicans would come in. and he, his wife -- his daughter got engaged to a friend of mine from college, and so he had a big engagement party. black tie, one of the big clubs in washington, several hundred people, sit-down dinner. and there were a few of us there who were going to be in the wedding as groomsmen or bridesmaids, but mainly it was the washington establishment. finish -- i had been in my last year at yale law school the founder and president of yale citizens for eugene mccarthy for president. i was sort of for about that year, '67-'68 kind of the head of the anti-war moveme