Colonel (Ret.) Ismail Khan.

Chief of Protocol,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Islamabad.

Henry A. Kissinger

Best regards,

The arrangements were excellent and significantly
contributed to the success and enjoyment of our stay
there. I particularly appreciated the very fine service
provided by the staff of the Guest House, which did
everything possible to make our stay there pleasant and
comfortable.

You provided during my visit to Pakistan.
You have my deep appreciation for all of the assistance
You and your colleagues in the Office of Protocol

Dear Colonel Ismail:

3 NOV 1974

St. John's University
NOTRE DAME COLLEGE

300 Howard Avenue
Staten Island, New York 10301

September 3, 1972

Dr. Henry Kissinger
Chairman, National Security Council
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C.

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

I represent the International Relations Association of St. John's University. Twice yearly (once per academic semester), we publish a journal on international relations entitled "Viewpoint."

The editorial staff humbly requests the great honor of publishing an article by you in a forthcoming journal. We are quite sure that an article concerning any area of international relations which you feel to be of importance would be of vital interest to the students and scholars whom we reach with our publication. We realize that you have an exceedingly busy schedule carrying a great many given responsibilities, however, the article need only be from 3 to 7 pages in length including bibliographical notes.

"Viewpoint", although a relatively new publication, is available not only to the 15,000 students of St. John's University but also is on hand in the libraries of 30 large universities throughout the country. Among these schools are Georgetown, Harvard, UCLA, Case Western Reserve and New York University. "Viewpoint" can also be found in the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C. Many members of Congress and the Presidential Administration receive personal copies upon request.

Among our contributors have been Second Secretaries of the Permanent Mission to the United Nations of the Soviet Union and Israel, scholars from Britain and Ireland, a former member of the Foreign Service of the Dominican Republic and several members of the United States House of Representatives and the Senate.

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4819 Dexter Terrace, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

November 24, 1976

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

Dear Secretary Kissinger:

The purpose of this letter is to request the
opportunity to interview you about the development of
the Chinese-American detente from 1968 to 1972, which is
the subject of a thesis I am writing for Oxford University.
Professor Michael Howard of All Souls College is my
supervisor. The late Professor Alastair Buchan was also
guiding me in this effort until his sudden death last
winter. As a further personal introduction, I have
enclosed one page of biographical information.

My thesis is a study of United States foreign policy
more than it is a study of the foreign policy of the
People's Republic of China. The focus is on the politics
between 1968 and 1971 that made it possible for you to
travel to Peking in July 1971 and for President Nixon to
visit Peking in February 1972. Global and regional
political relationships are considered in relation to
the bilateral detente between the United States and the
People's Republic. The role of individual leaders in the
process of detente is discussed. The foreign policy
institutions and domestic politics of America are analyzed.

The opportunity to interview you on this subject
would certainly constitute the single most important
interview for my thesis. It would also be a great honor
and a pleasure. I hope that you will grant me an interview.

I will be in Washington from now until December 21 and
again in the first two weeks of next year. You or your staff
may contact me at my home address which is above or at my
office here in the Department of State, room 7823-A, telephone
extension 23623. I will be available at your convenience.

October 1976

LANCE M. KING - BIOGRAPHY

In October 1974, Mr. King began graduate studies as a Winston Churchill Memorial Scholar (ESU, SF) at Oxford University, where he is enrolled in the International Relations B.Phil. degree program. He will complete the program in spring 1977.

At present, Mr. King is residing in Washington, D.C., in order to conduct a series of interviews for his thesis, "The Sino-American Detente 1968-1972: A study of United States foreign policy in transition." During the several months he is conducting these interviews, he is working for the Department of State on matters unrelated to his thesis topic.

As a Foreign Service Reserve Officer since 1974, Mr. King has taken time from his studies to work in various assignments at the Department of State. He has served in the Office of Nuclear Energy and Energy Technology Affairs (September 1976-present and July-September 1975) and in the Office of the Special Assistant to the Secretary for Environment (September-October 1974).

Mr. King served in the following positions prior to his work at the Department of State:

- Legislative Assistant to the Director of Congressional Relations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. (June-September 1974);

- Consultant, Sierra Club, San Francisco (July-September 1973);

- Apprentice Teacher in Politics, University of California at Santa Cruz (Spring Term 1973);

- Legislative Analyst and Land Use Task Force Member, Office of the Administrator, U.S. EPA (June-September 1972);

- National Elected Representative, Student Council On Pollution and the Environment (SCOPE), U.S. EPA (December 1970-August 1971).

In October 1969, Mr. King was appointed to his first public service position as a County Commissioner in Santa Cruz, California. Since that time, he has served on a number of advisory commissions and committees at the local and Federal level, including the President's Advisory Committee on the Environmental Merit Award Program.

After serving in environmental positions in private organizations, community groups, and the EPA, Mr. King was awarded the Bronze Medal for Commendable Service by the Administrator of EPA in December 1972.

Mr. King graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz in June 1974, receiving a B.A. with Highest Honors.

He was born in San Francisco on June 17, 1952. Mr. King has his permanent residence in Santa Cruz, California.

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A. LETTERS

1. MR. RANDALL, PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE BOARD, WRITES THAT YOUR LUNCHEON PRESENTATION WAS AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND YOUR INFORMAILITY AND WARMTH MADE IT THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE CONFERENCE.

2. LANCE KING, A FOREIGN RESERVE OFFICER SINCE 1974 AND PRESENTLY WORKING IN THE DEPARTMENT HAS REQUESTED TO INTERVIEW YOU ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINESE-AMERICAN DETENTE FROM 1968 TO 1972 -- WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF HIS TEHSIS HE IS WRITING FOR OXFORD UNIVERSITY. THE FOCUS IS ON THE POLITICS BETWEEN 1968 AND 1971 WHICH MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO TRAVEL TO PEKING IN 1971. THE LATE PROFESSOR ALASTAIR BUCHAN WAS GUIDING HIM IN THIS EFFORT UNTIL HIS DEATH LAST WINTER. MR. KING IS A 24 YEAR OLD WINSTON CHURCHILL MEMORIAL SCHOLAR AT OXFORD. HE WILL COMPLETE HIS DEGREE IN SPRING OF 1977. HE WILL BE IN WASHINGTON UNTIL DECEMBER 21 AND AGAIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS IN JANUARY.

3. CONGRESSMAN SAM STRATTON FORWARDS A PETITION FROM HIS CONSTITUENTS URGING THE USG TO ALLOW MR. BRAZINSKAS AND HIS SON OF THE SOVIET UNION (PRESENTLY IN ITALY) TO RESIDE IN THE UNITED STATES. CONGRESSMAN STRATTON IN A POSTSCRIPT WRITES "WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU, BELIEVE ME."

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B. SOCIAL INVITATIONS:

1. JOHN WALLACH IS HAVING A DINNER ON MON., DEC. 6 IN HONOR OF WARRNE MANSHEL, PUBLISHER OF "FOREIGN POLICY" MAGAZINE. HE KNOWS THAT YOU WILL BE AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE ANDREOTTI DINNER AT 8:00 PM, BUT HOPES YOU COULD DROP BY EITHER FOR COCKTAILS AT 7:00 PM OR AFTER DINNER. OTHER GUESTS WILL INCLUDE THE BRANDONS, SCHECTERS, AMB. YAQUB KHAN, AND SENATOR CHURCH.

DROP BY FOR COCKTAILS

DROP BY LATER

REGRET

2. PRES. ANDREOTTI HAS INVITED YOU TO A RECEPTION ON TUES., DEC. 7 FROM 6:30 UNTIL 8:30 PM AT THE ITALIAN EMBASSY. I WILL REGRET AS YOU WILL NOT BE HERE.

C. TELEPHONE CALLS:

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RELEASE DATE: Sunday, April 18, 1971

WHO KEPT US OUT OF WAR?

by Roscoe Drummond

WASHINGTON--BEWARE--it may not be safe for EXTREME DOVES and many young people to read this column. It might spoil their fun.

The reason: This column takes aim at some currently popular oversimplifications and downright falsehoods.

It is the fashionable view of EXTREME DOVES, including many students, that it is the military who are intent upon getting the nation into war and that there is a monolithic "military mind" to whom war is a joy and peace is a bore.

There are contrary facts.

In the short span of the past decade and a half it was two generals who kept us out of war in Vietnam and two civilian leaders--Presidents Kennedy and Johnson--who put us in.

It was Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway, then chief of staff of the Army, whose alertness and influence countered successfully Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' efforts to have the United States intervene in Vietnam while the French were fighting there in 1954.

It was Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, then President, who later refused to put American military forces in Vietnam and confined the American role to economic and arms aid.

I'm not saying that Presidents Kennedy and Johnson were wrong in going further. Emotions run too high today to judge objectively. I am saying that the two United States generals most directly concerned chose a different course.

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Page Two . . . ROSCOE DRUMMOND . . . April 18, 1971 . . . a different course.

The role of Gen. Ridgeway: The French WERE losing in Vietnam and the decisive battle of Dien Bien Phu was imminent. Serious consideration was being given at the highest level for U.S. intervention and the wishful thought was dominant that all WE would have to do was drop a few bombs and shoot off a few big naval guns.

Ridgeway was horrified. He acted quickly. He knew that rhetoric wouldn't be enough to stop this intervention. He sent to Indochina a team of Army specialists in every field of ground warfare to get the hard answers to hard military questions. They flew back to Washington with a concrete and realistic appraisal, and here is how Gen. Ridgeway describes what happened next:

"In Korea WE had learned that air and naval power alone cannot win a war and that inadequate ground forces cannot win one either. It was incredible to me that WE had forgotten that bitter lesson so soon--that WE were on the verge of making the same tragic error.

"That error, thank God, was not repeated. As soon as a full report was in, I lost no time in having it passed on up the chain of command. It reached President Eisenhower. To a man of his military experience its implications were immediately clear. The idea of intervening was abandoned, and it is my belief that the analysis which the Army made and presented to higher authority played a considerable, perhaps a decisive, part in persuading our government not to embark on that tragic adventure."

The role of Gen. Eisenhower: After the French WERE driven from Vietnam and the country was divided into two halves by the Geneva Conference, President Eisenhower was still faced with the creeping aggression of North Vietnam against South Vietnam. As a military man he opposed the commitment of U.S. ground troops in Indochina. As President he never sent Americans to fight in Vietnam.

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Page Three . . . ROSCOE DRUMMOND . . . April 18, 1971 . . . fight in Vietnam.

There is another revealing sidelight to Gen. Eisenhower's "military mind."
When he became chief of staff of the Army after World War II, Congress was just
drafting the legislation creating the Atomic Energy Commission to be responsible
for both military and nonmilitary nuclear development. Many leading congressmen
wanted to put the commission under the Pentagon and were pleading with Gen. Eisenhower
to advocate this course. They knew that if he did, his views would prevail.
Ibidem said "No." He believed that the AEC should be under civilian control. He
prevailed.

Perhaps we should all take a new look at the "military mind." We may discover
that it is as many-sided as the "civilian mind."

Copyright 1971, Los Angeles Times Syndicate.

FROM THE DESK OF

JULIUS KLEIN

July 5, 1972

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Asst. to the President for
National Security Affairs
The White House
Washington, D. C.

My dear Dr. Kissinger:

I just returned from a trip abroad, and even while
on the ocean you make good copy. I also like Peter
Lisagor's article entitled "Kissinger now a living
legend" which appeared in the CHICAGO DAILY NEWS
of June 17-18, 1972. How proud we all are of you!

Attached herewith please find copies of both articles
for your files. With kind regards, I remain

Julius Klein: ras
Major General, AUS (ret.)

Enclosures

P.S. The DAILY TELEGRAPH was the paper we
received aboard the Queen Elizabeth II.

Peter
Lisagor

Kissinger now
a living legend

WASHINGTON — Henry Alfred Kissinger has ceased being a phenomenon. He has become a legend, and the word is not lightly used.

Few presidential assistants have undertaken as many diverse roles and executed them with such skill, wit and aplomb. He luxuriates in the sweet uses of publicity, and has learned to spar as nimbly with Arlene Dahl and Ali McGraw as with Leonid I. Brezhnev and Andrei N. Gromyko.

He is the compleat cosmopolite, urbane without swagger, self-centered without smugness. As a reputed ladies man, he undoubtedly has given aid and comfort to every squat, owled, overweight and middle-aged bachelor in the land. He has perhaps described best the reason for his nocturnal reputation with the remark that "power is the ultimate aphrodisiac."

WHILE SEEMINGLY BEYOND embarrassment, he is capable of momentary outrage. When a national magazine recently carried a report on a book, titled "Dear Henry" and written by a French woman journalist who claimed an unrequited love for him, he objected strenuously, but not about her allegations that he is at heart a woman-hater or suffers from "a thirst for publicity, and a nature that is often childish," or that he has bad table manners and is insecure and defensive.

What troubled Kissinger was the magazine's quote from the book relating that he had accumulated a year's worth of unlaUNDERED underwear in his apartment. What one should make of that is for other analysts, but Kissinger could surely argue that his restless traipsing around the globe gave him little time to send out his laundry.

He is now off to Peking again, after returning only a few days ago from Tokyo. He preceded President Nixon to Moscow, where he laid the groundwork for the summit achievements for which he has become the chief publicist. His secret sorties have become so commonplace that nobody would be surprised if he detoured on his way home via Hanoi.

Bureaucrats boggle at Kissinger's gargantuan energies and versatility, even as they admire his disciplined mind, his ability to rationalize twists and turns of policy with deductive brilliance, his scholarly grasp of historical forces.

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T PRICES have risen
ly in the last few weeks,
uch as 200 to 300 per cent,
ietnamese source said.
the magnitude of the prob-
s difficult to gauge. Ngoc
she knew of several
s who had seen the same
, while other Vietnamese
 seem to know somebody
has paid a bribe for a po-

 reason for the healthy

business now is President Nguyen Van Thieu's decision to expand the draft to include 17-year-olds and men up to 43 who have fewer than six children.

It all sounds very immoral
except to the Vietnamese.

"We're paying so we don't have to go out and die," one, who refused to be identified, said. "You'd probably do the same thing."

# trustees ease
on marijuana

fetus is still uncertain."

The AMA report said there
is no evidence supporting the
notion that marijuana leads to
violence, aggressive behavior
or crime. Another idea com-
monly held, that marijuana
leads to dependence-producing
drug, has a "statistical associ-
ation but the nature of the
relationship remains to be
clarified."

THE HOUSE OF delegates
also will act on a number of
resolutions submitted by state
associations seeking to give
greater representation to
grassroots doctors.

Alaska, which has only one
delegate on a population basis,
asked creation of a second
AMA house of delegates com-
posed of presidents and presi-
dents-elect of state medical as-
sociation.

Colorado asked that at least
two-thirds of the members of
the board of trustees be se-
lected on a regional basis.

It also would limit each

trustee to a single six-year
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tration that he, not Sec. of State William P. Rogers, is the
President's chief adviser on foreign policy. More than that,

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he has drawn into his hands some of the advisory functions
of the secretary of defense and the head of the Central
Intelligence Agency. Through him flows the strategic advice
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as well.

When the President invited the relevant congressional committees into the White House the other day for an initial detailed briefing on the arms control agreements signed with the Russians, it was an event because Kissinger was to be the star witness. For an hour, he beguiled the legislators with an analysis of the agreements, a chronology of their development, and the military-political-diplomatic arguments for supporting them. Even so dour and persistent an administration critic as Sen. J. W. Fulbright called the Kissinger presentation "extraordinary, thorough and enlightening."

Kissinger handled the questions with the assurance of a man confident that he knew his case better than his inquisitors. Inasmuch as the President reiterated that Kissinger would not be permitted to testify before the committees in the halls of Congress, an assertion of the protective cloak of "executive privilege," a congressman asked if Kissinger would be available for consultations. Obligingly, Kissinger said he would discuss aspects of the treaty and interim agreement any time, individually or in groups, within the limits imposed by the President. A purr of satisfaction rolled through the room.

AS IF HIS GEOPOLITICAL and romantic labors, coupled with his travels as a presidential emissary, were not enough to engage his time and energy, Kissinger has turned up at political meetings in support of senators up for re-election. His latest political sortie was in behalf of Maryland Republican Charles McC. Mathias, a liberal senator who has opposed the President on several critical issues.

The former Harvard professor is, in short, putting on a remarkable show. Not everyone at the White House is delighted with the attention he gets, and if he should stumble or falter, there are those who will not shrink from trying to cut him off at the knees. But as long as he serves the President with such virtuoso skill, he can pile his laundry up in a corner, gallivant about with Jill St. John, exchange banter with Soviet Defense Minister Marshall Andrei Grechko, and proclaim jokingly that he is trying to make the world safe for Persian belly-dancers, without too much worry of being topped from the pinnacle he occupies with such relish and gusto.

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

October 4, 1976

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

Dear Henry:

I am writing to thank you personally for all the
efforts you made on behalf of the President's Consumer
Representation Plan initiative.

On this occasion of releasing the final Plans, I
felt it appropriate to extend to you our appreciation for
your participation and my best wishes for your future
endeavors.

DEC 9 1968

EMBASSY
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ankara, Turkey

PERSONAL and CONFIDENTIAL

December 3, 1968

Mr. Henry Kissinger
Center for International Studies
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Dear Henry:

I think it grand that you're succeeding Mac and Walt. It augurs
well for President Nixon's Administration that he made such a
thoroughly professional and broad-guage choice for this critical
post. Since one hears that Mr. Nixon (whom I observed in action
during NSC days as Bob Amory's NSC deputy during 1957-60) will
largely make his own foreign policy, your job becomes even more
critical.

As a recent Vietnam veteran -- from the period *after* we had lost
most credibility but *during which* we finally began getting the
payoff from our investment, I have one thought worth passing on.
Many Establishment people in Washington seem to have lost touch
with the situation out in Vietnam. They have so discounted the
possibility (the likelihood if we play our cards right) of
achieving a favorable settlement -- either negotiated or *de facto* --
that they no longer show much interest in the unanimous judgment
of our senior Saigon team that we are well on the way to breaking
the enemy's will and ability to win. But as some of us saw out
there, and as Enthoven's DOD whiz kids have demonstrated statisti-
cally, the enemy broke his own back militarily by his three 1968
desperation offensives.

Our greatest military problem in Vietnam has been to find and fix
the enemy so that our superior weight and fire power can be
brought to bear. Fortunately, Giap solved the problem for us by
attacking cities in 1968. As one who spent 2½ painful years
making Vietnamese bricks without straw, I think it demonstrable
that even pacification too is now making substantial headway --
mainly because we finally created a program worthy of the name
which is enabling us to exploit the opportunities created in the
countryside by the enemy's "big unit" losses. In sum, whatever
one may think of our past performance in Vietnam -- or of whether
we should even be there, we are achieving what we set out to do.
This may no longer be the main determinant of our future policy,
but it should be taken into account.

2.

No need to accept my judgment. Although my estimative record over the years can stand on its own, even we late-comers to Vietnam inherited a ready-made credibility gap. Moreover, anything we say necessarily smacks of apologia. So my one suggestion is that the new Administration send a few professionals like yourself out to Vietnam to size up the situation on the ground. I am sure that you will find it illuminating. This could easily wait until late January if an earlier visit would be inappropriate. But the important thing is to see before deciding.

Since policy is a continuum, it gives added reason to wish you all success. We out here will do our best to be of help. Incidentally, as I told Governor Scranton, the Mediterranean/Middle East may heat up more, but I doubt that it will soon become the scene of our next major external crisis. At any rate I'll venture, as an old Middle East hand, that an active and skillful anticipatory diplomacy can do much to limit the risks.

Sincerely,

THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

June 18, 1973

MEMORANDUM FOR: HENRY KISSINGER

FROM: TOM C. KOROLOGOS

A note of thanks to you for coming over to shake hands with
the kids and my wife this morning.

They were infinitely more impressed with shaking your hand
than they were with seeing Brezhnev or the President.

(This paper will not self-destruct, so please eat it or something
before it shows up in some hearing).

Thanks again, Henry.

RECEIVED

JUN 2 1 1973

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# Hockey has lost TV appeal
## VD may score in its place

Hockey Night in Canada has dipped disastrously in the TV ratings.

However, CBC may have found the perfect replacement—venereal disease.

This week the network showed a special called VD Blues, a "fun" look at social disease.

Frankly, the reviews were sensation-al.

Naturally, the development hasn't gone unnoticed at corporation head-quarters.

"We've underestimated the audience appeal of VD," a CBC executive admitted. "For some reason, nobody at the network saw its potential as fami-ly entertainment.

"Obviously, we'll have to give view-ers a weekly program on the subject."

"Surely you don't intend to do a series on venereal disease," I gasped.

### 'We'll fill in'

"Not a full 39 weeks," was his reply, "just 15 or 20 shows.

"We'll fill in with items based on other physical problems and shortcom-ings.

"For example, I'd like to see us do a program on ear wax.

"With songs, jokes and a skit or two, there's no reason why ear wax can't be as big a hit as venereal disease."

"The Toronto Maple Leafs may not be much, but they're better than ear wax," I protested.

Gary Lautens

"Then how about psoriasis?" my CBC contact suggested.

"Picture this: We sign some of the biggest names in Canadian television —Pierre Berton, Juliette, Rich Little.

"And we get them to play scales!

"Our set would be a huge elbow and our stars will run around in circles making dry patches.

"I can see the publicity now—'If you liked VD Blues, you'll love the heart-break of psoriasis.'

### Athlete's foot

"And that's just the beginning,

"We plan to feature a variety of hitherto unspeakable ailments—a mu-sical comedy based on the hernia, recreations of athlete's foot, a dramat-ization of post-nasal drip.

"We'd even like to try something madcap on sluggish colons.

"Can you visualize that in living color, with Foster Hewitt doing the play-by-play?"

"No," I responded, "I'm not much of a colon fan. By the way, have you got a name for your new series?"

"How does Body Night In Canada grab you?" he asked.

# Abortion risk to child born later, study finds

LONDON (Reuter) — Worldwide studies show

the Wynns conclude: "The accumulated evidence is

New Delhi,
Indian Council of World Affairs,
President,
Mr. H. N. Kurnu,

Henry V. Krausder

Beat redra,

every success.
for the Council and wish you and the other members
such differences. I have the greatest admiration
elaborate views from time to time before
are embedded in implementing foreign policy to
it is extremely helpful for those of us who

at Kamsu Auditorium on Oct. 28.
of addressing such a large and distinguished group
Indian Council of World Affairs for the opportunity
I want to thank you and the members of the

Dear Mr. Kurnu:

3 NOV 1974

WARMER
Sunny Monday.
High: upper 70.

CHICAGO
Sun-Times

CITY

Dear Mr. Secretary,

May I add my appreciation
to those of other media personnel
who benefited from your backgrounder
in Chicago the other night.
You were (as usual!) magnificent.

With every good wish,

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WAR CONTROL PLANNERS, INC.

Box 35 Champaign, New York 10514

NEW WASHINGTON ADDRESS

Box 19127 - Washington D.C. 20036
Telephone (202) 785 - 0708

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington D.C. 20500

Via Dr. Peter Rodman - Assistant

Dear Henry Kissinger:

This is the most difficult sentence we ever have tried to construct,
so please allow us to be awkward:-

With the utmost respect and admiration for what you have accomplished for the President in the past four years ( and we doubt if there are others in the U.S. who could have accomplished so much ) the basic, unspoken assumption on which your strategic concepts are constructed, for ten years has been eroding, and now is approaching collapse.

For twenty-five years we have studied, worked, observed and written
in this one small area:- the basic concept of U.S. global strategy.

A power confrontation is not lost on the battlefield. It is lost
long in advance in the inadequate or distorted concept in the mind of
the person in supreme command, and those who filter ideas before they
reach the commander . . . . the Hitler, who lost . . . the Napoleon
who lost . . . the President of the United States still basing national
strategy on the power to kill people.

We will rewrite the enclosed draft of the next issue of our newsletter
CHECKPOINT four or five more times before it goes to the printers in
a day or two . . . . but the rough thrust is in this draft . . . .
and we mention specifically the collapse of the basic concept in your
brilliant work, on page four.

We have greatly improved the audio-visual briefing we gave for you in
New York just before you entered the White House. We now have more than
a hundred colored slides and conceptual visuals. It requires about a half
hour as background, then usually sparks several hours of heated discussion.
You mentioned on a TV interview that you try to take some time each week
looking into the long range future. We continue to offer to make ourselves
available. No 19th Century Sovereign ever had a global power tool like an
earth-orbiting satellite to develop a strategy for.

Sincerely
(Rev.)Harriet B. Kurtz

Howard G. Kurtz

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