John W. Kluge
Center
in the
Library of Congress
CHARTER

PREAMBLE

WHEREAS, American self-government was created by a very small group of people who were thinkers as well as doers; and, among them, Thomas Jefferson asked to be remembered as the founder of an educational institution rather than as President of the United States; and building on Jefferson's own library, the Congress of the United States has built the Library of Congress into the largest collection of knowledge in human history; and

WHEREAS, In the year of its Bicentennial, the Library of Congress has an unprecedented opportunity to reinvigorate the interconnection between thought and action at a high level, as it is located beside, and statutorily part of, the world's most important law-making body, and by this means to reduce the distance between the academic and political worlds; and

WHEREAS, The Library has been collecting the world's cultural heritage in the languages of the world and preserving through copyright deposit the mint record of American creativity in almost every media, and its expert staff preserves and makes accessible the nearly 121 million items in its collections, in part by utilizing the emerging electronic technologies both to provide access and to expand its collections; and

WHEREAS, The United States of America is in an age where power and influence depend far more on knowledge than in the past and where our country's leaders will need to tap the wisdom of mature scholars who will make broad use of the Library's vaided resources and whose judgment and objectivity would bring fresh perspectives to the city of government;

WHEREAS, John W. Kluge has shown by his generous benefactions to the Library of Congress an abiding concern with education and the opportunity for people to use knowledge for their own and the institution's benefit;

In consideration whereof, now, therefore, the Library of Congress has established the
John W. Kluge Center

to bring a small number of the world's best thinkers into residence at the Library of Congress. The
Center will assemble the finest minds characterized by broad, historical, or philosophical vision
and capable of providing dispassionate wisdom and intelligent mediation of the knowledge in the

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Library's collections and of the information streaming into the Library via the Internet. They will
have the opportunity through residence in the Jefferson Building both to distill wisdom from the
rich resources of the Library and to stimulate, through informal conversations and meetings,
Members of Congress, their support staffs and the broader public policy community. The
Center's Scholars and Fellows will help bridge the divide between knowledge and power.

The Kluge Center will seek to be catalytic rather than bureaucratic and to deepen rather than
merely recycle the work of the many other fine institutions and individuals in the Washington,
D.C. area who also seek to narrow the gap between thinkers and doers. The Center will
encourage its resident scholars to make wide-ranging use of the print and electronic multi-lingual,
multi-medial, multi-disciplinary resources of the Library, and to bring their inquiries and rich
learning into the intellectual life of the Library, the Congress, and the Nation.

Resident in the Kluge Center will be Senior Distinguished Scholars, occupying the Kluge Chairs, post-doctoral Fellows, and such other appropriate categories as the Librarian may designate. Kluge Scholars will normally be expected to be in residence for a period between six and eighteen months.

There will be five broadly defined Kluge Chairs, the occupants of which will be people of great scholarly accomplishment chosen solely for their intellectual and communicative abilities and free to pursue their own research in the Library's collections. The Kluge Chair-holders will be chosen by the Librarian of Congress in consultation with a distinguished Scholars' Council composed of leading and wide-ranging scholars. The five Chairs are initially described as:

* *American Law and Governance*, focusing on the development of government in the United States, using the world's largest Law Library and the finest collection anywhere of manuscripts on the formation of the American Republic

* *Culture and Society of the North*, focusing on regions of the northern hemisphere, taken to include Canada, Europe, Russia and East Asia, using the immense foreign collections in the specialized reading rooms of the Jefferson Building

* *Culture and Society of the South*, focusing on the regions of Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and the islands of the Pacific including Australia and New Zealand, using the immense foreign collections in the specialized reading rooms of the Jefferson Building

* *Technology and Society*, focusing on the impact of fast-changing technology on human societies, using the rapidly growing digital and on-line resources of the Library as well as the massive "grey literature" of science and technology to spread awareness of scientific materials, largely in the reading rooms of the Adams Building

* *Modern Culture*, focusing on modern arts and media and their impact on society, using the Library's immense music, film, architecture, literature, multi-media and folklore collections, largely in the reading rooms of the Madison Building

The Kluge Center will welcome and accommodate other distinguished Chairs in the Library of Congress, including three that have already been established:

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* *The Papamarkou Chair in Education* to focus on the Library's role in education, especially at present on the interaction between the new electronic and traditional artifactual knowledge

* *The Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations* to present both a distinguished annual lecturer in international affairs and an annual Kissinger Scholar who will occupy the Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress

* *The Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in American History and Ethics* to explore the history of America with special attention to the ethical dimensions of domestic economic, political, and social policies

The Kluge Center will also accommodate up to a dozen Fellows, pursuing particularly at the post-doctoral level resident research usually for periods from five to ten months. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural topics of a kind normally not encouraged in specialized departmental settings will be welcome. The selection of a diverse group of Fellows will be by competition in the human sciences, with some emphasis upon the five broadly defined categories of the Kluge Chairs as set out above. Kluge post-doctoral Fellows will have an opportunity to discuss their research with the Kluge Scholars and to explore possibilities for intellectual collaboration. Applicants for Kluge post-doctoral Fellows will be required to provide a statement of research, an indication of the ways in which a variety of Library of Congress collections will be used for the proposed research, a *curriculum vitae*, and three letters of reference from those who know the applicant and are able to evaluate the proposed research.

From time to time by invitation, a few Distinguished Visiting Scholars, may be asked to spend shorter periods of time at the Kluge Center pursuing special research projects.

The Kluge Center will also accommodate other resident Scholars and Fellows working in the Library's collections.

## THE JOHN W. KLUGE PRIZE IN THE HUMAN SCIENCES

The *John W. Kluge Prize in the Human Sciences* will be awarded for lifetime achievement in the humanistic and social sciences to celebrate the importance of the Intellectual Arts for the public interest. The Prize recognizes at the dawn of the Third Millennium the promise that the United States brought to the world at the end of the Second Millennium by demonstrating leadership in the human sciences and subsidizing them at a level unprecedented in human history. The Prize will be conferred in a ceremony in the Great Hall of the Jefferson Building, attended by American political leaders to dramatize America's commitment to these areas of human inquiry. The Prize winner will give an address, will remain in residence at the Library for a short time thereafter, and will be expected to have some informal interaction with Members of Congress.

Members of the Scholars' Council, as described in the appended Charter, and holders of the Kluge Chairs will be among those offering recommendations to the Librarian of Congress concerning recipients of the Kluge Prize.

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# THE SCHOLARS' COUNCIL
CHARTER

## PREAMBLE

WHEREAS, The Kluge Center in the Library of Congress makes clear the need for strong links between the Library and the scholarly world; and

WHEREAS, It is desirable that there be a continuing institutional group to advise the Library on scholarly issues; and

WHEREAS, It is desirable that there be a continuing institutional group to recommend to the Librarian of Congress candidates for scholarly Chairs at the Library and for the Kluge Prize; and

WHEREAS, It is mutually desirable that the scholarly staff of the Library and active scholars from the intellectual community broadly scattered around the country and the world have more frequent opportunities to meet each other;

Now therefore,

**The Library of Congress establishes a Scholars' Council with the following responsibilities and privileges:**

Members of the Scholars' Council will be appointed by the Librarian of Congress. Members may be of any nationality. It is desirable that the Council's composition be diverse and international.

The usual term of appointment will be for five years, except that the first appointments will be made in three groups of five appointees each—one group for one year, one for three years, and one for five years. This will ensure a schedule of rotation in the future with new appointments being made every other year. Should illness or other impediments prevent a member from serving a full term, the Librarian will have authority to appoint another person to fulfill the balance of that term. Members of the Scholars' Council may be reappointed once.

Members of the Council will receive an annual honorarium. They will participate in one annual two-day meeting at the Library of Congress (for which transportation and accommodation will be provided), and they will be available throughout the year to provide advice, comment, and assistance. They may also serve on selection panels for post-doctoral Fellows in the Kluge Center.

The Council will recommend to the Librarian appointees to the Kluge Chairs, recipients of the Kluge Prize, and such other scholarly appointments as the Librarian may request.

Members of the Council will advise the Librarian regularly on trends and developments in their own fields of inquiry in relation to the Library's collections, conferences, exhibitions, and other programmatic possibilities.

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Peter Rodman

From: Prosser Gifford [pgif@loc.gov]
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 10:36 AM
To: prodman@nixoncenter.org
Subject: Re: Brochure

Peter--Thank you for calling attention to the curriculum vita misprint
in the brochure. We all missed it. We are now figuring out how tro
correct it without reprinting the whole brochure. Fortunately, it does
not occur in the Economist add, which will be run again, because it
did receive attention overseas. Pross

>>> Peter Rodman <prodman@nixoncenter.org> 12/29 3:39 PM >>>
I just noticed a typo in one of the brochures you gave out at the NY

dinner. Under the "Application Guidelines," instead of "curriculum
vita,"
it should read "curriculum vitae" (genitive singular).

Does this need to be fixed in ads we are running (e.g., The
Economist)?

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The
George
Washington
University
WASHINGTON DC

THE ELLIOTT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

December 22, 2000

Dr. Prosser Gifford, Director
Office of Scholarly Programs
The Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, DC

by fax: 707-3302

Dear Pross:

Thanks for the invitation to lunch yesterday. It was good to see you and Jim, and to hear more about the exciting plans for the Kluge Center. Sorry that I had to leave a bit early, before the luncheon had broken up.

It sounds like Jim is attempting to recreate, through the Kluge Center, his original vision for the Wilson Center -- to bring first-rate scholars (as opposed to policy analysts) to Washington, and then draw the connections between the "world of affairs" and the "world of ideas." I have always admired that vision, and support it wholeheartedly.

Toward the end of the meeting, Jim raised the issue as to whether the Kluge Chairs should be expected to write broad synthetic works during their terms in residence. I fully agree that we should be encouraging scholars to write this kind of book, aimed at the informed public, at some point in their careers. But I also agree with those who said that his requirement would probably be too restrictive to apply to the Kluge Scholars program. Instead, I think the more important criterion is what Jim had earlier defined as "the ability to speak English" -- that is, an interest in engaging in dialogue with the political world, and an ability to communicate with that world in terms they can understand. That may have little to do with the specific research project that the Kluge Scholars, both senior and junior, are undertaking during the terms of their appointment.

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Speaking of which: as impressive as the Library of Congress holdings are, there are some other resources in the Washington area that the Kluge Scholars might find useful. The American Law and Governance Chair, for example, might want to use the National Archives. So might the Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations -- and that person might also be attracted by the National Security Archive here at GW.

Finally, let me repeat a suggestion I made in my earlier letter. Although I understand your desire to avoid creating an administrative bureaucracy within the Kluge Center, I would urge you to hire a few program officers who can arrange events by which the Kluge Scholars can interact with the "world of affairs" in Washington. There may indeed be occasions for chance encounters with Members in the Members' Reading Room. But those encounters are more likely to happen if the Scholars have already been introduced through some kind of substantive event. And, obviously, those of us in the Washington community who do not have access to the Members' Reading Room would like the opportunity to get to know the Kluge Scholars in other occasions.

Now for some names -- not of prospective members of the Scholars Council, but of prospective Kluge Chairs. I have already sent to my President, Steve Trachtenberg, the following list of names, which may eventually end up in your in-box. Given my expertise, they were restricted to two of the eight Chairs:

## Culture and Society of the North

- Robert Legvold, Columbia (contemporary Russia)

- William Kirby, Harvard (modern China)

- Jonathan Spence, Yale (China)

- Roderick Macfarquhar, Harvard (contemporary China)

- John Dower, MIT (contemporary Japan)

- Michael Hunt, North Carolina (U.S.-China relations)

## Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations

- Michael Doyle, Princeton (impact of democracy on international relations)

- Jack Snyder, Columbia (ditto)

- Robert Keohane, Duke (international regimes and institutions)

- Paul Kennedy, Yale (international politics)

- Robert Gilpin, Princeton (international politics)

- Aaron Friedberg, Princeton (international politics)

- Samuel Huntington, Harvard (culture and international relations)

- Donald Kagan, Yale (international relations of ancient world)

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I did not, at that point, realize that you were looking for international scholars, as well as Americans. Therefore let me add the following to the list:

### American Law and Governance

Wang Jisi, Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science (U.S. foreign relations)

Zi Zhongyun, Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science (U.S. foreign relations)

### Culture and Society of the North

Wang Gungwu, Institute of East Asian Studies, National University of Singapore (the Chinese diaspora)

### Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations

Robert O'Neill, All Souls College, Oxford University (military history)

John Keegan (military history)

Again, I hope that you and Jim find these thoughts useful. Thanks for inviting me to lunch, and please don't hesitate to let me know if I can be of any further assistance.

With warm wishes for the holidays and the new year,

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THE
HENRY ALFRED KISSINGER
CHAIR

*in Foreign Policy and International Relations*
*AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS*

THE HENRY ALFRED KISSINGER CHAIR IN
FOREIGN POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS was created through the generosity
of friends of the former Secretary of State to
honor both the man and a field of inquiry so
important for America's future.

Through the Kissinger Chair Program,
outstanding thinkers and practitioners will
have unique opportunities to pursue a wide
range of activities in the study of foreign policy
and international relations.

Scholars will be able to work with the largest
and most international collection of library
materials in the world. They will be served by
an extraordinary staff at the Library of
Congress and be located directly across from
the nation's Capitol.

As a focal point for research and discussion,
the Kissinger Chair will be a catalyst for fresh
analysis of foreign affairs in the global era and
provide exciting new possibilities to bridge the
world of ideas and the world of affairs.

KISSINGER CHAIR
STEERING COMMITTEE

JAMES H. BILLINGTON,
The Librarian of Congress, Chairman

ALAN BATKIN,
Kissinger Associates, New York

LLOYD CUTLER,
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC

NANCY KISSINGER

PETER RODMAN,
Nixon Center, Washington, DC

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
OFFICE OF SCHOLARLY PROGRAMS
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, DC 20540-4860
Telephone: (202) 707-3302
Fax: (202) 707-3595
Email: scholarly@loc.gov
www.loc.gov/kissinger

## THE KISSINGER SCHOLAR

The Kissinger Scholar is the holder of the annual appointment to the Kissinger Chair. It is a distinguished senior research position in residence at the Library for a period of nine months. Using research facilities and services at the Library of Congress, the Scholar is expected to engage in research on foreign policy and international affairs related to the United States that will lead to publication. The Scholar may be of any nationality. A stipend of $100,000 during the term of appointment supports the Scholar.

The Librarian of Congress appoints the Kissinger Scholar upon the recommendation of a four-person Selection Committee. This committee consists of two members of the academic community and two high-ranking foreign policy experts who are no longer in office. The Kissinger Chair Steering Committee appoints the members of the Selection Committee.

## NOMINATIONS

Nominations and applications are welcomed for the annual Kissinger Scholar appointment. Nominations should be submitted in writing, to the attention of the Kissinger Chair Selection Committee, in care of the Office of Scholarly Programs at the Library of Congress.

Nominations may also be submitted by fax to (202) 707-3595 or by email to scholarly@loc.gov. Telephone nominations will not be accepted.

## APPLICATION GUIDELINES

Kissinger Scholar applications require:

* A completed application form which can be obtained on the Web at www.loc.gov/kissinger

* A brief statement (of no more than three double-spaced pages) of the scholar's proposed research. The statement should include an indication of the kinds of material at the Library of Congress that will be used during the research period.

* A curriculum vita which demonstrates evidence of prior scholarly work and publication.

* The names of three people from whom letters of recommendation may be sought. These may be colleagues, administrators, employers, and others having knowledge of the applicant's scholarship and character.

Applications and supporting materials should be post-marked no later than **December 31** to be considered in the competition for the academic year beginning the following September. These may be submitted by mail to the Kissinger Scholar Selection Committee, Office of Scholarly Programs, the Library of Congress; by fax to (202) 707-3595; or by email to scholarly@loc.gov. If an application and supporting materials are submitted by fax or email, a hard copy should also be sent by mail as confirmation.

## KISSINGER LECTURER

Another part of the Kissinger Chair Program is the Kissinger Lecturer, who is appointed annually to deliver the Kissinger Lecture. Like the Kissinger Scholar, the Lecturer will have achieved distinction in the field of foreign affairs and may be of any nationality. Each lecture will be published and, every five years, the lectures will be aggregated into an edited volume that may contain additional material. The Lecturers will receive a $25,000 honorarium and expenses.

## NOMINATIONS

The Kissinger Lecturer is appointed by the Librarian of Congress upon the recommendation of the Kissinger Chair Steering Committee. Selection will be based upon an achieved level of distinction. There will be no direct applications, but nominations are welcome. Written nominations may be submitted at any time to the attention of the Kissinger Chair Steering Committee, in care of the Office of Scholarly Programs at the Library of Congress. Nominations may also be submitted by fax to (202) 707-3595 or by email to scholarly@loc.gov. Telephone nominations will not be accepted.

For additional information on
**THE KISSINGER SCHOLAR**
**OR LECTURER,**
please visit our web site at www.loc.gov/kissinger,
send an email to scholarly@loc.gov,
or call (202) 707-3302.

The founding of the Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair and Lectureship is both appropriate for the Library of Congress and important for the United States.

It is fitting that a unique and special endowment be established on Capitol Hill for deep reflection on America's place in the world. Our economy and our communications are being irreversibly globalized; and the Congress must increasingly deal with global issues as it makes our laws, oversees the policies, and funds the execution of American foreign policy. The Library of Congress is a world library with unparalleled international collections and special reading rooms for Africa/Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the Hispanic world.

Congress' library has, moreover, a rich manuscript collection with the personal papers of many who have made American policy from our first Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson through Woodrow Wilson on to Henry Kissinger and beyond.

The creation of the Kissinger endowment will assure the presence on Capitol Hill in perpetuity of both a senior scholar who will mine the richness of the Library for new insight and a veteran statesman who will enrich understanding by lecturing on foreign policy from deep experience.

Henry Kissinger has contributed richly both scholarly reflection and statesmanlike experience to America in our time. In like manner, the Kissinger endowment will bring the best in both scholarship and experience into the heart of our capital city for generations to come.

James H. Billington
The Librarian of Congress

Kissinger Scholar

## KISSINGER SCHOLAR

The Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations was created through the generosity of friends of the former Secretary of State to honor both the man and a field of inquiry so important for America's future.

Scholars will be able to work with the largest and most international collection of library materials in the world. They will be served by an extraordinary staff at the Library of Congress and be located directly across from the U.S. Capitol building.

As a focal point for research and discussion, the Kissinger Chair will be a catalyst for fresh analysis of foreign affairs in the global arena and provide exciting new possibilities to bridge the world of ideas and the world of international affairs.

Kissinger Lecturer

## KISSINGER LECTURER

Another part of the Kissinger Chair program is the Kissinger Lecturer, who is appointed annually. Like the Kissinger Scholar, the Lecturer will have achieved distinction in the field of foreign affairs and may be of any nationality. Each lecture will be published and, every five years, the lectures will be aggregated into an edited volume that may contain additional material.

Contributors

## CONTRIBUTORS

THE STARR FOUNDATION

ROBERT BOSCH STIFTUNG

ROBERT DAY

DAVID ROCKEFELLER

STAVROS S. NIARCHOS FOUNDATION

GTE FOUNDATION

WALTER ANNENBERG

LAURENCE ROCKEFELLER

MICHAEL BLOOMBERG

JANE AND ALAN BATKIN

CONTIGROUP COMPANIES FOUNDATION

MAX M. FISHER

HENRY R. KRAVIS

JOHN WHITEHEAD

FREEPORT-MCMORAN FOUNDATION

PEPSI CO FOUNDATION

NEWS CORPORATION

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

JOHN L. WEINBERG

AHMET ERTEGUN

MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN

PETER G. PETERSON

TISCH FOUNDATION

RECANATI FOUNDATION

EZRA ZILKHA

MARC STERN

STEPHEN FRIEDMAN

ENRON

JAMES ROBINSON

GUSTAVO CISNEROS

WILLIAM E. SIMON FOUNDATION

MICHAEL OVITZ

A. ALFRED TAUBMAN

ROBERT STRAUSS

KATHARINE GRAHAM

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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AGREEMENT

On November 17, 1999 the Trust Fund Board agreed to a resolution to accept gifts to establish the Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations Trust Fund. The following agreement among Lloyd N. Cutler, Alan R. Batkin, and James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress, establishes procedures for administering the research chair and lectureship established by the Board's Resolution.

the HENRY ALFRED KISSINGER CHAIR
and the HENRY ALFRED KISSINGER LECTURESHIP

Purpose... The endowment would sustain in perpetuity two annual appointments and related programs to ensure that the subject of foreign affairs, taken broadly, receives reflective and considered treatment each year in Washington, D.C. by distinguished, experienced scholars and practitioners. The holder of the Kissinger Chair, appointed annually, will be known as the Kissinger Scholar and will engage in sustained research with the goal of publication. The Kissinger Lecturer, also appointed annually, will deliver a high-profile lecture. Dr. Kissinger has agreed to deliver the first lecture in the first year of the agreement.

Program. The annual appointment to the Kissinger Chair will take effect in September of each year for a period of nine months. During the spring of his or her fellowship, the Scholar will host and introduce the Kissinger Lecturer. Although the perspectives, experience, and subjects within the broad field of foreign affairs addressed by the Scholar and the Lecturer may be quite different, during the several days that the Lecturer is in residence at the Library following the Lecture, the Scholar will facilitate both formal and informal opportunities for the Lecturer to meet interested people in Washington.

Steering Committee. To assist with the fulfillment of the Program, a Steering Committee will be constituted. The Steering Committee shall be comprised of five members: the three originators (Alan R. Batkin, Lloyd N. Cutler, and James H. Billington) plus Nancy Kissinger (or one of Henry Kissinger's children); and Peter Rodman. The Librarian would chair the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee is responsible for designating the rotating membership of the Selection Committee, four members, two of whom will be scholars and two high-level practitioners of foreign affairs, no longer in office, and for general programmatic and financial review of the Program. The Library's Fund Manager will prepare a budget for the annual expenditures for the program subject to review by the Steering Committee.

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R. Batkin shall be a permanent member of the Selection Committee. The four scholar and practitioner members of the Advisory Committee will serve for three-year terms, so that in the first instance one person will be appointed for three years, one for two years, and two for one year. Thereafter, each new appointee will serve a three-year term. Former members may be reappointed to the Selection Committee, but not until a full year has intervened since prior service on the Selection Committee.

Members of the Selection Committee may be reimbursed travel and accommodation associated with the fulfillment of their duties.

The Kissinger Chair. The holder of the Kissinger Chair (hereafter, the Scholar) will be chosen annually through a competition. Proposals for research may involve any aspect of foreign relations or foreign policy involving the United States. The Scholar will receive a stipend (initially set at $80,000) for nine months. These funds may be augmented by sabbatical or other awards, and the research period may be extended up to a total period of one year. The Scholar will receive research space in the Scholars Colonnade of the Jefferson Building, with appropriate research facilities and services. While research may be conducted outside the District of Columbia area, the Kissinger Chair shall be considered to reside in Washington, D.C. The Kissinger Scholar will have access to the Kissinger papers to the extent permitted pursuant to the instrument of gift.

Expectations for the Kissinger Chair. The Scholar is expected to engage in serious, sustained research leading to a publishable book on subjects involving foreign policy and international affairs. The approach may draw upon biography, history, the social sciences, and the full linguistic, photographic, cartographic, legal, film and other resources of the Library of Congress.

At an early moment in his or her time at the Library, the Scholar will present an outline of proposed research to Library staff drawn from all appropriate aspects of the Library, in order that they may suggest to the Scholar potential sources in the collections and knowledgeable specialists germane to the proposed research.

Toward the end of the Scholar's stay at the Library, an invitational Kissinger Seminar will be held for which the Scholar will prepare a paper based upon the research pursued during the fellowship. The invited group will be drawn from Washington area universities, Congressional and Federal agency members and staff, and the numerous Washington "think tanks." Initially, $5,000 of income from the endowment will be available annually for publicity, mailings, distribution (in hard copy or electronically) of papers, and a reception following the Seminar.

As indicated above, the Scholar will also assist the Kissinger Lecturer during the brief period that the Lecturer is in Washington by facilitating substantive discussions with a variety of people—perhaps in a seminar form—perhaps less formally.

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newsletters, and electronic networks. The deadline for applications will be September first of the year preceding that in which the appointment is to be held.

The Selection Process. Applications received by the deadline will be reviewed by the Selection Committee. The Selection Committee may also consider recommendations it receives for potential appointees who have not submitted applications. The Librarian shall serve as Chairman of the Selection Committee, but will be a non-voting member. After full review and deliberation including participation by the Librarian, the five voting members of the Selection Committee will recommend a candidate to the Librarian, who will ultimately appoint the Kissinger Scholar.

The Kissinger Lecturer will be chosen by agreement by the Steering Committee (Alan R. Batkin, Lloyd N. Cutler, Nancy Kissinger (or one of Henry Kissinger's children), Peter Rodman, and the Librarian), who may for this purpose consult informally with members of the Selection Committee. The Lecturer may be of any nationality, and should be an articulate person of distinction and accomplishment in the field of foreign affairs. The Kissinger Scholar may not in the same year as his or her appointment as Scholar also be designated as the Kissinger Lecturer.

The Lecture. The lecture will be delivered in Coolidge Auditorium, or other appropriate Library of Congress venue, will be recorded on audio and video tape, and will be cybercast over the Internet or other appropriate medium. In conjunction with each lecture there will be a general reception for the audience and an invitational luncheon or dinner for approximately thirty people, including Members of Congress and the Executive Branch.

The lecture will be published as an attractive pamphlet. After five years the lectures will be gathered, perhaps with additional material, and published as Volume I of the Kissinger Lecture Series. The edited and extended collation will be repeated every five years. The Lecturer will obtain copyright in materials (audiotape, videotape, written, and other formats) created for the Lectureship and will license the Library's free use and publication of such materials on the Library's website.

The Lecturer. The Lecturer will be invited to stay at the Library for several days following the lecture to meet informally with Library staff and interested people in the Washington, D.C. area. These meetings will be facilitated by the Kissinger Scholar.

The Lecturer's round-trip transportation will be provided from his or her residence or place of business to Washington. In addition, the Lecturer will be paid an honorarium (initially set at $20,000), one-half of which will be paid at the time of the lecture, and the balance when the final, revised manuscript has been received for publication. The Lecturer's accommodation for the several days spent in Washington will also be provided.

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Board in accordance with its policies. The Library will provide the Steering Committee with
regular periodic reports on the investments held in the Kissinger Fund.

Monies required to implement the Kissinger fellowship and lecture programs will be
deposited in or transferred annually to the income side of the endowment Fund, from which monies
may be drawn for operating purposes.

The Budget. For the first few years, gifts given to the Kissinger Chair as income for program operating purposes will be utilized. During this period, while endowment commitments are being fully met, the budget will be based on the estimates attached, which aggregate $150,000 per year. Following the utilization of all gifts specified as gifts to income rather than corpus, income from the corpus of the endowment will be available to cover the operating costs of the program as stated in the annual budget. Responsibility for the operating program rests with the Director of Scholarly Programs, under the ultimate supervision of the Associate Librarian for Library Services, with review by the Steering Committee.

Successors. Vacancies created on the Steering Committee by resignation or death will be filled in the following manner. The Librarian will be whoever holds the position of Librarian of Congress. A successor agent for Alan Batkin will be designated by the Kissinger family. A successor to Nancy Kissinger, or one of Henry Kissinger's children will be designated by the Kissinger family. Successors to Lloyd Cutler and Peter Rodman will be chosen by the other members of the Steering Committee then in office.

Because of the nature of the requirements and conditions herein set out and inherent in the
purposes of this Agreement, the Librarian, in carrying out those purposes, may do so without
reference to general regulatory and prohibitory statutes applicable to appropriated funds.

Revision of This Document. This agreement may be revised only by mutual consent of the originators. Should succession to an originator occur, this agreement shall then be modified only with the consent of the originators then serving under this agreement, and any successors serving in place of an originator.

Alan R. Batkin

Signed

Date

James H. Billington

Lloyd N. Cutler

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Henry A. Kissinger Scholar
at the Library of Congress

The Kissinger Scholar will be a senior, distinguished, nine-month scholarly appointment at the Library of Congress for sustained research on issues of foreign policy and international affairs related to the United States, using the resources of the Library. The stipend for the nine-month period will be $100,000. The Scholar will be provided with research space and services at the Library of Congress.

Candidates may apply directly, using the application form available on line (URL: www.loc.gov/kissinger), or obtainable by fax or mail from the Office of Scholarly Programs at the Library of Congress (address below). Candidates also may be identified to the Selection Committee by nomination. Once it is determined that the nominee is willing to be a candidate, he or she will be sent the application form.

Applications will require a brief statement (no more than three double-spaced pages) of the proposed research, an indication of the kinds of material at the Library of Congress that will be of use in the research, evidence of prior scholarly work and publication, and the names of three people who can be reached for letters of recommendation. Completed applications and supporting material should be post-marked on or later than December 31, 2000 and sent to:

Kissinger Scholar Selection Committee
Office of Scholarly Programs
Library of Congress LJ 120
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, DC 20540-4800
Tel. 202-707-3302
Fax 202-707-3595
E-mail: scholarly@loc.gov

Applications may be submitted by fax or e-mail, but a hard copy should also be sent as confirmation.

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Cover:

The Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair
in Foreign Policy and International Relations
at the Library of Congress

First "Reveal" Panel after opening the Cover (Introduction):

Scholars will be able to work with the largest and most international collection of library materials in the world—which include the papers of Dr. Kissinger. They will be served by an extraordinary staff at the Library of Congress and be located directly across from the nation's Capitol.

As a focal point for research and discussion, the *Kissinger Chair* will be a catalyst for fresh analysis of foreign affairs in the global era and provide exciting new possibilities to bridge the world of ideas and the world of affairs.

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## Inside Panel 1 (left) and 2 (center):

### The Kissinger Scholar

### Nominations

Nominations are welcomed for the annual Kissinger Scholar appointment. Nominations should be submitted in writing, to the attention of the **Kissinger Chair Selection Committee, in care of the Office of Scholarly Programs at the Library of Congress.** Nominations may also be submitted by fax to (202) 707-3595 or by e-mail to scholarly@loc.gov. Telephone nominations will not be accepted.

Once it is determined that a nominee is willing to be a candidate in the selection process, he or she will be sent an application form. The Selection Committee for the Kissinger Scholar will consider both nominations and applications.

### Application Guidelines

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Applications and supporting materials should be post-marked no later than December 15 to be considered in the competition for the academic year beginning the following September. These may be submitted by mail to the Kissinger Scholar Selection Committee, Office of Scholarly Programs, the Library of Congress; by fax to (202) 707-3595; or by e-mail to scholarly@loc.gov.

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Kissinger Lecturer

Another part of the Kissinger Chair Program is the Kissinger Lecturer, who is appointed annually to deliver the Kissinger Lecture. Like the Kissinger Scholar, the Lecturer will have achieved distinction in the field of foreign affairs and may be of any nationality. Each lecture will be published and, every five years, the lectures will be aggregated into an edited volume that may contain additional material. The Lecturers will receive a $20,000 honorarium and round-trip transportation.

Nominations

The Kissinger Lecturer is appointed by the Librarian of Congress upon the recommendation of the Kissinger Chair Steering Committee. Selection will be based upon an achieved level of distinction. There will be no direct applications, but nominations are welcome. Written nominations may be submitted at any time to the attention of the **Kissinger Chair Steering Committee, in care of the Office of Scholarly Programs at the Library of Congress.** Nominations may also be submitted by fax to (202) 707-3595 or e-mail to scholarly@loc.gov. Telephone nominations will not be accepted.

(The following will be placed in a tint box or otherwise set apart graphically)

For additional information on the Kissinger Scholar or Lecturer, please visit our web site at

www.loc.gov/kissinger, send an email to kissinger@loc.gov or call (202) 707-3302.

Foreign Policy Research Institute
1528 Walnut St. (#610)
Philadelphia PA 19102-3684

Ph. 215/732-3774 x122 OR 215/898-2185
Fax: 215/573-2089
Email: fpri@fpri.org

-----Original Message-----

From: Prosser Gifford [SMTP:pgif@loc.gov]
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 5:32 PM
To: prodman@nixoncenter.org
Subject: Re: Progress Report

Peter--That is excellent news. I will try to ensure that letters go out to all four tomorrow. Could you email me the correct addresses and phone numbers, just to make sure that we are using the correct ones. Many thanks, Pross Gifford

>>> Peter Rodman <prodman@nixoncenter.org> 10/24 4:21 PM >>>
McDougall and Eagleburger say yes. Any information or invitations
that are
to go out can now go out to the four: McDonough, Eagleburger,
Zakaria, and
McDougall.

FYI: Eagleburger is spending most of his time at a Holocaust
Commission he
is chairing, rather than at his law office (phone: 202/289-4100, fax
202/289-4101). That is why I had trouble tracking him down.

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The Kissinger Scholar will be a senior, distinguished nine-month appointment at the Library of Congress for sustained research on issues of foreign policy and international affairs using the resources of the Library. Although not an absolute prerequisite, there will be a strong preference for research on issues related to the United States. The stipend for the nine-month period will be $100,000. The Scholar will be provided with research space and services at the Library of Congress.

Applications will require a brief statement (no more than three double-spaced pages) of the proposed research, an indication of the kinds of material at the Library of Congress that will be of use in the research, evidence of prior scholarly work and publication, and three letters of recommendation. Completed applications and supporting material should be post-marked no later than December 15, 2000 and sent to:

Kissinger Scholar Selection Committee
Office of Scholarly Programs
Library of Congress LJ 120
101 Independence Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20540-4860
Tel. 202-707-3302
Fax 202-707-3595
Email: scholarly@loc.gov

Applications may be submitted by fax or email, but a hard copy should also be sent as confirmation.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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HENRY A. KISSINGER
EUGENE K. LAWSON
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C. WILLIAM MAYNES
JOHN MCCAIN
LIONEL H. OLMER
JAMES E. PERRELLA
PETER G. PETERSON
JAMES SCHLESINGER
BRENT SCOWCROFT
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JOHN H. TAYLOR, SECRETARY

ADVISORY COUNCIL

CHAIRMAN

JAMES SCHLESINGER

JONATHAN AITKEN
WALTER H. ANNENBERG
ROBERT D. BLACKWILL
CHARLES G. BOYD
CHESTER A. CROCKER
ROBERT W. DEAN
JOHN DEUTCH
PAULA J. DOBRIANSKY
DAVID EISENHOWER
BENJAMIN GILMAN
EVAN G. GREENBERG
RICHARD GRENIER
LEE H. HAMILTON
JOSEF JOFFE
DONALD M. KENDALL
ROBERT C. MCFARLANE
JOSEPH S. NYE, JR.
THOMAS PLATE
RICHARD PLEPLER
PETER REDDAWAY
JOHN E. RIELLY
PETER R. ROSENBLATT
WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR.
MARIN STRMECKI
YULI M. VORONTSOV
DOV S. ZAKHEIM
ROBERT B. ZOELLICK

SENIOR STAFF

SUSAN EISENHOWER
GEOFFREY KEMP
DAVID M. LAMPTON
GREGORY C. MAY
PETER W. RODMAN
PAUL J. SAUNDERS

ASSOCIATE FELLOW
BRUCE HERSCHENSOHN

PRESIDENT

DIMITRI K. SIMES

October 5, 2000

The Honorable William McDonough
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
New York, NY

By fax: 212-720-8681 Attention: Helga Porada

Dear Mr. McDonough:

As Henry Kissinger may have told you, a Kissinger Chair has been endowed at the Library of Congress. Every year a scholar will be selected to do advanced work in international relations. The program requires, of course, a Selection Committee that will choose the applicant of highest quality. This Committee is to consist of two academics and two high-level "practitioners" of international affairs.

Dr. Kissinger has given me your name as one he very much hopes will agree to serve as one of the "practitioner" members of the Selection Committee. I know this program means a great deal to him and he would be deeply appreciative if you would agree.

The work would not be too onerous. I and the Library Staff would screen the applications and forward to the Committee only the best candidates. In this electronic age, much of the work can be done, I am sure, without having to convene physically in Washington. We would hope to complete the selection process for the first Kissinger scholar by the end of January 2001. Expenses would be reimbursed, with a modest honorarium of $300 thrown in.

I have enclosed for your background the Agreement by which the Library of Congress established the Kissinger Chair. The relevant portion about the selection Committee is on pages 1-2. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Enclosure

Peter Rodman

From: Peter Rodman [prodman@nixoncenter.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 3:09 PM
To: 'pgif@loc.gov'; 'alan@batkin.com'
Subject: Progress Report

David Landes says no, after I tracked him down in London. He thinks it'll be too much work, and he has too many other commitments (writing, traveling, etc.).

I'll call Fareed Zakaria next.

McDougall will probably be a yes, after I pin him down. We've been playing phone tag for more than a week, but one of the messages he left on my machine sounded receptive.

I've sent a package of materials to Eagleburger and left several messages with his secretary, but without result. I saw him on TV commenting on the Milosevic business so his health can't be too bad.

Interesting that the busiest man of the group -- McDonough -- was the first to reply and the first to say yes.

Peter Rodman

From: Prosser Gifford [pgif@loc.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 9:56 AM
To: prodman@nixoncenter.org
Subject: Re: Status report

Peter--Thanks for the update. We will prepare the McDonough letter
(ensuring that you and Alan Batkin get copies). Let me know when you
hear from the others. Many thanks. Pross.

>>> Peter Rodman <prodman@nixoncenter.org> 10/10 3:27 PM >>>
William McDonough says yes, according to his office. So you can send
him
the follow-up. (I've already sent him a copy of the Agreement.)
Also, I'm
told he cannot accept honoraria, so the Library saves $300.

Walter McDougall left a positive-sounding message on my machine,
answering
a very general message I left on his. But we're still playing phone
tag.

Eagleburger I also sent a package to, but I haven't heard.

Landes I've called (left a message) and also sent an e-mail.

Peter Rodman

From: Peter Rodman [prodman@nixoncenter.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 3:28 PM
To: 'pgif@loc.gov'
Subject: Status report

Att00001

Pross,

A few loose ends:

Please try to get the letters out this week - Henry is anxious tha
t people
hold the date.

Any news on a logo? Nancy would like to have a gift made for the d
onors with
the logo on it.

What is the status of contacting the potential committee members?

What is the advertising plan to attract candidates?

thanks,
Alan

Peter Rodman

From: Peter Rodman [prodman@nixoncenter.org]
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 3:00 PM
To: 'dlandes@harvard.edu'
Subject: Kissinger Chair at Library of Congress

For Professor Landes from Peter Rodman:

I left a phone message for you last week with regard to a Kissinger Chair that has been created -- and funded -- at the Library of Congress. Every year a scholar will be selected to do advanced work in international relations. This is something which, you can imagine, means a great deal to Henry. Such a program needs, of course, a Selection Committee to choose the scholars. Henry and Nancy very much hope you would be willing to serve on it. It would not be too onerous a task: I and the Library staff would screen the applicants and send forward the best candidates; in this electronic age, I'm sure much of the work can be done without convening meetings in Washington. If there are meetings in Washington, expenses are paid (and there's a $300 honorarium thrown in).

I'd be happy to talk to you further about this. There are a few papers I'd like to send you, if you can give me your fax number.

Looking forward to hearing from you. You may reach me at (phone) 202/887-5699; (fax) 202/887-5222; or by e-mail. Thanks.

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[FBIS Transcribed Text] (ANSA) -- Vatican City, August 11 -- In a boldly worded letter to Pope John Paul II, young Chinese Catholics unable to travel to the Vatican for the upcoming World Youth Day accused the Chinese government of trying to divide them from the Church.

The missive, received by the pope a few days ago and published by the Vatican press agency Fides in full today, called on the Chinese government to recognize "full and true religious liberty for all Chinese Christians."

The youngsters said they were "displeased and saddened" that political and bureaucratic issues kept them from traveling to the Vatican and Italy for a series of events connected to the August 16 World Youth Day celebrations.

They added they hoped to see a resumption of diplomatic ties between China and the Vatican, which were broken off in 1951, saying they wanted to welcome the pope one day "on Chinese land, seeing him with our own eyes and listening directly to his teachings with our own ears."

The Vatican puts the country's Roman Catholic population at about 4 million, saying those faithful to the Vatican have been persecuted and driven underground.

An additional four million Catholics are tolerated by Chinese authorities, but only because they vow final allegiance to China, not Rome, and adhere to the so-called Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), which declared independence of Rome in 1958.

The members of the CPCA and its bishops, which number almost 50, are not recognised by the Vatican.

In their letter, the Chinese youth said they were praying that Chinese priests and bishops would be able to guide the faithful "in communion with the pope," adding, "we do not want to, and we cannot, accept the fact that there could be another Catholic Church in China."

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**CHAIRMAN**
MAURICE R. GREENBERG

**HONORARY CHAIRMAN**
HENRY A. KISSINGER

**BOARD OF DIRECTORS**

DWAYNE O. ANDREAS
GEORGE L. ARGYROS
**FOUNDING CHAIRMAN**
TRICIA NIXON COX
JULIE NIXON EISENHOWER
ROBERT F. ELLSWORTH
HENRY A. KISSINGER
EUGENE K. LAWSON
JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN
C. WILLIAM MAYNES
JOHN MCCAIN
LIONEL H. OLMER
JAMES E. PERRELLA
PETER G. PETERSON
JAMES SCHLESINGER
BRENT SCOWCROFT
DIMITRI K. SIMES, EX OFFICIO
JOHN H. TAYLOR, SECRETARY

**ADVISORY COUNCIL**

**CHAIRMAN**
JAMES SCHLESINGER

JONATHAN AITKEN
WALTER H. ANNENBERG
ROBERT D. BLACKWILL
CHARLES G. BOYD
CHESTER A. CROCKER
ROBERT W. DEAN
JOHN DEUTCH
PAULA J. DOBRIANSKY
DAVID EISENHOWER
BENJAMIN GILMAN
EVAN G. GREENBERG
RICHARD GRENIER
LEE H. HAMILTON
JOSEF JOFFE
DONALD M. KENDALL
ROBERT C. McFARLANE
JOSEPH S. NYE, JR.
THOMAS PLATE
RICHARD PLEPLER
PETER REDDAWAY
JOHN E. RIELLY
PETER R. ROSENBLATT
WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR.
MARIN STRMECKI
YULI M. VORONTSOV
DOV S. ZAKHEIM
ROBERT B. ZOELLICK

**SENIOR STAFF**
SUSAN EISENHOWER
GEOFFREY KEMP
DAVID M. LAMPTON
GREGORY C. MAY
PETER W. RODMAN
PAUL J. SAUNDERS

**ASSOCIATE FELLOW**
BRUCE HERSCHENSOHN

**PRESIDENT**
DIMITRI K. SIMES

October 5, 2000

The Honorable Lawrence S. Eagleburger
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, & Caldwell
801 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington DC 20004

By fax: 202-508-3402

Attention: Libby Powell

Dear Larry:

As Henry may have told you, a Kissinger Chair has been endowed at the Library of Congress. Every year a scholar will be selected to do advanced and presumably high-quality work in international affairs. The program requires, of course, a Selection Committee to choose the best applicant. The Committee is to consist of two academics and two "practitioners" of foreign affairs.

Henry would very much like you to serve as one of the "practitioners." I know this program means a great deal to him and he would be deeply appreciative if you would agree.

The work would not be too onerous. I and the Library staff would screen the applications and forward to the Committee only the best. In this electronic age, much of the work can be done, I'm sure, without having to drag everyone physically to a lot of meetings. Expenses would be reimbursed, and a modest honorarium of $300 is thrown in. We would hope to complete the selection of the first Kissinger Scholar by the end of January 2001.

I enclose for your background a copy of the Agreement by which the Library of Congress established the Kissinger Chair. The relevant portion about the Selection Committee is on pages 1-2.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Warm regards,

Peter W. Rodman

Enclosure

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interoffice
MEMORANDUM

**To:**
Alan R. Batkin
James H. Billington
Lloyd N. Cutler
Nancy Kissinger
Peter Rodman

**From:**
Prosser Gifford
Director of Scholarly Programs

**Date:**
September 6, 2000

**Subject:**
Henry A. Kissinger Chair Selection Committee

We hope to announce the opening of nominations/applications for the Henry A. Kissinger Scholar on September 15, 2000. Having your recommendations for members of the Selection Committee before that time would be most helpful.

The Selection Committee is to include two academic scholars, two high-level practitioners (no longer in office), Alan Batkin as a permanent member, and the Librarian as Chair.

The first group of four appointees to the Selection Committee is to have staggered terms: one for three years, one for two years, and two for one year.

Please send me your recommendations by whatever mode is easiest for you: telephone (202) 707-1517; Fax (202) 707-3595; email pgiff@loc.gov. I will collate the results and circulate them to you. It may then prove necessary to have a conference call. In this way we can proceed expeditiously to inaugurate the first competition.

MEMORANDUM

**To:** Members of the Henry A. Kissinger Chair Steering Committee
**From:** Prosser Gifford
Director of Scholarly Programs
**Date:** August 4, 2000
**Subject:** Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair

Now that the Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair and the Henry Alfred Kissinger Lectureship have been announced formally, the Steering Committee should proceed to appoint a Selection Committee. As you know, the founding Agreement states:

"The Steering Committee is responsible for designating the rotating membership of the Selection Committee, four members, two of whom will be scholars and two high-level practitioners of foreign affairs, no longer in office. The Librarian shall serve as the Chairman of the Selection Committee. Alan R. Batkin shall be a permanent member of the Selection Committee. The four scholar and practitioner members of the Selection Committee will serve for three-year terms, so that in the first instance one person will be appointed for three years, one for two years, and two for one year. Thereafter, each new appointee will serve a three-year term. Former members may be reappointed to the Selection Committee, but not until a full year has intervened since prior service on the Selection Committee."

Given the fact that it is now August, the most expeditious way to proceed seems to me to be for each member of the Steering Committee to suggest four names—two scholars and two "high-level practitioners, no longer in office"—as potential members of the Selection Committee. If these names could be sent to me by fax, email, phone, or letter, I will collate them and send the entire list back out to everyone, as the basis for a conference call. If you wish to indicate who among your nominees should serve longer or shorter terms, or if you wish to suggest alternates beyond the first four, please do so. My hope is that we could reach agreement on the members of the Selection Committee no later than September 15, 2000.

The Selection Committee, once constituted, should probably make recommendations for both the first and second Kissinger Scholars. It is likely that the caliber of people the Selection Committee will recommend may have commitments already made in the future, so that working on appointments eighteen months in advance will be desirable.

Draft Invitation to Members of Kissinger Scholar Selection Committee

Dear

I write to confirm [Peter Rodman]'s recent telephone call to you, asking whether you would be willing to serve on the Selection Committee for the first Kissinger Scholar, who will be the initial occupant of the newly-established Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. We are most pleased that you have agreed to serve. A brief description is attached of the Kissinger Scholar's position and the expectations for it.

Candidates may come to the notice of the Selection Committee either by direct application or by nomination. We have set the deadline for receipt of applications and nominations on Friday, December 1, 2000 to permit adequate circulation of information about the opportunity.

We hope that the Selection Committee may be able to complete its deliberations and make a recommendation to the Librarian of Congress by the end of January, 2001, although we believe it unlikely that an appointee to the Kissinger Chair would be able to come into residence sooner than the fall of 2001.

[As a member of the Steering Committee for the Kissinger Chair, Peter Rodman] will be in touch with you soon concerning the logistics of the selection process. We are prepared to arrange conference calls and to reimburse you for any direct costs incurred in any Selection Committee meetings. In addition, there is a modest honorarium of $300 as a token of our appreciation for your agreement to participate in the selection process.

Thank you again for your willingness to help us at the beginning of this exciting new venture for the Library of Congress. We all look forward to the arrival of the first Kissinger Scholar in 2001.

With my good wishes,

DRAFT Letter to Donors to the Kissinger Chair

PRESS RELEASE to be enclosed

Dear

I write to thank you again for your contribution to the Henry Alfred Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress. This Chair will be the only one at the Library focused upon foreign affairs. Fortunately, thanks to other donations, we will now be able to have a more comprehensive program at the Library that will include several other Chairs addressed to different fields of knowledge.

A further reason for writing is to inform you that Henry Kissinger plans to host a dinner in New York City on **Tuesday, December 19, 2000** to thank all the donors and to celebrate the establishment of the Kissinger Chair and its program. We hope that, as one of the donors, you will be able to join Dr. Kissinger and the many others who have contributed to this important permanent endowment stimulating the analysis of foreign policy in the Nation's Capital.

You will receive in due course a formal invitation giving the location and time of the New York dinner. We hope that in the meantime you will save the date and make plans to be in New York at that time.

The enclosed press release describes the program of the Kissinger Chair. We are now in the process of appointing a Steering Committee which will create the procedures leading to the annual selection of the incumbent in the Kissinger Chair, known as the Kissinger Scholar. The selection of the Kissinger Scholar will follow the solicitation of suggestions by both nomination and application.

We hope to have the pleasure of your company on December 19, 2000. At that time we anticipate that we will also be able to announce the date of the inaugural Kissinger Lecture to be given by Dr. Kissinger himself.

This brings my renewed thanks for your generosity.

Att00001

Pross,

Peter had the following suggestions for the Committee. I reviewed
it with
both Henry and Nancy. Henry suggested adding John Whitehead to the
list of
ex-practitioners and Nancy suggested adding Professor Landis of Ha
rvard to
the list of scholars.

Ex-Practitioners
Larry Eagleburger
Brent Scowcroft
Frank Wisner
John Bolton
Tom Pickering (after he leaves)

Scholars
Steve Graubard
Guido Goldman
Sam Huntington
Fareed Zakaria

Please review the list and give us your thoughts. How should we pr
ioritize
the order of asking people to serve? Who should make the approach?
You?

Peter?

Will you have the draft letter for the dinner ready soon?

Alan