THE FORD FOUNDATION

477 MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK 22, N. Y.

September 6, 1956

Mr. Henry A. Kissinger
30 Rockefeller Plaza
Room 5600
New York 20, N. Y.

Dear Henry:

I am sorry for the lateness of this reply to your
letter of August 3 addressed to Mr. Stone, regarding
Mr. Husain Ali Mahfuz.

This matter has been discussed with others in the
Foundation who are more directly concerned with the
type of activity which he wishes to undertake. Their
opinion is that Mr. Mahfuz's travel and publications
plans are not within the Foundation's field of interest.
Normally, the Foundation assists with fellowship funds
only when the prospective fellow is closely identified
with a project which the Foundation is supporting in the
field, and this does not appear to be the case in the
present instance. With regard to the translation and pub-
lication of American literature in Arabic, you might like
to point out to Mr. Mahfuz that this is already being pur-
sued on an institutional basis through the activities of
Franklin Publications.

The best suggestion we have to offer for Mr. Mahfuz is
that he look into the possibility of a United States Govern-
ment Leader Grant. On the basis of the incomplete informa-
tion we have regarding his activities and background, this
would seem to be his best bet. Please assure Mr. Mahfuz that
the Foundation's decision is in no way a reflection on his
ability as a scholar or on the value of the projects he wishes
to undertake. It is simply that they do not fall within the
fields with which the Foundation is at present concerned.

July 5, 1966

Professor Pavel Eisler
Frani Sramka 6
Praha 5, Czechoslovakia

Dear Pavel:

Just before the beginning of the Seminar it seems appropriate
to drop you a note to tell you how much we are looking forward to
our Czech participant--whom you so highly recommended.

I was talking to Shep Stone on the phone the other day and he
told me of his conversations in Prague. He was very pleased
with his reception and he was under the impression that the letter
he drafted (which you may have seen) contained his understanding
of a joint view. He was a little baffled at the lack of reply because
if he does not hear from your Ministry soon the program will at
least have to be postponed.

I am writing this to you on an informal basis. I wonder
whether you could look into it. Whatever the political differences
between our countries, it seems to me useful to keep open some
channels of communication.

When are you coming to this country again? When you do,
don't forget that you have a standing invitation in Cambridge.

With warm regards.

June 2, 1967

Mr. Shepard Stone
The Ford Foundation
477 Madison Avenue
New York 22, N.Y.

My dear Shep,

This is just a note to inform you of my conversations in
Czechoslovakia with respect to the Ford Foundation project.
I spoke to Sorm and Snejdarek. I told them you had concluded
an agreement both with Poland and Romania and that you had to
know what their intentions were because you had many demands
on your funds. In separate conversations they told me the
following:

(1) They were very much impressed with you personally.

(2) There was a decision of the Warsaw Pact nations not to enter into new contacts with the United States during the Vietnam war. The Poles were in the position that they could construe the Ford Foundation project as an old enterprise.

(3) They were very eager to have a Ford Foundation project and they would try to get a favorable decision within a month or two.

(4) They would prefer not to be pressed. The reason they are not writing to you is because they do not want to say no and they are not permitted to say yes.

(5) Their major plea is for patience and understanding and to indicate really great interest.

It has been much too long since I have seen you. My Paris
address will be:

c/o Carleton Mitchell
15, rue des Petits Champs
Paris 1.

(Tel: RIC 94-95)

Paris 1. (Tel: RIC 94-92)

12, rue des Petites Chambres
C/0 Carleton Mitchell

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(2) Their major ties is for patience and understanding and they are not permitted to ask yes.

(4) They would prefer not to be pressed. The reason they are not writing to you is because they do not want to ask no mouth or two.

(3) They were very eager to have a Ford Foundation project of their own enterprise.

(2) There was a decision of the Warsaw Pact nations not to enter into new contracts with the United States during the Vietnam war. The Poles were in the position that they could constitute the Ford Foundation project as soon as the American war.

### Following:

In separate conversations they told me the know what their intentions were because you had many demands an agreement both with Poland and Romania and that you had to I asked to form and build a new conciliation Ceuta/olivacalvis with respect to the Ford Foundation project. This is just a note to inform you of my conversations in

My dear Ebb,

New York 33, N.Y.
411 Madison Avenue
The Ford Foundation
Mr. Shepard Stone

June 3, 1967

JUL 14 1967

THE FORD FOUNDATION

477 MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
ADVISOR ON SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

July 13, 1967

Professor Henry A. Kissinger
Harvard University
Center for International Affairs
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Dear Henry:

You may have heard that I went off to Poland with the other members of our team and then had to turn around immediately owing to the death of my brother. Consequently, I must now return to Europe to take up where I left off and I will not be back before early August.

Due to the fact that I am a co-executor of my brother's estate, I don't think I should take on any obligation in August. I am sorry but I am sure you understand.

You may be certain that I shall be getting in touch with you upon my return because I would like to talk to you about Western and Eastern Europe. By the way, I have heard from the Czechs that there will be no program for the time being.

I hope you manage to get some rest this summer.

JAN 2 1969

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INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FOR
CULTURAL FREEDOM

104, BOULEVARD HAUSSMANN, PARIS (8e)

TELEPHONE : 387-37-59 CABLE : CULTURLIB-PARIS

NEWS

Volume I - October 1968 - N°1

This is the first issue of IACF NEWS which we intend to publish quarterly with special supplements as the need arises. The purpose is to provide information on activities of IACF, its affiliates, publications and members. We hope it will be useful. We would welcome comments and inquiries.

I. **IN DEFENSE OF CULTURAL FREEDOM**

In a press release issued on August 26 the Association announced the establishment of a $50,000 "fund to help intellectuals - scholars, writers and artists - who cannot at present exercise their professional capacities in their own countries. In establishing the program the Association emphasized that it has no political or ideological aim, but seeks to express simply the natural solidarity of the international community of intellectuals.

"The suppression of freedom in Czechoslovakia, with its sinister implications for the intellectuals of that country, is new evidence of the need for concrete action among the world community of intellectuals. There are also other situations requiring prompt action. The Association hopes that governments which circumscribe freedom of thought and expression, such as in Poland, Greece and Portugal - to mention but a few - will in time recognize that the exclusion of some of their most

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NEWS is the quarterly publication of the Secretariat of the International Association for Cultural Freedom, a worldwide organization of intellectuals-scholars, writers, artists, and men of public affairs. IACF seeks to construct a bridge between the intellectual community and men engaged in social, political and economic action. It sustains a dialogue among intellectuals through its international affiliates and magazines, and its seminars on contemporary problems. The International Association for Cultural Freedom is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization, supported exclusively by grants from private foundations. (Reproduction is authorized.)

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creative intellectuals from constructive participation in
cultural and scholarly life is detrimental to the long-range
interest of these countries. Until such time as they can resume
activity at home in their own fields, the Association will help
in trying to place intellectuals who can no longer work in their
own countries...

"Mr. Stone said that a small independent board of intel-
lectuals will study and recommend individual actions.

"The International Association has started the fund with
an appropriation of $50,000. It would welcome grants and
assistance from private organizations and individuals..."

Pierre Emmanuel is directing the operation of the Fund.
It is hoped that all members of IACF will help in this effort.

(Since the announcement was made, a number of contributions
have come in including one from a young French primary school
teacher who had spent two summers in Czechoslovakia and another
from an anonymous étudiant.)

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Since the beginning of the year, IACF has taken action in the
following cases where cultural freedom was violated or
endangered :

January :

- Shepard Stone wrote to Eugene Rostow, U.S. Under Secretary of State, protesting the action of the United States government in denying a visa to Vladimir Dedijer.

- A telegram signed by Shepard Stone and Pierre Emmanuel
acting on behalf of IACF was sent to the Spanish Minister of
Justice, Mr. José Oriol, to protest the condemnation of the
writer Alfonso Comin.

- Pierre Emmanuel alerted university circles in France,
Belgium, Spain, the United States, England, Germany, Morocco,
Holland, Scandinavia, Italy and Latin America to the closing
down by the Spanish government of the Madrid Centre of Graduate
Studies and Sociological Research. He asked them to stimulate
individual and collective action - in the form of telegrams to
Spanish Vice-President Carrero Banco and petitions - to protest
against this measure.

January and February :

- Shepard Stone wrote to the Korean Ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. Yong Shik Kim, expressing the Association's concern over the abduction from Germany and subsequent imprisonment of the Korean composer Isang Yun. Subsequent press reports indicated that Isang Yun had been released, but this news was later reported as being unfounded.

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March :

- The International P.E.N. Club sponsored in London a mass meeting protesting against the imprisonment of Soviet and Greek writers. The IACF provided some financial assistance to P.E.N. to support this undertaking.

April :

- Pierre Emmanuel contacted an important group of French professors asking them to intervene - by letter or telegram to the Greek Embassy in Paris - in behalf of five Greek intellectuals who had been arrested in October 1967 and detained ever since without charges having been brought against them : Gerassimos Notaras, sociologist and Research Associate of the Center of Social Sciences, Athens; Charalambos Protopapas, Lawyer and President of the Greek Social Democratic Union; Constantin Sophoulis, economist and Assistant Lecturer in the School of Advanced Industrial Studies in Athens; Lambis Dolcas, student and General Secretary of the Greek National Students Union; and Constantin Tsacarestos, trade-union leader.

May :

- The Association released to the press the text of a resolution adopted at the May meeting of the Board expressing the Association's deep concern over the arbitrary action taken by the Portuguese government against three prominent members of the opposition : Mario Soares, Francisco Sousa Tavares and Urbano Tavares Rodrigues. The text of this resolution was likewise sent directly to the President of Portugal and to the Portuguese Minister of Justice. Le Figaro Littéraire published the full text of the resolution in its issue of May 20-26, 1968.

July :

- Alan Bullock addressed a telegram to Mr. Stylianos Pattakos, Greek Ministry of the Interior, expressing the Association's deep concern over the arrest of Spyros Demeter Plaskovitis, a well-known writer, and its anxiety over measures taken in Greece against a number of intellectuals.

- Mr. Emmanuel wrote letters to Edmond Michelet, Minister of Justice in the Pompidou Government, to René Capitant, present Minister of Justice and to Raymond Marcellin, French Minister of the Interior, expressing the Association's concern over the expulsion of foreign intellectuals from France following the May events. In his response to Mr. Emmanuel, Mr. Michelet promised that he would bring this matter to the attention of the present Minister of Justice, Mr. René Capitant. On August 20, Mr. Capitant informed Mr. Emmanuel that he had brought the matter to the attention of Mr. Marcellin : "I drew his attention to the need for improving the procedures governing the expulsion of foreigners whereby they would be duly informed of the charges leveled against them that motivated the action in their regard so that they would be in a position to answer such charges." Mr. Marcellin himself replied on September 2, 1968 : "I should like to inform you that these measures concerning the maintenance of public order were

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