Statement From Foreign Minister the Hon Frederick A. Mitchell On The Passing Of Henry Kissinger

30 November 2023

I extend condolences to Nancy Kissinger on the passing of her husband Henry at the grand age of one century. As Lynden Pindling used to say: this was a good innings.

His storied career as Secretary of State of the United States in the tradition of Metternich is so well known, it bears no repeating here. What I acknowledge is he and his wife’s frequent annual visits to Nassau and vacationing at Lyford and having dinner a couple of times. One such visit with Dr Kissinger on one side and Paul Volcker, the central banker on the other.

Later in a chat in the margins of the UN, we agreed that The Bahamas was a favoured vacation spot for the US northeast establishment which establishment largely had outsized influence over U  policy and therefore gave our country outsized access.