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...multiple Kissinger forays represent a triumph of a determined Government's ability to protect a secret. To achieve it, the number of officials advised of the missions was kept astonishingly low. The select circle included Kissinger's close-mouthed deputy, Brigadier General Alexander Haig; another aide and confidant, Winston Lord; Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler, who KISSINGER had to have a cover story handy if newsmen inquired about Kissinger's absence; Presidential Aide Robert Haldeman and Secretary of State William Rogers. Kissinger's traveling party normally included Lord, 34, a generalist who has worked for both the State and Defense departments...
Elapsed Time. Kissinger then quickly retraced his steps, riding back to the Villacoublay airport, flying to Frankfurt, transferring to the larger jet for the transatlantic flight home. On the way back, the tired Kissinger prepared a twelve-page, single-spaced report for Quarterback and radioed short summaries to General Haig. Now gaining hours by the time differential, Kissinger arrived at Andrews after dinner Monday and was driven directly to the White House. He then painstakingly discussed the negotiations with the President for another four hours. Before they were finished, Nixon was also supplied with a complete transcript of Kissinger...
...puts the "connoisseur of bad generalship," as Fair styles himself, to the same exquisite torture an oenophilist might face in the cellars of the Tour d'Argent. There were so many foolish commanders that it is hard to pick only one or two for special commendation. Sir Douglas Haig, however, can at least be called representative. The battle of Loos (September 1915) was typical of his style. He began the engagement with a gas attack that hurt the British more than the Germans. Next morning he mounted a massed assault by nearly 10,000 troops against the entrenched...
Diana's current lover is an Armenian named Haig, and she is obsessed by him. Once on the beach, "he took a stick and drew a heart around the place where we made love." Now that is the kind of flourish Diana adores, but few short of Don Juan could keep up the pace. Throughout the book, Haig is at bay, like an aging opera star pressured into too many roles...
...made such extensive preparations for possible negotiations with Hanoi. He reached his office at the Western White House in San Clemente before 8 every morning last week. In a mood of quiet intensity, he conferred frequently with Secretary of State William Rogers, CIA Director Richard Helms and Alexander M. Haig, Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs. Every phrase of the Communists' recent seven-point peace proposal, as well as a subsequent New York Times interview with Special North Vietnamese Envoy Le Due Tho, was scrutinized for what it might reveal...