December 20, 1962

General Hans Speidel
Chateau-Alle des Princes
Fontainebleau
(Seine-et-Marne)
France

Dear General Speidel:

My schedule for my trip to Europe has now become clear, and I would very much like to avail myself of the kind invitation you extended to me to visit your headquarters at Fontainebleau.

I will arrive in Paris the evening of January 9th and could visit your headquarters the afternoon of the 10th. I would be glad to set aside that afternoon for it. Could you let me know whether that will be convenient for you? It would be a great help if you would cable me your reply so that I would save that time.

I would be prepared to leave Paris around noon on January 10th. If the 10th does not work, I might be able to come through Paris again on the 18th. This would require some rearranging of my schedule, however.

I have written to your son-in-law and I hope to have an opportunity to meet him in the near future.

You may reach me at the Hotel Pont-Royal, 7 rue Montalembert, from the 19th until the 13th. I am looking forward to seeing you again.

With warm regards.

Henry V. Kießinger

With warm regards.

from the 13th until the 13th. I am looking forward to seeing you again.

You may reach me at the Hotel Bent-Kooy's, Jane Montalempert.

I have written to your son-in-law and I hope to have an opportunity
on the 13th. This would require some rearranging of my schedule, however.
It the 10th does not work, I might be able to come through Paris again
I would be prepared to leave Paris around noon on Tuesday 10th.

me your reply so that I would save that time.
be convenient for you? It would be a great help if you would capable
aside that afternoon for it. Could you let me know whether that will
your headquarters the afternoon of the 10th. I would be glad to see
I will arrive in Paris the evening of Tuesday 9th and could attend
to me to visit your headquarters at Montsleplein.

My schedule for my trip to Europe has now become clear, and I
would very much like to avail myself of the kind invitation you extended
to me to visit your headquarters at Montsleplein.

Dear General Sheidel:

France
(Seine-et-Marne)
Montsleplein
Château-Ville des Princes
General Hane Sheidel

December 30, 1963

DER OBERBEFEHLSHABER

DER VERBÜNDETEN
LANDSTREITKRÄFTE EUROPA-MITTE

General Dr. Hans Speidel

FONTAINEBLEAU (Seine-et-Marne)
Château-Aille des Princes

28th December, 1962

Dear Professor Kissinger,

Thank you so much for your letter of December 20th.
I am delighted that you are coming to Paris and shall
look forward to seeing you here on January 10th.
Can you come to lunch on that date ? It would give
me great pleasure to receive you, and you could see
something of the Headquarters in the afternoon.

My daughter, Christa, in New York said that
they had had a very nice letter from you.

Looking forward to seeing you again on the 10th

GOHRSMÜHLE

January 4, 1963

General Hans Speidel
Chateau-Allé des Princes
Fontainebleau
(Seine-et-Marne)
France

Dear General Speidel:

Thank you for your letter of December 28th. I look forward very much to seeing you on January 10th. As for lunch, the problem is that I will not be able to leave Paris much before 11:30; if this would give us time for lunch I would enjoy it. Also, could you arrange to have me picked up? Perhaps the best would be for you to leave word for me at the Hotel Pont-Royal in Paris.

There is another question which I wanted to raise with you. A very good friend of mine, Dr. James Perkins, will be in Paris at the same time as I. He is now Vice-President of the Carnegie Corporation and has very recently been appointed President of Cornell University, one of our leading educational institutions. He has been very active in the government; for example, he is a member of the Review Panel of the Disarmament Agency, a member of a panel dealing with foreign service personnel, and a member of a panel to establish an academy for national strategy. He therefore has all requisite clearances.

One of his very great interests has always been NATO strategy. At the Carnegie Corporation he has financed many of our national strategists concerned with this problem. Also, at one time he was a member of the Gaither Committee that reviewed our national defense for President Eisenhower.

However, his knowledge of NATO affairs is relatively slight. It has therefore occurred to me that he might profit greatly if he could join me at Fontainebleau for the afternoon. I have not mentioned this idea to him, so that you are perfectly free to refuse without any embarrassment if you see

Henry V. Kieزلج

Sincerely yours,

Kind regards.

seeing you.

In any event, I am looking forward with great pleasure to

Hotel four-Royal and I will communicate with you.

January 8th. Otherwise you might leave word for me at the
will be able to reach you at the Hotel George V in Paris after
It you want to communicate with Dr. Perkin directly you

my complete confidence.

command foregoing his visit. As far as I am concerned, he has
that the presence of Dr. Perkin would impart a tip. I would re-
ply the frankest possible discussion with you and it you think
let me know what you think of this idea? My interest is to
well so that there might be a slight problem there. Could you
any difficulty? I might add that he does not speak German very

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DR. HANS SPEIDEL
GENERAL a.D.

534 Bad Honnef/Rhein,
Am Spitzenbach 15
Telefon 3150

30. Juni

1964

Mein lieber Professor Henry Kissinger!

Bei Rückkehr von Rom, wo ich nach Professor Walt Rostow vor der Vollversammlung der WEU über Fragen der Verteidigung Europas gesprochen habe, erfreute mich Ihr Gruß vom 17. Juni ganz besonders. Haben Sie sehr herzlichen Dank, verehrter Freund. Auch ich denke mit großer Freude an unser Zusammensein in Venedig zurück und hoffe auf eine baldige gute Wiederbegegnung.

Mit herzlichen Grüßen und Wünschen auch von meiner Frau
bin ich stets

Ihr

October 26, 1964

General Dr. Hans Speidel
534 Bad Honnef/Rhein
Am Spitzenbach 15
Germany

Dear General Speidel:

On the occasion of our last meeting in Venice
you were kind enough to suggest that, if I came to Bonn
you might be willing to arrange some meetings with the
Chancellor as well as some ranking defense officials
for an informal and frank exchange of views.

It now appears that I will be in Bonn from the
afternoon of November 15th until probably the morning
of November 18th. Prior to that I will attend a German-
American Conference in Berlin from November 12th to the
15th.

I wonder whether I could take advantage of your
kind offer. I have not really had a serious conversation
with responsible Germans for a long time. In the present
state of flux, it might be an extremely useful thing.

The Consul General here, von Schmidt-Pauli, has been
kind enough to telegraph Bonn about my request. I have taken
the liberty of telling them that they might check with you
in order to prevent duplication.

You can reach me here until November 10th and after
that at the Hilton Hotel in Berlin. It will, of course,
be a great joy to me to see you again.

With kind regards and every personal wish.

DR. HANS SPEIDEL
GENERAL a. D.

534 Bad Honnef/Rhein,

30. Oktober

1964

Herrn
Professor Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Harvard University - Center for intern. Affairs
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge 38 / Massachusetts

Mein verehrter, lieber Professor Kissinger !

Vielen Dank für Ihren Brief vom 26. Oktober 1964, der von Ihrem Besuch in
der alten Welt berichtete.

Zu meinem grossen Bedauern werde ich aber nicht hier sein, da ich von der
japanischen Regierung zu einem Besuch nach Tokio eingeladen bin und mit
meiner Frau am 10. November 1964 bereits abfliegen werde.

Ich habe den Ihnen wohl bekannten Herrn Dr. v. Comides von der deutschen
Gesellschaft für auswärtige Politik, Bonn, Schaumburg-Lippe-Str. 6, Tele-
fon: 3 16 94 - 97, gebeten, sich Ihrer anzunehmen.

Es ist mir ein schmerzlicher Verzicht, Sie dieses Mal hier nicht sehen und
mich mit Ihnen aussprechen zu können, hoffe aber, dass Sie bald einmal wieder-
kommen.

Mit herzlichen Grüssen und Wünschen bin ich stets

Ihr alter aufrichtig ergebener

June 7, 1965

General Hans Speidel
534 Bad Honnef/Rhein
Am Spitzenbach 15
Germany

My dear General Speidel:

This is just a note to tell you that I will
be in Germany from June 21st-24th.

It would be very nice to have a chance to
renew our acquaintance. In order to avoid any
duplication, I have asked Dr. Ruete at the Foreign
Office to arrange my program. I wonder whether you
could possibly call him to fix something up that would
be mutually convenient.

I remember that at one point you said you might
be able to arrange a meeting for me with Minister Dr.
Ludger Westrick. Do you think this could be done?

I will be leaving the United States on June 9th.
My itinerary is as follows, in case you should want to
reach me.

June 9th-13th
Hotel Eden
Rome, Italy

June 13th-19th
Villa Serbelloni
c/o Rockefeller Foundation
Pellagio, Italy

June 19th-20th
c/o Ernst van der Beugel
Van Ouwenlaan 50
The Hague, Netherlands

....

Hans Speidel

KULTUR UND MENSCHENFÜHRUNG

Peter Pfeiffer in seiner Bedeutung als Diplomat zu werten, bleibt
berufeneren Federn vorbehalten. An seinem persönlichen Festtage
möchte ich aber dankbar seiner treuen Freundschaft und Hilfsbereit-
schaft, besonders in den schweren Kriegs- und Nachkriegsjahren,
gedenken. Eine Übereinstimmung der Gedanken politischer und
menschlicher Art begann schon während des gemeinsamen Wirkens
an der Deutschen Botschaft in Paris vor 30 Jahren. Sie blieb seither
bestehen.

Zeitlebens bewegten Peter Pfeiffer die Probleme der Erziehung
und Menschenführung. So gründete er in seiner inneren Sicher-
heit in den unsicheren Zeiten des Nachkriegs schon 1950 die Aus-
bildungsstätte für die Anwärter des Auswärtigen Dienstes in Speyer,
an der ich auch gelegentlich lesen durfte. Aber nicht nur der Men-
schenführung hat er seine Arbeitskraft gewidmet, sondern fühlte
sich in seinem ganzen Wirken auch der Kultur verpflichtet. So wird
er seine Ernennung zum Präsidenten des Goethe-Instituts als eine
Krönung seines Lebenswerkes empfunden haben.

Kultur und Menschenführung sind ja auch in gewisser Weise
Korrelate, die sich bedingen und ermöglichen. Aus der Kultur kann
die Menschenführung die zur Erfüllung notwendigen Werte ent-
nehmen – durch Menschenführung wird Kultur geschaffen und wei-
tergegeben. Was ist aber die verbindliche Wertskala, auf die sich
die Menschenführung in unserer Gegenwart stützen kann? Nie-
mand wird diese Frage nach den maßgeblichen Fundamenten unse-
rer Gegenwartskultur erschöpfend beantworten können. Gerade weil
wir »im Neuen« stehen, ist es so schwer, ein allgemeingültiges Leit-
bild zu entwerfen, an dem sich die Menschenführung unserer Tage
orientieren könnte.

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