September 20, 1959

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.

Dear Dr. Kissinger :

May I congratulate on your most remarkable article entitled " The Khrushchev Visit - Dangers and Hopes " which appeared in the *New York Times Magazine* of September 6. It is so illuminative by pointing out : " It is so dangerous for democracies to act as if all issues could be reduced to personalities..... The cold war is not the result of a misunderstanding between our leaders and those of the Soviet Union." In recent days, Khrushchev's dramatically arrogant performance has demonstrated that it will be too naive to believe that the basic impediment of ideological divergence can be removed by wishful approach of fusion of incompatible personalities.

When I was in Washington D.C., His Excellency Dr. George Yeh, Chinese Ambassador to the United States said to me that he sincerely hopes that you could visit Free China sometime in this year or later. You can rest assured that all necessary arrangements will be made by our government. I wonder whether you can give me some informations about your plan on this suggestion. I have concluded my visit in this country and expect to leave for Europe around September 30. By November I shall get back to Taiwan.

With best wishes and kindest regards, I remain

c.c. Dr. George Yeh
Chinese Embassy