Henry Kissinger loved Nelson Rockefeller so close at Nelson funeral Kissinger
did the eulogy. For a time Kissinger despised Nixon.
did the eulogy. For a time Kissinger despised Nixon.
Henry Kissinger
In 1956, Nelson Rockefeller created and funded the Special Studies Project, a
major seven-panel planning group directed by Henry Kissinger.
Kissinger described Rockefeller as his closest intellectual associate. From an
early period Rockefeller employed Kissinger as a personally funded part-time
consultant, principally on foreign policy issues. In 1969, when Kissinger entered
Richard Nixon’s administration, Rockefeller paid him $50,000 bonus take to job
with the distasted Richard Nixon.
Biographer David Hanna quotes Kissinger as stating, after Nixon's nomination
in 1968: "That man is unfit to be President. I would never work for that man. He
is a disaster."Yet Kissinger was the first appointment made by Nixon.
major seven-panel planning group directed by Henry Kissinger.
Kissinger described Rockefeller as his closest intellectual associate. From an
early period Rockefeller employed Kissinger as a personally funded part-time
consultant, principally on foreign policy issues. In 1969, when Kissinger entered
Richard Nixon’s administration, Rockefeller paid him $50,000 bonus take to job
with the distasted Richard Nixon.
Biographer David Hanna quotes Kissinger as stating, after Nixon's nomination
in 1968: "That man is unfit to be President. I would never work for that man. He
is a disaster."Yet Kissinger was the first appointment made by Nixon.
Rockefeller, Ford & Kissinger
August 8, 1974: Boxes of Presidential Documents Prepared for Clandestine
Shipment to Nixon’s California Residence While President Nixon is bidding his
White House staffers farewell (see August 8, 1974), White House military office
chief William Gulley collects a dozen boxes with personal papers from the
residency wing of the White House. Nixon wants the papers delivered to his private
home in California, where they cannot be viewed by others. In consultation with
Nixon’s military aide, Jack Brennan, Gulley determines to get the papers to
California before incoming President Ford can consolidate control of the White
House and stop any shipments of presidential documents out of Washington and
public view. Gulley will be successful. [Werth, 2006, pp. 44-45] At about this same
time, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has 30 crates of his own files, including
phone transcripts, secretly shipped to the bomb shelter of Nelson Rockefeller’s
estate in New York, consigning those files to public oblivion.
Shipment to Nixon’s California Residence While President Nixon is bidding his
White House staffers farewell (see August 8, 1974), White House military office
chief William Gulley collects a dozen boxes with personal papers from the
residency wing of the White House. Nixon wants the papers delivered to his private
home in California, where they cannot be viewed by others. In consultation with
Nixon’s military aide, Jack Brennan, Gulley determines to get the papers to
California before incoming President Ford can consolidate control of the White
House and stop any shipments of presidential documents out of Washington and
public view. Gulley will be successful. [Werth, 2006, pp. 44-45] At about this same
time, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has 30 crates of his own files, including
phone transcripts, secretly shipped to the bomb shelter of Nelson Rockefeller’s
estate in New York, consigning those files to public oblivion.
