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The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
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Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Age: 69 †
Born: 1919
Born: June 17
Died: 1988
Died: November 8
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President
Galveston
Texas
Kingman Brewster
Jr.
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Anything
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