JAN 3 1969

ELIZABETH V. ZIERER
"EDUCATION CONTINENTALE"
5863 BIRCH COURT OL 4-2078
OAKLAND, CALIF. 94618

28 Dec. 1968

Dear 'Henry',

For myself, and most likely also for Capt. Leggatt of Mil. Govt. Bensheim-- 1945! - your first name still rings, and brings back memories. I enclose my folders if by chance you would have forgotten my identity. (Remember, I was your "chauffeur," showing you Berkeley for the first time several years back and ending our sightseeing tour at Dr. Teller's house?) -- I also had been your confidential interpreter and occasional secretary in Bensheim/Heppenheim, at that memorable time when I began working for Det. G-31---

You have come a long way, in an amazingly short time; it was exciting to hear about your appointment and see you again on TV! My thoughts and wishes went out to you. I hope you received my cable, which read:

"Delighted about the appointment
Congratulations to the United States"

And I really meant it!

I do hope, you forgive me this rather informal letter. Your position and career is fantastic, but I have no doubt, that your personality will not have changed.

Please convey my best wishes and congratulation also to your wife, though I did not have the pleasure of meeting her previously.

Again, with my very best wishes for 1969!

Kind regards,

P.S. In my possession I still have a letter, written and signed by you in "official capacity" for special clearance and recommendation, from 1945! I will certainly keep this autograph.

Unique Matchmaker

# She Finds the European School to Match the Pupil

By JOAN BAZAR

Swiss schools, which have a long tradition of catering to the children of traveling diplomatic corps members, are well equipped to accommodate American students.

The task of choosing the "best" one for your child can seem insurmountable—or at best, a gamble. Thanks to a service initiated by a Berkeley woman, Miss Elizabeth V. Zierer, parents can feel assured that their child will be matched to the school which will best meet his needs.

Born in Austria-Hungary, Miss Zierer was educated in Vienna and entered a Swiss boarding school at the age of 13. Her experiences in the school and later as a student living with a private family in England were mixed.

She encountered the problems of homesickness and mis-matching of types of home with the student—and the joys of friendships which have lasted through the war years.

One Swiss friend had learned German in the Zierer home in Vienna, while young Elizabeth was studying French and English.

To keep in touch with the schools she recommends, Miss Zierer travels to Europe during the summer, taking with her a group of touring teen-agers.

She shows them the sights of London, Paris and Zurich and, while they are attending summer sessions in Switzerland, she goes to the regular year-around schools to speak with directors and visit with the students she has directed there.

Some of the summer tour group may be staying for the fall semester; these she escorts to their respective schools. Although she has placed American students from 9 to college age, she considers the ideal age 15 to 17.

One of the Berkeley students to study in Montcalme was Sandy Lawton, 16, daughter of the William Lawtons of Sterling Ave. She took an intensive course in the French language last year and became an avid knitter, bringing home garments for the family.

MISS ELIZABETH
ZIERER

A unique placement
service

Another, Cory Fisher, took the summer tour with Miss Zierer and decided to complete her high schooling in Switzerland. She is now continuing her studies in French at the Institute for Foreign Studies in Monterey. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fisher, live on Euclid Ave.

The young sons of concert violinist Willard Tressel and Mrs. Tressel spent a year in a Swiss school while he toured the continent giving recitals.

Philip, 10, and Richard, 11, became remarkably proficient in French during their stay and are now back at Cragmont School.

And when Prof. Edward L. Barrett Jr., now head of the University of California Law School in Davis, went on a sabbatical lecture tour of Norway and Sweden, he asked Miss Zierer to find schools for his children—one in the French- and one in the German-speaking section of Switzerland.

"American students abroad begin to understand the actions of those from other countries," said the counselor. "They gain a broader perspective and an appreciation of their own country."

## "EDUCATION CONTINENTALE"

Provides the opportunity for your child to:

- Spend a summer or winter abroad

- Learn a foreign language quickly and pleasantly

- Combine studies with recreation, travel, sight seeing

- Learn the customs and ideals of other students from many lands

## WHAT DOES "EDUCATION CONTINENTALE" OFFER?

1. **A personal counseling service** to help parents select the right school for their child's study abroad and arrange for subsequent placement, if and where there are openings.

And/or

2. **Chaperoned summer study-tours**, including two months' study in boarding schools or with private families, plus a sight seeing trip chaperoned by Miss Zierer.

**EDUCATION CONTINENTALE** seeks to tailor the student's studies and experience abroad to his particular desires. In most instances this encompasses intensive study of languages combined with the unique experience of living with students from many countries. Continuation of United States high school studies can be offered under the direction of English-speaking teachers.

Miss Zierer, counselor for EDUCATION CONTINENTALE, is thoroughly acquainted with schooling in Switzerland and other European countries. She has visited all the boarding schools and pensionats and knows personally their administrators and those families accepting students into their homes. She personally interviews all students and parents and offers guidance in placing your child.

## WHEN SHOULD THIS SERVICE BE USED?

**ANYTIME** - but well in advance of the scheduled departure for Europe. Many educational institutions have waiting lists. You should plan now for this opportunity of studies.

**NOW** - if you wish your child to participate in next summer's study-tour. An itinerary will be sent upon request.

Please inquire about Counseling and Placement for Winter Schooling.

## WHERE CAN FURTHER INFORMATION BE OBTAINED?

Contact: Miss Elizabeth V. Zierer
EDUCATION CONTINENTALE
5863 Birch Court
Oakland, California 94618

Phone: (Area Code 415) OL 4-2078

DEC 4 1968

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# The London School of Economics and Political Science

(University of London)

Houghton Street, Aldwych,
London, W.C.2

Telephone 01-405 7686

2 December 1968

Dear Henry,

I do not know how things are in the United States, but the English papers are full of your meeting with Nixon daily. Your letter in response to Dorothy teasing you and calling you Walt reminded me of our conversation after you had been at Downing Street. I am sure that you have advice from every sort of important person at this point, but I would like to add my own. When we talked in the fall, Nixon was not President and the idea of keeping out of it for a time made a great deal of sense. Now that Nixon is President it is a new ball game. He will need all the learned, sensible advice he can get and without being fulsome I would like to say that there is no-one in the United States who would be your peer in the foreign policy area. It is a thankless job, and I can't imagine, but taking it won't be costing you a great deal.

I feel, and I am sure many of your other friends do also, like prize fight managers pushing the old pug out once more saying he isn't hurting us one bit. On the other hand, you can be affective and useful in a way that few people in our generation have an opportunity to be and that is a rather satisfying experience. So please, please come to the aid of our country, and shriek to the conquered multitudes and so on.

I am sure that with all this on your mind our other area of conversation has quite properly receded far from your conscience. If you go to Washington forget it. If you stay and continue in conversation with Neustadt, I realise that I was in some ways being overly modest which is not necessarily my style. In fact, since I have been here, besides consulting with the Wootton Committee, I have been consulting with the International Narcotics Control Board in Geneva and will serve in a similar position for the World Health Organisation. In this country I have been getting a lot of experience with the development of a social policy and essentially that is what the book that I am writing on drugs is going to be about.

Of course, if you go to Washington, now that I am detached from my practice and we both feel so separate from Cambridge, rather than stay in England another year, maybe you will find a place in the administration for us. I am afraid that foreign policy is not directly my area but besides the whole business about drugs, I think that Nixon is going to need some very thoughtful social psychological advice about how to establish consistent contacts with all levels of the negro community. As a matter of fact,

NORMAN ZINBERG

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Dear Professor Klaasen,

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Cambridge.
471 Broadway,
Harvard University,
Professor Henry V. Klaasen,

24th December 1966

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DEC 23 1968

Sir Solly Zuckerman. OM, KCB, FRS
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16th December 1968.

Dear Henry,

I don't need to tell you how delighted I am to know that you have taken on the job you have, and in sending you my best wishes, I would also like to express the hope that you will be able to carry your burden lightly, and that your vision of the way world events should turn out does not become obscured by short-term problems. We have got to see that the year 2000 contains a world less beset by turmoil and fear than is the one in which we are now operating!

I come over to Washington fairly frequently, and hope to see
you in your new office not too long after you are installed.

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger,
Harvard University,
6 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge 38, Mass.,
U.S.A.

DEC 6

1968

II, VICARAGE CARDENS, W. 8.

TEL. 01-229 1177

3 December, 1968

Dear Henry,

I was delighted to hear the news of your
appointment. So far as I can understand the plan,
you will be relieved of much day to day responsibility
so as to concentrate on long-term problems or
particular troubles of the time. This seems to me
really a very good idea and I am sure that you will
carry it all out admirably.

Marie-Lou and I are coming to New York for
about a week from January 20 or so and hope to be
in Washington at least over a long weekend. I
should not think that this would be a very good moment
to see you but of course we should be delighted if
there was any chance.

Mr. Henry Kissinger.