“It was a clear, beautiful day on the Cape aboard the USS America. The carrier was enroute to Elizabethtown, its new forward operating base. America would rendezvous with HMS Eagle before the trilateral Status of Forces Agreement was signed in Pretoria on June 16th. The battle group was expected to arrive in Elizabethtown by nightfall, barring unforeseen circumstances. Those expecting a smooth voyage were largely correct. Unbeknownst to all but the fleet commander, a distinguished visitor would be arriving the following day.”
“Mr. President, there’s an urgent phone call from the White House regarding your brother.” “Thank you.” “Mr. President, your brother cornered one of my assistants and asked her to… you get the picture.” “Which brother are you speaking of Ms. Thomas?” “I believe it was Ted, though I am not entirely sure.” “Did you see this with your own eyes?” “I only heard the invitation.” “Thank you.”
Conversation between President Robert Kennedy and UPI White House correspondent Helen Thomas, June 8th
“Ultimately, the President informed his father and let the situation resolve itself. That it did, but the family would never be the same again. As Bobby put it himself “we went from a unitary state to the West Indies Federation, which was painful but necessary. I was not going to sacrifice my life’s ambition for Ted and Jack’s utter lack of self-control on occasion.”
The Kennedys and the Fitzgeralds by Doris Kearns Goodwin
“I inked the SOFA with PT & HV at a well-publicized ceremony in Cape Town. I’m still utterly convinced that this was the right thing to do, despite a minor outburst from civil rights groups. In my opinion, South Africa’s internal affairs are theirs alone, none of our business. Despite some heartfelt sentiment towards Ulster, the same principles apply. I’m a foreign affairs realist, not a Wilsonian. You can’t cut off relations with 80% of the world because those countries don’t have our standards.”
RFK Diaries, June 28
“On July 5, 1969 Jean-Luc Pepin’s Liberal Cabinet had decided to coordinate the building of more psychiatric facilities and orphanages, which would accommodate the mentally ill, the disabled and reported homosexuals. Infamously, Pepin said “you can’t shrink a subversive, but you can cloister all these abnormal people away from the public eye.” In 2005 the McLachlin Commission would find administrators had committed “gross violations of human rights”, but the report was never publicly released by the incumbent Tories due to the Domestic Security Act.”
Canada: A Postwar History
“1969 was a year of action for the Thorneycroft government: British Rail, along with the utilities, was privatized. More state-owned industries were to follow, and this was just the “tip of the iceberg” to quote Thorneycroft himself. Kennedy was following this trend with interest, but could not follow the privatization innovation, as a Democratic President. He decided to open up the postal and airline markets to competition, despite opposition from within his own party. On Sept. 2, the first day of the new Congressional session, the administration sent the relevant legislation to the House.”
Pursuer of Justice: The Life of Robert Kennedy by Conrad Black
“What’s the matter? Are you afraid of competition? Are you complacent? Complacency breeds mediocrity.”- President Kennedy to US airline executives, Sept. 6
“In recent weeks there has been little that has come across my desk of note. Nelson wants to open up relations with China, and I’ve authorized indirect talks through intermediaries. Abe Ribicoff says that the Jewish groups want to meet with me to discuss “concerns over Administration policies regarding the Middle East”. Apparently I’m some sort of anti-Semitic Arabist who has religious convictions on these questions. Either these people are incredibly ignorant, stupid, or racist. I’m not taking back (1) one word of what I said: and they can fuck themselves if they don’t like it. Abe and Arthur agree that they’re being assholes, but that “uneasiness” permeates the community-at-large. I’ll just ignore them- I’m not giving these pricks a shred of credibility if I can help it.”
RFK Diaries, Oct. 17
“I’ve never been the same since they performed that (SHRIEKS) electrode testing on me. They had the impression that somehow, this would cure my sexual identity. Now I want to kill myself (SOBS)!”
Witness Q521 testimony to McLachlin Commission, 1996
“Mr. Sullivan,
P wishes to investigate possibility of homosexuals on the White House staff. He says that any found are to be “removed in a discrete and efficient manner”. P recommends caution before any allegations are made.”
J. Edgar Hoover
“Over the Christmas break, I escaped to Vermont for some fun on the slopes between Christmas and New Year’s. Upon our return, I polished up the State of the Union, which had been largely written during that period. The UN had already declared Apr. 22 Earth Day. I wanted to replicate what I had done in New York with the environment. Consumer safety was also a top priority which would gather bipartisan support.”
Robert Kennedy interviewed, 1987
“This session, this Administration is sending bills to the Congress that will improve the working environment for all Americans. On the more literal level, I am proposing that Congress create an Environmental Protection Agency, whose function will be to draw up nationwide environmental standards for manufactured goods produced in the United States… With regards to the recent stories in the media regarding consumer protection, I ask you to enact the Consumer Safety and Occupational Health and Safety bills with all possible speed. Childproofing prescription drugs is not, and should never be a partisan issue.”
President Robert Kennedy’s State of the Union Address, Jan. 13, 1970
“Adding environmental and labour standards to AAFTA and CAFTA shouldn’t be too difficult given our similar standards of living. Whether or not Peter wants it modified is another question.”
President Kennedy to British Ambassador David Harlech, Jan. 19
1) That was the (incorrect) popular impression many Jews had of Kennedy IOTL, mixed in with an exaggeration of his Bush Sr.-like views on Israel.
“Mr. President, there’s an urgent phone call from the White House regarding your brother.” “Thank you.” “Mr. President, your brother cornered one of my assistants and asked her to… you get the picture.” “Which brother are you speaking of Ms. Thomas?” “I believe it was Ted, though I am not entirely sure.” “Did you see this with your own eyes?” “I only heard the invitation.” “Thank you.”
Conversation between President Robert Kennedy and UPI White House correspondent Helen Thomas, June 8th
“Ultimately, the President informed his father and let the situation resolve itself. That it did, but the family would never be the same again. As Bobby put it himself “we went from a unitary state to the West Indies Federation, which was painful but necessary. I was not going to sacrifice my life’s ambition for Ted and Jack’s utter lack of self-control on occasion.”
The Kennedys and the Fitzgeralds by Doris Kearns Goodwin
“I inked the SOFA with PT & HV at a well-publicized ceremony in Cape Town. I’m still utterly convinced that this was the right thing to do, despite a minor outburst from civil rights groups. In my opinion, South Africa’s internal affairs are theirs alone, none of our business. Despite some heartfelt sentiment towards Ulster, the same principles apply. I’m a foreign affairs realist, not a Wilsonian. You can’t cut off relations with 80% of the world because those countries don’t have our standards.”
RFK Diaries, June 28
“On July 5, 1969 Jean-Luc Pepin’s Liberal Cabinet had decided to coordinate the building of more psychiatric facilities and orphanages, which would accommodate the mentally ill, the disabled and reported homosexuals. Infamously, Pepin said “you can’t shrink a subversive, but you can cloister all these abnormal people away from the public eye.” In 2005 the McLachlin Commission would find administrators had committed “gross violations of human rights”, but the report was never publicly released by the incumbent Tories due to the Domestic Security Act.”
Canada: A Postwar History
“1969 was a year of action for the Thorneycroft government: British Rail, along with the utilities, was privatized. More state-owned industries were to follow, and this was just the “tip of the iceberg” to quote Thorneycroft himself. Kennedy was following this trend with interest, but could not follow the privatization innovation, as a Democratic President. He decided to open up the postal and airline markets to competition, despite opposition from within his own party. On Sept. 2, the first day of the new Congressional session, the administration sent the relevant legislation to the House.”
Pursuer of Justice: The Life of Robert Kennedy by Conrad Black
“What’s the matter? Are you afraid of competition? Are you complacent? Complacency breeds mediocrity.”- President Kennedy to US airline executives, Sept. 6
“In recent weeks there has been little that has come across my desk of note. Nelson wants to open up relations with China, and I’ve authorized indirect talks through intermediaries. Abe Ribicoff says that the Jewish groups want to meet with me to discuss “concerns over Administration policies regarding the Middle East”. Apparently I’m some sort of anti-Semitic Arabist who has religious convictions on these questions. Either these people are incredibly ignorant, stupid, or racist. I’m not taking back (1) one word of what I said: and they can fuck themselves if they don’t like it. Abe and Arthur agree that they’re being assholes, but that “uneasiness” permeates the community-at-large. I’ll just ignore them- I’m not giving these pricks a shred of credibility if I can help it.”
RFK Diaries, Oct. 17
“I’ve never been the same since they performed that (SHRIEKS) electrode testing on me. They had the impression that somehow, this would cure my sexual identity. Now I want to kill myself (SOBS)!”
Witness Q521 testimony to McLachlin Commission, 1996
FBI INTERNAL MEMO
11/30/69
FROM: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
ATTN: BILL SULLIVAN, ISD
RE: WHITE HOUSE STAFF
“Mr. Sullivan,
P wishes to investigate possibility of homosexuals on the White House staff. He says that any found are to be “removed in a discrete and efficient manner”. P recommends caution before any allegations are made.”
J. Edgar Hoover
“Over the Christmas break, I escaped to Vermont for some fun on the slopes between Christmas and New Year’s. Upon our return, I polished up the State of the Union, which had been largely written during that period. The UN had already declared Apr. 22 Earth Day. I wanted to replicate what I had done in New York with the environment. Consumer safety was also a top priority which would gather bipartisan support.”
Robert Kennedy interviewed, 1987
“This session, this Administration is sending bills to the Congress that will improve the working environment for all Americans. On the more literal level, I am proposing that Congress create an Environmental Protection Agency, whose function will be to draw up nationwide environmental standards for manufactured goods produced in the United States… With regards to the recent stories in the media regarding consumer protection, I ask you to enact the Consumer Safety and Occupational Health and Safety bills with all possible speed. Childproofing prescription drugs is not, and should never be a partisan issue.”
President Robert Kennedy’s State of the Union Address, Jan. 13, 1970
“Adding environmental and labour standards to AAFTA and CAFTA shouldn’t be too difficult given our similar standards of living. Whether or not Peter wants it modified is another question.”
President Kennedy to British Ambassador David Harlech, Jan. 19
1) That was the (incorrect) popular impression many Jews had of Kennedy IOTL, mixed in with an exaggeration of his Bush Sr.-like views on Israel.
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