Ted Kennedy has a special romance with the USSR back then. - He went behind Reagan's back Posted: Jul 14th, 2018 - 2:36 am In Reply to: Some things never change. Watch Ted Kennedy in 1987 - and his Robert Bork's America
to the USSR and tried to make deals with the Kremlin.
Here in a May 1983 document is indisputable hard evidence — an actual KGB memo — communicating straight to Andropov a direct offer from Ted Kennedy.
The lead words atop the document: “SPECIAL IMPORTANCE.” The next words: “Committee on State Security of the USSR.” That’s the KGB. Then this stunning header: “Regarding Senator Kennedy’s request to the General Secretary of the Communist Party Y. V. Andropov.”
Was Reagan vulnerable anywhere? That was the launch point of the letter, namely: seeking and securing Russian involvement against Reagan. The 1984 presidential campaign was just around the corner.
Thus, said the KGB head: “Kennedy believes that, given the state of current affairs, and in the interest of peace, it would be prudent and timely to undertake the following steps to counter the militaristic politics of Reagan.”
In the memo, Chebrikov then delineated for Andropov a series of specific steps proposed by Kennedy to help the Soviets “influence Americans.” This included Kennedy arranging for Kremlin officials to meet with certain American media. Which media? The memo went so far as to directly name Walter Cronkite and Barbara Walters. Kennedy offered to help bring Soviet political and military officials to New York and Washington to connect them with friends in the press. And further, the memo included an offer from Kennedy himself to personally fly to the Kremlin to meet with Andropov.
All of this was pursued in the deliberate service of countering this “belligerent” Reagan. Besides, noted Chebrikov, “Kennedy is very impressed with the activities of Y. V. Andropov and other Soviet leaders.”
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