9:00 p.m.

Henry Kissinger: The world will miss Lee Kuan Yew

https://youtu.be/M-3Z4lVbQ0M

Well, I think Lee Kuan Yew was a great man.

I had the great fortune of becoming a personal friend,

and we saw each other many, many times.

He stayed at my house,

and I've often visited Singapore.

There was never a month when we weren't talking to each other,

so I will miss him.

But more importantly,

the world will miss him.

Lee Kuan Yew was

a very meticulous person.

So when you were invited, when before I came to Singapore,

he'd sent me the menu of the meals

that he was going to offer me

and gave me a chance to comment.

That if I didn't like it,

that I could change,

and that's never happened to me,

that never happened to me,

anywhere.

But I think what he said,

what he seemed to be, is what he was.

He was committed to Singapore,

and he was committed to

an international world in which small countries

could survive.

And he went around the world

preaching this

and succeeding.