He intended to be President, and in 1964 he launched his greatest effort, with Henry A. Kissinger assisting him in preparation of his speeches. He almost made it, but was narrowly blocked by an ill-timed divorce from the first Mrs. Rockfeller. From that day, the canker of Presidential ambition has never eased in the Rockefeller vitals. He means to be President whatever the cost. And, under Gerald Ford, he is nearer to the prize than ever before.
All signs point to a shameful era of U.S. retreat and renunciation.
Our ability to keep the Hemisphere free of European or Asiatic intrusion, under the now scorned Monroe Doctrine, will have gone with the wind. A once-respected United States will sit mute as a mere bystander in the councils of a Hemisphere which we long led. If the picture seems too dark, consider Panama where Rockefeller's man Kissinger has already made known his decision to scuttle and run. The Panama betrayal is the first domino of the coming Rockefeller-Kissinger disaster in the Hemisphere. Actually, the issue in Panama is transparently simple.