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America’s revered former first lady Jackie Kennedy described Indonesia’s founding President Sukarno as having excessive sexual desire and leaving “a bad taste in your mouth,” according to a report published on Wednesday.

Kennedy's candid assessment of the notorious ladies’ man is contained in “Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life With John F. Kennedy,” the former first lady's oral history recorded 47 years ago, which is set for imminent release.

The New York Times has published excerpts of the book, including paragraphs about Sukarno’s visit to the United States.

“[Jackie Kennedy] humorously recounts a visit from Sukarno, the president of Indonesia, to the Kennedys’ private sitting room. The briefing papers she had read in preparation had mentioned that Sukarno had been flattered by Mao’s decision to publish his art collection. To impress Sukarno, Mrs. Kennedy asked the State Department for the volume, positioned it prominently on the table and invited him to sit on the sofa between her and Mr. Kennedy and admire the paintings.

“Every single one turned out to be of a woman — ‘naked to the waist with a hibiscus in her hair,’ Mrs. Kennedy tells Mr. Schlesinger, who bursts out laughing. She says she could not believe what she was seeing. ‘I caught Jack’s eye, and we were trying not to laugh at each other.’ Sukarno was ‘so terribly happy, and he’d say, ‘This is my second wife, and this was.’...” Mrs. Kennedy says. ‘He had a sort of lecherous look’ and ‘left a bad taste in your mouth.’”

Other choice descriptions include: Charles DeGaulle, the French president, as “that egomaniac.” The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as “a phony,” and Indira Gandhi, the future prime minister of India, as “a real prune — bitter, kind of pushy, horrible woman.”

Jacqueline Kennedy calls Martin Luther King, Jr. a “terrible” man.

JG/AP