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Kissinger 'Regrets' 1971 Comments on India
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jul 01, 2005 09:11am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Jul 01, 2005 09:10am |
| Description | NEW DELHI - Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who derided India and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in a private 1971 conversation with President Nixon, expressed regret in an interview aired Friday and insisted the comments be viewed in the context of Cold War politics.
Kissinger told the New Delhi Television channel that Nixon's reference to Gandhi as an "old witch" — a comment revealed earlier this week in transcripts of Oval Office tapes and newly declassified documents — was "Nixon language."
"This was not a formal conversation. This was somebody letting off steam at the end of a meeting in which both President Nixon and I were emphasizing that we had gone out of our way to treat Mrs. Gandhi very cordially," Kissinger, 82, told NDTV. "There was disappointment at the results of the meeting. The language was Nixon language."
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