KISSINGER, HENRY A.

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telephone 2/19/70

Type of Request & Date

BERG

(Last name and pending date)

Name: Dr. Fritz Berg, President of the German Federation of Industry

Request: Is a friend and will be here Mar. 5 & 6 and would like to come in for a chat on general economic and political problems

He is available: Mar. 5 -- 9 - 11:30 am or after 5:00 pm

Mar. 6 -- antime in the morning or after 4:00 in the afternoon

Contact: Mr. Freitag (German Emb.) 331-3331

DRY's Recommendation: No

Dr. Hellmuth Wagner
Henri A.igt

Henri A.igt

HAK's Answer: NO - 2/25

X

Date and Time:

Party Contacted: ✓

Additional Information:

Resolution:

RECEIVED

FEB 26 1970

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KISSINGER, HENRY A. / B *

April 14, 1972

JULIE/COLEMAN:

I received a call this evening from Cathleen Berger, National Student Association, who apparently has had several telephone conversations with Dr. Kissinger's staff.

She said that the National Student Association had originally requested by letter a session with Dr. Kissinger sometime between 12:00 Noon and 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. When they didn't hear from Dr. Kissinger, she called his office and was told that they couldn't locate the request but that Saturday and Sunday looked fairly free; they would check and would let her know. She next got a wire from Mr. Eliot saying that Dr. Kissinger was not able to meet with them. She then called* Mr. Eliot's office and told them that if it were a question of timing, they could meet with him at another time between Saturday and Monday. She was told that they would try and would call Miss Berger back again. This was several hours ago; they never called back. She tried to call them and got no answer.

She states that they have people from all around the country here and we need to tell them whether it will be possible. She would like a decision as to whether Dr. Kissinger can meet with the group sometime between the time he returns from Canada and Monday.

You can contact Cathleen Berger at 265-9890. She is expecting a call from someone on Mr. Kissinger's staff with a decision as to whether he is willing to meet with the National Student Association Group.

Wilma

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APR 1 7 1972

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[P.S. I don't know who "Mr. Eliot" might be -- perhaps you are. I told her that I would take all the information from her and that I would leave it for Mr. Kissinger and that he would see it when he returned from Canada with the President. I did indicate to her that the schedule did look very busy (which conflicts with what she was told earlier but helps give us an out if we need one) but that someone would call her and let her know if such a meeting were possible.]

KISSINGER, HENRY A.

August 7, 1969

Dear Marilyn:

Thank you very much for your letter of
August 1.

I'm sorry I didn't have a chance to see you
while I was in Paris -- I just breezed in and
out.

I hope you continue to enjoy Paris; I only
wish I would have had more time.

Best wishes,

Henry A. Kissinger

Miss Marilyn Berger
15, Quai de Bourbon
Paris 4e,

You were imaginative about Sainteny but way off -- I always
see him when in Paris.

RECEIVED
AUG 1 1 1969

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AUG 1 1969

RECEIVED

Paris 40,
12, Cui de Bourbon
Miss Marilyn Berger

Henry V. Kissinger

Best wishes,

Wish I would have had more time.
I hope you continue to enjoy Paris; I only
out.

While I was in Paris -- I just pressed in and
I'm sorry I didn't have a chance to see you
August 1.

Dear Marilyn:

August 7, 1969

KISSINGER, HENRY A.

KISSINGER, HENRY A. /15740

--October 14, 1972

Dear Henry:

I know you guys did well in Moscow in May, but having the Chairman with a Republican group at a Columbus Day parade in New York, is a bit much.

My personal and belated thanks to you and your staff for the courtesy shown me when an invitation was extended through me for you to be a special guest for an unusual "conversation with" program with Dick Cavett as host.

Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Tricia Nixon and Jane Pickens Langley, Republican Candidate for Congress attend Columbus Day Parade.

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Know you what it is to be a child?
It is...
To see a world in a grain of sand,
Heaven in a wild flower,
To hold infinity
in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour.

... Dr. and Mrs. Michael Bernstein
proudly announce the
arrival of their second son,
Adam Jay, born on Election Day,
the 7th day of November, 1972

U. S. INFORMATION SERVICE

THE FOREIGN SERVICE
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

KISSINGER, HENRY A.

American Cultural Center
3-36, Tenjin 1-chome
Fukuoka, Japan

March 27, 1970

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
The White House Office
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

1970 is the year when the Japanese people have begun to take a more sober and realistic appraisal of their relationship with the United States. This is the result of a growing national debate on the value of maintaining, abrogating, or revising the long held military, economic, and cultural ties between the two countries. Japan, the third ranking industrial power in the world, can no longer be regarded as a subordinate of the United States, and this feeling, combined with a resurgence of real nationalism, has fueled this reexamination of the old Japanese-US ties.

One expression of this is a newspaper series to be undertaken by the Nishinippon Shimbun, one of the largest and most influential newspapers in Japan outside the Tokyo-Osaka areas. This series will focus on the thoughts and activities of young people in the United States. Actually this is part of a series covering many countries but we have reasons to believe that the US portion will be the longest and most comprehensive.

Responsible for the American reporting is Mr. Tatsutoshi KAWANAMI, a reporter for the Fukuoka based paper. He will be travelling around the United States from April 10 to May 20 meeting with many people and observing various activities by or dealing with young Americans.

Mr. Kawanami will be in Washington around April 15. I know that he is very interested in the young staff assistants working together with you and Secretary Rogers. If you would permit an interview with some of these persons, I am sure he would find it most valuable.

Mr. Kawanami is a young, inquisitive reporter with a very friendly manner. I am sure that he will be most agreeable to whatever engagements you can arrange for him.

Personnel HAK-4/7-Approve [LC]
(But he didn't say who)

THE NISHINIPPON SHIMBUN
(The Newspaper of Western Japan)

1, TENJIN, FUKUOKA, JAPAN

March 26, 1970

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
The White House Office
Washington, D. C. 20500

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

The Nishinippon Shimbun, Western Japan's most influential newspaper with a circulation of 1,000,000, has adopted the theme, "World Youth," for a series of feature articles in 1970. This series will describe in text and photographs the cultural background of the major countries of the world, with particular emphasis on the role and viewpoint of the youth of that country. The purpose of this project is to deepen the Japanese people's understanding of the world.

To accomplish this task, the Nishinippon Shimbun is sending a team of photographers and writers around the world to interview and observe young people in many walks of life. Mr. Tatsutoshi KAWANAMI, one of our staff writers, has been assigned to cover the United States for this project.

Mr. Kawanami is deeply impressed by the innovative character of President Nixon's foreign policy. This is something for which your staff is largely responsible. Mr. Kawanami will visit Washington on April 15 to 18, 1970, and at that time he would like to interview some of the young members of your staff. Since young Japanese do not participate in the inner workings of the government, this story would be of great interest to our readers.

I request your assistance in facilitating Mr. Kawanami's assignment, and I greatly appreciate anything you can do. He will contact you for an appointment when he arrives in Washington. Thank you very much.

RECEIVED
APR 23 1970
CENTRAL STARS

President
Kawabato Grapems

Sincerely yours,

Thank you very much.
will contact you for an appointment when he arrives in Washington.
saignment, and I greatly appreciate anything you can do. He
I request your assistance in facilitating Mr. Kawanami's
workings of the Government, this story would be of great interest
at all. Since young Japanese do not participate in the inner
he would like to interview some of the young members of your
will visit Washington on April 12 to 18, 1970, and at that time
thing for which your staff is largely reasonable. Mr. Kawanami
character of President Nixon's foreign policy. This is some-
Mr. Kawanami is deeply impressed by the innovative
assumed to cover the United States for this project.
Mr. Tstautsugi KAWAMAMI, one of our staff writers, has been
interview and observe young people in many walks of life.
ing a team of photographers and writers around the world to
To accomplish this task, the Mihinippon Shimbun is send-
understanding of the world.
The purpose of this project is to deepen the Japanese people's
emphasis on the role and viewpoint of the youth of that country.
Ground of the major countries of the world with particular
series will describe in text and photographs the cultural back-
"World Youth," for a series of feature articles in 1970. This
newspaper with a circulation of 1,000,000' has adopted the theme,
The Mihinippon Shimbun, Western Japan's most influential

to our readers.
workings of the Government, this story would be of great interest
at all. Since young Japanese do not participate in the inner
he would like to interview some of the young members of your
will visit Washington on April 12 to 18, 1970, and at that time
thing for which your staff is largely reasonable. Mr. Kawanami
character of President Nixon's foreign policy. This is some-
Mr. Kawanami is deeply impressed by the innovative
assumed to cover the United States for this project.
Mr. Tstautsugi KAWAMAMI, one of our staff writers, has been
interview and observe young people in many walks of life.
ing a team of photographers and writers around the world to
To accomplish this task, the Mihinippon Shimbun is send-
understanding of the world.

Dear Dr. Klaasinger:

Washington, D. C. 20200
The White House Office
for National Security Affairs
Assistant to the President
Dr. Henry A. Klaasinger

March 26, 1970

March 26, 1970

1. TENJIN, FUKUKO, QYBVN
(The Newspaper of Western Japan)
THE NEWSPAPER OF THE WORLD

[r]

KISSINGER, HENRY A.

30. 3. 1972

8 München 5, den

Erhardtstraße 26/I, Fernruf (0811) 222598

Neue Tel.-Nr. 268398

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in BAYERN e.V.

Angeschlossen dem ZdWV Bonn und der F. I. L. D. I. R.

(Fédération Internationale Libre des Déportés et Internés de la Résistance)

Herrn Professor

Henry Kissinger

Washington D.C.

Weißes Haus White House
U S A

Sehr verehrter Herr Professor Kissinger!

Der Unterzeichnete leitet in München eine große Rechtsanwaltskanzlei und ist dabei besonders in Kreisen der Wirtschaft und Industrie tätig. Er ist Vorsitzender des Zentralverbandes der politisch und rassisch Verfolgten des Hitlerregimes und gehörte selbst dieser Gruppe während der Hitlerzeit an. Er war Mitarbeiter des OSS in Frankreich und Mitglied der französischen Widerstandsbewegung.

Vor 1933 war ich Präsident der katholischen Studentenverbände in Bayern, und zahlreiche der jetzt führenden Persönlichkeiten der CDU und CSU waren sogenannte "Bundesbrüder" von mir in der Studentenverbindung und ich kenne sie daher und weiß, wie sehr sie während der Nazizeit zu einem beträchtlichen Teil kollaboriert haben. Ich habe in Bayern die CSU mitbegründet und ihre Zulassung 1946 bei der damaligen Militärregierung durchgesetzt. Im Jahre 1959 bin ich dann aus der CSU ausgetreten, weil ihre Zusammenarbeit und laufende Unterstützung früherer Nationalsozialisten, besonders durch Herrn Franz Joseph Strauß, mir einfach unerträglich wurde. Zweimal war ich dann 1961 und 1965 in Rußland, auch Sibirien, zu Studienzwecken und 1965 auch mehrere Wochen in Rotchina.

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APR 11 1972

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Postscheckkonto München 147594 · Bankverbindung: Bayerische Vereinsbank München, Zweigstelle Isartorplatz, Konto-Nr. 567515

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[LC]

Die Politik des Präsidenten Nixon in bezug auf China und seine sonstigen Entspannungsbemühungen sind absolut der richtige Weg, und besonders das russische Volk erwartet sich viel Gutes von dieser Politik der Entspannung durch Annäherung.

Die Familien Barzel und Strauß kenne ich seit 1932. Herr Barzel ist sehr von seinem Vater, dem Professor für Turnen und Sport, Gottfried Barzel, geformt worden. Die Familie Barzel stammt aus dem Ermsland, das südlich von Danzig liegt und zu Ostpreussen bzw. heute Polen gehört. Der Hass deswegen gegen die Russen und Polen ist bei Barzel, mindestens in seinem jeden Menschen entscheidend formenden Unterbewußtsein, voll vorhanden. Sein Vater trat zusammen mit dem damaligen Regierungsrat Hans Globke 1933 sofort der NSDAP bei. Strauß, der durch seine Neigung zu Alkohol und durch eine "Heimatromantik" sich immer mehr vom Boden der Realitäten entfernt hat, stellt in Privatgesprächen immer wieder - auch heute noch - fest, daß die Demokratie eine schwächliche Regierungsform sei und er hat tatsächlich geglaubt, daß er durch Starfighter, die er mit Atombomben ausrüsten wollte, die Russen einschüchtern würde können.

Ich darf Sie nachdrücklich und sehr ernsthaft darauf aufmerksam machen, daß Präsident Nixons und Ihre Friedenspolitik in ernste Gefahr kommt, wenn die CDU/CSU die Ostverträge zu Fall bringen wird. Der Russe steht dem Deutschen mit einer ähnlichen Mischung aus Furcht und Bewunderung gegenüber, wie die Deutschen im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert gegenüber den Franzosen. Er würde die Zufahrtswege zu Westberlin wieder sperren und dann müßte die US-Luftwaffe einen neuen air-lift aufbauen. Diese völlig nutzlosen neuen Spannungen würden aber den amerikanischen Wähler derart verärgern, daß Präsident Nixon, besonders für die Wahlen, nur den größten Schaden davon hätte.

Als Anwalt darf ich Ihnen keine Namen jener führenden Industriellen nennen, die meine Klienten sind. Aber alle diese Kreise bewundern Strauß als eine neue Art von Hitler, sozusagen

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als den "starken Mann", und gegenüber Rußland steigert
man sich zur Zeit wieder in eine Art von hysterischer
Nibelungenstimmung. Man freut sich, wenn die USA in
Schwierigkeiten kommen würden durch die Frage Berlins
und sagt sogar, daß neue, erhöhte Kriegsspannungen auch
die innerlich "kranken" USA wieder "regenerieren" und
militärisch wieder "auf Draht" bringen würden. Eine neue
Feindschaft mit Rußland würde sowohl dem kranken deutschen
Volke gut tun, wie auch besonders den Amerikanern.

Herr Barzel erzählt überall, daß ihm Präsident Nixon völlig
freie Hand gelassen hätte und sich nie einmischen würde.
Es stellt aber keine "Einmischung" dar, wenn Präsident Nixon
dem ganzen deutschen Volk klipp und klar und sehr ernsthaft
sagen würde, daß besonders auch das Berlin-Abkommen einen
wichtigen Fortschritt darstellen würde und daß das deutsche
Volk möglicherweise mit viel Ärger, Schwierigkeiten und Ge-
fahren von seiten des Ostens rechnen mußte, wenn es diese
Verträge ablehnen würde.

Wir können nur dringend raten, daß Sie als Berater des Präsidenten mithelfen, daß die von der NPD unterstützte CDU/CSU mit ihren unterschwelligen latenten Revanchegelüsten nicht an die Macht kommt und - was noch wichtiger ist - daß nicht die Ostverträge verworfen werden, eine neue Feindschaft mit Rußland entsteht und dabei in der Bundesrepublik ewig unbelehrbare, nationalistische Kreise wieder an die Macht kommen.

Wir werden auch niemals mehr in der Lage sein, Schlesien wieder zu besiedeln. Nicht nur, daß unsere Geburtsrate dazu viel zu niedrig ist, kommt noch dazu, daß die Landflucht immer größer wird. In einem landwirtschaftlich so reichen Land wie Baden-Württemberg liegen zur Zeit über 80.000 Hektar brach, in Bayern noch mehr. Die Bundesregierung bereitet ein Gesetz vor, wonach die Bauern verpflichtet werden, als sog. "Land-schaftspfleger" ihr Brachland wenigstens einmal im Jahr zu mähen. Die Bauern verlangen dafür eine eigene staatliche Geld-leistung für ihre Tätigkeit als "Brachlandpfleger" (Landschafts-Schutz).

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Wie wollen wir da die "Ostgebiete" wieder besiedeln
und ist es nicht viel christlicher, moralischer und
anständiger, wenn man auf ein Land verzichtet, das man
ohnehin nicht brauchen kann?

Die Psychologie der Deutschen ist ja merkwürdig. Was
Rußland betrifft, so haben sehr viele Deutsche noch
vom Mittelalter her so etwas wie den Tschingis Khan-
oder Attila-Komplex, und Drohungen von Breschnew rufen
meist das Gegenteil hervor, nämlich einen "jetzt erst
recht"-Standpunkt. Wenn aber der Präsident oder Sie
die Deutschen warnen, dann wird dies einen durchschlagen-
den Erfolg haben. Dem Amerikaner vertraut man, auch die
deutschnationalen Kreise. Dem Russen mißtraut man aus
unterschwelligen Komplexen heraus.

Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung

Ihr sehr ergebener

(Dr. Berthold)

MEMORANDUM

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

GENERAL
KISSINGER, HENRY A.

22856

KISSINGER, HENRY A./B

October 20, 1970

MEMORANDUM FOR MR. KISSINGER

FROM: Helmut Sonnenfeldt

SUBJECT: Request that You Give Interview to Italian Television

A Harvard colleague of yours, Nino Spinosi, has wired you a recommendation that you give an interview to his friend Gianni Besiach on the major issues of international politics to be broadcast on Italian TV (Tab A). Besiach would come to Washington October 26-31.

I assume your decision depends partly on your relationship with Spinosi which I cannot judge. In any event all your on-the-record interviews and shows have been about the nature of your job, not substance, and I would, therefore, assume that you would not make an exception in this case.

Personal considerations aside, I believe the proposed interview would not be of much use. On the other hand, since you appeared on French TV, the Italians might feel slighted if you turned them down flat.

A proposed draft telegram to Spinosi for your consideration follows:

BEGIN TEXT Re your telegram of October 17, my schedule is extremely tight in the period you mention. Moreover, I have not granted interviews on-the-record on substantive policy questions. I would however be willing to have about 15 minutes with your friend discussing the nature of my position. He should contact my office for an appointment. Regards END TEXT

OCT 29 1970

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NOV 2 1970
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WHA030 240A EDT OCT 17 70 A COA083
WUI ROMA 954 106/105 16 1900 VIA WUI

LT

MR HENRY A KISSINGER
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTONDC USA

REMEMBERING OUR OLD COMMON WORK AND GOOD FRIENDSHIP AT HARWAR
AND I RECOMMEND TO YOU MY FRIEND GIANNI BESIACH SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENT OF ITALIAN TELEVISION ASKING FOR AN INTERVIEW
ON THE BROAD LINES OF THE MAJOR ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL
POLITICS TO BE

BROADCASTED ON ITALIAN TELEVISION STOP GIANNI COULD ARRIVE
WASHINGTON OCTOBER 26 TO 31 STOP IN CASE YOU CONSIDER POSSIBLE
TO MEET HIS WISH PLEASE CABLE HIM KINDLY ADDRESSING GIANNI
BISIACH TELEGIORNALE ROMA STOP LOOKING FORWARDS TO HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET YOU AT EARLIEST

FAVOURABLE CONVENIENCE

I DEEPLY THANK YOU STOP BEST REGARDS
NINO SPINOSI.

1970 00T 17 A1 2 47