Within a week we got it, when President Kim sent me a letter confirming what he had told Carter and accepting our other preconditions for talks. Religious liberty was important to me, and I was pleased when Jiang agreed to let me send a delegation of American re As Bob Rubin often said, Mack had established a collegial atmosphere within the White House and with the cabinet that many previous administrations never achieved. It was frustrating and profoundly sad.
But I couldn’t go everywhere, especially during the budget struggles with Congress. in to clear, the press and the public would focus on Starr’s tactics, and a more balanced view of the matter would emerge. Over the previous three decades, tensions with China had driven it closer to the Soviet Union, and the Cold War had pushed the United States closer to India’s neighbor Pakistan. I felt fortunate that I wasn’t cut off completely, and that the public response to the speech was still positive.
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