AThe only “documented evidence” from typically reliable sources, regarding any personal connection between Robert Fischer and Henry Kissinger are disclosed in two following excerpts. In 1972, on his return to America, Fischer was unaware of the extent of the defamation and false stories cooked up in Moscow and poured into U.S.-World newspapers. The first mention by Fischer, is a New York Times Interview, September 23, 1972, spoken by Bobby, in jest. “First of all,” he said, “I want to deny a vicious rumor that's been going around—I think it was started by Moscow. It is not true that Henry Kissinger phoned me during the night to tell me the moves.” What can Fischer do about such wild rumors, but laugh along with them? The second reference to a supposed personal connection with Kissinger, again in jest, was scripted by comedians in Hollywood, designed to elicit laughter from the audience but not intended to be taken literally:
Bob Hope: Bobby, I heard that all through your match you were getting advice from Henry Kissinger. Is that true?
Bobby Fischer: That's right.
Bob Hope: Did it help?
Bobby Fischer: It will if I meet *Jill St. John.
https://youtu.be/LSWau3pTyIg?t=216
Certainly, Bob Hope shouldn't need to ask such a question if it had been confirmed by White House press aides. However, like the rumored “invitation to the White House” the best the New York Times could get, was officials declining comment.
*Jill St. John was a famous actress in 1960-1970s who dated Henry Kissinger.
“Kissinger 'shared girlfriend' with mob lawyer
Washington. At the height of secret negotiations to end the Vietnam War in 1972, then US secretary of state Henry Kissinger allegedly shared an actress girlfriend (Jill St. John) with a Hollywood lawyer who became notorious for his mobster connections.”
In 1972, Fischer was laughing along with the sordid rumors and had not grasped the extent of the damage Moscow's negative press had inflicted on his reputation back home during the July-September 1972 tournament. By 1974, Life Magazine's Brad Darrach (notorious for smear journalism) had written another fictitious novel, riddled with defamatory, insulting mischaracterization of Robert Fischer. By this point Fischer was avoiding the press, and growing angry toward those spreading vile character defamation, and by 1977 sued Darrach/Life Magazine.
Unfortunately, the damage was done. The public believed the falsehoods that were spewed by Moscow throughout the Spring and Summer months of 1972, while Fischer was isolated behind the Iron Curtain of Soviet controlled Icelandic Chess Federation. When Fischer's lawsuit was heard in court, he did not receive justice against Darrach's defamation. Imagine that! Financial profit from libel and character defamation, or that Darrach was protected by an army of Life Magazine lawyers.
In 2005, it was reported: “Fischer would later report that he was ‘laughed out of court’ and, it was that turning point, Fischer began to view the justice system as a farce: ‘I got laughed out of court,’ he said. ‘This is when I began to realize what kind of a country America was then … it's just a sham democracy. … That's when I started to part company with the U.S.’”
Who's responsible for pressing the fraudulent belief there was a connection between Robert Fischer and Kissinger, anyway? Brad Darrach? Larry Evans? The more important fact here is that people around the world blame Kissinger for prolonging the Vietnam war among other crimes, directly responsible for the deaths of millions. Moscow, would have loved for any connection between Fischer, as a scapegoat and war criminal Kissinger to be seared into the minds of people worldwide, but Fischer would eventually go on with his life and denounce war criminals the likes of Kissinger.
The Jury is out until better documented evidence is available. Larry Evans and Brad Darrach are hardly qualified as reliable sources.
