The World: Kissinger: Less Fun But More Awe

TIME Diplomatic Editor Jerrold L. Schecter has closely followed the career and fortunes of Henry Kissinger. His appraisal of the Secretary of State today:

Kissinger knows that President Nixon is wounded, but he cannot admit the obvious. When he is in Washington, he still sees Nixon for a half-hour every morning, but the atmosphere of their meetings is more relaxed. Kissinger no longer has to prove his loyalty to the President, nor does he have to worry about being undercut by the White House palace guard. Nixon now allows

Kissinger a new latitude of near autonomy. As Sir Alec Douglas-Home said in London...

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