showing their hand
Nixon and Kissinger react to the CIA-supported 1973 right-wing coup against Salvador Allende, in Chile:
Mr. Kissinger grumbled to the president that American newspapers, “instead of celebrating,” were “bleeding because a pro-Communist government has been overthrown.”
“Isn’t that something?” Nixon remarked.
“In the Eisenhower period, we would be heroes,” Mr. Kissinger said.
“Well, we didn’t — as you know — our hand doesn’t show on this one,” the president said.
This according to the aptly titled new book Nixon and Kissinger by Robert Dallek. Or more accurately, a NYT article about the book.
Posted on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 12:37PM
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