Rockefeller Brothers Fund

30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York 20, New York

Nelson A. Rockefeller
President

Henry A. Kissinger
Director of Special Studies
22 West 55th Street
New York 19, New York

August 29, 1957

MEMORANDUM for Subpanel II

From: James McCormack, Jr.

Here is a new draft of a proposed report from our group. It has
been a long time between drafts.

This draft is the work of a number of hands. It began with a return to the notes supplied by the working parties of our group at the end of our last meeting at the St. Regis. Using those notes, together with transcripts from our meetings and the then latest draft by our Secretary, sections of the report were re-drafted by various volunteers. The mix was then passed to a professional writer associated with the Overall Project, who did a skillful job of bringing to the total the appearance of having been written in one hand. Then it seemed that some sections had lost their individually proper tone in the process of being blended into the whole. When these had been individually re-tuned, then of course a new orchestration was necessary.

No doubt you will see mechanical imperfections and wrong words in the product. By all means point out all such deficiencies you find.

On a more important level, it may be noted that in dispersing through the report the remarks originally contained in the R & D section, some words on the management of R & D were lost. Should a place be found to put them back in? Are there other deficiencies of this sort?

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But your much greater assistance will be in the real substance
of the case. Does this draft reflect the sort of group we are and the
way the group feels about its subject? Above all else, such has been
the intention.

Does it approach the subject from the proper intellectual level
and in the proper amount of detail? Does it do reasonable justice to the
various elements of our problem as we discussed them during our meetings?
Does it have a proper balance between freshness of approach and maturity
of attitude?

Are there places where the above criteria are generally met but
where you disagree with the case as set forth? If so, please say how
you would reword the offensive passage, or word your disagreement to
be appropriately recorded in the report if your view ends in the minority.

Based on your replies, the Project office will undertake a new
draft. We will then be able to see whether another meeting of the group
is necessary. Dr. Kissinger requests your replies by September 18.
(I will be in Europe throughout the month.)

A spare copy of this draft is enclosed to be used, if you wish,
for recording your comments.