her and now we're learning through the we're post that part of the discussion with the ambassador was to create a backdhoonl funlt. what do you make of all this? >> first of all, during the cold war, at least, it was standard operating procedures for the soviets to try to establish some communications with the incoming new administration. in the case of the kennedy administration, for the soviet foreign ministers and the k gb tried to sfaeb communications and talk about the possibility of a summit between kennedy and nikita crew r crew shav. after b kennedy became president indeed robert kennedy on behalf of his brother did establish a secret backchannel to the russians which proved to be crucial right through the cuban