[windchime]

At the time of Kennedy’s April 1974 trip to the USSR he was cosponsoring a major piece of legislation being promoted by Ribicoff in conjunction with Senator Javits and Senator Henry Jackson, the Jackson-Vanik Amendment.²⁸ In support of this legislation and related legislation, Tunney’s aide Mel Levine worked in coordination with Jackson’s aide Richard Perle, Javits’ aide Albert Lakeland, and Ribicoff’s aide Morris Amitay.²⁹

 

The same Richard Perle?

Absolutely compelling material, Fedora.  Thank you.

[Fedora]

Yes, that was back when Perle was with Jackson's staff. The particular amendment in question had some good points, so I'm not suggesting there was anything scandalous about Perle's involvement there, but I mentioned that detail to provide information about the network of contacts Tunney and his staff had during that period.