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The Lord Browne of Madingley

Group Chief Executive

BP p.l.c.
1 St. James's Square
London
SW1Y 4PD
United Kingdom

By fax to 001 212 434 9880

Dr Leslie H Gelb
President
Council on Foreign Relations
58 68th Street
New York, NY 10021
USA

Direct 020 7496 4488
Main 020 7496 4000
browne_ejp@bp.com

16 April 2003

I am writing in response to your letter of March 27th concerning the policy task force on US Policy towards Europe. This is of great interest to us, and we would be very happy to be associated with the group.

Unfortunately I am already committed on the dates you have set for the two meetings. We would be happy to be involved in any other way you think appropriate. If we can assist by commenting on drafts or by putting in ideas we would be happy to do so, and I have asked Nick Butler to work with you to see what is possible.

I very much appreciated the chance to talk to you a couple of weeks ago, and I look forward to seeing you again in the near future.

Registered in England and Wales: No. 1024098

Registered Office: 1 St. James's Square

London

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United Kingdom

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58 EAST 68TH STREET • NEW YORK • NEW YORK 10021
Tel 212 434 9400 Fax 212 434 9800 www.cfr.org

FAX TRANSMISSION COVER SHEET

**Date:** April 17, 2003
**To:** Henry A. Kissinger
Lawrence H. Summers
Charles Kupchan
**Fax:** 212/759-0042
617/495-8550
202/986-2984
**Re:** Martin Wolf
**Sender:** Les Gelb

YOU SHOULD RECEIVE ONE PAGE(S), INCLUDING THIS COVER SHEET. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE ALL THE PAGES, PLEASE CALL 212-434-9543

Martin Wolf phoned this morning to say he won't be able to make the first meeting but is prepared to take a full briefing and give his full comments. He can make the second meeting in June and would make a full effort to attend all the other meetings.

The main serious potential problem is that he probably would not be able to sign in any fashion the report produced by the Task Force given his profession. He's checking with his editor and will get back to me on this. But you folks have to think hard whether or not you want a participant who cannot sign.

I told him I would get back to him with your collective judgment as soon as possible.

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News Release

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

Tel 212 434 9888 Fax 212 434 9832 Website www.cfr.org

Senior Statesmen Henry Kissinger and Lawrence Summers Chair
New Council Task Force on U.S. Policy Toward Europe

Contact: Lisa Shields, Vice President, Communications, (212) 434-9888

April ****, 2003—With the United States facing the greatest transatlantic rift in 50 years, former Secretary of State **Henry Kissinger** and former Secretary of the Treasury **Lawrence Summers**, will co-chair a Council-sponsored independent task force on a new U.S. policy toward Europe. The bi-partisan task force will bring together leaders from business, former senior government officials, and policy experts to address the rift.

"I can't imagine two more able people than Henry Kissinger and Larry Summers to take on this challenge," said Council President **Leslie H. Gelb**.

The Task Force addresses four core questions:

* How serious is the current transatlantic rift and how did it come about?

* How important are good working relationships with Europe, including institutional ties, to America's interests?

* Is it possible to put the transatlantic community on a sounder basis, and if so, what are America's strategic options? Do we need to substantially reorient relations?

* What precise policy paths and actions should the United States be prepared to take to carry out the preferred strategy?

Council Senior Fellow and former National Security Council official **Charles Kupchan** is the Task Force project director. The group will also include a number of European experts.

**The Council-sponsored Task Force on Transatlantic Relations** is made possible by generous grants from ENI SpA and Merrill Lynch.

Established in 1921, the **Council on Foreign Relations** is a nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank, dedicated to increasing America's understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy. The Council accomplishes this mainly by promoting constructive debates and discussions, clarifying world issues, and publishing *Foreign Affairs*, the leading journal on global issues.

For more information, go to http://www.cfr.org

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To: Henry Kissinger
Larry Summers

Re: Task Force Draft Press Release

Sender: Abigail Zoba

YOU SHOULD RECEIVE 2 PAGE(S), INCLUDING THIS COVER SHEET. IF YOU DO NOT
RECEIVE ALL THE PAGES, PLEASE CALL 212-434-9569

Please see the attached draft press release for the Transatlantic Relations task force. If we don't hear back from you in the next 24 hrs, we will release the draft to our two funders and then to the press.

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April ****, 2003—With the United States facing the greatest transatlantic rift in 50 years, Former Secretary of State **Henry Kissinger** and former Secretary of the Treasury **Lawrence Summers**, will co-chair a Council-sponsored independent task force on a new U.S. policy toward Europe. The bi-partisan task force will bring together leaders from business, former senior government officials, and policy experts to address the rift.

* If the transatlantic community is to be put on a sounder foundation, what are America's strategic options? Do we need to substantially reorient relations?

Established in 1921, the **Council on Foreign Relations** is a nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank, dedicated to increasing America's understanding of the world and contributing ideas to U.S. foreign policy. The Council accomplishes this mainly by promoting constructive debates and discussions, clarifying world issues, and publishing **Foreign Affairs**, the leading journal on global issues.

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From: JFly@cfr.org
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 2:23 PM
To: jincao@kmaglobal.com
Subject: CFR Task Force -- May 6 Brussels Meeting

APR 9 2004

Dear Jessee:

We know that Dr. Kissinger has said he is not interested in participating in any Task Force events in Europe, but Dr. Kupchan wanted to let him know that we have scheduled the first meeting for the evening of May 6 in Brussels in case he was interested in stopping in Brussels on his way to the Trilateral Commission's meeting in Warsaw that weekend.

The event will be held at the German Marshall Fund's Transatlantic Center and will likely feature Charlie and several Task Force members discussing the report. We understand if he is not able to participate, but wanted to make him aware of the meeting.

Jamie M. Fly
Research Associate, Europe and National Security
Council on Foreign Relations
1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 518-3404
Fax: (202) 986-2984
http://www.cfr.org

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To: Dr. Kissinger

From: Jessee

April 1, 2004

RE: CFR TASK FORCE

I hate to even bother you with more questions from the CFR. However, they
would like to know the following:

1/ Would you be willing to participate in the European rollout? Can we let them know when you'll be in Europe in the coming months?

No; not interested in participating in a European rollout __________

Ok; let them know about my already scheduled Europe trips __________

2/ They ask if you and President Summers have decided to do an op-ed
together?

No; we are not doing an op-ed together __________

Yes; tell them __________

3/ Asks you to inscribe a copy of the report for Les Gelb. (I will then send it on to Summers for him to add and note and his signature). REPORT ATTACHED FOR YOUR SIGNATURE.

Shields

Transatlantic Relations Task Force Press Rollout Strategy
Press Briefing and General Meeting in Washington, DC

March 19, 2004

Ongoing activities:

* Press release draft received from Charlie Kupchan. Lisa met with Haass and redrafting. Will clear new draft with Haass, Charlie and chairs.

* We've been beefing up our Europe press list for several months.

* Selected list of journalists/columnists for small luncheon with Kissinger and Summers after the rollout meeting. Waiting for clearance/changes on list from Kissinger and Summers before sending invites.

* Washington Post editorial board wants to meet with Kissinger and Summers the day of the rollout, if possible. Need to check their schedules. Could do before or after the rollout meeting. If they are not available, need to see which Task Force members could go and whether Wash Post will still be interested.

* Inquiry sent to New York Times editorial board for same.

* Task Force is the lead story in the April C&C. Will be based on press release.

* Trying to set up time for Bernie Gwertzman to interview Kissinger for the Council's and nytimes.com websites.

* Pitched report to Charlie Rose. He wants Kissinger and Summers on the program. Iva Zoric, CR's producer, going directly to Kissinger and Summers offices for scheduling. ( possibility w/t Kupchan if not Summers )

* Pitched report to Tim Russert, Meet the Press, for Sunday, March 21st after the rollout. Waiting to hear back. Should also tentatively check Kissinger and Summers availability for weekend press.

* Haass and I spoke with op-ed editor of the Financial Times (Andrew Hill) who is very keen to run an op-ed on the report. Kupchan could write and could be signed by Kissinger and Summers. Need them to ok idea before we proceed.

ASK
HAK

One week prior to rollout:

* Sending media advisory to entire press list. Will reach out to foreign press center in DC to be sure we have international coverage as well.

* As the rollout falls on a Friday afternoon, we'd like to leak the report to key journalists at the top papers. Need clearance from Kissinger and Summers asap to do so.

* We will also send advance embargoed copies of the report to NY Times, Week in Review and Washington Post, Outlook sections for weekend coverage.

Rollout Week:

* Send out press release on the day of the release to entire press list and to members.

* Report and release set to go up in the top slot on the website that morning.

* Work to get the chairs and a few of the willing task force members on key television and radio programs. Need to see which task force members Kissinger and Summers approve for us to pitch if they are not available for interviews.

The Following Weeks and Months:

* Follow up with papers and tv and radio outlets that have not covered the report.

* Highlight in weekly e-mail to journalists and members the week after rollout and on the website whenever there is a relevant future story to peg the report to.

* Include press release and report in press kits for relevant on-the-record meetings.

* One-sheeter in development for marketing. Looking to use short text, images and squibs to promote the report from launch forward.

Europe:

* We will develop the press strategy for the European part of the task force rollout once those plans are in place.

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**From:** CKupchan@cfr.org
**Sent:** Tuesday, March 09, 2004 11:21 AM
**To:** lawrence_summers@harvard.edu; julia_topalian@harvard.edu; beverly_sullivan@harvard.edu; jincao@kmaglobal.com; tcimino@kmaglobal.com
**Cc:** lshields@cfr.org; jfly@cfr.org
**Subject:** CFR Task Force -- 3/19 Luncheon with Journalists

Dear Henry and Larry:

Below is a list of tentative invitees to the small lunch following the press conference on March 19. We are inviting 14 people with the expectation of getting half that number, keeping the total number of participants at roughly ten.

Please let me know if you would like to add or delete names from the list. As we need to send out the invitations for the lunch, please get back to me by the end of today with your feedback.

Best,
Charlie

Wolf Blitzer, CNN
David Brooks, New York Times
Michael Elliot, Time
Tom Friedman, New York Times
Paul Gigot, Wall Street Journal
James Harding, Financial Times
Fred Hiatt, Washington Post
Jim Hoagland, Washington Post
Warren Hoge, New York Times
Brit Hume, FoxNews
Patrick Jarreau, Le Monde
John Parker, The Economist
William Safire, New York Times
Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek

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Jessee Incao

From: JFly@cfr.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 8:35 AM
To: jincao@kmaglobal.com; tcimino@kmaglobal.com
Subject: Task Force Rollout -- Details

Dr. Kupchan asked me to see if Dr. Kissinger has any responses to the email he sent last week regarding March 19 (see below). Specifically, he would like to know if Dr. Kissinger wants to invite any specific journalists to the small lunch following the press conference, whether he would be available at 6 pm for an interview on the NewsHour, whether we should schedule interviews for the afternoon, whether he would like to do one of the Sunday morning shows, and his interest in doing an op-ed on the Task Force report.

Also, we will be distributing a small number of advance copies of the report 24 hours
before the press conference to administration officials by courier. This is standard
Council practice. The report will be sent to the following people:

Andrew H. Card
I. Lewis Libby
Condoleezza Rice
Stephen J. Hadley
Colin L. Powell
Richard L. Armitage
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Paul Wolfowitz

If possible, we would like the short cover note which will accompany the report to be
signed by Dr. Kissinger and President Summers. The text we have used in previous Task
Forces is similar to this:

Dear :

I am pleased to share with you an advance copy of Renewing the Atlantic Partnership.

We co-chaired this independent Task Force, sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations.
The report provides policy recommendations on how to bridge the transatlantic divide and
renew the Atlantic partnership.

I hope that you find this report informative and useful.

Sincerely,

Please let me know whether Dr. Kissinger is comfortable with this letter. If he and
President Summers both agree, I will format the individual letters and send them to you
for his signature.

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To: jfly@cfr.org
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Subject: Task Force Rollout -- Details

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To: jincao@kmaglobal.com, tcimino@kmaglobal.com, beverly_sullivan@harvard.edu, julia_topalian@harvard.edu
From: Charles Kupchan/DC/CFR
Date: 03/04/2004 04:08PM
Subject: Task Force Rollout -- Details

Dear Henry and Larry,

I met today with the Council's press and publications staff, and want to pass along a few details about the release of our task force report.

The press conference will take place on Friday, March 19 at the Council's Washington office. Press, council members, and other invited guests will gather at 11:30 and a light lunch will be available. The formal press conference will begin at noon. I will serve as the chair of the panel and make a few opening remarks before turning it over to the two of you for your substantive remarks about the report. You should each plan to speak for 5-10 minutes. We will then open the meeting to questions from the floor at roughly 12:20. We are hoping that C-Span will cover the event.

Prior to the March 19 meeting, advance copies of the report will be made available to the following papers/wires: New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, AP, Reuters, and UPI. The report will be embargoed until March 19; our hope is that these outlets will run stories about the report on Friday morning, reaching a wider audience than on Saturday. It is standard practice for the CFR to "leak" reports to select press in this manner.

The press conference will end at 1:00. There will then be about 15 minutes for informal conversation with members of the press. We will then move to a private lunch with a select group of print and broadcast journalists -- no more than 10. I will forward to you a proposed guest list early next week.

I have been in touch with the Lehrer Newshour about doing a segment on the show that evening. They are interested in having us on, but cannot make a firm commitment at this time. Assuming that commitment firms up, would both of you be available for the show at 6pm? If yes, we can also schedule a few interviews during the hour or two between the end of the lunch and the Newshour.

If possible, the Council would also like the two of you to appear on one of the main Sunday morning talk shows. Would you be willing to appear on "Meet the Press" or "This Week?"

Also, the CFR would like the two of you to publish an oped drawn from the report -- ideally in the Sunday New York Times on March 21. Would you be willing to do so? If so, do you want me to write an initial draft, or would the two of you like to draft it yourselves?

Please give me a ring if you have any other matters you want to raise at this point. I will be out of town on Friday and Saturday -- at Wilton Park in the UK. The numbers are: tel -- 44 (0) 1903 817772 and fax -- 44 (0) 1903 816373.

I am back on Sunday and in DC throughout next week.

2

Jessee Incao

From: JFly@cfr.org

Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 6:34 PM

Subject: CFR Task Force Rollout -- March 19

I just wanted to follow up regarding Dr. Kissinger's schedule on 3/19 -- when does he need to return to New York and whether he will be in Europe in April and May.

Thanks,
Jamie

----- Forwarded by Jamie Fly/DC/CFR on 03/08/2004 06:36 PM -----

Jamie Fly

tcimino@kmaglobal.com

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To: jincao@kmaglobal.com,

cc: 
Subject: CFR Task Force Rollout -- March

One additional request -- Dr. Kupchan was wondering when in April and May Dr. Kissinger will be in Europe and whether he has any flexibility during those trips which would allow us to arrange an event in Brussels to promote the Task Force report.

----- Forwarded by Jamie Fly/DC/CFR on 03/04/2004 03:30 PM -----

Jamie Fly

tcimino@kmaglobal.com

To: jincao@kmaglobal.com,

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Participants

Europe Task Force Rollout
Members attending as of: 3.18.04
10:20 AM

Vinod K. Aggarwal
University of California, Berkeley

Anne Alonzo
National Foreign Trade Council

Aldo Amati
Embassy of Italy

Angel A. Arroba
Georgetown University

Caroline Atkinson
Council on Foreign Relations

C. Fred Bergsten
Institute for International Economics

David L. Bosco
Foreign Policy Magazine

Phoebe W. Brown
Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board

Mark F. Brzezinski
McGuire Woods, LLP

Joshua W. Busby
The Brookings Institution

Camille M. Caesar
U.S. Department of Commerce

Reba Anne Carruth

Cindy Chang
Delegation of the European Commission

Steve Charnovitz
Wilmer Cutler & Pickering LLP

Priscilla A. Clapp

Barbara M. Connolly
Office of the Trade Representative

Sam Y. Cross

Kelley E. Currie
International Campaign for Tibet

Hazel Denton
The World Bank

James S. Denton

Chris Deri
Edelman

Sunil B. Desai
Council on Foreign Relations

Nikola Dimitrov
Embassy of the Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia

Xenia Dormandy
U.S. Department of State

Diana Lady Dougan
Center for Strategic & International Studies

Elizabeth Drew

Jessica P. Einhorn
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies

Thomas L. Farmer
Bankers' Association for Finance & Trade

Ava S. Feiner
Washington Networks

Victoria L. Koval
Georgetown University

Fred T. Krawchuk, Jr.
U.S. Department of State

Sarah E. Kreps
Georgetown University

Victoria R. Krikorian
DynCorp.

Dennis Kux
Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars

Jim A. Landé
U.S. Department of State

Randall Larsen
Homeland Security Associates, LLC

Ernest W. Lefever
Ethics and Public Policy Center

Robert S. Litwak
Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars

Robert Gerald Livingston
German Historical Institute

Andrea Locatelli
Georgetown University

Jan M. Lodal

Linda S. Lourie
U.S. Department of Defense

James G. Lowenstein
Heller & Rosenblatt

Edward N. Luttwak

Murrey Marder
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at
Harvard

Leonard H. Marks
Cohn & Marks

Charles William Maynes
The Eurasia Foundation

Robert S. McNamara

Amy H. Medearis
Delegation of the European Commission

David A. Merkel
U.S. Department of the Treasury

Elizabeth Midgley
Working English

Gwendolyn Mikell
Georgetown School of Foreign Service

Debra L. Miller

Alberto J. Mora
U.S. Navy

Steven Muller
The Johns Hopkins University

Arnold Nachmanoff
Nachmanoff Associates, Ltd.

Zygmunt Nagorski
Center for International Leadership

Peter F. Najera
Office of the Secretary of Defense

Rolf Nikel
Embassy of the Federal Republic of
Germany

Robert H. Nooter
The World Bank

Michael J. O'Neill

Franz M. Oppenheimer

Henry D. Owen
Salomon Brothers, Inc.

Jose C. Pereira
Embassy of Portugal

Don Peretz

Leon K. Pfeiffer

Steven B. Pfeiffer
Fulbright & Jaworski

Leah F. Pisar
NYC 2012

Alan A. Platt
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP

Dmitry Ponomarev
Embassy of the Republic of Belarus

Jeffrey F. Pryce
Steptoe & Johnson LLP

John E. Reinhardt

Rune Resaland
Royal Norwegian Embassy

Peter R. Rosenblatt
Heller & Rosenblatt

Jon J. Rosenwasser
The Brookings Institution

David J. Rothkopf
Intellibridge Corporation

Edward L. Rowny
International Negotiating Consultants, Inc.

J. S. Roy
Kissinger Associates, Inc.

Daniel L. Schorr
National Public Radio

Jill A. Schuker
The Kamber Group

Stephen M. Schwebel

David Shambaugh
George Washington University

Mahmadnazir Sharipov
Embassy of Tajikistan

Lisa Shields
Council on Foreign Relations

Joseph J. Sisco
Sisco Associates

Helmut Sonnenfeldt
The Brookings Institution

Engin Soysal
Ministry of Turkey

Charles A. Stevenson
The National War College

Bruce Stokes
National Journal

Mohammad B. Tabaar
Georgetown University

Shibley Telhami
University of Maryland

Robert L. Thompson

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Participants

Aldo Amati
Embassy of Italy

Reba Anne Carruth

Priscilla A. Clapp

Sam Y. Cross

Hazel Denton
The World Bank

James S. Denton

Chris Deri
Edelman

Elizabeth Drew

[LC]

Jan M. Lodal

Edward N. Luttwak

Leonard H. Marks
Cohn & Marks

Robert S. McNamara

Debra L. Miller

Alberto J. Mora
U.S. Navy

Michael J. O'Neill

Franz M. Oppenheimer

Don Peretz

Leon K. Pfeiffer

Leah F. Pisar
NYC 2012

John E. Reinhardt

Stephen M. Schwebel

Bruce Stokes
National Journal

Robert L. Thompson