Henry V. Klaasen

With kind regards.

must have been fascinating.
about your experience in the Soviet Union. It
Marshall Shulman has told me something

Europe at that time.
hear your talk at the Council. I will be in
sorry I am that I will not be able to come to
This is just a note to tell you how

Dear David:

New York 20, New York
30 Rockefeller Plaza
Chase Manhattan Bank
President
Mr. David Rockettler,

August 30, 1964

THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
National Association

1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York, New York 10015

DAVID ROCKEFELLER President

MAY 31 1966

May 25, 1966

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Harvard University
Center for International Affairs
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Dear Henry:

Thank you very much for the reprint of your article on the Domestic Structure and Foreign Policy. The piece carries the stamp of originality and insight which we have all come to expect from you. I was particularly enthralled by your treatment of bureaucracies--which might have been entitled "The Care and Feeding of Executives." Anyhow, it rings true not just of nations dealing with foreign policy but of any bureaucracy, public or private.

I don't quite know whether to accept your stricture that the business elite are unwilling to recognize the need to formulate issues rather than simply finding technical remedies for undesated or intuitive conclusions. This would seem to be--unfortunately, perhaps--an aspect of the human condition and not the sole possession of businessmen and lawyers. I would have thought that businessmen in this country share this ailment with their counterparts in Europe. Indeed I have felt that it is precisely in the area of attempting to define issues that the American business leaders have progressed beyond those of most other countries. I wouldn't wish to belabor this point since it is certainly true that the bulk of business effort in public affairs is exactly in the area of achieving results after the goals have been fairly well accepted.

Warm regards,

June 8, 1966

Mr. David Rockefeller
President
The Chase Manhattan Bank
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, New York 10015

Dear David:

I appreciated your thoughtful letter of May 25th very much indeed.

I agree with you that American businessmen are probably superior to their European counterparts--with respect to formulating issues. On the other hand, their European counterparts do not play the same active role in the political life of their country. Less depends, therefore, on their political judgment.

My worry is, in any case, not any one profession. Rather, I fear that as a society we may find ourselves so consumed by the immediate problems that we may not have enough creativity or perhaps simple nervous energy left to reflect about the future. And yet, it is probably true that the kind of world that exists ten years from now will depend on the vision we have of it today.

With every good wish and kind regards.

and signed in his presence.
Dicated by Mr. Klaander
Henry A. Klaander

Sincerely yours,

today.
ten years from now will depend on the vision we have of it
And let it be properly true that the kind of world that exists
perhaps a simple nervous energy left to reflect spout the future.
immediate problems that we may not have enough creativity or
I fear that as a society we may find ourselves so consumed by the
My worry is in any case, not any one profession. Rather,

judgment.
their country. Less dependence, therefore, on their political
parts do not play the same active role in the political life of
textulating issues. On the other hand, their European counter-
aboratory to their European counterparts--with respect to
I agree with you that American prudence are properly

indeed.

I appreciated your thoughtful letter of May 26th very much

Dear David

New York, New York 10016
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
The Chase Manhattan Bank
President
Mr. David Rockefeller

June 3, 1968