Book · 1991 · Genocide
The Blood telegram
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So Archer Blood is in the blood telegram really goes into detail about this guy. One of the very few cases of a powerful state department or of a state department official with some power who's like a genuinely good person.
What they say about it
- Reading an incredible paragraph“incredible paragraph from the book”3
- Details on Archer Blood“really goes into detail about this guy”2
- Quotes about Yaya meeting Nixon“met Nixon in the Oval Office”2
- Quotes about Kissinger and Pakistan“We cannot turn on Pakistan”2
The best things said about it
There is an incredible paragraph from the book The Blood Telegram by Gary Bass that I'm going to read now. Despite all his global facetime, Nixon was a solitary, awkward, reclusive man.
Quote from the blood telegram. Yaya got a reward for his efforts in late 19 in late October 1970 when he met Nixon in the Oval Office at the White House.
After a while after Kissinger returned from Beijing, he said, "We cannot turn on Pakistan and I think it would have disastrous consequences with China that after they gave us an airport, we massacre them.
The use um Kissinger added, and this is him now talking about what Yaya is doing in East Pakistan. Quote, "The use of power against seeming odds pays off. He's very impressed by the fact that D that Yaya gains control of East Pakistan with just a few thousand soldiers, you know.
Why people recommend it
The Blood Telegram by Gary J. Bass is a historical account of the 1971 Bangladesh genocide and US complicity under Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger. Robert Evans mentioned the book multiple times across episodes of Behind the Bastards, including 'CZM Rewind: Kissinger Parts 4-6' and 'Part Four: Kissinger' in 2022, 2023, and 2024. Evans cited the text to illustrate the deep, abiding love and solitary, awkward, reclusive nature of Richard Nixon while detailing the relationship between Nixon and Kissinger. He also referred to the book when describing Nixon's meeting with Yahya Khan in the Oval Office to arrange arms deals and exceptions despite embargoes, and quoted Kissinger's rationale that the US could not turn on Pakistan due to the disastrous consequences with China. Furthermore, Evans used the book to highlight the actions of diplomat Archer Blood, whom he described as a genuinely good person within the State Department who authored a powerful protest telegram. Evans read passages aloud to give listeners a detailed look into these historical events.
Every mention
Robert Evans there is an incredible paragraph from the book The Blood te telegram by Gary bass that I'm going to read now 10
“there is an incredible paragraph from the book The Blood te telegram by Gary bass that I'm going to read now”
“there is an incredible paragraph from the book The Blood Telegram by Gary Bass that I'm going to read now. Despite all his global facetime, Nixon was a solitary, awkward, reclusive man.”
“Quote from the blood telegram. Yaya got a reward for his efforts in late 19 in late October 1970 when he met Nixon in the Oval Office at the White House.”
“So Archer Blood is in the blood telegram really goes into detail about this guy. One of the very few cases of a powerful state department or of a state department official with some power who's like a genuinely good person.”
“I'm going to quote again from the blood telegram. After a while after Kissinger returned from Beijing, he said, "We cannot turn on Pakistan and I think it would have disastrous consequences with China that after they gave us an airport, we massacre them."”
“So, this is not a Nixon miniseries, but in order to talk about the friendship, the deep and abiding love that the two men had, there is an incredible paragraph from the book The Blood Telegram by Gary Bass that I'm going to read now.”
“Uh, quote from the blood telegram. Yaya got a reward for his efforts in late 19 in late October 1970 when he met Nixon in the Oval Office at the White House.”
“So Archer Blood is an in the blood telegram really goes into detail about this guy. One of the very few cases of a powerful state department or of a state department official with some power who's like a genuinely good person.”
“The use um Kissinger added, and this is him now talking about what Yaya is doing in East Pakistan. Quote, "The use of power against seeming odds pays off. He's very impressed by the fact that D that Yaya gains control of East Pakistan with just a few thousand soldiers, you know.”
“I'm going to quote again from the blood telegram after a while after Kissinger returned from Beijing. He said, "We cannot turn on Pakistan and I think it would have disastrous consequences with China that after they gave us an airport, we massacre them."”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Um you know Dave, when we tweeted about this, you asked, "Will there be blood?" And I I said there was going to be a blood telegram. This is what that is.”