Khrushchev is supposed to be on his way over. The meeting may last for a long time. See to it that my back won’t give me any trouble when I have to get up or move around.”

Jacobson did so, administering “a heavy dose of methamphetamine,” but it turned out that Kennedy was incorrect about the arrival time of the Soviet leader, who showed up just as the drugs were wearing off. Kennedy demanded another injection, and Jacobson, despite his misgivings about giving another one so soon, did as he was asked

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