There's a lot of misunderstanding over there.

I tried my best never to shut them down with a quick 'no.'

That's not what we're hearing today, Jim.

Remember the old expression 'stay tuned'?

The people simply don't understand this.

Then we had a little problem on interpretation.

I look forward to staying in very close touch.

It makes a difference if you have a leader that you can pick up the phone and talk to and get advice from.

It has long been recognized that the President possesses the constitutional authority to communicate freely with representatives of foreign governments.

If you know friends that are, it's important to talk to them, because they respect you.

You ought to have a list of several hundred people that you could call on the telephone...

I am transmitting a copy of that letter to Prime Minister Begin for his information.

That's very difficult to do in a public forum through the news media.

I will talk to him directly.

I will miss very much the frequent personal contact that we have had over the past year.

I have indicated to General Brown that the words that he used in that interview were very ill-advised.

I think the letter speaks for itself.

My notes to him he might characterize as being rather rough.