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PMS HIS EXCELLENCY DA HENRY KISSINGER

SECRETARY OF STATE DEPT

WASHDC

DEAR DR. KISSINGER

I HOPE YOU WILL DEVOTE FEW MINUTES OF YOUR VALUABLE TIME TO THIS PROBLEM.

I AM AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. IN EARLY AUGUST THIS YEAR I FILED A PETITION WITH THE AMERICAN CONSULATE IN CAIRO EGYPT TO SPONSOR MY YOUNGER BROTHER TO IMMIGRATE TO U.S.A. THE PETITION WAS APPROVED AND MY BROTHER WAS TOLD THAT AS SOON AS HE HAS A VALID PASSPORT AND HAS COMPLETED ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS HE WILL BE GIVEN A VISA SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. LAST WEEK MY BROTHER TOOK HIS VALID PASSPORT AND ALL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE CONSULATE. HE WAS INFORMED THAT HE HAS TO WAIT THREE MORE MONTHS TO GET A VISA. THE PROBLEM IS THAT HE HAS A CONTRACT WITH AN AMERICAN FIRM, THIS CONTRACT WILL EXPIRE THE END OF THIS MONTH AND THIS FIRM MUST HIRE SOMEONE ELSE TO DO THE JOB IF HE DOES NOT SHOW UP ON TIME. KNOWING THAT UNEMPLOYMENT IS ALREADY A PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY, WE DO NOT WANT TO ADD TO IT.

I PLEA TO YOU TO URGE THE AMERICAN CONSULATE IN CAIRO TO GIVE HIM A VISA BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH.

I FEEL THAT CERTAIN SITUATIONS D MAY CALL FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS.

I HAVE VERY STRONG FAITH IN YOU AND KISSINGER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

YOUR HELP IS MOST APPRECIATED. MY BROTHERS NAME IS SAMIR NASHED ABADIR.

RESPECTFULLY YOURS

MAHER M ABADIR MD 1425 K ST MODESTO CA LIF 95354

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON

March 25, 1975

Dear Sayyid Ahmad:

Once again I would like to thank
you and your staff for all that you
did to make my brief visit to Riyadh
pleasant as well as successful. The
generous and helpful reception you
 accorded us contributed greatly to the
positive atmosphere in which our talks
took place.

Sayyid Ahmad 'Abd al-Wahhab,
Director, Office of Royal
Protocol,
Riyadh.

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August 16, 1976

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Dear Mr. Abdullah:

I very much enjoyed my visit to Afghanistan and wish to thank you for your personal efforts in making that visit a success. Our discussions were most useful in giving me a greater appreciation of Afghan views on a number of subjects.

It was a pleasure for me to return to Afghanistan and to meet with you again. Please convey my thanks also to the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their efforts.

My wife joins me in sending best personal regards.

Mr. Waheed Abdullah,
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Republic of Afghanistan,
Kabul.

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June 23, 1975

Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520

Dear Henry:

We are pleased to note that John Lehman, through his recent
marriage, has extended his peace-keeping responsibilities as
Deputy Director of ACDA from the international into the
domestic field.

In recognition of this happy development, Isa and Jon
Vondracek and Carolyn and I would like to invite you and
Nancy to a cocktail-buffet reception in honor of John
and his bride, Barbara.

The reception will be at my home, 311 South Saint Asaph
Street, Alexandria, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
July 9th.

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November 23, 1976

Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, D. C. 20520

Dear Henry:

I understand that there is some disagreement within the Department
over our urgent need for additional RFE/RL transmitters, and I thought
you might wish to hear from me directly regarding our Board's view in
this matter.

This need was established by the Eisenhower Commission in 1973, and
has been confirmed by our own careful studies as well as that of the NSC
consultant. While it is regrettably true that Soviet jamming is pervasive,
especially within the major urban centers of the U.S.S.R., it is equally
true that in suburbs, smaller cities, medium-sized towns and rural areas,
and occasionally even in the larger cities, RL has proved its ability to
cut through jamming for significant periods and has established a substantial
audience. (The MIT computer simulation, based on empirical data, estimates
this audience at 35-40 million in the course of a month, and five million
listeners on a typical day.)

It is being argued that additional transmitters and increased power
would only escalate jamming to a higher level, restoring the status quo.
This is a fallacy, in our view. The Soviet capacity for jamming is subject
to definite technical and economic constraints. If they were capable of blot-
ting out RL completely, they would have done so long ago. "Ground wave" jam-
ming, the most effective, is expensive, short-range and necessarily limited
to the larger cities. Outside these cities, jamming uses "sky waves" which
are erratic and only partially effective. Better facilities on our side
would significantly increase RL audibility in vast areas with large popula-
tions, particularly in periods of "twilight immunity".

The Soviets would have to match any increased RL transmitter capacity
by expanding their own facilities at least several times over, at much
greater cost. For each new RL transmitter, there would have to be equivalent
jamming transmitters at scattered locations around the U.S.S.R. More importantly,
one or more new ground wave signals would have to be mounted in every Soviet
city where that form of jamming is used. "Escalation" would be much more
difficult and costly for the other side than for the U.S.

September 19, 1974

Dear Mrs. Acheson:

I want you to know how much I enjoyed
being with you last Tuesday and how honored
I was to be able to say a few words about
your husband.

What I said I felt deeply. The words,
I trust, conveyed to you a sincere and
abiding admiration of Dean and his achieve-
ments.

In this spirit, I send you a copy of
my remarks with the hope that they add
something to the appreciation of your
husband and his work.

Warm regards,

Mrs. Dean Acheson,
2805 P Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C.

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jury by employing its members — though it may help temporarily — or by becoming a member and writing its verdict . . ."

So much, then, for historians. And so much for any thoughts I may have had about future employment once I depart my current position.

The Acheson legacy is nowhere more pervasive — nowhere more deeply felt — than in the institution I now head. He will not pass from the hearts and minds of those who worked with and for him, for he gave them an understanding of the great adventure they were embarked upon. And he inspired hundreds who knew him only as a legend. He took them beyond themselves, beyond the petty concerns that can stultify and smother a bureaucracy, and showed them the breadth and scope of the business they were really about — the peace, the security, and the wellbeing of their own nation and of all mankind. In charting his great enterprise, he engendered a sense of pride, of purpose and dedication, that put the Department of State at the center of the policy-making process — not because an organization chart indicated that it should be, but because its quality demonstrated that it must be.

It is, perhaps, the ultimate compliment that any man can receive that more than twenty years after his departure from office his way of thought and action remain the test of quality, and his example the goal for which those who have followed after him still strive.

As he was an inspiration to his subordinates, so was he devoted to his chief. As he said in describing himself: "Like General Marshall, his successor never forgot who was President, and the President most punctiliously remembered who was Secretary of State. This mutual restraint is basic to a sound working relation between the two." And a sound relationship they did indeed possess. Nothing so briefly yet so eloquently sums up the depth of that remarkable relationship as does the simple dedication of *Present at the Creation* — "To Harry S. Truman 'The Captain with the mighty heart'."

Finally, Dean Acheson was a man of rare honor and integrity — a man who saw the human condition, and the awful influences of power, more clearly than most. In an eloquent statement before a Senate Committee in 1951 he said: "In long days and years which stretch beyond that moment of decision, one must live with one's self; and the consequences of living with a decision which one knows has sprung from timidity and cowardice go to the roots of one's life. It is not merely a question of peace of mind, although that is vital; it is a matter of integrity of character."

The strength, the humanity, and the compassion of Dean Acheson are found in those few words. They are a reaffirmation of his greatness for all who loved or admired him; they are a challenge to all who treasure his memory.

Justice Holmes once said, in a speech that Secretary Acheson was fond of quoting, "Alas, gentlemen, we cannot live our dreams. We are lucky enough if we can give a sample of our best and if we can know in our hearts that it was nobly done."

Dean Acheson more nearly lived his dreams than any man I know of. He gave us his best. And it was, indeed, nobly done.

Thank you.

*****

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

September 18, 1974

No. 365

REMARKS BY
THE HONORABLE HENRY A. KISSINGER
SECRETARY OF STATE
AT THE ACHESON PORTRAIT PRESENTATION
NATIONAL GALLERY
SEPTEMBER 17, 1974

Mrs. Acheson, Mr. Sadik, Ladies and Gentlemen:

We come here this evening to do honor to one of the greatest of my predecessors. We do so for many reasons — out of affection, for reasons of friendship, and because of our admiration for his genius.

As an historian I have long respected the heritage left by Dean Acheson the public servant. He brought unity from the chaos that was the legacy of war; he built a mighty alliance that gave hope and security to millions; he fashioned an international structure that lasted far past his own departure from the public scene. The magnitude of his accomplishments has assured that ever afterward he will serve as the standard against which his successors will inevitably be judged.

But for me this ceremony tonight is far more than mere history.

It is, first of all, an opportunity to give thanks for the gallantry he displayed toward me when I first came to Washington almost six years ago. I shall be forever grateful for his wise counsel during those difficult times, and I shall never forget his concern — free of partisanship — for the proper governance of this nation.

But most important, this ceremony provides an opportunity to remind ourselves that what Dean Acheson was, what he stood for as a man, remains vital and alive today, and that he set a standard against which all of us — in government or out — must judge ourselves.

He was a man of dignity — in his person and in his view of the public process. He revered the greatness and majesty of the nation he served, and never demeaned it. He felt deeply the duty his country demanded, and never shirked it.

He was, as well, a man of wit and humor; life was fun and it was fun to be around him. I shall, for example, never forget his description to me of a then senior statesman: "He reminds me of an amateur boomerang thrower practicing his art in a crowded room." On another occasion, though as a Harvard man I personally could not find it particularly amusing, he described President Truman as "a Yale man in the finest sense of the word." Finally — and much closer to home, given my former profession — he said in one of his remarkably articulate speeches, "When public men cannot escape historians they would do well to forget them while they get on with their job. One cannot even be sure of fixing the

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August 15, 1976

Secretary Of State
The White House
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Kissinger,

I had the pleasure of meeting you on July 4th 1976 during the
Operation Sail. My brother Captain E.B. Ackerman was the Commanding
Officer of the USS Wainwright.

I had the honor of asking you to have our picture taken together.
I have enclosed that picture and two others that you might like to
add to your collection.

Mr Kissinger, I would be deeply appreciative if you would be
so kind to sign the 8x10 picture I have enclosed and return it to
me. It will be displayed in my living room the rest of my life as
a momento of that great day in the history of the United States.

Thank you again, for letting us have our picture taken and for
returning the autographed personalized greeting on the 8x10 to me.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C.

JOSEPH P. ADDABBO
SEVENTH DISTRICT
NEW YORK

April 1, 1974

Dear Doctor and Mrs. Kissinger:

Mrs. Addabbo joins me in sending you our sincere congratulations on your recent Wedding.

May you both have many years together, with
continued happiness and good health.

JPA/hbg

The Honorable and Mrs. Henry Kissinger
c/o The State Department
Washington, D. C.

P. S. I am sending under separate cover a little
remembrance.

APO New York 09697

March 5, 1974

Mr. Joseph Kraft
3021 N Street N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20007

Dear Joe:

I was delighted to get your letter of February 27, 1974, and to learn that you were still interested in coming to Saudi Arabia. I had received no telegram, however.

I wrote to Ed Cowan about three weeks ago on another subject and mentioned your possible visit here. I'm enclosing copy of the letter in case he didn't pass the information on to you. As you will see from this letter, I had received informal approval at least two months ago for your visit but heard nothing more from you to show any continuing interest.

I, of course, did remember that you write a syndicated column that runs in over a hundred and fifty papers in the country, including the major dailies in every large city. I also remember that you have a close relationship with Secretary Kissinger. I am glad that you do not intend to let the matter of your visa go by and will, if necessary, raise the matter with the Secretary. This will save me the embarrassing task of explaining to various ministries here why you now, after all, do wish to come to Saudi Arabia.

When you see the Secretary, please give him my warmest regards. Looking forward to seeing you here soon.

Enclosure: As Stated

cc: The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary of State (w/enclosure)

AMB:JEAkins:er

AMB:EVKiu:er

Secretary of State (m\enclosure)
cc: The Honorable Henry V. Klaander

Enclosure: Va Stated

James E. Akina

Sincerely yours,

darga. Looking forward to seeing you here soon.
When you see this Secretary, please give him my warmest re-
ass. Go when to come to Sandi Arspis.

of explaining to various ministries here why you now, after
with the Secretary. This will save me the embarrassing task
of your visit do by and will, if necessary, raise the matter
Klaander. I am glad that you do not intend to let the matter
emper that you have a close relationship with Secretary
including the major difficulties in every farce city. I also rem-
that runs in over a hundred and fifty babsere in the country.
I' of course, did remember that you write a syndicated column
heard nothing more from you to show any continuing interest.
formal approach at least two months ago for your visit but
you. You you will see from this letter, I had received in-
of the letter in case he didn't pass the information on to
and mentioned your business visit here. I'm enclosing copy
I wrote to Ed Cowan about three weeks ago on another subject

Sandi Arspis. I had received no telephone, however.
and to learn that you were still interested in coming to
I was delighted to get your letter of February 27, 1974.

Dear Joe:

Mapinakou, D. C. 10001
3031 N Street N. W.
Mr. Joseph Kraft

March 2, 1974

YPO New York 08693

Jidda, Saudi Arabia

February 20, 1974

Mr. Edward Cowan
Washington News Desk
NEW YORK TIMES
National Press Building
Washington, D. C.

Dear Ed:

Some people are ahead of their time. Others are behind. But poor Professor Adelman, Christopher Rand, and other members of the Flat Earth Society don't seem ever to be right. I am not hearing many people saying that my 1970-72 predictions were wrong. But you will recall that I have always said that my own projections for 1980 _must_ be wrong; the United States, for security as well as balance of payments reasons, could never afford to import 12 million barrels out of the consumption of 24 million barrels a day.

The brand new OPEC price increases (and I wish someone would note that Saudi Arabia has been trying very hard to keep the prices down and that it is the non-Arabs - particularly Iran - who are pushing for price increases) will bring forth a lot of new energy fairly quickly. And also, at long last, the prices will have some inhibiting effect on consumption. I just wish the price increases could be through higher taxes rather than through higher company profits.

I hope you took my advice to buy a small car or, better yet, a bike.

better yet, a bike.

taxes rather than through higher company profits.
with the price increases could be through higher
have some inhibiting effect on consumption. I just
quickly. And also, at least, the prices will
(creases) will bring forth a lot of new energy fairly
particularly Iran - who are bringing for price in-
to keep the price down and that it is the new-Brands -
would note that Sandi Arspis has been trying very hard
The brand new OPEC price increases (and I was someone

barrels a day.

million barrels out of the consumption of 54 million
barrels reasons, could never afford to import 15
United States, for security as well as balance of
that my own projections for 1990 *must* be wrong; the
wrong. But you will recall that I have always said
many people saying that my 1980-82 projections were
don't seem ever to be right. I am not hearing
Sand, and other members of the Flat Earth Society
belong. But both Professor Adelman, Christopher
Some people are shamed of their time. Others are

Dear Ed:

Washington, D. C.
National Press Building
NEW YORK TIMES
Washington News Desk
Mr. Edward Cowan

February 20, 1974

Tiggs, Sandi Arspis

Visit your local Unitarian pastor and come out and see me. I'm even working on the problem of getting newsmen and others here without such certificates. I had informal permission for Joe Kraft to come and then he, for some reason, dropped his visit without, however, writing or telegraphing to tell me he was no longer interested. It was rather embarrassing for me to explain to the Saudis why he wasn't coming when I'd made such a strong point about the importance of his visit. Oh well. It's always easier to write about a country from a distance. Seeing and hearing things on the spot only confuses matters.

Warm regards,

AMB:JEAkins:er

JOSEPH KRAFT

3021 N STREET, N. W.
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20007

February 27, 1974

Ambassador James Akins
The American Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
American Embassy
Jidda
APO New York 09697

Dear Jim:

I think you will remember that I
wired you several weeks ago to say that I was
applying for a Saudi visa, and asked for any
help you might be able to give. I write again
because I have heard nothing.

I would very much like to come to
Saudi Arabia in mid March. As you know, my
syndicated column runs in over one hundred
fifty papers in this country, including the
major dailies in every large city. I also write
regularly for the New Yorker (for example, a
Letter from Cairo on December 10) and the mag-
azine wants me to be writing a Letter from the
Persian Gulf. In other words, my interests
are not casual, and I do not understand why I
have not yet heard about the visa.

I do not intend to let this matter
go by. If necessary, I will be raising it with
Kissinger, and in no uncertain way. I would
appreciate any help you could give me in re-
solving this matter.