Memphis.
Ingram. FIPLV, Belgrave, Australia. ISBN 973-7742-20-6
Richard Nixon was first elected to the presidency in 1968. Starting with President Lyndon Johnson's stunning decision not to seek a second term, the campaign of that year reflected the uncertainty and turmoil that gripped much of the nation. Hundreds of young Americans were dying in Vietnam. In the spring, civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. In June, Senator Robert Kennedy was shot and killed following his victory in the California Democratic primary. Nixon's eventual challenger, Hubert Humphrey, won the nomination at a chaotic and violent convention. When the dust settled, Richard Nixon was the last contender still standing. The nation around him, however, was reeling.
ET: Yeah, all that. They love all that stuff. And so, but Kissinger, not to his credit, makes jokes about the President. It’s funny. I know Kissinger. He’s really funny and charming, and he makes jokes about the President, and of course it gets back to Nixon. He hears about it. And so as Kissinger would leave the Oval Office, Nixon would say well, there goes Henry off to talk to his Georgetown friends, or there goes Henry off to talk to the Washington Post. Nixon knew what was going on. He tried to tolerate it. He tried to be philosophical about it. He used to say, well, Henry’s got a tender ego, and so he needs this for his ego. But it hurt. Look, it hurt.
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