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member of Congress to support him, and he turned out to be very nice, and we have a good relationship.

Okay, what else?

Q:

On Dick Kuh, what came to be the objections to Dick Kuh when he was still in the reform movement and the VID?

Koch:

Well, there were a number of things that occurred. Memory is limited. But when I first went to the VID... There's a short story in here written about me which gives you some history about why I got out of the VID and how I came back.

Q:

We're talking about a book called off Washington Square by Jane Kramer.

Koch:

Right. In any event, he is a brilliant guy, Dick Kuh. By the way, his brother is my doctor, and his Brother is a wonderful doctor, medical doctor. We never discuss his brother Dick. The fact is: I made that clear when I first went to see him, which is about six, seven years ago. He asked me about his brother, and I said, “Let's not talk about your brother, because your brother and I are not keen on one another, so let's not talk about him.”

Somehow or other, Dick Kuh after I came back -- and it was even prior to my coming back in 1959 -- had left the VID. What it was about, I don't really know. Carol Greitzer is better





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