James Reston person
also: James Scotty Reston, Reston, Scotty Reston
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“was more aligned with the sentiments of the Kennedy White House, echoing the charges circulating in the French press. Reston reported that CIA was indeed involved in the embarrassing liaison with the anti-Gaullist officers. Reston communica…”
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a master spy and an asset to his administration. Now he did not. At lunch with Arthur Schlesinger and James Reston during the last days of the Pluto operation, the president said, quote, Dulles is a legendary figure and it's hard to work wi…
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Although the CIA might not have looked so bad in the Taylor report, Kennedy had considered Alan Dulles a master spy and a political asset, and now he did not. At lunch with author Schlesinger and James Reston during the last days of Project…
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Kennedy was adept at massaging influential journalists like the New York Times Washington columnist James Scotty Reston. While the Bay of Pigs disaster was still unfolding, JFK invited Reston to lunch at the White House, confiding in him, I…
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This applies to all branches, including the CIA, unquote. Years later, Carl Bernstein exposed the ties between Schulzberger and the CIA. Young Cy Schulzberger had some uses, Bernstein said. He was very eager. He loved to cooperate. Of cours…
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was more aligned with the sentiments of the Kennedy White House, echoing the charges circulating in the French press. Reston reported that CIA was indeed involved in the embarrassing liaison with the anti-Gaullist officers. Reston communica…
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LBJ used one of his memorable barnyard metaphors to describe his plight. Quote, being VP is like being a cut dog. He knew that he was the odd man out in the glamorous Ivy League groomed world of the new frontier. They're trying to make a hi…