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Maybe the first sign that he intended to be the best friend Nixon had last week came when Henry Kissinger went to see Brezhnev at Camp David the night before he went to the White House. Brezhnev bounded up to Kissinger, gave him a special bear hug and a kiss on the cheek, something Kissinger has heretofore received only from starlets...
...private moments with his American hosts, Brezhnev grew mellow and a bit misty as he talked about the revolution and the war and his hopes for his people and all people. There was an urgency about the man, now 66, an understanding that time was getting short and he wanted to leave his monument...
...Soviet leader talked of his youth and hard work. His father, a metallurgical worker, had always told him, he said, that they ought to build a huge monument on a mountain to the man who brought peace. Brezhnev the engineer seemed a man driven by his past to achieve something beyond just power and dominance. He wanted to build, and he wanted Richard Nixon around for the next summit and the one after that...
...whether the cottage at his country retreat, Zavidova (the equivalent of Camp David), would be appropriate for Nixon, or should the Soviets build something new along the lines of Camp David? Kissinger, who has stayed at Zavidova, thought the quarters were just fine. But at the White House dinner, Brezhnev sent his interpreter over to whisper in Kissinger's ear, asking if he thought the Soviet leader could tell Mrs. Nixon, his dinner companion, about the cottage...
Weeks ago Brezhnev was asked what gift he wanted. A Lincoln Continental, came the reply. They hid the car at Camp David, drove it out during one of the sessions, and when it was in place Nixon suddenly halted the meeting, took Brezhnev out to see the auto. He was delighted. Nixon suggested they go back to the meeting. Brezhnev insisted on a spin. He put Nixon inside, ignored the idea he stay on the Camp David roads and roared out on the highway. That too-automobiles and highways-seemed a part of the future, as Brezhnev...