Barry Wirth

He didn't know about the Great Leap Forward and the mass starvation in China. He didn't know about the Cultural Revolution, except for how it affected the life inside the prisons. So at every point he was expecting, my government will do whatever it can to get me out. Little did he realize that it would take 21 years until the Nixon administration.

He didn't know about the Great Leap Forward and the mass starvation in China. He didn't know about the Cultural Revolution, except for how it affected the life inside the prisons. So at every point he was expecting, my government will do whatever it can to get me out. Little did he realize that it would take 21 years until the Nixon administration.

He didn't know about the Great Leap Forward and the mass starvation in China. He didn't know about the Cultural Revolution, except for how it affected the life inside the prisons. So at every point he was expecting, my government will do whatever it can to get me out. Little did he realize that it would take 21 years until the Nixon administration.

Well, no, at that point. So after the Chinese announced to the world that he had been tried and convicted and sentenced, then the Chinese government invited his family to come visit. It took almost three years because Foster Dulles was saying, you know, we're not going to submit to this kind of barter. We're not going to trade.

Well, no, at that point. So after the Chinese announced to the world that he had been tried and convicted and sentenced, then the Chinese government invited his family to come visit. It took almost three years because Foster Dulles was saying, you know, we're not going to submit to this kind of barter. We're not going to trade.

Well, no, at that point. So after the Chinese announced to the world that he had been tried and convicted and sentenced, then the Chinese government invited his family to come visit. It took almost three years because Foster Dulles was saying, you know, we're not going to submit to this kind of barter. We're not going to trade.

We're not going to favor the Chinese with any kind of special arrangements. You have to remember, it was the Passport office, which is under the State Department, did not allow Americans to travel to China, not even journalists during this period. But eventually he saw his family. His mother came and his brother came. They visited over the next 15 plus years, seven times.

We're not going to favor the Chinese with any kind of special arrangements. You have to remember, it was the Passport office, which is under the State Department, did not allow Americans to travel to China, not even journalists during this period. But eventually he saw his family. His mother came and his brother came. They visited over the next 15 plus years, seven times.

We're not going to favor the Chinese with any kind of special arrangements. You have to remember, it was the Passport office, which is under the State Department, did not allow Americans to travel to China, not even journalists during this period. But eventually he saw his family. His mother came and his brother came. They visited over the next 15 plus years, seven times.

So no, no, he was well understood that he was alive. But again, he was being treated as an unlawfully detained prisoner. And therefore, there was no opportunity to discuss releasing him as there was with The other famous case of that period, Francis Gary Powers, CIA flyer who shot down U-2 plane over Russia, and his release was negotiated just a couple of years later.

So no, no, he was well understood that he was alive. But again, he was being treated as an unlawfully detained prisoner. And therefore, there was no opportunity to discuss releasing him as there was with The other famous case of that period, Francis Gary Powers, CIA flyer who shot down U-2 plane over Russia, and his release was negotiated just a couple of years later.

So no, no, he was well understood that he was alive. But again, he was being treated as an unlawfully detained prisoner. And therefore, there was no opportunity to discuss releasing him as there was with The other famous case of that period, Francis Gary Powers, CIA flyer who shot down U-2 plane over Russia, and his release was negotiated just a couple of years later.

So at Jack's 15th college reunion, of course, he'd missed all of them. His class at Yale decided to assign a guy named Jerry Cohen, who was a Harvard law professor, fluent in Mandarin, and probably the leading expert in this country in Chinese law. They anointed Jerry with the task of trying to get him out.

So at Jack's 15th college reunion, of course, he'd missed all of them. His class at Yale decided to assign a guy named Jerry Cohen, who was a Harvard law professor, fluent in Mandarin, and probably the leading expert in this country in Chinese law. They anointed Jerry with the task of trying to get him out.

So at Jack's 15th college reunion, of course, he'd missed all of them. His class at Yale decided to assign a guy named Jerry Cohen, who was a Harvard law professor, fluent in Mandarin, and probably the leading expert in this country in Chinese law. They anointed Jerry with the task of trying to get him out.

And what Jerry realized was ahead of our political leaders, we have to move closer to China. We have to be able to talk about this with China. Now, it happened that Henry Kissinger was also on the Harvard faculty at that time. And Cohen began to say to Kissinger, I understand from the Chinese that there is a formula whereby we can get down the infecto out. We need to

And what Jerry realized was ahead of our political leaders, we have to move closer to China. We have to be able to talk about this with China. Now, it happened that Henry Kissinger was also on the Harvard faculty at that time. And Cohen began to say to Kissinger, I understand from the Chinese that there is a formula whereby we can get down the infecto out. We need to

And what Jerry realized was ahead of our political leaders, we have to move closer to China. We have to be able to talk about this with China. Now, it happened that Henry Kissinger was also on the Harvard faculty at that time. And Cohen began to say to Kissinger, I understand from the Chinese that there is a formula whereby we can get down the infecto out. We need to

A, acknowledge that he was a spy, and B, apologize. That's what they're asking for. And Kissinger, as soon as he became first Nixon's foreign policy advisor during the 68 campaign, then his national security advisor, and ultimately his secretary of state, Kissinger really drove this. And finally, the Nixon administration did what the Chinese had long been asking for and expecting.

A, acknowledge that he was a spy, and B, apologize. That's what they're asking for. And Kissinger, as soon as he became first Nixon's foreign policy advisor during the 68 campaign, then his national security advisor, and ultimately his secretary of state, Kissinger really drove this. And finally, the Nixon administration did what the Chinese had long been asking for and expecting.