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Nelson Rockefeller that if he would actively support me, | would take Kissinger onto the team, and of course | had to keep my word. We all felt somewhat uncomfortable about his German accent. H.R. Haldeman decided that whenever Kissinger made any statement, his picture could be shown on TV but there would be no audio. And the electronic media cooperated. Meanwhile, we built up his image, got him dates with glamorous movie stars—Jill St. John, Marlo Thomas, Liv Ullmann—until he became known as a harmless, pudgy playboy. Then it was acceptable for his voice to be heard. “Henry,” | once remarked to him, “there’ s a rumor going around Washington that you’ re lousy in bed.” “Mr. President” —speaking very slowly and distinctly— “I can only say that... power... is the ultimate aphrodisiac.” And he just kept glaring at me with those worried-looking eyebrows frowning over his spectacles. This was just three days after our destabilization of the Chilean government. Kissinger wanted all the credit, but it was really a team effort. We could not have succeeded, for example, without the invaluable aid of Teamsters Union President Frank Fitzsimmons and his Bob Hope- HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015108