DEBATE COUNCIL AND FORUM
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
WEST POINT, NEW YORK

2 November 1957

Dr. Henry Kissinger
Center for International Studies
Littauer Center
Harvard University
Cambridge 38, Mass.

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

In spite of the fact that this mass of administrative memoranda
may scare you, I hope that it will also answer your questions concerning
transportation, housing, and meals at the Conference. May I add that
it is indeed a pleasure for us to welcome you to another SCUSA.

As a matter of interest I am inclosing a copy of the list of senior
participants for the Conference. According to present plans, the other
members of your panel on December 4th will be Mr. Gordon Dean, and
Dr. W. W. Rostow. The order of presentation will be economic, tech-
nological, and political.

At your earliest convenience, could you please inform me of your
approximate time of arrival in New York City and when you plan to
depart from West Point? We will plan to have a sedan pick you up in
New York City wherever you wish unless you plan to drive up yourself.
Pending any changes you may wish to make, I shall reserve a single
room for you at the Hotel Thayer.

May I make one further request? Would you please fill out the
accompanying biographical questionnaire for our _Who's Who_ and send
it back in the envelope provided? done

I am looking forward to meeting you in December.

Incls:

Ninth Student Conference on United States Affairs, December 4-7, 1957.

Twelfth West Point National Invitational Debate Tournament, April 23-26, 1958.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
WEST POINT, NEW YORK

14 November 1957

Dr. Henry Kissinger
Deputy Director
Center for International Affairs
Littauer Center
Harvard University
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

Thank you for your prompt reply to my query concerning your travel plans for SCUSA IX. We will plan to have an officer pick you up at 22 West 55th Street on December 4th. I believe that 4:00 p.m. would be preferable to 4:30 p.m. in order that you arrive in time for cocktails and the informal supper at the West Point Army Mess commencing at 5:30 p.m. We have reserved a single room for you at the Hotel Thayer for Wednesday evening and will have a sedan available to take you back to New York City as early as you wish on Thursday morning, 5 December.

With best regards.

13 December 1957

Dr. Henry Kissinger
Deputy Director
Center for International Studies
Littauer Center
Harvard University
Cambridge 38, Mass.

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

On behalf of the United States Military Academy, I would like to express my appreciation of your earnest attempts to come to West Point last Wednesday on such a dismal day and despite such a busy schedule to participate in our Ninth Student Conference on United States Affairs. I am extremely sorry that the student participants were unable to listen to the comments which you had prepared for that evening, for I am sure that they were most timely and provocative. However, I am sure that the conferees, all experiencing similar transportation difficulties which prevented many of them from arriving at West Point until very late Wednesday evening, also appreciated your sincere efforts to come up and help launch the Conference on its way.

I might add that we were able to make up a substitute panel discussion group for Wednesday evening consisting of a number of senior participants who had experienced less difficulty than you in reaching West Point, and that this panel group performed remarkably well on such short notice. I am also happy to report that despite its rather snowy start the Student Conference appears to have ended quite successfully. The officers concerned with the operation of the Conference feel that its success over the past nine years can in large measure be attributed to the support of such outstanding citizens as you who have taken such a great interest in it.

February 6, 1958

Edward Downing
Cadet-in-Charge
Forum Speaker Program
United States Military Academy
West Point, New York

Dear Cadet Downing:

Thank you very much for your
kindness in asking me to speak at
West Point some time in April. I am
extremely sorry to have to say that
I will not be able to do it. My
schedule for the next months is so
completely overloaded that I simply
cannot take on any additional commit-
ments - even where, as here, it would
give me the greatest pleasure.

I hope you will give me another
opportunity in the next school year.

18 February 1960

As a former participant in the Student Conference on United States Affairs, you may be interested in the enclosed Final Report of the Proceedings of SCUSA XI held at the U.S. Military Academy during the period 2-5 December 1959.

The comments submitted by this year's student conferees and senior participants concerning the Conference lead us to believe that SCUSA XI, like its predecessors, accomplished its objectives successfully and was valued most highly by those observing and participating in it.

Ed D. Davis
ED D. DAVIS
Captain, USAF
Executive Secretary
SCUSA XII

P.S. Please let us know if we do not have your correct mailing address.

MADN-J

29 October 1963

Professor Henry A. Kissinger
Center for International Affairs
Divinity Avenue
Harvard University
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts

Dear Mr. Kissinger:

A recent change in our Spring Term schedule at West Point has made it possible for me to add an additional lesson to our course in National Security Problems. You will remember this as one of the several outgrowths of the Defense Policy Seminar.

I would like to devote this lesson to the subject of limited war and have selected as the reading I most prefer to use your Chapter III, "Limited War - A Reappraisal," in _The Necessity for Choice_.

May I have your permission to use this chapter without fee for local reproduction and distribution to cadets taking the course? I will, if I may, call your secretary in a day or two to find out if I may proceed on an oral response while waiting written confirmation or denial: my printer's deadline is hard upon me.

Sorry that our plans to have you for my course this term fell through, but we are all looking forward to seeing you on February 23d.

Best wishes.

MADN-J

10 January 1964

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Center for International Affairs
Harvard University
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

The faculty of the Department of Social Sciences is highly gratified to have you visit us on the night of Sunday, 23 February. I am sure the First Class (Seniors) will benefit significantly from the insights you provide.

At the time of your lecture the cadets will just be completing a 12-lesson block on those factors which stimulate change on the national and international political scene. I have taken the liberty to inclose a notebook and Reading in International Relations, Vol. I-1964, with these lessons tabbed out.

You noted in your correspondence of 9 October that the subject, "Changing National Security," would be acceptable. We, as you are no doubt aware, have facilities to project slides and transparencies and would be happy to do so if you desire.

A proposed schedule might run something like this. An escort officer would meet you at 3:40 at Newark and accompany you to West Point in a staff car. Some members of the faculty would join you at the Hotel Thayer at about 5:30-5:45 for cocktails followed by dinner at 6:00. Your lecture would begin at 7:20 since we are obligated by local ground rules to dismiss the cadets at 8:25. You might, therefore, consider speaking about 40-50 minutes, and answering questions for about 10 minutes thereafter. Customarily we would then adjourn for discussion over a nightcap until it was time for your return to Newark. On the other hand, Colonel and Mrs. Lincoln would very much enjoy having you stay overnight with them if you do not have to hurry back to Boston, and have asked that I convey this invitation to you. We are thus prepared to make you welcome and are looking forward to your visit. Please let me know of any way in which we can accommodate you.

In closing, may I make two further requests? First, would you have your secretary send along a copy of your biographical sketch for local publicity purposes; and, secondly, would she simultaneously inclose

MADN-J
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger

10 January 1964

a copy of any syllabus and/or list of required readings which you use in
your undergraduate International Politics course.

Many thanks for your kind consideration.

MADN-J

18 February 1964

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

This note is to confirm our final arrangements.

Major John Seigle will meet you at Newark Airport at 3:40. If the weather is bad, necessitating travel by train, the most convenient place to pick you up would be at Penn Station at 2:40.

I would appreciate a call if you choose the train. The telephone number is West Point 8-2711, Extension 2815 (duty) or 4295 (home).

Upon completion of your lecture, a staff car will be waiting to return you to Newark Airport for the 10:30 shuttle to Boston.

Col. Lincoln regrets that you must return to Boston immediately but understands the exigencies of your position.

MADN-J

28 February 1964

Professor Henry A. Kissinger
Center for International Affairs
Harvard University
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts

Dear Professor Kissinger:

Colonel Lincoln has passed along the information that you have recovered
from the flu and that you will be able to visit us on 5 May. We are pleased
on both accounts.

Since this comes at a different part of the course, I would request that
you comment on the general area of current challenges to U. S. foreign policy
and possible responses, with perhaps special emphasis on the military challenges
and responses. In reality this would be an overview of Lessons 34-41 which
have been tabbed in the enclosed student notebook. Please let me know of your
reaction to this proposal.

We can finalize the travel arrangements during the latter part of April.

Incl:
a/s

MADN-J

22 April 1964

Dear Professor Kissinger:

This note is to confirm our arrangements for the 5th of May.

Providing you travel from Boston, Major Seigle or myself will meet you at the Eastern terminal, Newark Airport, at 3:40. If the weather is bad, necessitating travel by train, we would pick you up at Penn Station at 2:40 or at Grand Central at 3:25. I would appreciate a call if you choose the train. The telephone number is WEst Point 8-2711, Extension 4206 (duty) or 4295 (home).

Please let me know what you desire to do about the return trip. There are air shuttles until midnight from LaGuardia; additionally, there is a sleeper train that leaves New York about midnight and returns to Boston at 6:35, necessitating unloading by 8:00. Of course, you are more than welcome to stay overnight with us.

Your lecture title will be "United States Foreign Policy: Military Challenges and Responses." I think we agreed this would give you a sufficiently wide scope!

We are looking forward to seeing you on May 5th.

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
WEST POINT. NEW YORK 10996

MADN-J

19 May 1964

Dear Professor Kissinger:

Enclosed are the supplementary readings which you requested. I
trust they will be of some assistance.

MADN-J

25 September 1964

Dear Professor Kissinger:

I trust this letter finds you in good health and spirit as a new academic
year begins.

As you requested, I am sending along some dates for your consideration on
a return visit next semester:

28 February - 1 March 1965

4-5 May 1965

If these dates do not coincide with your availability, we are flexible
and I'm sure some mutual agreement can be reached.

PS

Wix has left to help coach to soccer team in a weekend game and asked me to get this on its way to you.

Henry V. Klaeujer

With warm regards.

some other visit to New York.
Just a question of completing it with
I definitely will come and it is
in the Spring.

suitable for a visit to West Point
month about which day would be most
May I let you know in another

September 23rd.

Thank you for your letter of

Dear Captain Wix:

West Point, New York 10396
United States Military Academy
Department of Social Sciences
Captain William M. Wix

October 2, 1964

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January 21, 1965

Captain William M. Wix
Department of Social Sciences
United States Military Academy
West Point, New York 10996

Dear Captain Wix:

I received your telephone message
that May 11th was suitable for you.

Before leaving, Mr. Kissinger
said this was tentatively okay but
that he couldn't guarantee it. He
will be back in the office the second
week in February if you want to talk
to him about this.

If I can be of any assistance,
however, don't hesitate to contact me.

MADN-J

1 April 1965

Dear Professor Kissinger:

The alternatives to the 11th narrow themselves to the 9th or 10th
of May, with the former being preferable. If these dates are not
satisfactory, then I fear we must "scrub" your lecture for this year.

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