Leaders' Responsibility.

The article offers the insights of U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon on the information that the 80% of the State Department's mail was against the U.S. foreign policy on the issue between Quemoy, Taiwan and Matsu. He says that he is concerned on the intentional effort of a State Department subsidiary to sabotage his policy. He argues that decisions on foreign policy should not be based on the opinion polls. He adds that a leader must not just follow public opinion, but also to lead it.