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...General Haig stands by his history of the events that occurred during the Falklands crisis. In the first installment of excerpts from Caveat [SPECIAL SECTION, April 2], General Haig relates a conversation he had with me in January 1981 while I was the Mexican Ambassador to the United States. Haig says I suggested that Mexico arrange for conversations between the U.S. and the Salvadoran rebels. This is true, and Haig vehemently refused my proposal. But then he quotes me as saying, "For years I have been waiting for an American to speak words such as these. Tonight I will...
TIME errs in its introduction to the Haig excerpts by stating that "not since another Secretary of State, James Byrnes, assailed Harry Truman's foreign policy in 1947 in his memoir, Speaking Frankly, has a senior Cabinet member published such an attack on a sitting Administration." I assisted Byrnes in writing the book. It is, on the contrary, an exposition and defense of the Truman policy before, as well as during, Byrnes' tenure as Secretary of State. Indeed, President Truman's cooperation was responsible for one of the most important sections of the book, on the communications...
What a shame that a giant like Haig was toppled by a midget like Meese...
...Haig's self-serving insufferable. comments were
...object to Haig's use of the word obsequiousness in referring to Jimmy Carter. The former President's quiet way of attaining his goals is preferable to Haig's belligerence...