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whom he wanted to appoint. He decided that the American delegation needed more staff than it had, and he did, indeed, appoint three more or less deputies who had the status of ambassadors: Bingham, Plimpton and Klutznik. At the time he hadn't decided completely whom he was going to appoint and I brought him a number of names.

He was very frustrating about the whole visit and very indecisive about he was going to do. I felt that probably his pattern of behavior would never change. He was very difficult to be in rapport with for more than a short period of time, although he had great charm of speech and of manner when he wanted to have it and when he wasn't irritated by anything.

Did he begin to warm up to the President at this point?

No, I think he began to like the President after he was at the U.N. for a time; he began to really admire him then, but at this time I think he was really quite disappointed.

I felt at that time that it was very hard to have any relationship with him that was serious or satisfactory because he was so ambivalent about what he thought and felt and times and so it was extremely confusing. He saw two sides of any situation or of any personality easily, and in the flash of an instant he would dislike what he liked the instant before. It's extremely disconcerting to try to have any deep rapport with anyone who is that volatile in his personal relationships.

Do you assign this to temperament or...