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Q:

Were you shocked at Kennedy's lack of information?

Stanton:

Oh, yes, sure. He was not a hardworking senator at that time. Phil Graham when he invited me to go on that weekend --

Q:

I don't know about that.

Stanton:

What?

Q:

Kennedy invited you and Phil Graham to go on a weekend?

Stanton:

Before. I thought I had referred to it earlier, that this was the man who had asked me to be a part of a threesome.

Q:

Did you go?

Stanton:

No, I didn't go.

Q:

This was before the campaign?

Stanton:

Yes. This was the Labor Day weekend. The campaign started in Detroit with the big Labor Day speech. And Phil insisted that I -- Phil said to me, “This is your opportunity to get close to Jack, and to recapture the ground that you lost during the primaries.” And I insisted that I couldn't -- I just couldn't participate in that kind of a close up discussion, and insisted the correspondents keep an arm's-length relationship with candidates too. And Phil





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