Mark Hemingway revisits James Baker’s The Politics of Diplomacy and finds two references to Chas Freeman. The first has Freeman pleading with Baker to lay off the Saudis as Baker lobbies for more Saudi money to fund U.S. operations as U.S. forces began their buildup in the Gulf as part of Desert Shield:
I was urged by our ambassador, Chas Freeman, to go easy on the numbers. “They’re strapped for money,” he told me before the meeting. “Don’t press for too much right now.” I disagreed.
The second reference is much the same.
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