When US President and his man insulted Indians
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President Richard M Nixon referred privately to Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as an "old witch" and national security adviser Henry Kissinger insulted Indians in general, according to transcripts of Oval Office tapes and newly declassified documents. Nixon and Kissinger met in the Oval Office on the morning of Nixon's remark came as the two men speculated about Gandhi's motives during the White House meeting and discussed "The Indians are bastards anyway," Kissinger told the President. "They are starting a war there." Kissinger also told his boss that he had bested Gandhi in their meeting. "While she was a bitch, we got what we wanted too," Kissinger said. "She will not be able to go home and say that the Other documents chart US contacts with The documents, many declassified only earlier this month, generally cover old ground, several Cold War scholars said. Still, the particulars are intriguing, including rosters of who was in various meetings and quotes from conversations among Nixon, his aides and foreign leaders. "They see everything through a Cold War prism," said Bill Burr, a senior analyst at the National Security Archive at |
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