During the Cold War, Frank Shakespeare was a bard for liberty, writes QuinHillyer.
to scrub from its news accounts the conclusive evidence that the Soviets were helping Egypt move surface-to-air missiles to the Suez Canal in violation of a ceasefire agreement, VOA director Kenneth Giddens insisted on reporting the truth. Against pressure even from Secretary of State William Rogers, Shakespeare backed Giddens to the hilt and reminded Rogers that the USIA reports directly to the president, not to the bureaucrats at Foggy Bottom.
Giddens and Shakespeare were longtime friends, and Giddens’s daughter, Winkie Greer, spent time with Shakespeare and his wife and daughter on numerous occasions over a half-century. She first met Shakespeare as a young woman when she was traveling with her parents to a CBS affiliate board meeting in Puerto Rico in 1963. The conference was interrupted by news that President John F. Kennedy had been killed.
According to Greer, Nixon later offered to appoint Shakespeare, a former Naval officer, as secretary of the Navy. Shakespeare declined, only to return to public service under Reagan. Greer remembers Shakespeare as a devout patriot who relied on brilliance and steadfastness, rather than sharp elbows, to get things done.fame] was one of Frank’s best friends,” she said. “And Frank spoke in full paragraphs like Buckley did. Frank was so smart, and he was thoughtful. He was so pleasant: He was an 18th Century gentleman. He had a sparkle about him. He would bring depth to all of those high-level meetings.
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