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...wife Nancy as "the tenders of a flame: the historical reputation of Dr. Henry Alfred Kissinger, the Nobel laureate. They stand four-hour shifts, alert to attack, shielding the flame with their bodies and souls." Actually, Ehrlichman contends, Nixon became so tired of Kissinger's frequent threats to resign and his National Security Adviser's continual denunciations of Secretary of State William Rogers that he considered firing Kissinger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NIXON YEARS REVISITED | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

...made changed the chemistry of the event. He decided that his survival in his job as National Security Adviser to Ronald Reagan was terribly important to the President and to the nation. He concluded that he had been wronged by events and therefore he must fight. He would not resign. That third mistake was immense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency by Hugh Sidey: The Unwritten Code of Conduct | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

...Reagan seems determined to make no further move until the Justice Department completes its inquiry. Says one top White House adviser: "The President is very concerned that he be fair to Allen." If Attorney General Smith recommends the appointment of a special prosecutor, Reagan might then ask Allen to resign, although on Sunday Allen said he would merely remain on leave should a special prosecutor be named...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Many Lingering Questions | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...flap has focused attention on Allen's past ties with Tamotsu Takase. In October 1980, Allen was forced to resign as a campaign adviser to Reagan. Reason: charges made by the Wall Street Journal that Allen, while serving as a member of the President's Commission on International Trade and Investment Policy in 1970, had leaked confidential decisions to Takase, who has a reputation in Japan as a political operator. Allen was reinstated after the election when Reagan's advisers cleared him of the accusations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All In the Family, For Now | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

...S.P.D. members of the Bundestag signed a declaration supporting an antimissile demonstration that drew 300,000 protesters to Bonn. Schmidt described the defection as a "declaration of war" against his policies; he has threatened to resign if his S.P.D. opponents succeed in garnering a majority of votes against his missile policy at a national party congress. The vote's outcome is critical, and not just for Schmidt's career: if the new missiles are not deployed in West Germany, it is unlikely they will ever be installed in any other Western European nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disarming Threat to Stability | 11/30/1981 | See Source »

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