39-year-old transcripts show, that the Jew Henry Kissinger, who later took over as U.S. Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon, held anti-Semitic views.
AT 1972 year, the then Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meir asked Nixon to protest the Kremlin over the collection of fees for issuing permits to leave the USSR from Jews, those wishing to repatriate to their historical homeland.
The Associated Press quotes Kissinger, who called the Jews "selfish" and used the word "scoundrels" in relation to this people. At that moment, when the events mentioned took place, explains the agency, White House "defended its strategy of quiet diplomacy". The presidential administration sought to reassure American Jews, that Nixon is very concerned about the plight of Jews in the Soviet Union, however, the most effective approach is precisely "quiet diplomacy".
White House employee Leonard Garment asked Kissinger for help and advice, telling, that is simply littered with letters from worried Jews and tired of their endless calls. The late Alexander Haig, Nixon National Security Advisor, also gave him a letter from Golda Meir. Kissinger was Haig's deputy at the time..
The transcripts show, what Kissinger said in a conversation with Garment: "Are there more selfish people, than the Jews?»Garment, also a Jew, answered: "Nowhere in the world".
Then Kissinger said: "What the hell are they even getting? You can't even tell them a secret, because they will definitely blab it out ".
However, Kissinger promised, that he will discuss this issue with the USSR Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Dobrynin, and will also meet with the leaders of the Jewish community again. “They must remember, what the current administration is doing for them ", - he added.
