Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...storm. In an extraordinary, intensely emotional press conference in Salzburg, Austria, on the eve of Richard Nixon's trip to the Middle East, the Secretary of State vented his anger at what he considered unjust charges against his honor. He threatened, in imperial tones befitting a President, to resign...
...teeth, his voice quavering, Kissinger angrily declared that "I do not believe it is possible to conduct the foreign policy of the United States under these circumstances when the character and credibility of the Secretary of State is at issue. And if it is not cleared up, I will resign. I have been generally identified, or it has been alleged that I am supposed to be interested primarily in the balance of power. I would rather like to think that when the record is written, one may remember that perhaps some lives were saved and perhaps that some mothers...
While supporting Kissinger, a minority were more than a little skeptical about his threat to resign. "I think he is tired and has been working too hard," said Hubert Humphrey. "I would say to him as a friend: 'Cool it, stay with it. You'll get a fair hearing.' " In saltier fashion, 81-year-old George Aiken, ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, commented: "The goddam fool. Can't he take it? Why that's part of the business -being criticized." Senator William Fulbright, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, advised "everyone...
...Choice. Even Kissinger's staunchest supporters agree that his Salzburg press conference was a mistake. By threatening to resign, Kissinger simply added to his troubles. Until he overdramatized the situation, not many people took it too seriously. They wanted explanations, not a resignation. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in particular, was extremely friendly to Kissinger. The committee was perfectly willing to forget about the whole wiretap episode in the interest of letting Kissinger function as Secretary of State. But now that he has demanded another investigation of the affair, the committee has no choice but to comply. Its hearings...
...DANGER THAT WHITES WOULD SET UP RHODESIAN-STYLE GOVERNMENTS IN THE TERRITORIES. "It is a danger. It has receded for the moment, but it cannot be ignored. There is a population there that acquired its rights with difficulty, and sometimes abused these rights, who find it difficult to resign themselves to a new historical situation. This has occurred all over Africa. We are not an exception...