CSPAN3 March 4, 2012
it really is a nice piece of historiful. let me start with you, max. and then next to you, mike. you suggested that there was kind of a real manipulation of this whole sort of epic journey. but what was the narrative you didn't get? i mean, if nixon hadn't been trying to make a giant campaign commercial out of this, what was it you would have gotten? >> oh, well, i spent about a week before we went at the cia and got myself briefed on who's who in china and what's going on in china. i had a longstanding relationship with kissinger after his secret trip. he was quite ready to boast ab...