Graham. The coowner and with my wife and behalf of the entire staff i would like to wem you. A few notes it would be a good time to turn off your cellphone or anything that might go beep. When we get to the q and a part of the session try to make your way to the microphones. We are recording for our Youtube Channel and cspan tv is here. Finally, when we get to the end of the program, before you come up to have your books signed our staff would appreciate it if you fold up the chairs you are sitting in and lean them against something that will not topple over. I am delighted to be detrointroducing evan thomas. He is a wonderfully fluid writer and engaging and someone who has enjoyed two remarkable careers. One living in the presence as an accomplished journalist and the other living in the past as a firstrate historian. In journalism he spent ten years with Time Magazine moving to news week staying for 20 years. He was Washington Bureau chief and assisting managing editor and editor at
Did the cia ever try or contemplate getting into recruit others to spot as well . Imac thank you very well. Didnt see a contemplate having and recruit others speak was no, never. He was such a valuable agent. Ending up these faults and filing cabinets. Hey good morning to kill anyone else. Again i remind you we had these wonderful satellites that could fly over the soviet union and send back realtime images. We now take this for granted in our communications age, but in 1977 it was wonder what to do this. It gave us a great advantage. And about it for a minute. A satellite cannot see into anybodys filing cabinet. Satellite cannot seem to the minds of men pics satellites have a lot of limitations. This one man, adolph tolkachev, provided enormous amount of information that could not be gotten with the satellite. Thats why we still need people like this. It were going to defend our system in a dangerous world, what have you think about the history of the cia or the things youve heard in
And who would contribute. And i hope that it get around that sometime. It is not ok. And finally to i took, what to call it . The blue van. To the airport from the community. And ive mentioned this. Just a conversation. And i kept asking, we are from kenya. You can see the level of education. And asking, what is your background . Engineering. How far did you go . Phd. [laughter] and he is driving the shuttle. Anyway, i leave it there. Lets thank our analyst for an illuminating discussion. Thank you. And it will all of you be available for questions during lunch perhaps . Great. Lunch is served in the other room. You can bring your lunch in here and have something to eat. A huge issue related to immigration is labor. Our panel this afternoon will deal with immigration and we had discussion and we will have panels. We see you for that. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. To join the conversation, like us on facebook. Up next, a discussion with form
Cardiac arrest and she kept saying cardiac arrest. She was able to sense that because she could read things faster. A number of people were kept out of the workforce who would be very productive members of society who would contribute but the gatekeeping keeps them out. I hope we will get around that because its not ok. Finally, i took, what do you call it, the blue van, the air shuttle from dulles. I kept asking, where are you from . Kenya. You could see the level of education. I said, do you mind my asking what is your background . Engineering. How far did you go . Phd. So a phd is drying driving the shuttle from home to airport. Anyway, i will leave it there. Lets thank our panel for an illuminating discussion. Will all of you be available for questions . Great. Lunch is served in the other room. You can bring your lunch in here and have something to eat. Obviously a huge issue related to immigration. Our panel this afternoon at 2 30 is going to deal with immigration and labor l. A.
All of us from the nixonkissinger community, the importance of doing this. The documents are one thing but to hear from the people who made history is a great addition not only to the nations knowledge , to the history, but the next generation of americans who will have to grapple. As geoff pointed out, this was the third in a series. We covered the was to cover the ones we covered so far have been the reorganization in structure and sudden diplomacy in china. The five years of the administration were very fruitful and many called it the golden age of diplomacy. This one is going to focus on the vietnam war, negotiations and the paris peace accords. It was one of the biggest problems that nixon faced when he walked in the door and took office. It is difficult today in 2014 to comprehend the vietnam war. The country was already on the edge because of the kennedy and Martin Luther king assassinations. The war exacerbated those tensions. And the draft meant every family was effected. We h