UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

BERKELEY • DAVIS • IRVINE • LOS ANGELES • RIVERSIDE • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO

SANTA BARBARA • SANTA CRUZ

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90024

July 2, 1974

The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520

Dear Henry:

I want to express to you my disgust and chagrin at the distortions in a recent newspaper article in which I am alleged to have complained about your alleged cribbing from my work. I am speaking of one installment of a series of articles about you which were originally published in the *New York Post* over the signature of Ralph Blumenfeld and which I believe have been syndicated.

The allegation of your owing a special unacknowledged intellectual indebtedness to me is unfortunately an old one, having appeared in a widely syndicated column some years ago. Whenever occasion arose, I took special pains to deny it. I thought I was doing so when some female reporter from the *N.Y. Post* telephoned me some months ago. I can scarcely recognize out of what they published any words that came out of that conversation, despite their use of quotation marks.

I know you have many other things to worry about, and this additional instance of press irresponsibility must trouble you much less than it does me.

With all best wishes -- and may I add my warm congratulations at your recent accomplishments, including your marriage to the lady whom it was my pleasure to meet twice.

BB/nlg

THE POWELL
# Tribune

Semi-weekly Tuesday edition February 10, 1976 Powell, Wyo. Issue 1 68th year 15c

What's lunch like with Henry?

It was an "enjoyable accident"
for a Powell couple that led to
lunch with Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger in Laramie last
week.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brodrick of
Powell joined a small group for a
private luncheon at the home of
University of Wyoming president
Dr. William Carlson ahead of the
Kissinger speech at UW on
Wednesday, Feb. 4. The luncheon
guest was arranged by the U.S.
State Department.

Mrs. Brodrick laughs that she
and Gordon got on the list as
"stand-ins" for Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Quealy of Kemmerer. Quealy is
president of the UW board of
trustees, but was unable to make
the Kissinger visit to Laramie.
Brodrick is vice president of the
UW board of trustees, so the
invitation to represent the board at
the luncheon for Kissinger was
extended to the Brodricks.

The others at the small gathering
hosted by the Carlsons included
Sen. and Mrs. Gale McGee, Gov.
and Mrs. Ed Herschler, Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Brown of McGee's staff,
a former Ambassador to Nigeria
who was traveling with the
Kissinger party, Kissinger's press
secretary, and two UW faculty
members who were former
colleagues of Kissinger when he
taught a summer symposium on
the Laramie campus in 1958.

AND the Secret Service.

"They were everywhere," said
Mrs. Brodrick. "Gordon and I
arrived a little ahead of time and
were the first people at the Carlson
home. The luncheon was scheduled
for noon, with the Kissinger

motorcade coming from the
airport right to the Carlsons. All of
a sudden there were Secret
Service men everywhere, inside
and outside the home."

The presence of the Secret
Service men was prominent both
at the luncheon and at the
Fieldhouse for the Kissinger
speech.

"They look at you like you're
somebody to watch, I guess. They
never smile. They never sit.
They're all business. I was going to
introduce myself and visit with one
of them at Carlsons, but that's just
not done," said Mrs. Brodrick.

The luncheon was "a very warm
and friendly" affair, Mrs.
Brodrick said. While the group had
cocktails before eating, Kissinger
had 7-up.

Protocol prescribed the seating
arrangement for lunch. Kissinger
and Gov. Herschler occupied the
seats at either end of the oval head
table. Completing the head table
seating arrangement, Sen. McGee,
Mrs. Carlson, Brodrick, and Mrs.
McGee sat on one side, facing Mrs.
Herschler, Carlson, Mrs. Brodrick,

and Kissinger's press secretary on
the other side.

"The conversation was really
fantastic at the table," said Mrs.
Brodrick. "There was nothing light
about it. All he (Kissinger) wants to
talk about is business and politics. I
wish I had a tape recorder."

"Kissinger really told McGee
what he thought of the Congress.
He was also very interested to
learn from McGee where he stood
in line on the appropriations
committee of the Senate," Mrs.
Brodrick reported.

Of a personal nature, Kissinger
related that he averages four to
five hours sleep a night, he is only
home for dinner the average of one
night a week, and he never has
breakfast at home. The rigors of
the job don't bother him, though, he
says.

Three planes delivered the
Kissinger entourage to Laramie.
One plane brought Kissinger and
his party, another plane brought
the press, and a cargo plane
brought Kissinger's bullet-proof
limousine.

The Brodricks rode in the
Kissinger motrocade from the
Carlson home to the Fieldhouse.

"Things really happen fast when
they start moving," said Mrs.
Brodrick. "There's no tarrying.
They whisked Kissinger out of his
car and into the Fieldhouse so fast
that we didn't even see him, and we
were right behind hm."

The reception for Kissinger at
the speech itself was "very
warm," she said. "I think it was
great he could come to our state. It
was a treat—good for our state,
good for our university."

Is the flu on
the way out?

Sickness may be on the decline in
Powell.

Powell school attendance
Monday at noon showed 247
students absent and four teachers.
The tabulation Wednesday was 563
students absent and 20 teachers.

United States Senate
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MEMORANDUM

July 22, 1974

I believe you inadvertently
enclosed the attached with
your acknowledgement of July 16.

I return it for your files.

Thank you.

Caroline Clark
Office of Senator Brooke
225-8518

UNITED STATES SENATE
WASHINGTON, D. C.

EDWARD W. BROOKE
MASSACHUSETTS

7412191

June 27, 1974

The Honorable Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, D.C.

Dear Henry:

Recently I had the opportunity to visit Haiti as a representative of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Too often the excellence of many of our representatives abroad is neither sufficiently recognized nor mentioned. To avoid that being the case regarding our mission in Haiti, I want to inform you that I was very impressed with Ambassador Hayward Isham and his highly professional staff.

Ambassador Isham has an unusual understanding of the complexity of the situation in Haiti as well as a keen sensitivity of the feelings and aspirations of the Haitian people. He also understands the necessary constraints that form the policy guidelines for our relations with Haiti and appears to have the respect and confidence of President Jean-Claude Duvalier.

The Ambassador's wife complements his strengths. She has a gracious charm and a concern for others that is evidenced constantly in her associations. Moreover, her artistic talents provide a common interest with the Haitians.