“My objective was clear and public-- achieve an agreement between the Lebanese and the Israelis.” [MORE]

“We knew that if this military operation was to be successful... it would have to be carried out quickly and secretly.” [MORE]

“They would have to face the reality that a society cannot be Communist and capitalist at the same time—and this they were not ready to do.”[MORE]

“I knew that my relations with the president and the White House had been badly strained by the turn of events in the Philippines and my role in them.” [MORE]
 

“...my present position—being cut out of what the president was treating as a major American foreign policy effort—was not sustainable. I would have to get the president to see that grave mistakes were being made, get control over the mess, or go.” [MORE]