THE COUNTER INTELLIGENCE CORPS SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Fort Holabird
Baltimore 19, Maryland

17 June 1953

Harvard University
10 Weld Hall
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts

Dear Mr. Kissinger:

In regard to your two week tour of active duty I have cleared
the matter with Reserve Affairs and the Chief of Staff. Your at-
tendance at the American Political Science Convention will be con-
sidered as an adjunct to your military training and a benefit to
you and to the Corps. You will be accordingly granted two days
VOCG in order that you may attend the convention. However, your
attendance at this convention and the remarks which you may make
shall not be construed by the participating audience as being the
opinion of either this department, the CIC Corps or the Military
Establishment. It will also be necessary that you attend the con-
vention in civilian attire. This is required in order that we may
conform with Army Regulations regarding individuals on duty parti-
cipating in non-military affairs.

I, as well as Otto Pribram, and the rest of the department
eagerly anticipate your arrival at Fort Holabird. You can be sure
that you will leave here a much more erudite and specialized
individual.

SEP 29 1953

Baltimore, 26 September 53

Dear Henry,

It seems good to be working with books again. The learning-process is an activity in which day-to-day progress, or at least the illusion of it, is most immediately apparent, and for that reason more immediately satisfying. Only when one realizes the limited, personal end of such activity does other work, especially the close group-activity of the Army (yet with enough scope for individual initiative), seem more rewarding.

But I'm looking forward to this school year. Of six courses I'm taking, three are in the field of ancient history: Thucydides (in Greek), Roman Institutions and Empire (in Latin), and Roman History (in English). And this selection reflects my personal interests. Greek religion and cult, however, impinging as it does upon philosophy, literature, psychology, and general culture, seems to me an even more promising field. Also, it is one in which surmise and conjecture and personal opinion meet with the least attention. And it benefits more than historical research from archaeological finds, which are continually adding to the evidence. By next June I must have pointed a problem in Greek religion on which to base my dissertation.

Incidentally, to illustrate what a narrow specialty the Humanities have become (did you read the reprint of the Fortune article in the latest issue of the Key Reporter?), we have a total of seven graduate students in the department (a sizable increase of three over last year), with instruction offered by four professors. I wonder how long Hopkins, not a rich university by any means, and one that emphasizes the sciences more than most, will continue to support this overhead. I am becoming more and more convinced that the classicist will be forced, for sheer survival, to face up to his responsibility to diffuse his knowledge and awareness, even tho' thinly, among non-classicists in general education courses. I feel that the classicist

can be of greater value as a teacher of specialists in other fields than even as a teacher of classical scholars. But the specialist-mentality among scientists is no greater than that among scholars. Perhaps the only solution is a class of parasitic aristocratic dilettanti. But if little more can be done on the college level than is currently being attempted with courses in general education, major steps can be taken on the elementary and secondary school levels - but not with a philosophy of uniform mass education. It is an illogical paradox that American educators have modelled our system on that of Germany with respect to university teaching alone, while the preparatory stages for a university education, the base of our educational system, follows an entirely different pattern. Yet now it seems almost too late to effect radical changes. Perhaps in the next couple of hundred years . . . .

If you have some spare copies of "Confluence" lying around I would appreciate seeing it. Please try to make a point of stopping by whenever you pass through Baltimore. A letter from time to time would also be welcome. (Written with a weak, wan hope/ - I realize the demands on your time, especially since you will be finishing your dissertation).

JUN 23 1954

21 June 1954

Dear Henry,

Are congratulations in order ? I suppose you've taken your degree.

What are your plans this summer ? I'd like to get together with
you whenever you come down this way. I'll be at Holabird the first two
weeks in September again. But regardless of when you'll be here, give us
a call. The home phone is VA 5-1485; if no one answers, call my wife's
office, VA 5-2400.

Will you be staying on at Harvard, teaching somewhere else, working
abroad, or is it Washington next year ? Well, don't let McCarthy scare
you. The thick air of the Washington fens doesn't seem conducive to good
thought, though. But, you on the other hand, that's where it's needed
most.

Thanks again for the issues of CONFLUENCE. It ought to have a
wider market. Or are you afraid that if the venture were put on a com-
mercial footing the editorial work could not be as objective ? Perhaps
you're wise.

August 12, 1954

Mr. Robert Lisle
1705 Ruxton Road
Ruston 4
Maryland

Dear Bob:

Thank you for your good note of June 21st, and I am very sorry for the delay in answering it. I got caught up in the International Seminar, however, and have been unable to see my way clear to catching up on my correspondence.

I have indeed taken a degree, but I do not take that overly seriously. I am planning to be at Holabird between September 12th and the 27th, but have not as yet received my orders. Maybe Sweeney has caught up with me after all.

I don't think I would wish to work in Washington at the moment less because of McCarthy than because of my disgust with our cowardly foreign policy. I do hope to see you, however, when I am in Baltimore. Yours is one of the few civilized places in that dreary city.

Best regards to your wife.

HAK:ebp

HAK:epd

Henry V. Klaasen

Sincerely yours,

Best regards to your wife.

dearly city.
in Baltimore. Yours is one of the few civilized places in that
argly tobacco policy. I do hope to see you, however, when I am
less because of McCarthy than because of my diagnot with our com-
I don't think I would wish to work in Washington at the moment
Sweeney has caught up with me after all.

12th and the 24th, but have not as yet received my orders. Maybe
ceremonially. I am planning to be at holding between September.
I have indeed taken a degree, but I cannot take that overly

my way clear to catching up on my correspondence.
International Seminar, however, and have been unable to see
sorry for the delay in answering if. I got caught up in the
THANK YOU for your good note of June 21st, and I am very

Dear Bop:

Maryland
Benson 4
1502 Buxton Road
Mr. Robert Lisle

August 13, 1964

17 August 1954

Dear Henry,

Glad to get your note.

Julia will be taking the second increment of her vacation the week of 12 September (she has a week at the beginning and at the end of the summer), and we'll both be home. We thought you might enjoy speaking with Professor Edelstein when you get a chance to come out to Ruxton. If you can set a date this far in advance - preferably, but not necessarily, on a weekend - I'll get in touch with Edelstein and his wife. If not, give us a call when you're settled at Holabird, and we'll forget about Edelstein.

He left Germany in the early '30's, taught at Hopkins, then the University of California, and now is back at Hopkins. He was one of those who resigned at the U. of California rather than sign the loyalty oath. Whatever his private thoughts are about theoretical communism, he is, I think, a firm opponent of Sovietism. (This sentence seems to be built around an innuendo; I don't know what his attitude is toward theoretical communism.) I have a good deal of respect for him as a teacher. His field is philosophy and classics, but he has a strong interest in twentieth-century politics.

Our phone number is not listed in the telephone directory, so you better make a note of it:

Valley 5-1485

My wife asks to be remembered.

THE COUNTER INTELLIGENCE CORPS SCHOOL
Fort Holabird
Baltimore 19, Maryland

MAR 25 1953

23 March 1953

Dear Mr. Kissinger:

The Counter Intelligence Corps School is pursuing a policy designed to obtain the services of particularly competent guest lecturers in specialized fields for the Officers' Advanced Course. The class is composed of field experienced officers who have served in an operational and administrative capacity in CIC detachments throughout the world. All those attending this course have clearance to receive "Top Secret" information.

Inasmuch as you are eminently qualified in the field of international affairs, it would be greatly appreciated if you could speak to the class on the subject of "Soviet Strategy" between the hours of 1400 and 1600 on 21 April 1953. Normally, the first hour of each lecture is devoted to the presentation by the lecturer of the subject material, and the second hour is devoted to a question and answer period involving class participation. If this arrangement meets with your approval, confirmation of this tentative date would be appreciated. Upon receipt of your affirmative reply, we shall contact you relative to the details of your visit. If for any reason this date should not meet with your approval, we would appreciate your advising us of an alternate date upon which it would be suitable for you to be with us.

Since you are no stranger to The Counter Intelligence Corps School, having presented a very fine lecture in the past, we are exceedingly anxious to have you with us once again. As you know, government funds are not provided for us to reimburse you for your lecture. However, we can defray any expenses incurred incident to your trip (i.e., transportation and meals).

I hope that these arrangements will prove satisfactory to you and that we shall have the pleasure of receiving your affirmative reply.

Mr. Henry A. Kissinger
10 Weld Hall
Harvard University
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts

December 1, 1952

Mr. Wilmore Kendall
Operations Research Office
6410 Connecticut Avenue
Chevy Chase, Maryland

Dear Wilmore:

In a letter received last week from Bertrand de Jouvenel, he inquired what had become of you -- a topic on which unfortunately I couldn't enlighten him. Could you send me some details which I might pass along to him? My only comment would be that I venture to say you are as combative as ever. By way of explanation, de Jouvenel is writing an article for us on "The Diffusion of Ideologies."

HAK:ndj