Gore Vidal's Final Memoir - “Point To Point Navigation”

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2. Carter's side of the story.

Nureyev was visiting Gore Vidal in Italy and dying of AIDS at the time he related the story to the author. Vidal wasn't involved with the meeting between Nureyev and Carter. Nureyev died soon afterwards. I don't think there was any bias on Vidal's part.

The book's only mention of interaction between Vidal and Carter is when Vidal relates the story of how he sent a telegram to Carter after the disastrous helicopter intervention in Iran during the hostage crisis. Vidal asked Carter to resign for disgracing the United States. Later Carter nixed the idea of a BBC documentary to be filmed in America which Carter may have thought was about Vidal. Vidal wasn't sure, but thought there might be a connection.