TOWSON
STATE UNIVERSITY
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President

(410) 830-2356

APR - 4 1994

March 28, 1994

Dr. Henry Kissinger
1800 K St., N.W., Suite 1021
Washington, D.C. 20006

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

On Friday, May 6, 1994, at 3:30 pm, Towson State University will honor Anatoly Sobchak, Mayor of St. Petersburg, Russia, by awarding him the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Convocation Ceremony in the University's Fine Arts Center. A brilliant and prolific statesman at the forefront of the Russian reform movement, Sobchak will be honored at the ceremony that includes awards to COFAC graduating seniors and distinguished alumni.

As you may know, Mayor Sobchak collaborated with Maryland's Governor William Donald Schaefer in establishing the Maryland/St. Petersburg/Leningrad Oblast Sisters Program. Scott Shane of *The Baltimore Sun* has called Mayor Sobchak, an "energetic spokesman for a new Russia."

I would like to cordially invite you and a guest to attend the afternoon's events, honoring the mayor of the second largest city in Russia. The events of the day will include a luncheon reception at 12:30 pm, a VIP gathering in the Fine Arts Center's Roberts Gallery at 3:00 pm, and the Convocation and awards ceremony at 3:30 pm where Mayor Sobchak will deliver a public address and receive the honorary degree. Immediately preceding the Convocation ceremony at 5:00 pm, a Media Briefing will be held.

We would be honored to have you participate in any or all of these activities. Mayor Sobchak is visiting Towson State University as part of our continuing cultural and educational exchange with St. Petersburg, Russia, which began in 1989 with the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Through this exchange, many new programs have been initiated including the first undergraduate Public Relations and Advertising program in Russia started at St. Petersburg's Electrotechnical University (ETU) and modelled after the Towson State University program.

We would be honored if you could join us for this significant occasion and hope you will be able to play a key role in the day's activities on Friday, May 6, 1994, at Towson State University. Please mark this date on your calendar. A formal invitation will be forthcoming.

To: Dr. Kissinger

Fr: Penny Rose

June 30, 1994

Re: Translation of attached letter from Mayor Sobchak

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

I have been asked to be on the board of an
organization called Baltic Institute for Strategic and
International Studies. I believe you have been invited
also and I am interested in your opinion of this
organization. Harry <u>Myannilom</u> is a director of the
Institute.

World Cup
According
to Character

By Henry A. Kissinger

NEW YORK

I have been an avid soccer fan ever since my youth in Fuerth, a soccer- mad city of southern Germany, which for some inexplicable reason won three championships in a three-year period. My father despaired of a son who preferred to stand for two hours (there were very few seats) watching a soccer game rather than sit in comfort at the opera or be protected from the elements in a museum.

Soccer evokes extraordinary passions, especially during the quadrennial World Cup competition ending today in Mexico City. It has been estimated that the Brazilian gross national product suffers a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars for every day Brazil plays, as rabid fans sit before television sets or radios. Statistics in other soccer citadels must be compar- able.

Soccer lends itself to a competition of national teams because it requires an extraordinary combination of individual skill, teamwork and strategic sense. Since there are 11 players on each side engaged in continuous action, every game produc- es tactical necessities to be solved by improvisation on the playing field.

This was true even in my youth when soccer was much less complex and much more oriented to the offense. Then there were five forwards, three midfield play- ers, two fullbacks and a goalie. The offense being numerically superior to the defense, goals were much more frequent then. By the late 1930s, managers sought to overcome this advantage by assigning the center half to shadow the opposing center forward. The creation of three de facto fullbacks constricted the attack which since time immemorial had been built around the center forward.

In the early 1950s, the Hungarians showed how to overwhelm this defense, turning their center forward into a decoy. He would move to the sidelines or toward midfield, drawing the shadowing defen- sive player out of position, creating an empty space in front of the goal.

But as in military strategy every offen- sive maneuver in soccer evokes a com- pensating defensive move. The answer to the roving center forward was a zone defense; defensive players were required to cover a certain area regardless of which player was attacking. Total soccer was invented soon thereafter; all players had to be able to defend as well as attack and to shift from one mode to the other with extreme rapidity.

The modern style of soccer in fact emphasizes defense—with a few excep-

tions like Brazil, Argentina and France. The basic alignment has become four defensive and four midfield players; the forwards have shrunk to two. Massed defenses can in general be overcome only by rapid thrusts involving very accurate passing. The result is a very tactical game, its complexity becoming a fascinating reflection of national attitudes.

The styles of leading soccer powers like West Germany, Brazil, Italy and England illustrate this point.

West Germany, a finalist today, is, with Italy and Brazil, the most successful team of the modern era. West German soccer entered the postwar era with no particu- lar legacy. Postwar Germany's newly professional soccer being as novel as the frontiers of the state it represents, it could adopt total soccer with a vengeance. The German national team plays the way its general staff prepared for war; games are meticulously planned, each player skilled in both attack and defense. Intricate pass patterns evolve, starting right in front of the German goal. Anything achievable by human foresight, careful preparation and hard work is accounted for.

And there have been great suc- cesses. Of the last six prior World Cups, Germany has won two, was second twice, third once and out of the running only in 1978. At the same time, the German national team suffers from the same disabil- ity as the famous Schlieffen plan for German strategy in World War I. There is a limit to human foresight; psychological stress on those charged with executing ex- cessively complex maneuvers can- not be calculated in advance. If the German team falls behind, or if its intricate approach yields no re- sults, its game is shadowed by the underlying national premonition that in the end even the most dedicated effort will go unrewarded, by the nightmare that ultimate- ly fate is cruel—a nightmare rein- forced by the knowledge that the German media are unmerciful when high expectations go unful- filled. The impression is unavoida- ble that an outstanding national soccer team has not brought a

proportionate amount of joy to a people that may not in its heart of hearts believe joy is the ultimate national destiny.

Brazil suffers no such inhibitions. Its national teams are an assertion that virtue without joy is a contra- diction in terms. Brazilian teams display a contagious exuberance; Brazilian fans cheer them on to the ecstatic beat of samba bands. Brazil always has the most acrobatic players, the individuals one cannot forget whatever the outcome of the match. But, as in Brazil's political institutions, this individualism is combined with an extraordinary ability to make the practical ar- rangements required for effective national performance. As a result, Brazil has appeared in more World Cups and won more than any other team. It was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the current compe- tition partly as a result of an egregious seeding placing Italy, the old World Cup holder; France, the European champion, and two po- tential champions—Brazil and West Germany—in the same half of a sudden-death elimination round, while the other half contained only one team, Argenti- na—today's other finalist—that has ever been in the final four.

To be sure, the Brazilians, being human, cannot avoid some weak- nesses. The players, sometimes are so intoxicated by their brilliant maneuvers that they occasionally forget the purpose of the exercise is to score goals. And I have never seen an outstanding Brazilian goal- keeper. Perhaps the task is too lonely; the goalkeeper after all has to stay put while his teammates enjoy themselves tracing clever pass patterns on the turf. Or per- haps the only purely defensive assignment on a team offends the Brazilian self-image.

Yet a Brazilian team on the attack—which is most of the time—looks like a dancing band at carnival. Wave after wave of yellow shirts roll against the opposing goal until the opposition is over- whelmed without being humiliated; it is no disgrace to be defeated by a team whose style no one else can imitate.

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The Los Angeles Times

Sunday, June 29, 1986

# Nations Can't Change Colors

■ Soccer: It might not be easy to predict goals in the sport's biggest event, but one can easily predict styles.

By HENRY KISSINGER and ANTHONY DAY

To many neophytes, especially Americans, soccer seems an almost endless flow of random motion. It has little of the choreographed quality of U.S. sports.

In baseball and American football, the spectator knows in advance the pattern he is likely to see, but a good soccer game is the instantaneous and intensely cooperative working out of tac-

■ FIRST IN A SERIES

tics, based on strategic principles, to meet the ever-changing demands of the moment. The teams put their 11 players on the field with a general strategy; all else is improvisation on the run.

For its fans, soccer is the game of games, and its fans number in the hundreds of millions. It is estimated that 500 million people, a tenth of the world's population, watched the final game of the 1986 World Cup. The world soccer federation, FIFA, is expecting 13.2 billion viewers for the 52 games of this Cup.

World Cup '90 started two years ago with 110 teams. Now the competition is down to 24—

including defending champion Argentina and host nation Italy, which did not have to qualify—and in less than a month the rules of elimination will inexorably cut the contestants to 16, then to eight, then four, then two, and on Sunday night, July 8, the World Cup will be presented to the winner of the single most coveted sports trophy on the planet.

It is remarkable to note how distinctive are the styles of the major powers in soccer. The star players often play for clubs far from their own lands, but when they return to their native teams for the World Cup, they are part and parcel of the national identity.

Post-World War II soccer emphasizes defense, with resulting low scoring. The fascination of the games lies in watching how each team resolves the problem of breaking through the opposition's defense to strike for those precious goals.

Latin American teams tend to be very fluid, very enthusiastic, with lots of passing. The Europeans tend to be both more methodical and more physical.

The Soviet Union, whose political and economic drama now grips the world's attention, is among the 24 teams in Italy. But the Soviets have never made it to the semifinals. The conclusion is inescapable: heavily bureaucratized societies produce stereotyped planning that is inimical to the spontaneous creativity absolutely necessary for effective play.

The most spectacular team historically has been Brazil.

It is commonly said that everybody's second-favorite team is Brazil. In Brazil itself, of course, the gross national product stops dead when the team's games are shown on television. When those yellow shirts go on attack—which is most of the time—and the fans cheer to the intoxicating beat of the samba bands, the sheer joy of Brazilian soccer sweeps up all those who love the fluidity, the imagination of the game.

The drawbacks of Brazilian soccer are excessive emphasis on offense and too much devotion to technique.

It is reported that this year the Brazilians have a superior goalie in Claudio Taffarel. He would be the first Brazilian defensive player of renown in a very long time, perhaps since 1958. Traditionally, Brazil and defense have not been associated with one another.

Perhaps the goalie's job is too lonely for Brazilians, for he must stand there waiting while his teammates dazzle with their intricate runs and passes. Perhaps defense is not a characteristic the Brazilian sense of identity cares to contemplate.

In any case, it will be interesting to see if, in this tournament, the Brazilian style is modified, if indeed, as some predict, it will become more European.

The Argentine team, the defending champion whose captain, Diego Maradona, was the star of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico and is one of the men to watch in Italy, is like the country it represents—either utterly flat or absolutely inspired. When the Argentine players are

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off, as they were in the stunning opening loss to Cameroon, they're a mess. They seem to lose interest. Nothing goes right.

But when they're on, as they showed four years ago, they're brilliant. They play with the kind of exuberance and flair associated with Brazil, but they're more dead-ly. They don't waste as much time as the Brazilians do on exuberant technique.

Italy could well be very good in this cup. It has the advantage of playing before its own fans in its own country. Its team seemed young two years ago in the Euro-pean Championships, but it has shown some promise of adopting more imaginative tactics. If the Italians can master their newly acquired offensive skills, they could go to the final.

The Italian traditional national style husbands its energy for the main task. It has habitually at-tempted to force its opponent out of his own game plan and to impose

its own. In this the traditional Italian style is somewhat Machia-vellian: It spends the first half wearing out its opponents. But the style has become too rigid for the modern game.

Toughness and discipline mark the West German game, and perse-verance is what West Germany will need in Italy, every step of the way. It is a truism that the West German team plans its games as the German general staff has al-ways planned its: with meticulous attention to detail. But both suffer when, under the pressure of events, they are forced to deal with contingencies that overwhelm their intricate planning and put tremendous psychological pressure on the contenders.

In soccer, it does not help the national team that the German press is merciless toward what it regards as failure.

The West German team, lacking great imagination, will have to fight for every victory. By the end

of the tournament it may be psy-chically exhausted. But it has nonetheless a high chance of success. Its coach, Franz Becken-bauer, is one of the all-time greats in soccer. He is a master tactician.

The most interesting pairing in the early rounds will be that be-tween England and the Nether-lands on June 16 in Cagliari on the island of Sardinia. Both countries have groups of brawling hooligans among their fans. They have been assigned to the island not only because of the relative ease of controlling the vandals, but also because it is thought the local population is tough enough to take care of them.

England, the dominant soccer power before World War II and for a decade after, has gradually de-clined. It is steady, reliable, tough, but it has, until now anyway, been unwilling to adapt its traditional game to the passing game needed to break open the modern defense. Nevertheless, it has been playing well most of the time for the past couple of years. Everyone who enjoys England's muscular game hopes for its success.

Given the Netherlands' small population, it is hard to explain why the Dutch team is so out-standing. It was runner-up in the 1974 and 1978 World Cups and won the European championship 1988. The Dutch are probably the most beautiful European team to watch, and they have two of Europe's best players: Marco Van Basten and Ruud Gullit. The problem with the Dutch is that they tend to wear out over four weeks of play; they don't have the reserves.

The Americans have the disabil-ity that they do not play in the major soccer leagues, and they don't have any major competitors. The American team will do well to score a few goals. Americans can take pride that their team has made it this far.

Nobody in his right mind would dare to pick the winner of the final game on July 8.

We will, however, be bold enough to predict that the four teams in the semifinals will be Brazil, Italy, West Germany, then the Netherlands or England, whichever proves stronger, with Uruguay as a dark horse.

Kissinger, the former U.S. sec-retary of state, is vice chairman of the board of the World Cup '94 Organizing Committee. Day is senior correspondent of the Los Angeles Times.

Los Angeles Times

SUNDAY

JULY 1, 1990

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Second Round
Has Intensity,
Mixed Results

VERONA, Italy—West German soccer Coach Franz Beckenbauer was right: The World Cup began with the second round.

The games picked up in intensity and left millions of fans of this most human of games reflecting upon how destiny is, after all, imponderable.

The team that dominated a match did not always win it. These, many fans who consider soccer not just a game but a test of national resolve and ingenuity, were left, as so often in soccer, to face the unappealable consequences of what often seemed random chance.

■ THIRD IN A SERIES

The second round did not, however, bring a sudden conversion to offensive soccer from the defensive style of play that marred the first round. The scores tended to remain low, and the differences narrow.

But as most of the games in the second round progressed, they gathered force from surges of national pride and the fear of extinction.

Here, on a warm and sunny summer afternoon, in Verona's agreeably middle-sized but modern stadium—a nice complement to the little city's large Roman arena, still handsome after 1,900 years—Spain and Yugoslavia fought through a competent but scoreless first half. Had it been the first round, each would probably have settled for a scoreless tie and slowed the game to a crawl.

So it had been in the first-round game between the Netherlands and Ireland. With each team having one point under its belt, they coasted to a tie that guaranteed both of them a place in the second round. Watching them play, an observer noted that they acted as if they were contending not for the World Cup, but the Nobel Peace Prize.

But Spain and Yugoslavia were going not for peace, but for victory, and as the game progressed so did the
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and sometimes over—so much that four of its players have been barred from the final for having been booked twice for fouling in previous games.

Starting poorly, Argentina lost the Cup's opener to Cameroon, 1-0; it beat the Soviet Union, 2-0; it tied Romania, 1-1. In the second round, Argentina was nearly overwhelmed by Brazil, but when Diego Maradona saw the only opening for Argentina in the game, he set up the only goal. Yugoslavia seemed stronger in the quarterfinals, but Argentina wore it down with relentless tactics and finally prevailed on penalty kicks.

Yet for all that, you have to respect Argentina. It gathered strength as the tournament progressed. Maradona's talents became more evident. In its six games, Argentina has allowed only three goals in regular time, and one of them was an egregious error of its goalkeeper. You do not lose often if you allow an average of half a goal a game.

In Naples in the semifinal, Argentina combined pressure with brilliant offensive moves and cool nerves during the shootout to break the hearts of the Italian people.

The Italians and the English faced one another at Bari in the game to determine third and fourth place, a game that is rarely played at full speed, since the world of soccer does not care about the ranking of losers.

The play of the English reached its culmination in the semifinal against West Germany.

The English may have shown how old-fashioned soccer—the kind of soccer Kissinger remembers from his youth in Germany—may pose new challenges to the modern style.

Not for the English the intricate patterns of continental European soccer, or the technical virtuosity of the Latin Americans.

Don't waste time passing, just send long kicks down the flank, then take a turn toward the goal in the hope that God will in His own time reward the worthy.

Put it down to character, if you like. The English make no unnecessary fouls. They do not write on the ground. They do not protest to the referee.

As Coach Bobby Robson said after beating Cameroon in the tough quarterfinal match: "We had to hang on, but we never gave up and were glad to fight our way out through British spirit, determina-

tion, morale."

The English success was a triumph of old-fashioned virtue. It was with this spirit that they fought the technically superior Germans to a draw in regular time.

The Italian Blues, the Azzuri, play with the elegant efficiency of a racing car. They are a taut machine whose members display considerable personal virtuosity but in fact are dependent upon precise calculation and exact interplay.

To watch the Italian team's deft and intricate passing on attack is to see the marriage of physical and mental skills.

But, like a racing car, the Italians are subject to misalignment and mishap.

A pall of silence fell over the stadium in Naples when Argentina scored its first goal in the semifinal. Neither the team nor the fans recovered after that. In retrospect, that goal, the first against Italy in nine months of play, seemed like doom itself. The Italians played beautifully; they lacked only the finishing touches. In part they were so worried about losing that they did not press their attack after they had gotten ahead.

Italy lacked nothing, though, in putting on the 52 games of the tournament. Though Italy lost the Cup itself, it won the admiration and affection of soccer fans everywhere for the efficiency, warmth and flair with which they presented the tournament.

The Italians brought off an extraordinarily complex job of organization and made it look easy.

Their brilliant success has created a daunting challenge for the United States, which is to be the host for the 1994 World Cup.

From the construction and rebuilding of the stadiums to the arrangements for the teams' training camps to the provisions for the 5,000 press and broadcast journalists to the immense difficulties of security, the Italians have shown the rest of the world how it should all be done.

And not just in the matters of efficiency and planning. The warmth, the generosity and the humanity of the Italian people, have to make you wish, ardently, their team had gone all the way to the end.

player the Netherlands has produced; has some ideas. Kissinger watched a Brazil-Costa Rica game with Cruyff in Spain, where the 43-year-old former star is coach of FC Barcelona, the highest-scoring team in the Spanish league. Cruyff played in Los Angeles for the Aztecs in the 1970s in the now-defunct North American Soccer League.

He pointed out that when Costa Rica got the ball, the now-defensively inclined Brazilians would run back to their half of the field and take up their positions without even looking at the man with the ball until he crossed midfield. He said that it takes about a minute to get back down the field and another minute to get into position and start an attack. That wastes an extraordinary amount of time merely moving the ball around. Cruyff preaches—and practices—something like the full-court press in basketball.

"You have to harry the other team whenever it gets the ball, on whatever side of the field," Cruyff said. "If you get it on their side, you are that much closer to the goal, and you get it when the defenders are not as well-organized."

Playing this way, Cruyff argues, can give you the ball as much as 60% of the time.

Can anything be done to infuse new vigor into soccer? We do not pretend to be experts on rules, but FIFA could change its procedures in the first round—as we have suggested before—to encourage scoring and discourage ties. Additionally, it should consider substituting the number of goals scored for the penalty shootout as the way to settle ties after overtime. FIFA has already said it will loosen the offsides rule to give the attackers more opportunities.

Finally, the coaches, owners and other leaders of soccer can do much to encourage habits of offen-sive play that once made this game so much more fluid and dramatic. It is worth noting that of all the teams in this World Cup, only the West Germans consistently played offensive soccer. And when all is said and done, they not only scored the most goals, they were the best team and won the Cup.

Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state, is the chairman of the board of the World Cup '94 Organizing Committee. Day is senior correspondent for The Times.

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HK: attached are some particulars from "Soccer '94" for your live appearance Weds. Apr. 6th. Later in the day they delivered a video of 2 past programs (tape in SSM's office), the attached (clipped) proposed press release for your approval & some press coverage on the show.

I sent them your June '86 soccer article & the series you & Tony Day did during the '90 WC.

I'm aware Apr. 6th is one of the dates SSM is raising for Larry King Radio in Arlington from 5-6pm; doing that would mean canceling this as you'd never make it to Bethesda in time.

IF YOU STILL WANT TO DO THIS APR. 6th:

May they promote your appearance (i.e., is attached press release ok)?

Yes____

Prefer not____

Ok to arrive studio 5:45____ Prefer____

Still want to do show but have to resched. for a taping during one of April DC trips____

No longer interested in doing show____

Jody

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To: Jody Williams
From: Connie Eysenck

HAK

Dear Jody,

Following our recent meeting, here is the outline of the show and some further details regarding Dr. Kissinger's appearance on Soccer 94. I will fax this to you this evening and will send over tomorrow a tape with copies of recent shows (featuring Switzerland and Sweden), as we discussed, so that Dr. Kissinger can see the general format and style of the program.

To confirm, the program will air live on April 6 between 6:30 and 7 pm EST from the Home Team Sports (HTS) studio. I believe there will be reporters from Reuters TV and Associated Press France at the studio to ask questions before the show, so could Dr. Kissinger be at the studio by 5:45 pm? I understand that he needs to leave promptly after the show ends. HTS is at 7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (in the 'Discovery' building). The person to contact at HTS is Darrell Landrum (301-718-0032) should you need any further information about the studio.

Soccer 94 currently airs live on HTS throughout the mid-Atlantic region—including Washington, D.C., North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia. We are, however, offering this show to the other affiliates of Prime Network (HTS is an affiliate of Prime), so the program could potentially be viewed nationwide. It is also possible that Reuters TV will send images (and certainly news information) internationally.

Soccer 94 always has three people on the set—Dave Johnson (the regular host), and two guests, who are chosen depending on the country being featured that week and the other topics being discussed. For the show with Dr. Kissinger we would like Dave Johnson to continue to host the show, along with John Koskinen as the third person. Dave is the sports editor of USA Today's Sky Radio. John Koskinen is the chairman of the World Cup Washington D.C. Host Committee.

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The show is divided into three segments—the World Scene, the U.S. Scene, and the Special Feature. We would like to keep to this format in the sense of structuring the discussion a little, although we will not be focussing on a particular country. Of course, the purpose of this show is to hear Dr. Kissinger's views, so the production will be very simple and focussed on the discussion between the three in studio.

Topics of discussion could be:

World Scene:

* Personal experiences and memories of past World Cups

* Scope and influence of soccer in the world, and of the World Cup

U.S. Scene:

* Impact and importance of the World Cup coming to the U.S.

* The future of soccer in the U.S. after the World Cup

Special Feature:

* The role of sports in international relations

* Can sports (soccer) be a unifying factor in our world?

* Reference to Dr. Kissinger's article about styles of soccer in different countries reflecting different diplomatic/political skills.

Did you manage to find a copy of the article about styles of soccer that Dr. Kissinger wrote? If you did, can you fax it to me please.

I hope this covers everything. Don't hesitate to call me if you need any further information or if you have any changes or additions to this outline. Would you convey to Dr. Kissinger how pleased we are that he will be on the program; we very much appreciate him making the time for us in his schedule. Many thanks again for all your help.

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# Soccer 94
The longest running soccer show in the U.S.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 16, 1994

CONTACT

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(301) 656-7316 (phone/fax)

PROPOSED RELEASE - FOR APPROVAL
MAR 1 5 1994

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger will appear on Soccer 94 live, April 6, 1994 at 6:30 pm. The former Secretary of State will share his insights about the present and future of soccer in the US, the scope of the World Cup, and the role of sports in international relations.

Dr. Kissinger is on the Board of Directors of the World Cup USA 94 Organizing Committee, and was instrumental in bringing the World Cup to the U.S. His interest in the sport of soccer is well known throughout the world.

Soccer 94 airs live every Wednesday at 6:30 pm EST, with repeats on Mondays at 11:30 pm on HOME TEAM SPORTS (HTS), the Mid-Atlantic cable affiliate of Prime Network. HTS is seen throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, and North Carolina.

This special show is also being made available to other cable companies nationwide. Please call your local cable company or your Prime Network Affiliate for information about receiving SOCCER 94. (HTS' satellite coordinates are S 3, Channel 23).

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Ambassadors Address American Viewers on Soccer 94

As World Cup fever builds, many Ambassadors of the 23 countries coming to the U.S. are appearing each week on television as part of a presentation of their country.

With Switzerland opening against the U.S. on June 18, the Swiss Ambassador, Carlo Jagmetti, made it clear—with great diplomacy—which side he will be cheering for: “Well, I am the Swiss ambassador. I will support my team, with all respect for the host country, and I think the better will win.”

The interviews are part of Soccer 94, a weekly show airing live every Wednesday in the mid-Atlantic region on Home Team Sports (HTS). The show presents a series that focus each week on a different one of the 24 countries participating in the World Cup. It mixes footage of soccer with images of the featured country, a portrait of a star player, and special interviews. A video montage over the national anthem ends each presentation. Guests from the featured country—usually a journalist—are in the studio to complement the live program.

The features take an angle to present the country. For example, reunification was the main topic of the interview with German Ambassador Immo Stabreit. This year Germany will defend the title won by West Germany in 1990 during the last World Cup, and the Ambassador commented on the uniting role of sports in German society.

Soccer 94 currently airs on HTS, live every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. EST, with a repeat on Mondays at 11:30 p.m., and unscheduled re-runs. Local cable companies can provide information about receiving HTS.

The tentative schedule for remaining country features is: Brazil, Mar. 9; Ireland, Mar. 16; South Korea, Mar. 23; Morocco, Mar. 30; Greece, Apr. 6; Romania, Apr. 13; Nigeria, Apr. 20; Spain, Apr. 27; Italy, May 4; Holland, May 11; Belgium, May 18; Argentina, May 25; Saudi Arabia, Jun. 1; Cameroon, Jun. 8; Mexico, Jun. 15, and the United States, Jun. 16. The World Cup kicks off June 17.

2/25 talk w/ Connie Eysenck

will break from country features (Greece scheduled for Apr 6th) & just do special program w/ HAK.

Should arrive betw 6-6:15; out by 7pm. Studio in Discovery building, 7700 Wisc. Ave. in downtown Bethesda, in Home Team Sports on ground floor. Allow about 1/2 hr from downtown DC.

Host is Dave Johnson; during country features usually have a journalist from featured country, usually w/ a tv station or newspaper here in town; + a reporter from the WP or WT.

Does HAK want it to just be him & Johnson, or have a reporter as well?

Can they promote his upcoming appearance?

Mtg planned for noon Tues Mar 8th in 1021. Will bring tapes of program.

2/22

HK: "Soccer 94"--"only weekly live program on soccer in the US," carried on Home Team Sports--is interested in interviewing you sometime between now & June start-up of World Cup.

They can do a taping in DC, or you can appear live at studio in Bethesda on a Weds. from 6:30-7:00pm.

After this week's DC trip, following are your DC schedules:

Tues. Mar. 15th: 9:30-2:00 China MFN mtg
6:30 - NRSC (Gramm) dinner

Weds. Apr. 6th: day open
8:00 Smithsonian lecture

Thurs. Apr. 7th: 12:00 Natl. Archives rmks
6:00 Natl. Press Club rmks

Tues. Apr. 12th: AIG board in NY
to DC for Renwick recep
or dinner

[Weds. Apr. 13th --return from DC? (day open)]

Fri. Apr. 15th -- day open
5:00 Alger Awards/dinner

Weds. Apr. 27th: morning open
2:00-4:00 CSIS Board
evening open

Interested, pursue live for Apr. 27th ✓
" " " Apr. 6th ✓ JW adv

Interested, schedule taping for _________

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Jody

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Feb 16 94

20:03 No.027 P.01

FEB 17 1994

To: Henry Kissinger

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 16, 1994

CONTACT

Soccer 94, airing live Wednesdays on Home Team Sports (HTS), has launched a series of features that will focus each week on a different one of the 24 countries participating in the World Cup.

The feature, called 24 in 94, is part of the show segment called World Scene, and mixes footage of the national soccer team with images of the featured country. A portrait of a star player in that team and special interviews—usually including that country's Ambassador to the United States—will also be presented. Guests particularly connected to the country being featured or to soccer generally will be in the studio to complement the live program. This project was launched five weeks ago and has aired programs on Germany, Norway, Colombia, Russia, and Switzerland.

Another segment of Soccer 94 is the U.S. Scene, which contains a series of special portraits of the players on the U.S. team, recently filmed at the training site in Mission Viejo, California.

Soccer 94 currently airs to approximately 3 million households on HTS, the Mid-Atlantic affiliate of Prime Network. The show airs live every Wednesday at 6:30 pm EST, with repeats on Mondays at 11:30 pm and unscheduled re-runs. Please call your local cable company for information about receiving HTS. The show is also picked up nationwide, as letters from viewers demonstrate.

Washington D.C. has been reaping the benefits of Soccer 94, which has given the local World Cup Committees a medium through which they can update fans about tickets to upcoming games in Washington, events surrounding the World Cup, and other soccer-related activities in the area. Soccer 94 recently celebrated its 100th episode.

The tentative schedule for the country features is: Germany, January 12; Norway, January 19; Colombia, January 26; Russia, February 2; Switzerland, Feb 9; Bolivia, February 16; Sweden, February 23; Bulgaria, March 2; Brazil, March 9; Ireland, March 16; South Korea, March 23; Morocco, March 30; Greece, April 6; Romania, April 13; Nigeria, April 20; Spain, April 27; Italy, May 4; Holland, May 11; Belgium, May 18; Argentina, May 25; Saudi Arabia, June 1; Cameroon, June 8; Mexico, June 15. United States, June 16.

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INCORPORATED

January 24, 1994

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Suite 400
1800 K Street, N.W.
Washington D.C., 20006

JAN 26 1994

Dear Dr. Kissinger,

I am the producer of the television program, Soccer 94, and the Media Coordinator for the World Cup 94 Washington D.C. Host Committee. Because of your interest in soccer and your involvement with the Board of Directors for the World Cup USA 1994, I would very much like to interview you for our program.

Soccer 94 is the only weekly live program on soccer in the United States. Each weekly show airs several times on the cable channel Home Team Sports (HTS)—live on Wednesday at 6:30 pm, with a repeat on Monday at 11:30 pm—plus unlisted reruns. HTS, the Mid-Atlantic affiliate of Prime Network, is received in about 3 million homes in the mid-Atlantic region, which includes Washington D.C. and reaches between North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. HTS is also available on satellite nationwide.

An ongoing focus of the show is to discover the world through soccer. For example, starting two weeks ago—with features on Germany and on Norway—Soccer 94 launched a special series of presentations of each of the 24 countries participating in the World Cup. This special segment mixes soccer footage, images of the featured country, and an interview with that country's Ambassador to the United States.

As you know, the World Cup is an event that generates tremendous energy and excitement across the planet. Our hope is that through these 24 presentations, we can use this unique and powerful opportunity to give information and background to our viewers about each of the countries who are sending their national team to the United States.

We would be honored if you would give us an interview for Soccer 94. Perhaps you could share your knowledge and appreciation of the sport of soccer, and your experience and opinion on the role of sports in international relations. Can sports be a unifying factor in our world?

We would, of course, do our best to accommodate your schedule. We can interview you here in Washington, or, if you would like to come to the studio in Bethesda at Home Team Sports to appear on our live show (every Wednesday from 6:30 to 7 pm), we would be delighted. If you are able to appear on the show, is there a time between now and June (when the World Cup begins) that is convenient for you?

We are a group of television professionals with a dedication and love of soccer that has led us to produce Soccer 94 mostly on a volunteer basis over the past five years. The show is of extremely high quality and is very well regarded in the soccer community. Should you wish for further information, please don't hesitate to contact either myself, my assistant, Connie Eysenck, or Mr. Lester Wintz, Senior Vice President of External Affairs, World Cup USA 94, in Los Angeles, from whom we receive a grant to help produce the show.

I appreciate your consideration and sincerely hope you will be able to participate in our program.

Sincerely,

Didier Godat
Executive Producer, Soccer 94
Media Coordinator, World Cup 94 Washington D.C. Host Committee

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Francis Albert Sinatra

FOUNDING CHAIRMAN

Gilda Maiken Anderson

DIRECTOR EMERITUS

Ella Fitzgerald

OFFICERS

Ginny Mancini
President

Marc R. Staenberg
Executive Vice President

Bea Wain
Secretary/Treasurer

Al Schlesinger
Board of Trustees

Marvin Freedman
Finance

Tess Russell
Artist Relations

Jeanne Hazard
Ways & Means

Ray Charles
Membership

Ferne Cohen
Tributes

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Reta Rose

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Judy Hewson

VICE PRESIDENTS AT-LARGE

Tony Martin
Jerry Vale

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Anna Maria Alberghetti
Billie Barnum
Polly Bergen
Earl Brown
William Cole
Hal David
Morris Diamond
Lamont Dozier
Rhonda Fleming Mann
Walter Grauman
Helen Grayco Rosen
Buddy Greco
Corky Hale Stoller
Marcia Israel
Anne Jeffreys
Laura Jons-Thompson
Ray Katz
Della Koenig
Perry Lambert
Perry Leff
Jay Livingston
Artie Malvin
Billy Meshel
George Otaki
Donald Preston
Russ Regan
Irwin Schaeffer
Harriet Schock
Rosemary Willson

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Al Gallico
Jack Haley, Jr.
Gerald Oppenheimer
Keely Smith
Paul Weston

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March 8, 1994

Dr. & Mrs. Henry A. Kissinger
The Henry A. Kissinger Consulting
1800 K Street, NW, #1021
Washington, D.C. 20006

MAR 14 1994

Dear Nancy and Henry,

The Society of Singers Lifetime Achievement Award celebration will honor Peggy Lee on May 9, 1994 in Beverly Hills. This will be the fourth in the "Ella" tradition.

Peggy's many colleagues and friends will gather at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to share this evening together and the enclosed materials will give you an opportunity to express special and personal thoughts of Peggy as well as to secure advance reservations.

The astonishing quality about Peggy's work is its emotional subtlety, and the ability she has to communicate the essence of a lyric's drama. It was revealed over and over in a body of recorded work that amounts to 70 albums. Her ability as a lyricist expressed itself in more than 200 copyrighted songs. Peggy's legendary status will be acknowledged at the event.

Knowing how much your support would help to ensure the financial success of the evening, I hope you will plan to be with us on May 9th.

Only the best,

Ginny Mancini
President

enclosures

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Gilda Maiken Anderson
(702) 434-3366

CHICAGO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Bonnie Herman
(312) 944-5899

Legal Counsel
Jay Cooper, Esq.

Public Relations
Kevin Sasaki

National Headquarters: 8242 West 3rd St., Suite 250, Los Angeles, California 90048. (213) 651-1696. FAX: (213) 651-5483

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28 October 1994

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

Realization of the project, "Franconia--Land and People," publications as well as a large exhibition, is making considerable progress. You obligingly and patiently sat for photographer Christian Hohn, for which we thank you very much.

The Franconian Lord Mayor invites you to a ceremony -- a sort of Franconian "spectacular" -- for the opening of the exhibition. This will take place Tuesday, November 22, from 8:00-9:30pm, in the theater of Nürnberg's "Tafelhalle," Aussere Sulzbacher Str. 62. Subsequently the exhibition will be opened in the adjacent museum of industrial culture. We would like to invite you to these events and hope very much you can attend. A printed invitation will be forthcoming.

Your attendance seems all the more important to us as the event is also being covered by the media. "Franconia, Radio & Television" plans to carry the event live, and we're delighted that a relaxed program sequence can be presented in this way with artists from all of Franconia, with interesting conversations and interviews.

Hoping to hear from you soon,

NOV 03 REC'D

Stadt Nürnberg
Historische Museen

Stadt Nürnberg - 90317 Nürnberg

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Sehr geehrter Herr Kissinger,

die Realisierung des Projektes "Franken - Land & Leute" sowohl als Publikationen wie auch in Form einer großen Ausstellung eilt mit mächtigen Schritten voran. Sie haben sich dem Fotografen Christian Höhn mit persönlichem Entgegenkommen und großer Geduld gestellt. Dafür vorab herzlichen Dank.

Zum Auftakt der Ausstellung laden die fränkischen Oberbürgermeister zu einem Festakt - einer Art fränkischem "Spektakel" - ein. Dieser wird

am Dienstag, den 22. November 1994, von 20.00 bis etwa 21.30 Uhr,
im Theatersaal der Nürnberger "Tafelhalle",
Äußere Sulzbacher Str. 62,

stattfinden; anschließend wird die Ausstellung im angrenzenden Museum Industriekultur eröffnet. Zu diesen Ereignissen möchten wir Sie auf diesem Wege schon jetzt persönlich einladen. Wir würden uns freuen, Sie bei uns begrüßen zu können, und bitten herzlich um Ihre Zusage. Die gedruckte Einladung geht Ihnen zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt zu.

Ihre Anwesenheit erscheint uns umso wichtiger als das Ereignis auch von den Medien aufgegriffen wird: Der Sender "Franken, Funk und Fernsehen" beabsichtigt, die Veranstaltung life zu übertragen. Wir freuen uns, daß auf diesem Weg eine lockere Programmfolge mit Künstlern aus ganz Franken, mit interessanten Reden und Interviews präsentiert werden kann.

In der Hoffnung, bald von Ihnen zu hören, verbleibe ich mit besten Grüßen

Dr. Franz Sönnenberger
Direktor

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October 12, 1994

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OCT 12 1994

Dear Professor Kissinger:

Covering the German elections this coming Sunday, DER SPIEGEL would like to publish a few prominent and distinguished international voices. We would therefore very much appreciate if you, on Sunday, would be able to write a brief analysis for us, presenting the American perspective. No more than 2 - 3 SPIEGEL paragraphs (up to 10 sentences) would be necessary. If it would be possible for you to do this, we would fax you on Sunday around 12.00 noon Eastern time (6.00 p.m. German time) the first, as a rule very reliable, projection of the election results. The analysis (in English or German, which ever language you prefer) should then be faxed within the next 3 hours (latest at 3.00 p.m. Eastern Time) directly to our Hamburg headquarters (FAX-No.: 01149 40 3007 2215).

We would be most grateful if you could contribute to our evaluation of the election results. Please let us know to which number we would have to fax the projection and what your honorarium would be.

Hoping to have the pleasure of meeting you again in the foreseeable future, I remain

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PATINA

PINOT

November 1, 1994

Dr. Henry Kissinger
Kissinger Associates
1800 K Street Northwest
Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20006

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

As you are a loyal patron of our restaurant when you are visiting Los Angeles, I am taking the liberty of asking you the following favor...

I have been working on my first cook book titled "Spuds, Truffles, and Wild Gnocchi" with Collins Publishers in San Francisco, and text collaborated with Charles Perry of the Los Angeles Times. It will be a beautiful book featuring not only some of our specialties at Patina with color photographs and recipes, but also including many artistic black and white shots illustrating the daily life of a restaurant kitchen.

Would you mind writing a quote about our cuisine at Patina? We would be most honored if we could print this quote of yours on the back cover of the cook book.

Thank you in advance for your kind consideration. Should you need additional information concerning this dear project of mine, my phone number is 213/960-1760 and fax number is 213/467-1924.

NOV 7 1994

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