(s prind benon)

Sincerely,

permanently to the Island of Cebu and its trooped beacons.
most sincere best wishes for the return of peace and
the Governor has asked me to forward to you his
of the National Government.

proposes could be properly undertaken only by officials
thoughtfully consideration, without the mesasges how
in the Governor's Office and has been given the most
Your telegram of August 10th has been received

Dear Mr. Milne:

Long Island City, New York
Box 672

America
Greek Unionты Association in
Mr. St. Milne's, President

DRAFT

Mr. S. Milas, President
Greek Rumanians Association in America
Box 6115
Long Island City, New York

Dear Mr. Milas:

Your telegram of August 19th has been received
in the Governor's Office and has been given the most
thoughtful consideration, although the measures you
propose could be properly undertaken only by officials
of the Federal government.

The Governor has asked me to forward to you his
most sincere best wishes for the return of peace and
harmony to the Island of Cyprus and its troubled
peoples.

Memp to HAK from DLB re Suggested NAR Reply to JOHN Fisher who sent him copy of
"Guidelines for Cold War Victory"

While the summary which is attached is reasonably good, it does not
necessarily have all the substance of the book. The summary is also very
brad brush. In view of the people involved in this study I recommend that
NAR not comment one way or the other. These people are almost all Goldwater
types and do good can come of NAR discourse.

DRAFT REPLY

Thank you for sending me an advance copy of the American Security
Council's work, "Guidelines for Cold War Victory."

I sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness in keeping me informed
of the work of the Council.

STATE OF NEW YORK
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
ALBANY

COPY

December 11, 1964

Dear Percy:

Just a note to thank you for your warm and
generous approval of my talk before the Federal
Union. I am delighted that you considered my
comments about the Atlantic Union pertinent and
timely.

With best regards,

The Honorable Percival F. Brundage
2601 Woodley Place, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20008

cc: Dr. Henry A. Kissinger, Harvard University w/photo
of incoming corres.

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PERCIVAL FLACK BRUNDAGE

2601 WOODLEY PLACE, N. W.
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20006

December 3, 1964

Governor Nelson Rockefeller
State House
Executive Chamber
Albany, New York

Dear Nelson:

I am very enthusiastic about your remarks at the 25th Anniv-
sary Banquet of the Federal Union, Inc. in Philadelphia. I
have been working for an Atlantic Union for many years, and
deeply regretted my inability to attend on the date to which
the meeting was postponed, due to a budget bureau conflict.
Your clearness of presentation of the problem and how to meet
it will be of tremendous help in our campaign.

When in Europe last summer, I found widespread concern at the
way the Atlantic Community was drifting apart and our unwilling-
ness to take a lead in calling a constitutional convention
and taking other necessary steps to do something about it.

With admiration and appreciation.

PFB/nc

Henry A. Klaasen

Sincerely yours,

With kind regards.

long time.
a supporter of left-wing groups for a
As you know, Cyrus Eaton has been
to argue with Eaton.

do not object if the Governor wanted
would be to send the plant one but I
letter to Cyrus Eaton. My instinct
I have cruder two versions of a

Dear Miss Van Wie:

Vipany, New York
Governor of the State of New York
Executive Chambers of the
Miss Diane Van Wie

April 13, 1962

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cc: Dr. Henry A. Klaaringer w\photo of incoming correabondence

Washington, D. C. 20009
5100 Ontario Road, N.W.
Freedom & Union
Editor
Mr. Clarence Streit

\a\ Nelaou A. Rockefeller

Sincerely,

With best wishes,

I have read it with great interest.

I appreciate the material which you sent me.

Thank you for your letter of March eleventh.

Dear Clarence:

April 12, 1965

COPY
ALBANY
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
STATE OF NEW YORK

COPY

April 14, 1965

Dear Miss Bryant:

Thank you for your letter of March
eighteenth.

All Americans must be concerned with
maintaining the peace. At the same time, we
should not purchase peace at the expense of
freedom. This seems to me to be the problem
which we now face in Vietnam.

Miss Alice Franklin Bryant
2813 Broadway East
Seattle, Washington

cc: Dr. Henry Kissinger, w/photo of incoming correspondence

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SOUTH AFRICA
A BRIGHT SPOT ON
A DARK CONTINENT

DURING the last few months, the American flag has been torn to pieces and defiled in certain countries in Africa and Asia. There have been violent demonstrations against American Embassies and abuse has been hurled at the American Government.

I am sure you will have noted that none of these violent anti-American demonstrations have taken place in my country, the Republic of South Africa. We in South Africa remain friendly and well disposed towards the United States of America, and anxious to strengthen the natural bonds of friendship we have with you.

Many of those who have been hurling abuse at America are the very ones who have been so rigorously maligning and criticising us in recent years.

## Developments in African Countries cause Concern

I have entitled my talk to-day, "South Africa—A Bright Spot on a Dark Continent."

Let us take a look at some of the things which have been happening in certain other parts of Africa during the past year or two.

In many newly independent African states, the story has been one of the establishment of one-party dictatorships, of the suppression of justice and freedom of the press, of falling standards of living, health and education, of collapsing economies.

In one country, the white non-Arab population has dwindled since independence from 1.2 million to 100,000 as a result of shocking and ruthless discrimination.

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Not so long ago, a small African island state received its independence in what was termed a classical handover of authority. Only a matter of days later, its government was deposed by armed revolution which resulted in the slaughter of hundreds of Arabs and Asians. A Communist régime took over. A satellite tracking station operated by the United States was forced to close down.

In three independent African countries there were mutinies in the armies. Unable to cope with the situation themselves, their African governments had to invite white troops to come in to restore order.

Serious border clashes took place between several African countries, resulting in many people being killed or wounded.

Tribal warfare in a central African country resulted in the slaughter of an estimated 8,000 men, women and children.

The recent barbarous atrocities committed by rebel forces in the Congo have made the civilized world shudder with horror. Thousands of people were shot or savagely beaten to death. They included many whose only crime was that they could read and write, and accordingly fell into a class termed the intelligentsia, which the rebels wished to exterminate. The loss of life in the Congo revolt is put at 40,000.

## Reaction to American-Belgian Rescue Operation

You will, I am sure, recall the details of the humanitarian operation undertaken in November, 1964, to rescue the American and other white hostages who were held and threatened with death by the rebels.

America and Belgium were roundly condemned for the operation by Communist sources, and particularly by the Red Chinese.

But isn't it most significant that so many African states took a line that so closely followed the Communist one?

For several years we in South Africa have been warning against Communist penetration and subversion in Africa. Our warnings have fallen on ears not so deaf as unwilling to hear.

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Every month now brings fresh evidence that we have been
right.

In the last five years there has been a most marked expansion
of Communist influence in Africa. Russia is now represented in
about twenty-one African states, European Communist countries
in about the same number. Red China is represented in about
sixteen. Roughly one third of Peking's total diplomatic missions
abroad are in Africa. Communist China is extending its influence
with financial aid, with arms, guerilla training and direct sub-
version. Chinese policy is based on color. It is anti-white.

In recent years we have been accused of being out of step with
developments on the rest of the continent. But let me ask this
question. With developments in so many parts of Africa taking
the turn they have, who would want to be in step with them?

We are not prepared to adapt conditions in our country to
suit the whims and fancies of hostile politicians in African coun-
tries who cannot bring about stability in their own lands.

We in South Africa do, however, have great sympathy for the
African peoples and understand their ambitions. We are ready
and willing to co-operate and develop sound and friendly rela-
tions with all responsible African countries which feel the same
way towards us.

## Internal Racial Policy

Let me turn now for a few minutes to our internal racial policy.

When looking at our racial picture in South Africa, do not try
to equate it with the position in the United States. Our country
is made up of a number of national groups, still preserving their
own customs and traditions, talking their own languages. Our
problem is more of a multi-national one.

When the first white people settled in South Africa over three
hundred years ago, the country was virtually unoccupied. At
about the same time that the whites moved northwards into the
interior, black people—or Bantu, or Africans—were moving south-
wards from Central Africa. The two groups met for the first time

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in the vicinity of the Fish River in about 1779.

About the turn of the last century, roughly half of an area, extending southwards from the Limpopo River and constituting British South Africa, was occupied by whites, and half by blacks.

What has happened since? Three areas within this general sphere were set aside by the British Government as areas within which the interests of certain black national groups, or nations, were paramount. They to-day constitute the Protectorates of Bechuanaland, Swaziland and Basutoland.

In 1910, the remaining territory in this general sphere became the Union of South Africa. In 1913, those areas within the Union in which the interests of the various black peoples were paramount, were set aside for them by the Union Government. They have consistently been preserved ever since as the homelands of the various black national groups or nations.

So the position remains that that part of the whole sphere which was occupied by black national groups at the turn of the century, is still occupied by them to-day.

Apart from the white and the black people who originally settled in South Africa, we have two other main groups. One is the Coloured community, comprising people of Malay descent and others of mixed blood. They live principally in the Cape. The other group is our Indian community, centred principally in Natal.

What is our basic policy?

We believe that there should be no domination of any one race by another. To achieve this, our policy is aimed at the creation of separate states for the national groups which originally settled in South Africa, and the development of the greatest possible degree of governmental separation for the groups which have grown up in our midst.

In this way, each group can have a future of its own, in this way, the various groups can live on an equal footing. In this way, we can form a consultative body in which the leaders of all races can meet on a basis of equality to consider matters of common interest and ways of removing friction. In this way, we can

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create a multi-national commonwealth or common market, with
political independence and economic interdependence.

## Positive Progress

Positive progress has been made in this direction. The Transkei, centuries old home of the Xhosa people, already has its own all-Bantu African Legislative Assembly. It is composed partly of traditional leaders, partly of members elected on a one man one vote basis by all Xhosa citizens. In area, the Transkei is about the same size as the Netherlands or Switzerland, but larger than Belgium, Israel, or the Protectorates of Basutoland or Swaziland.

Executive power is vested in an all-Bantu African Cabinet, consisting of a Chief Minister and five other Ministers.

The Transkei serves as a model, towards which the other Bantu national groups are progressing, in keeping with their own traditions.

The South African Cape Coloured people have a National Council, currently consisting of appointed and elected members. The basis of the Council is to be expanded and its powers increased.

For the Indian population group, a National Indian Council has been formed.

With all these bodies, the Government of the Republic maintains the closest contact.

Race relations are improving, harmony is increasing in South Africa. Internally, our country is one of the most peaceful in the world.

## South Africa has Highest Standards

Nowhere in the other independent countries of Africa do people, regardless of their race or color, have as high a general standard of living, education or health as they do in South Africa. What is more, the gap is widening, we are racing ahead of the rest of independent Africa.

There are already over 2,000 Bantu African university graduates. In sixteen years, South Africa produced more Bantu African graduates at local universities than nine African states, with a combined population of seventy million, have succeeded in doing during the past fifty years. Three Bantu university colleges in our country are now swelling the number of our university graduates.

Already there are 29,500 Bantu African teachers. Each year an additional 2,000 graduate from 47 teachers training colleges.

There are Bantu African doctors, lawyers, professors, nurses, etc. Over 12,000 Bantu Africans own their own businesses. One of the largest gasoline service stations in the Republic is owned by a Bantu African. Some businessmen bank as much as $2,800 a day. Three are reputed to be millionaires. The purchasing power of Bantu Africans to-day is roughly $1.4 billion per year. A solid middle class is developing.

A similar story of success may be told in connection with the Coloured and Indian communities.

Striking proof of how favorable conditions are in South Africa is given by the fact that thousands of Africans are constantly streaming illegally across our borders in order to seek the superior benefits which South Africa can offer. Over one million foreign Africans are in our country—that is 10 per cent of the Bantu population.

A further indication of South Africa's advance is that, with only 6 per cent of Africa's population, we generate 20 per cent of the continent's total geographic income.

Our country produces six times as much steel as the rest of the continent combined, twice as much electricity, and four times as much coal. Our railways carry as much freight as the rest of the continent combined. We have almost as many telephones, cars, buses, tractors, trucks, as the rest of Africa. The non-white people in South Africa, incidentally, own more motor cars per capita than do the citizens of the Soviet Union. We take nearly 18 per cent of the continent's total imports, and supply about 20 per cent of its exports.

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Our economy is booming, we are marching vigorously ahead on a path of dynamic progress.

## South Africa—What does it mean to the U.S.?

What does South Africa mean to our friends in the United States?

The United States is encountering a serious balance-of-payments problem. This is imposing a severe strain on the dollar and on American gold stocks.

Instead of drawing money away from the United States, South Africa is actually contributing to the strength of the dollar and helping the United States in its balance-of-payments problem.

It is doing this, firstly, by importing far more from the United States than it sells to the United States. Our imports from you in 1964 reached a record figure, estimated at 385 million dollars. Considerably more than you imported from us.

Incidentally, about 33 per cent of all U.S. exports to the African continent go to South Africa.

We are aiding your balance-of-payments position in a further way, for South Africa is a lucrative field for American investment. Your investments in our country, which have been built up over a period of many years, now total about 450 million dollars. On these investments, your annual dividends, interest and transferred profits give you a return of 13 per cent. When you include your re-invested profits, your total return is 17 per cent.

Is there any country in the world where you get a better return?

American firms investing in South Africa include many of the largest and most highly respected firms in American business and financial circles. They invest, not because they like us or dislike us. They invest on sound business principles.

Some of your industrialists are increasing their investments in our country—not with dollars, but by raising funds out of investment capital generated in South Africa.

Total American and foreign investment in our country is equal to that in the rest of the continent of Africa put together.

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South Africa has never asked for, nor received, foreign aid. Your proposed expenditure on foreign aid in Africa this year is about $145 million. Not one penny of this finds its way into my country. We do not increase your balance-of-payments problem, we lighten it by standing on our own feet.

We are one of the very few countries in the world which have paid all their war debts.

My country is the world's largest producer of gold. Our annual production has reached the record figure of 29.1 million fine ounces, valued at just over 1 billion dollars. This gold flows into the free world. It enables Western countries to bolster their currencies, it contributes to stability, and promotes international trade.

One final point—I mentioned earlier that an American satellite tracking station was forced to close down in an African country now co-operating with Red China. In South Africa, an American satellite tracking station and an American missile tracking station are doing valuable work for you with the fullest co-operation and help of the South African Government.

In the First World War and in the Second World War, men of our armed forces stood shoulder to shoulder with men of the American armed forces. Since then, South Africa has again on two occasions responded to the call and come to the assistance of the United States and the free world—once was during the Berlin airlift, the other was in the Korean War.

In many other parts of independent Africa, chaos is gaining ground and a power vacuum is forming. In South Africa, there is prosperity, stability and hope for all peoples of all races. What is more, South Africa stands as a guardian of the strategic tip of Southern Africa.

## REGISTRATION

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New York 19, New York
124 West 26th Street
Carnegie Hall Studio 823
The Brailleart Fellowship of New York

Dear Sirs:

will be an early resolution of the problem.

in South Vietnam with great interest and I hope that there

I need your description of the religious situation

Sincerely yours,

DRAFT

might find useful.

with this reply my own statement which you
the partial Test Ban Treaty. I am enclosing
me a copy of your very permissive statement on
I appreciate very much your sending

Dear Harold:

Philadelphia 9, Pennsylvania
1020 Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Building
Stassen, Kephardt, Sarkie & Scullin
Mr. Harold E. Stassen

Sincerely,

B. S. M.,

of your views from time to time.
keep up your good work and let us have the benefit
circumstances is advisable, but I hope you will
negotiation of the Treaty under the present
debate my concerns I do not think that a re-
to the Teut Tan Treaty in the attached statement.

I have stated my own concerns in respect
is extremely well taken.

the Washington Post. I think the point you make
fulness in sending me your communication with
September 3rd. I appreciated your thought-

Thank you for your letter of

Dear Mrs. Ceporn:

Washington, D.C., 20003
1239 Columbia Road, N. W., 4303
Mrs. Grace B. Ceporn

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