Removing Kissinger's Cover
October, 1976
It began, appropriately enough, with an indiscretion on the part of Henry Kissinger. The former Harvard professor was, in March 1969, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. I was Kissinger's assistant for planning.As we stood talking in his office in the basement of the West Wing of the White House, a military aide brought in a report. The future Secretary of State looked through it quickly. A broad smile came over his face and he let slip the fact that the United States h...
