"Kissinger: The State Department issued a terrific blast against the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union
Nixon: Oh, why—didn’t we stop that? Goddamn, I thought we just had that little
Kissinger: I had thought—I reaffirmed—I may ask you to sign
Nixon: All right. I’ll sign a letter
Kissinger: —that they—any statement concerning the Soviet Union for the next two months has to be cleared here no matter how trivial
Nixon: I think you should get the memorandum to me . . . first thing in the morning, Henry. It’s so important. . . . I want no statement concerning the Soviet Union of any kind, public statements, to be made without clearance with me
Haldeman: Unless somebody comes
Kissinger: With all—you know, I’m Jewish myself, but who are we to complain about Soviet Jews? It’s none of our business. If they complain—if they made a public protest to us for the treatment of Negroes, we’d be
Ehrlichman: Yeah
Nixon: I know
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Kissinger: You know, it’s none of our business how they treat their people
Nixon: Oh, why—didn’t we stop that? Goddamn, I thought we just had that little
Kissinger: I had thought—I reaffirmed—I may ask you to sign
Nixon: All right. I’ll sign a letter
Kissinger: —that they—any statement concerning the Soviet Union for the next two months has to be cleared here no matter how trivial
Nixon: I think you should get the memorandum to me . . . first thing in the morning, Henry. It’s so important. . . . I want no statement concerning the Soviet Union of any kind, public statements, to be made without clearance with me
Haldeman: Unless somebody comes
Kissinger: With all—you know, I’m Jewish myself, but who are we to complain about Soviet Jews? It’s none of our business. If they complain—if they made a public protest to us for the treatment of Negroes, we’d be
Ehrlichman: Yeah
Nixon: I know
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Kissinger: You know, it’s none of our business how they treat their people
הארץ {ענגלישע} האט אויף זייער וועב זייטיל א אוידיא פינעם טעיפ, איך ווייס נישט ווי אזוי עס אהער צו ברענגן..
{איך זע אז עס איז נאל נישט דא קייין אשכול איבער קיסינגער..און עס איז דא גאר אסאך צו שרייבען}
