Stephanie Ezrol Feb 14, 2010:

Henry Kissinger in his 1982 speech at Chatham House in London, "Reflections on a Partnership: British and American Attitudes to Postwar Foreign Policy,'' suprised many with his closeness to the British when he said, The British were so matter-of-factly helpful that they became a participant in internal American deliberations, to a degree probably never before practiced between sovereign nations. In my period in office, the British played a seminal part in certain American bilateral negotiations with the Soviet Union—indeed, they helped draft the key document. In my White House incarnation then, I kept the British Foreign Office better informed and more closely engaged than I did the American State Department—a practice which, with all affection for things British, I would not recommend be made permanent. But it was symptomatic." I was working in Washington DC then and picked up a copy of the speech from Kissinger's office.

Alexandra Taggart (asker) Feb 14, 2010:

Dear Stephanie, It appears, as an epigraph to the book about Putin's career. I would be very grateful, if anything similar was found, as I run out of ideas myself and found nothing on the net. One thing is for sure - the general meaning of these words and mentioning of US Intelligence Service. Unfortunately, that is everything, that I can tell.

Stephanie Ezrol Feb 14, 2010:

If you can give a date, or a time frame, or more context it might be able to pin this down. The more you can provide the better.