Posted on 08/28/2009 11:26:07 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Picking his way through the Soviet archives that Boris Yeltsin had just thrown open, in 1991 Tim Sebastian, a reporter for the London Times, came across an arresting memorandum. Composed in 1983 by Victor Chebrikov, the top man at the KGB, the memorandum was addressed to Yuri Andropov, the top man in the entire USSR. The subject: Sen. Edward Kennedy.
"On 9-10 May of this year," the May 14 memorandum explained, "Sen. Edward Kennedy's close friend and trusted confidant [John] Tunney was in Moscow." (Tunney was Kennedy's law school roommate and a former Democratic senator from California.) "The senator charged Tunney to convey the following message, through confidential contacts, to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Y. Andropov."
Kennedy's message was simple. He proposed an unabashed quid pro quo. Kennedy would lend Andropov a hand in dealing with President Reagan. In return, the Soviet leader would lend the Democratic Party a hand in challenging Reagan in the 1984 presidential election. Kennedy made Andropov a couple of specific offers.
First he offered to visit Moscow. "The main purpose of the meeting, according to the senator, would be to arm Soviet officials with explanations regarding problems of nuclear disarmament so they may be better prepared and more convincing during appearances in the USA." Kennedy would help the Soviets deal with Reagan by telling them how to brush up their propaganda.
Then he offered to make it possible for Andropov to sit down for a few interviews on American television. "A direct appeal ... to the American people will, without a doubt, attract a great deal of attention and interest in the country. ... The senator underlined the importance that this initiative should be seen as coming from the American side."
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One doesn’t has to imagine that this is the same traitorous crap that is going on today under obie. How many promises have been made to our enemies this year?
Victory, Peter Schweitzer, ISBN 0-87113-567-1
An interesting book.
The Logan Act.
Ted Kennedy committed an act of treason and should have been hanged!
Money quote: “Kennedy would make certain the networks gave Andropov air time—and that they rigged the arrangement to look like honest journalism.”
Andropov probably viewed this as an attempt to set him up for a sting.
Yes, well......it wasn’t long before Andropov dropped off.
Doesn’t surprise me, considering Babwa just wuvs speaking about nukweah pwowifewation.
As well as cuddling with Castro.
Thank you.
Thnx
IIRC, Peter Robinson wrote the "Tear Down this wall" speech....with a whole lotta help from Ronaldus Maximus
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