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November 12, 1962

Dr. Henry Kissinger
6 Divinity Avenue
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

By moving some programs about we find
we can clear a time for taping a half-hour broadcast
from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. the evening of January 28.
I understand that your lecture at the University of
California at Berkeley begins at 8 p.m. We are, at
the most, 30 minutes away. The University told me
they would be happy to provide transportation.

If this is convenient for you we would
very much appreciate hearing from you since we are
reserving the time and facilities. The program would
be one in a loose-knit series entitled "Point of
View" and would be aired sometime after your campus
appearance.

We are very much looking forward to your
visit here and hope you may be able to fit this into
your schedule. The next time that would be possible
for us would be sometime on Wednesday -- if you are
staying in the Bay Area that long.

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All good wishes.

similar lines.

that my own thinking has gone along quite
similar lines.

Thank you for your letter of June

Dear Dr. Kracke:

Bad Coders! Germany
Gottentraße 137 I
Dr. Friedrich Kracke

June 30, 1961

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Washington. (ap) Der Führer der Demo-
kraten im amerikanischen Senat, Senator
Mansfield, hat gestern den Vorschlag ge-
macht, ganz Berlin unter Einschluß des Ost-
sektors zu einer freien Stadt zu machen, die
von der Nato und den Mitgliedern des War-
schauer Paktes garantiert werden soll. Er
glaube nicht, sagte Mansfield, daß sich der
Frieden in der Erhaltung des Status quo oder
in der von dem sowjetischen Ministerpräsi-
denten Chruschtschow vorgeschlagenen Än-
derung des Status von Westberlin finden
lasse. Stattdessen solle die ganze Stadt von
einer internationalen Organisation in treu-
händerische Obhut genommen werden, bis

sie wieder die Hauptstadt Deutschlands wer-
den könne. Die Zugangswege nach Berlin
sollten von internationalen Friedenstruppen
nach dem Muster der UN-Streitmacht in Pa-
lästina besetzt werden. Bonn und Pankow
sollten die Abmachung über den Status Ber-
lin mit unterschreiben und anteilmäßig zu
ihrem Unterhalt beitragen.

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Dr Friedrich Kracke

Bad Godesberg, den 15.6.1961

Gotenstraße 137 I

Sehr geehrter Herr Professor !

Verzeihen Sie es einem Deutschen, wenn er sich heute in
Sorge um das Schicksal unserer alten Hauptstadt mit diesem
Brief an Sie wendet, nachdem er mit dem größten Interesse eine
Uebersetzung Ihres vortrefflichen Buches: The Necessity for Choice
gelesen hat, mit dessen Vorschlägen er so voll einverstanden ist.
Besonders gut erschien mir Ihre Feststellung, daß man den Sowjets
nicht immer nachgeben, sondern mit eigenen Vorschlägen entgegen-
treten müsse. Nun lese ich heute in der Tagespresse mit dem
größten Erstaunen den beiliegenden Aufsatz des Herrn Senators
Mansfield über seinen Vorschlag, obtreffend den zukünftigen
Zustand Berlins. Er ist also wieder einmal gewillt, den Sowjets
nachzugeben und widersoricht damit grundsätzlich Ihrer und mei-
ner Meinung, daß wir endlich einmal die Initiative der Vorschlä-
ge erreifen sollten. Wenn man schon, um des lieben Friedens
wenden, und im Hinblick auf die gegenwärtige Lage, wieder ein-
mal etwas nachgeben will, dann sollte man das m.E. unter ande-
ren Vorzeichen tun, als das der Senator will. Vor allem müßte
man doch wohl die Tatsache ausnützen, daß es in erster Linie
Sache der Berliner selbst ist, den Zukunftstatus ihrer Heimat
zu bestimmen. Man könnte diesen Weg um so sicherer wählen, als
man doch weiß, wie die Einwohner Groß Berlins (auch im Osten der
Stadt) wirklich denken und daß bei einer freien Volksabstimmung
in Großberlin, die durch die Uno gesichert und garantiert würde,
sich ein ganz anderes Resultat ergeben würde, als es Chrustschow
erwartet. Warum sollte man also nicht den folgenden Vorschlag
machen: Der Westen schlägt eine völlig freie Volksabstimmung
in Großberlin vor und zwar über die drei folgenden wahlweisen
Vorschläge: 1. Zugehörigkeit zur Bundesrepublik 2. Zugehörig-
keit zur Sowjetzone, 3. Status einer freien Stadt (etwa im Sinne
der Mansfeldschen Vorschläge. Diese Abstimmung müßte unter
allen Kauten erfolgen, die eine freie Stimmabgabe gestatten
und unter dem Schutz der UNO stehen. Es besteht für mich kein
»weifel, daß sie (auch in Ostberlin) im Sinne des Westens aus-

Wetter, das sie (sach in Oderberlin) im Sinne des Westens an- und unter dem Soweite der UNO stehen. Es seztet für ihn kein allen Kanten erloren, die eine Stimmabgabe seztten der Manatägsgeschäben Vorschrifte. Diese Apatiimmung müßte unter Keit zur Sowjetzone, 3. Station einer tretten Stadt(e)ts im Sinne Vorschrifte: 1. Zuerstfracht zur Bundesrepublik S.Üngerrich- in Großerfin vor und zwar über die drei folgenden wahrnehmenden: Der Westen schlägt eine Aßlitz freie Volksapatimung erwartet. Wann sollte man alao wort den folgenden Vorschriften sich ein ganz anderes Rezept ergeben würde, als es Christensen in Großerfin, die durch die Uno befoert und Gernsantiert würde, Stadt) wirklich demken und das der unteren Volksapatimung man doch weiß, wie die Einwohner Groß Berlin (sach im Osten der an bestimmen. Man könnte diesen Weh nm so sicherer wüllen, als die Sache der Berliner seidt, den Zunahmtatze in der Heimat man doch wohl die Tatsache anwiesen, das es in erster Linfe reich Vorschriften um, als das der Senator will. Vor altem wüste was wachsend will, dann sollte man das m.E. unter ausge- wiesen und im Hindblick auf die senkrechtlinke Lane, weder ein- se erreichten soften. Wenn man schon um das tiefen Friedens- nner Meine, das wir englich einmal die Initiative der Vorschrif- nache, wachsende und widerarztlich gärt Arndtalfach Innen und mei- nacheit, über einen Vorachse, wederleitend den zukünftigen Gräften Erstaten den peltigenden Anstaz des Herrn Senators tretend wäss. Nun sehe ich pente in der Tagesspreeze mit dem wöch immer wachgeden, sondern mit er ganzen Vorschriften entgegen- Besonders auf erlauben wir Ihre Beurteilung, das man den Sowletz Befehl hat, mit dessen Vorschriften er so off einverstanden hat. Ueberseitsa, das vorzüglichen Bote: Die Necessity for Choice Brief an Sie wendet, wodurch er mit dem kräftigen Interesse eine Sorge um das Schloßsäul auffern Hauptsach mit diesem Verschluß Sie es einem Deutschen, wenn er sich pente in

Gogenatrasse 131 I
Bad Godesberg, gen. 12.7.1931

Dr. Friedrich Kraake

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fallen würde und doch gleichzeitig den wahren Willen der Bevölkerung wiedergeben würde. Ich bin überzeugt, daß ein solcher Eindruck einer Abstimmung auch Chrustschow und seine Satelliten nicht unbeindruckt lassen würde. Außerdem wäre man eindlich einmal den Sowjets zuvorgekommen und ließe sich nicht immer von ihnen führen und schließlich zum Nachgeben zwingen, sondern machte selbst konstruktive Vorschläge. Dies müßte aber bald geschehen! Um diese Vorschläge etwas dringender zu machen und den Willen zum Ernst zu betonen, wäre es m.E. zweckmäßig, für den Fall der Nichtannahme oder der Fortsetzung des harten Kurses mit wirtschaftlichen Sanktionen zu drohen, die sich gegen die Sowjetzone und Sowjetrußland richten würden, falls diese einen Friedensvertrag schließen, der die Zugänge nach Berlin-West blockieren oder den bisherigen Status der Viermächtestadt verändern würde. Ich glaube, daß ein derartiges Vorgehen, um einen Krieg zu vermeiden, immer noch würdiger und selbstbewußter wäre, als, wie es Mansfield will, wieder einmal den Willen der Bevölkerung selbst außer Acht zu lassen und im Zeichen der Selbstbestimmung der Völker diese zu vergewaltigen. Wenn ich Ihnen diese Vorschläge eines einzelnen Deutschen unterbreite, so aus drei Gründen: einmal, weil Sie selbst in Deutschland geboren und dort aufgewachsen sind (der Grund, weshalb ich Deutsch und nicht Englisch schreibe) zum zweiten, weil Sie, wie ich las, in Sicherheitsfragen die rechte Hand des Präsidenten sind und zum dritten, weil mich die Grundsätze und Vorschläge Ihres Buches begeisterten. In manchem geben Sie auch meine Auffassung (die eines alten Offiziers des ersten Weltkrieges wieder), daß wir mit konventioneller Waffenrüstung, wie sie auch heute dem Europäischen Westen möglich wäre, den Sowjets Paroli bieten und die Gefahr eines Atomkrieges vermindern, der wohl unserm Kontinent den letzten Stoß geben müßte. Daß Chrustschow nach dem Treffen in Wien solche Vorschläge macht, wie den mit Berlin, beweist ja mehr als deutlich, wie wenig er gewillt ist, friedliche Werte zu gehen. Um so notwendiger, mit eigenen Vorschlägen, ohne nachzugeben, die Welt zu überzeugen, wie er in Wahrheit gesinnt ist. Wenn er solche Vorschläge, wie den umstehend gemachten ablehnt, bezeugt er aller Welt, daß er Frieden nicht will.

Mit aufrichtiger Hochachtung Ihr

Mit antrittszer Hoopschriftung
Ihr

der Welt, daß er Erledigen nicht will.
sohe Vorrichte, wie den unsterbendem Remnant sejdet, present er al-
den, die Welt zu Ubersenzen, wie er in Wahrheit sejnett. Wenn er
szenen. Um so notwendiger, mit einem Vorschriftschen, ohne wahrnehm-
weise, ja mehr als deutlich, wie wenn er beweist, übrigsehe Welle
dem Tritten in Wien solche Vorschrifts macht, wie den mit Berlin, pe-
nern, kontinent dem letzten Stag reponen müßte. Das Christacow nach
ten und die Seebrüche eines Atomkrises verdingern konnten, der wohl
dem Europäischen West mündlich würde, den Sowjetaszone parroff pre-
ieder, daß wir mit Konventionellerer Wartemærkung, wie sie an den
meine Umtasanna(die eine alten Ottziersa des erstein Weltkrises
Vorschrifts Inriae Bucnea pessiferaten. In manchem Bepen sie an
des Prüfenden sind und zum dritten, weil wir die Grundgezänge und
sweiten, weil sie, wie für las in Sicherheitstätten, die rechte Hand
sind(der Grund, was hält für Deutach und nicht Englisch soweit)sum
einmal, weil sie sepat in Deutachland beponen und dort anteweschen
Vorschrifts einee einzelnen Deutschen unterbrerte, so aus drei Gründen:
partizumme der Volker diese zu verabsaftigen. Wenn for Ihnen diese
der Bevölkerung sepat anser Acht zu lassen und im Zerföden der Sebepat-
pemutter wie, sla, wie es Maßteil will, wieder einmal den Wölfen
Vorbehen, um einen Krieg zu vermeiden, immer noch würgter und sebepat-
der Vierrichtetastt verändern würde. Ich aland, daß ein gerärtetes
die Zunähe von Berlin-West plockieren oder den pflanzenen Status
richten würden, tafle diese einen Erledgenvertrau an ließen, der
oder der Fortsetzsum der harten Kruze mit wirtschaftlichen Sank-
sum pefonen, wie es m. E. swemkeßt, für den Fall der Mochschnaume
Vorschrifts etwas dringender zu machen und den Wölfen zum Erret
atmungive Vorschrift. Diese müßte aber psig befochen! Um diese
und auffeßlich zum Nachgegeben, sondern wacste sebepst kou-
wetsa suvorgekommen und ließe sieb nicht immer vor ihnen führen
einbringen lassen würde. Anbergen wäre man einflöch einmal den So-
einen Apatiummum anach Christacow und seine Stellten nicht nnde-
ringung wiedergegeben würde. Ich bin übersenzt, daß ein solcher Erbranck
fallen würde und doch geförseltik den wahren Wölfen der Bevölke-

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March 7, 1961

Mr. Joseph Kraft
1148 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York

Dear Joe:

This is just a note to thank you for
your very kind note. I should add that my appoint-
ment is only a continuation' in the sense that I
was a consultant to the Weapons Systems Evaluation
Group and that I am now a consultant to the President.

I will certainly get in touch with you
when I am in New York, and appreciate your invitation.

Kind regards.

JOSEPH KRAFT
1148 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

28 Feb.

Dear Henry:

The Times announcement says your
appointment is a continuation rather than a
new departure. I send, therefore, continued
congratulations, plus fresh hurrahs for the
book, which I have just now finished, and for
the Council talk--one of the few I found genuine-
ly illuminating.

If, en passant from Cambridge to Washington,
you ever reach New York, I wish you'd come by
for drinks or a meal.

GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS INSTITUTE

1619 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20036 • Telephone (202) 265-8300

Biographic data on Mr. Karel KRATKY, of Czechoslovakia, a participant in the International Visitor Program, Department of State. Program arranged by Mr. Albert E. Keogh.

**NAME:** Mr. Karel KRATKY

**PRESENT POSITION:** Secretary, Institute for International Politics and Economics, Prague, specializing in history, political system and foreign policy of the United States (since 1962)

**PERSONAL DATA:**

**Born:** September 30, 1930 in Hradec Kralove, Czechoslovakia

**Address:** Kafkova 53, Prague, Czechoslovakia

**Family:** Married; one daughter aged 8

**Languages:** English-good

**ACADEMIC TRAINING:**
Philosophical Faculty of Charles University, Prague, Ph.D. (1950-55); Institute of History, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Candidate of Sciences in History.

**OTHER POSITIONS:**
Lecturer at Charles University, Faculty of Journalism. Mr. Kratky lectures in International Relations.

**PAST POSITIONS:**
Staff Member, Institute of Military History, Prague, 1952-62

**ORGANIZATIONS:**
Member of Czechoslovak Organization for Political Science; Member, Czechoslovak Society of History

**PUBLICATIONS:**
Books published: "For Czechoslovak Freedom", Prague, 1961; "The Program of the Alliance for Progress", Prague, 1965.
Articles in Journals: *Military History*, *International Relations*, *International Politics*.

**TRAVELS:**
Denmark, the Soviet Union, East Germany, Austria, Poland, and Belgium, to include attending the Salzburg seminar in 1966

**OTHER INTERESTS:**
Classical music, theater. Mr. Kratky is a stamp collector.

May 31, 1967

Miss Susan G. Krinsky
Director, Graduate Training
and Career Development Study
Harvard University
Graduate School of Education
Center for Research in Careers
Roy E. Larsen Hall, Appian Way,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Dear Miss Krinksy:

Thank you for your letter
of May 19.

Your project sounds most
interesting and I would like to
be able to help you out. However,
my summer plans are going to keep
me so busy that I could not do the
project justice.

Kind regards.

Henry V. Klaarinder

Sincerely yours,

King regards.

bestow justice.
me so pay that I could not do the
my summer plans are going to keep
be able to help you out. However,
interesting and I would like to
Your project sounds most

of May 19.

Thank you for your letter

Dear Mias Kriensky:

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Roy E. Larsson Half, Appiah May
Center for Research in Careers
Graduate School of Education
Harvard University
and Career Development Study
Director, Graduate Training
Mias Susan G. Kriensky

May 31, 1967

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN CAREERS
ROY E. LARSEN HALL, APPIAN WAY
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138

May 19, 1967

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
419 Beacon St.
Boston, Massachusetts

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

As you know there is much concern about graduate education in the United States today. Various criticisms have been offered by both faculty and students, and some suggestions for improvements have been made. More *information* is needed, however, on the meaning and impact which different types of graduate training experiences have had on the later lives and careers of the individuals involved. Both the Ford Foundation and the Richardson Foundation have awarded grants to the Center for Research in Careers to make such a study. The project, The Graduate Training and Career Development Study, will investigate the graduate experiences and subsequent career interests and development of men in a large number of fields over the past 30 years. The meaning of participation in special graduate programs (e.g. fellowships for travel, the Junior Fellowship at Harvard, etc.) and opportunities to be teaching or research fellows will be among the topics to be explored. We and the foundations which are supporting our project feel that the results of our study will be of great interest and value to faculty and administrators (both inside and outside of universities) who are involved in making decisions which will affect graduate education in the future.

You have been selected on the basis of your field and time of study as part of our sample of men who have attended various graduate schools in this country and abroad. We realize that your time is precious, but since your participation is of great importance to the success of the project, we hope that you will be able to take part in the study. We have tried to make the task involved in this project as concise and easy to perform as possible. This approach is to our advantage also.

Your participation in the study will involve one thing: completing a comprehensive questionnaire dealing with your graduate school experiences and your career interests and activities. We can assure you that your responses will be kept in *strict confidence* and will not be specifically identified in any analyses of results in reports of the study. Only group trends according to field of study, time of study, etc. will be reported. We shall be pleased to send you a report of our findings when the study is completed.

Krinsky -- page 2

We hope that you will be able to complete the questionnaire during the month of July. For many people this is an excellent time of the year to participate in our study. For those who may be traveling it may be inconvenient. Therefore, we are offering you the option of receiving the questionnaire in July, August or if need be, in September.

The questionnaire will consist of two parts: one section of short answer questions and another section in which you will be asked to comment on various educational and career experiences. Since many people find it more comfortable to discuss such issues orally we are suggesting the possibility of responding to the questions in the second section through the use of a tape recorder. However, written or typewritten comments will certainly be welcome. If you choose to respond to the second section orally rather than in writing or if you wish to make this decision later, we can include a tape appropriate for your machine when we send you the questionnaire. If you wish to use your own tape, upon receiving your tape we will immediately replace it with a new one of the same type.

Please indicate on the enclosed, self-addressed, stamped post-card:

(1) Your addresses for the months of July, August, and September

(2) Your preferred permanent address for the purposes of this study if the address on this letter is incorrect

(3) When you will be able to complete the questionnaire

(4) Whether you intend to tape record or write section two

(5) Whether or not you would like us to send you a tape with the questionnaire and if so the type and size.

Your cooperation is of great importance to the results of our project.
We are looking forward to hearing from you soon.

SGK:lb
Enclosure

March 21, 1962

Mr. J. B. Kripalani
30 Prithir Raj Road
New Delhi, India

Dear Mr. Kripalani:

I am very sorry not to have written
earlier, but just after I returned from my trip
to Asia a month ago, I had to go off to Europe.
This is, therefore, my first opportunity to tell
you how much I appreciated meeting you. Our con-
versation was most helpful in giving me an insight
into the nature of Indian politics.

I wish you well in your future activities,
and hope we will meet again sometime in the future.

With kind regards.

December 6, 1961

Mr. B. V. Krishnamurthy
School of Economics and Sociology
University of Bombay
Bombay, India

Dear Mr. Krishnamurthy:

I have finally been able to realize
my hope of visiting India, and will be spending
the period from January 4th to 25th there giving
some lectures under the auspices of the American
Specialists Program of the State Department.

Although I do not yet have my exact sche-
dule in Bombay, I am sure the Office of Cultural
Affairs of the USIA knows when I am due to be there,
and perhaps you could check with them. It would
be a pleasure to see you.

With kind regards.

T. V. KUNHI KRISHNAN

8A Sylvan Colony
Kilpauk Madras 10

May 25, 1963

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

I am writing this letter after reading in the
*Reporter* your long article on Nato's nuclear
dilemma. You have stated your case very strongly
and have given a new insight into the problem of
civilian control of the dreadful weapons of our
age. I hope it will be read very widely in Europe.
In the context of the discussions at the Nato
conference last week, your opinions acquire added
force and conviction.

You will be now busy with the 1963 seminar.
I hope you have been able to get proper people
from India, atleast as good as those in previous
years!

I am happy to inform you that I had some
luck with the *Atlantic Monthly*. They have accepted
an article I wrote on Czechoslovakia. It will
appear in the reports column of the *Atlantic* in
June. I hope you will find it convenient to read
the article.

Kind regards.

To
Dr. A. Kissinger
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge 38
Massachusetts, USA.

Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts

October 18, 1962

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Dear Mr. Kissinger:

I am a senior honors student at Smith
and am doing an honors thesis on American
Images of Russia Directly Before and After
Destalinization ( this is a tentative title).
I am in the process of reading your book
"The Necessity for Choice," and I became
extremely excited about your treatment of
various American images of Russia. I have
already talked with David Riesman and several
students in Cambridge and I wondered if I could
possibly talk to you at any time in the near
future concerning my work. I hope that this
is not a presumptious request since I realize
how very busy you must be, but you are one of
the few amongst the historians I have read
that seem to give such a perceptive analysis
of American imagery and its possible consequences.

I will be in Cambridge the weekend of
October 27th, but I could come down any other

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weekend or even during the week(except for Thursdays) if this would be more convenient for you.

I do hope that I will be able to have at least a short discussion with you, but I will understand only too well if you are too busy to see me. I'm afraid that my enthusiasm often gets the best of me and I thought I might as well try to see you if possible.

Sincerely yours,
Toni Krissel

Toni Krissel
Talbot House
Smith College
Northampton, Mass.

Smith

November 30, 1962

Mr. Henry Kissinger
Harvard University
Center for International Affairs
Cambridge, Mass.

Dear Mr. Kissinger:

Thank you so much for your letter of
November 16th. I have been trying in vain
to find some time to come to Cambridge and
speak with you, but this is a very hard
time to get away from Smith. My thesis seems
to take up every spare minute and, although
I'm enjoying it immensely, I have not been
able to get away.

I certainly do appreciate your interest
in taking out time to answer my letter. I
know I will find a free day soon and will let
your secretary know well in advance when I
will be in Cambridge in the hope that I will

APR 24 1968

550 N. Huntley Drive
Los Angeles, California 90048

April 21, 1968

Henry A. Kissinger, Ph.D.
Harvard University
Center for International Affairs
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

I recently finished reading your book entitled "The Necessity for Choice: Prospects of American Foreign Policy." I enjoyed it very much and wish to congratulate you on a brilliant piece of literature.

There was, however, a statement you made regarding the launching of missiles with which I disagreed. You said that "the decision to launch a missile is irrevocable" which presumably means that once launched, a missile will continue on course until reaching its target irrespective of any attempt to destroy it, and excluding malfunction or interception by enemy anti-ballistic missiles.

Only under certain circumstances could this occur and would be primarily determined by two crucial variables: the location of the missile and sun spots. If the missile were over the horizon at the time the command-destruct decision was made, there would be no possibility of detonating it. By the same token, if sun spots were present, as they are at certain times of the month, detonating the missile would be extremely difficult, if not impossible. If the missile had not passed over the horizon and sun spots were not present to interfere with transmitted radio signals, one would be able to destroy the missile. For example, this could occur over the North Pole where it would not disturb anyone but the polar bears.

I would appreciate your response to the foregoing analysis.

While I am writing I would also like to request that you either state or cite references in which the technical and political arguments against an airborne alert is discussed.

I have enclosed a stamped self-addressed envelope for your convenience in replying.

HAK:ep

Henry V. Kieinger

Cordially,

Best regards to your family.

see my letter.
to at the moment, but if I do, it will be only to
I feel no particular inducements to go to Messrs
consideration.

assumed that we will give Van Heth our most sympathetic
It should be a last minute change. You can rest
Itms on a project whose value reaches in intangibles.
I think it is not a good time. I am afraid, to obtain
und-pressing his pen less encouraging than I had
I am sure there may not be a Seminar this summer. Our
took like an excellent candidate. The only trouble
already received a letter from Van Heth and he certainly
It is always a pleasure to hear from you. I had

Dear Professor Kronstein:

Washington J. D. C.
Georgetown University
Department of Law
Professor Heinrich Kronstein

January 10, 1934

June 26, 1951

Professor Dr. Heinrich Kronstein
c/o Vollhard
8 Schwindtstreet
Frankfurt/Main,
Germany - American Occupation Zone

Dear Professor Kronstein:

I am writing to you in connection with the Foreign Student Project we discussed in Washington last April. Our funds have become available rather suddenly and we are therefore beginning operations this summer. Our project has two components: the seminar and a periodical. The seminar will be conducted along the lines I described to you. I am enclosing the tentative schedule of speakers to give you a clearer idea of its content.

Our major difficulties at present are two-fold, the recruiting of suitable student material for next summer's seminar and the operation of our periodical. I would greatly appreciate your assistance in both these endeavors. You might assist in discovering suitable student material by sending me a list of contacts for my projected trip to Europe in the fall and by making some preliminary inquiries yourself.

The periodical will be a quarterly publication designed to give young European and American intellectuals of high purpose an opportunity to exchange views on contemporary problems in philosophy, art and politics. Each issue will be focused around a theme set by the Editorial Board at Harvard. This will take the form of a basic issue on which our European and American contributors will then express their opinion. An editorial will attempt to describe the assumptions underlying the various viewpoints and formulate the problem for subsequent issues on the bases of this discussion. The emphasis of the articles will be less on scholarly presentation than on discovering the possibilities of a community of values. For this reason we would prefer to keep the articles to 3000 words and are inviting different opinions. We are looking for the periodical to make a contribution, however small, towards overcoming an increasing spiritual isolation of the most idealistic elements in Europe as well as in the United States.

I should be most grateful to you if you could give me a list of potential contributors and make initial contacts yourself. I suspect that you are most familiar with Germany, but any other European you might think of will be most welcome. We are in the position to pay a modest honorarium to our contributors.

(cont'd)