REAGAN IS TOLD BY KIRKPATRICK SHE WILL LEAVE

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• Document Release Date: January 12, 2012
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• Publication Date: January 31, 1985
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ARTICLE APPEARED NEW YORK TIMES
ON PAGE--- A 31 January 1985
been unhappy at the United Nations as serve the President and our shared ob-
well as with the basic divisions be- . jectives for the United States anc the
Kirkpatrick emerged from a meeting
with President Reagan today and said
that she would soon leave her post at
the United Nations to resume teaching,
writing and speaking out an public
issues.
The statement by Dr. Kirkpatrick,
who has been chief United States dele-
gate to the world organization, came
after months of speculation about her
future in the Administration.'
Dr. Kirkpatrick is known to have
the President. I don't think it's appro-
priate.-While there were suggestions in re-
cent weeks that Mr. Reagan would of-
fer Dr. Kirkpatrick a new job, there
was no specific indication that he had
done so. Dr. Kirkpatrick has said in the
past that she would take a job only with
Cabinet rank and with membership on
the National Security Council.
By BERNARD WEINRAUB Today she held a 35-minute meeting
s .i to The New Yat ,rte with Mr. Reagan in the Oval Office,
WASHINGTON Jan 30 - Jea ie J and later said that "the time has
Reagan Is Told
By Kirkpatrick
She Will Leave'
nounced.she wanted to leave the job u 'Takes Effect March 1
four years I have not commented in others had evolved.
public an private conversations with The officials said Dr. Kirkpatrick
had spent "considerable time" on the
statement and that it was designed to
reflect her strong feelings that "the
foreign policy objectives that she
shares with the President are no longer
the foreign policy objectives of many of
the people in the Administration."
In recent years Dr. Kirkpatrick has
been at odds with Mr. Shultz and others
over Central America, arms control
negotiations and relations with the
Soviet Union.
laxed, told reporters today: "During - ------- tz and
Agency for International Develop- her statement today reflected not bit-
ment. terness, but disappointment" about the
Dr. Kirkpatrick, smiling and re- way American foreign policy under
Secretary of State Geo P Sh,,
whether Mr. Reagan had offered her
another job in the Administration, al-
though White House officials said in re-
cent days that she would be asked
about the possibility of taking over the
I a successor was appointed A White
Dr Kirkpatrick declined to sa
come" to return to private life.
She added: "In private life - per-
haps even more than in public life - I
can speak out clearly on behalf of such.
shared foreign policy objectives as re-
storing and preserving American
strength, supporting democracy and
independence in. the Hemisphere, de-
fending our friends, our principles and
our interests in the Middle East and
elsewhere."
Speaking to reporters in a packed
White House press room, Dr. Kirkpat-
Shultz Seeks'Ieam Player'
Mr. Shultz has indicated that he
wants the new United Nations chief
delegate to be more of a "team player"
under his that has raised the pos-
sibWty not serve inthe C~ abianpet Gen-
eral Walters has sated that be
would take the joob~only if it had Cabinet
rank. - f
Asked if she was disappointed at not
being offered a top-level foreign policy
job in Mr. Reagan's second term, Dr.
Kirkpatrick replied with an emphatic,
"No, no, no, no, no
"If I wanted a top foreign policy job
in the second term I would have re-
mained as U.S. permanent representa-
tive to the United Nations," she said. "I
would like to emphasize that."
It has been made clear ' t
weeks t Mr. Rea and such-offi-
ci as am hector of
reatraI Intelli C had wanted her o .
remain in the Administration. But Mrs.
Kirkpatrick ruled out jobs that were
said to have been suggested.
Dr. Kirkpatrick told reporters today
that she actually wrote her resignation
announcement Tuesday night. Larry
Speakes, the White House spokesman,
said later that the' announcement could
have been withheld, and there were in-
dications that, until. the last minute.
Mr. Reagan wanted Dr. Kirkpatrick fo
remain in the Administration.
A prominent' Washington a,.a.ie...i-.
r
. Kirkpatrick said today:. "1 held
an-endowed chair at Georgetown .Uni-
versity. For four years I have been on
leave from that chair. I do not feel in
conscience that I can tie up those
scarce resources of the university- .I.b
good conscience it would be necessary
for me to resign that chair if I were to
continue in Government. 7,
th"Q Iitee frankly I don't want to, do
very committed to teaching
and writing and the independencethat
goes with that. It's the life I intend-to
return to."
She added: "I explained to the Presi-
dent how grateful I felt to have had the
opportunity to represent the United
States at the United Nations and serve
as a member of his Cabinet
I thank
d
.
e
the President for his confidence and
support during the past four years."
It has been an extraordinary honor
to speak for freedom in that wo
ld
r
forum," she added. "I believe that both
the United States and the United Na-
tions are stronger today and I am
proud of my contribution to that end."
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date to lace Dr. Kirkpatrick was Nations job, Dr. Kirkpatrick said she
Gen. Vernon Walters, an Am ' wanted to leave the United Nations job
or at Large and former Deputy Direr to return to the capital, in part because
for o entrai intelli ce. she was weary of shuttling
ources ose to Kirkpatrick said !New York and Washington
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