Dear Mr. Lian:

I appreciate more than I can tell you that you
and Mr. Cammack took time to write such a thought-
ful letter. It is nice to know that I can count on at
least two friends in St. Paul!

Mr. E. Paul Lian,
N. F. Winter & Associates,
325 Cedar Street,
Saint Paul, Minnesota.

1004 Callahan Drive
Rogers, Arkansas 72756

22 December 1976

The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary of State
The White House
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. Kissinger:

Before you officially leave office as the Secretary of State, I would like to wish you a most successful future. I wrote to you on a previous occasion when you very efficiently completed the negotiations that ended the conflict in Viet Nam. And, because I had worked with you when you were a consultant to the Operations Research Office, I have watched your career with more than a bystander interest.

Now that you begin a new phase I feel that it is time to declare ( as I hope many Americans will do), how much your efforts in the field of foreign diplomacy have aided this country.

I have never been able to understand criticism of the Secretary of State who approaches the negotiation table quietly and without fanfare. It seems to me that history well indicates over hundreds of years, that the most successful diplomatic gains have been achieved in a quiet atmosphere of trust and truth. As much as the Fourth Estate needs to have freedom of expression and Congress to represent its respective constituencies, surely little could have been accomplished to the accompaniment of headlines and a myriad of advice from the Honorable members of the Congress on each maneuver of state.

My congratulations to you on the splendid work you have done. In my opinion it surpasses the records of any other Secretaries within my lifetime because you have earned the good will and respect of so many countries that were alienated from the United States. One can only hope that some of this goodwill remains with the office you vacate and that it will be transmitted to your successor.

jl:

Detroit, Michigan.
Michigan Mutual Insurance Group,
Mr. Donald A. Lindow,

Henry V. Klaarner

write to me.
and appreciate your taking the time to
I am heartened by your generous words
in full letter.
Thank you very much for your thought-

Dear Mr. Lindow:

December 31, 1976

The Honorable Henry Kissinger
The Secretary of State
State Department
Washington D.C.

Dear Doctor Kissinger:

As a citizen, I am
writing to thank you for your excellent
service to our country and for your efforts
for peace in all parts of the world.

We shall miss you.
There has existed a great feeling of confidence
and trust that has rarely existed anywhere.
History will surely accord you a place of honor
for your unusual service to mankind.

Thank you very much.

[LC]

LOVETT, WIBLE & LAMAR
ATTORNEYS AT LAW

OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY 42301

WELLS T. LOVETT
CHARLES S. WIBLE
CHARLES L. LAMAR, JR.
MARK R. HUTCHINSON

208 W. THIRD STREET
(502) 926-3000

January 20, 1977

Hon. Henry Kissinger
Office of the Secretary of State
Washington, D.C. 20520

My Dear Sir:

In this small way, I wish to take a part to extend the thanks
of the nation to you for the eight years of service you are concluding
today in the high official positions you have held.

From my limited vantage point, I am firmly persuaded that history
will accord to you first place among the Secretaries of State of the first
two hundred years of this republic, in the training and ability you brought
to the office, and the results of your personal efforts while serving.

WTL/jd

EAGLE MANAGEMENT & TRUST COMPANY, RIVER OAKS BANK TOWER, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77019, 713 526-8401

December 14, 1976

Secretary Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State
U.S. State Department
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Secretary:

While serving both President Nixon and President Ford on their travels abroad I also had the opportunity to facilitate some of your arrangements as well. Perhaps you still remember the motorcades in Spain and Damascus and your spacious accommodations in the Kremlin, Yugoslavia, and Peking to name a few. I treasure those experiences and would like to ask a personal favor -- would it be possible to obtain a personalized picture? If not, I clearly understand.

I did want to let you know how much I admire you and your tremendous achievements throughout the world. I witnessed first hand the respect the leaders of the world have for you and what this has meant to our country's prestige and position abroad. I also know the pride and dedication of those who served you in the State Department throughout the world. You were tough and demanding, but most of them worked their hearts out for you and loved doing it. One thing is certain - you will be greatly missed.

Best wishes to you in your clearly unlimited future. However, when everything doesn't go just right, remember the motorcades of Madrid -- it could always be worse.

Kindest regards.

HLL/ks

cc: Mr. Lawrence S. Eagleburger

# Immigrant Enjoying New Life's Freedom

By B.J. KUEHN

TODAY Staff Writer

"I feel free, I want people to know this—this is my second life."

Speaking with an intensity that exceeded his command of a new language, Russian immigrant Alex Lyubashevsky told Saturday of his feelings on leaving a family and way of life to come to what he calls his new home.

Two days in America, the 37-year-old electronics engineer smiled at his financee, Deborah Fischer. "I love this woman and we will be married," he said. His smile disappeared for a moment and he added, "You see, for the first time I can speak what I think."

After battling with Russian authorities for two years, Lyubashevsky left his home in Kharkov, an industrial city in the Ukraine, and traveled to Vienna (?) Italy, last February. There he met Ms. Fischer, 31, who was living in Italy while working for the Daily American newspaper in Rome.

They met on July 4, Lyubashevsky said. He added, "Perhaps that is symbolic of my freedom."

Saturday, the Jewish immigrant spoke of his life in Russia and why he left while Ms. Fischer helped him with English words in her father's home at 618 Cocoa Isles Blvd., Cocoa Beach.

"I'm no big dissident," Lyubashevsky said, "but it is a terrible life in Russia. That is why I left."

Groping for words, often referring to a pocket-book Russian-English dictionary, he told of how his father was killed in 1945 (in? the "Jewish pogrom" after being imprisoned in 1937. "I never saw my father," he said.

He studied hard in school and was able to gain training as a computer en-

TODAY Staff Photo by Bob Brown

## RUSSIAN JEW TELLS OF NEW FREEDOM

... says all Soviets live in fear of authorities

giner, he explained. "It was very difficult, very hard to get in school because there is a 2 percent quota on Jews."

As a Jew in Russia, Lyubashevsky said, life is harder. "Since I was 15, I felt there was something wrong," because of the way people and Russian officials treated him.

Yet, he added, it is only in the past five years that any Hebrew cultural life has been attempted by Russian Jews. For example, he said, there are 300,000 Jews in Kharkov, but not one synagogue.

But while Jews are a minority and treated as such in Russia, life is little better for the mass of people, Lyubashevsky said.

He said the majority Russians would leave if given the chance. "It's a hard life, a terrible life. Nearly all people feel

scared, feel terror."

As part of what he calls the "middle level" of people in Russia, Lyubashevsky feels he has something to tell Western society about life in Communist Russia.

He said he was paid 150 rubles a month, which is about equal to $70. His sister and niece still living in Russia live in a room of only eight meters square. There are shortages of meat, bread and other foods.

But the main thing, he said, is the terror people have of Russian authorities.

After viewing life outside Russia, Lyubashevsky said, "I know now why the Russian authorities don't permit people to travel abroad."

He added, "For the first time, I feel like I'm alive, among humanity. I feel like I'm born again."