http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/10854667.htm"(KRT) - During his tenure as a famous aide to President Richard Nixon, first as national security adviser, then secretary of state, Henry Kissinger was accomplished at telling parties - most notably Nixon - what they wanted to hear.
Flattery and backstabbing are on display throughout Nixon's own secretly recorded tapes and, now, in recently released transcriptions of Kissinger's calls, which he had his secretaries covertly monitor. Those uncorrected transcripts have come into public view despite Kissinger's attempt to keep them private until five years after his death.
In the excerpts below, the transcripts show how Kissinger and his boss dealt with U.S. Sen. Charles Percy, R-Ill., who from his first term in office was a thorn in Nixon's side.
Percy was a Republican who was both too liberal and too independent for Nixon. While the president was a hawk on the Vietnam War, Percy was a dove, seen by the White House as weak and pandering to the media and Washington establishment. He was a leader in pushing for a moratorium on sending more troops and then to cut off funds. He was critical of the South Vietnam regime the U.S. backed while also taking a more left-leaning position on the Middle East. On the domestic front, Percy voted against the party line on civil rights and some other issues, and he appointed federal judges Nixon deemed too liberal."
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