YUAN-LI WU

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May 8, 1971

The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
The White House
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Kissinger:

As a long-time student of Asian affairs with a
special interest in U.S. foreign and defense policies
under the Nixon Doctrine, I would very much like to
have the privilege of calling on you at your convenience
to learn about your views on the future of the Pacific
area. In particular, I wonder what you expect that part
of the world to be like at the end of this decade and
what role you expect the United States to play in bring-
ing about the situation you foresee. I hope to be able
to write about the subject and will of course make no
attributions without permission.

You may possibly recall the report I sent you of the
two-month trip I recently took to the Pacific area for
the purpose of this study, encompassing a number of
countries bordering the Pacific, ranging from Korea to
New Zealand.

I plan to be in Washington, D.C. from the afternoon
of Friday, May 14 through Wednesday, May 19 and hope
very much that you can spare thirty minutes to an hour
for me during this period. If you can see me, I shall
appreciate it if you can give me a telephone number I
can call on my arrival in Washington to confirm the
appointment.