American
Film
Institute
Theatre

429 L'ENFANT PLAZA S.W.

WASHINGTON, D.C.
20024

PHONE: 554-3000

KISSINGER, HENRY A.

October 20, 1971

Mr. Henry Kissinger
Assistant to the President
(National Security Affairs)
c/o The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500

Dear Mr. Kissinger,

I am writing to seek your cooperation in creating a unique film
program at the AFI Theatre this Christmas. Together with other
leading figures on the Washington scene, you are invited to nominate
three films, old or new, that have special meaning for you. These can
be movies you keep re-seeing, that you remember from childhood,
or saw on a trip abroad; they may be light or serious in content.
(Many films are impossible to obtain; by choosing three you will
give us a better chance of finding at least one).

The series will be entitled "Christmas Assortment", will run
December 9 through January 3, and will be publicized in a brochure
similar to the one enclosed.

The AFI Theatre is a non-profit showcase for fine films of all kinds
and is supported through the American Film Institute, by the National
Endowment for the Arts and Motion Picture Industry. In its 18 months
of operation it has attracted attention across the country as the
prototype of a National Film Theatre, eventually to be located in
the Kennedy Center. It has tried to serve all sections of the
Washington community and it is for this reason I hope you will par-
ticipate in our program selection.

Could you please let me have your choices by October 28?

Enclosure

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REPRINTED FROM THE SATURDAY REVIEW: JULY 31, 1971

FILM

THE
TREASURE
OF
L'ENFANT
PLAZA

by ARTHUR KNIGHT

One of the richest but least known cultural resources of Washington, D.C., is a small moviehouse in a subbasement of a vast shopping and office complex called L'Enfant Plaza. L'Enfant Plaza is a dun-colored concrete and glass high-rise that, when completed, will encase some 150,000 shopkeepers and office workers a day, plus customers, clients, and whatever weary travelers may choose to stay in the luxury hotel being built as part of the complex. It would seem to be an ideal place for a movie theater, but it isn't. When the theater of L'Enfant Plaza first opened as a commercial house, it promptly went broke, then remained dark for ten months until it reopened in September 1970, under the aegis of the American Film Institute. Even now, despite some of the most imaginative and provocative programming in the United States, the American

Film Institute Theatre plays to an average of only 300 patrons a night in its 800-seat hall.

One of the troubles, as its managing director, Michael Webb, is prompt to point out, is the fact that the entire complex is located, as it were, on the wrong side of the tracks. Begun some years ago as part of a slum clearance and urban renewal program for southwest Washington, L'Enfant Plaza was originally to be connected to the rest of the city by a mall on 10th Street, hard by the Washington Monument. Not only did the mall fail to materialize, but a freeway was put through that in effect cut the Plaza off from its immediate residential neighbors. An Army installation that straddles the main approach to the Plaza makes it even less inviting. Small, almost obscure signs are the only kind permitted by the architects, so the ramps leading down to the AFI Theatre are quite difficult to spot. And once the daytime crunch is over, the area is not popular with taxicab drivers.

The Film Institute people were well aware of these deficiencies when invited to take over and operate the Plaza's theater just about two years ago. On the other hand, for almost a year they had been putting on special screenings in the National Gallery's 300-seat auditorium, and the public's enthusiasm for these programs quickly exceeded that museum's capacity. From a single showing once a month they soon progressed to two showings of each program, then to two showings of two different programs each month. While still at the National Gallery, the AFI had instituted a highly successful membership drive to support its screenings, and a larger facility was

clearly in order. At least in its physical accouterments, the L'Enfant Plaza site seemed ideal.

The theater itself, once you have found it, is quite charming, its two-story wood and white plaster lobby festooned with balloons and strung with clear incandescent light bulbs. A solid bank of old movie posters decorates one wall, while a huge pop-art mural of old movie stars—Dietrich, Keaton, Chaney, Toshiro Mifune—is on the other. Comfortable, mushroom-like stools, topped by purple cushions, invite one to stay on and chat about the movie, not infrequently with the filmmaker himself. The auditorium is reminiscent of the basement theater in New York's Museum of Modern Art, although with oyster-colored walls and purple chairs. The screen—as at the museum—is adaptable for any aspect ratio from the old “postage stamp” screen to the latest 70-mm spectacular. And, as at the museum, a piano provides the accompaniment for the silent films that are frequently shown there.

The programs, which are changed daily, generally are set up as extended cycles that explore either a single theme or the work of a single film personality (although two recent series have presented a historical survey of characteristic products from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures). The theater's management, however, is unabashedly *auteur-oriented*: The Columbia series, Part I, which ended on July 15, was kicked off by no fewer than six Frank Capra films, and might just as easily have been entitled as *A Tribute to Frank Capra* as *A Tribute to Columbia*—particularly since the program notes include the somewhat debatable information that

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his "It Happened One Night" marked the establishment of Columbia as a major studio." Similarly, the theater's inaugural series, September 18 to October 24, 1970, provided a valuable cross section of world cinema, but of its forty-eight programs, thirty were devoted to the works of John Ford (some of them double-featured).

This is not said to derogate the efforts of AFI's hard-working and dedicated Michael Webb, who came to the institute by way of London's prestigious National Cinema Theatre. Washington has never been a notable movie town, and Webb could have made his task considerably easier (and his operation perhaps a bit more lucrative) by concentrating on stars instead of directors. Even so, sell-out nights were achieved when he brought in such auteurs as Jerry Lewis, Rouben Mamulian, Miloš Forman, and Roberto Rosellini to talk about their own works and their own approaches to the medium. Robert Radnitz, the auteur producer of *A Dog of Flanders, Island of the Blue Dolphins*, and *And Now, Miguel*, introduced his *My Side of the Mountain* at the AFI Theatre in association with last year's White House Conference on Children. Never before has Washington had a center where film-makers could meet their audiences (and vice versa), and this in itself marks a notable contribution from the institute.

From the standpoint of inventive programing, however, Webb's best efforts have been in the direction of bringing together a wide range of films under a single, provocative heading. Because he operates a membership society—and because, for one reason or another, most studios and distributors have declared their allegiance to the goals of the Film Institute—he can draw freely on titles that would not ordinarily be available to most operators of commercial theaters. And, indeed, one purpose of the Film Institute's theater in Washington is to create programs that might serve as models for educational institutions and film society chairmen all over the country. (The institute's headquarters—1815 H St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20006—is prepared to offer programming and booking information to interested educators and film society personnel.)

A good example of this sort of thing is the group of films that Webb assembled last April under the title of *Hard Sell, Soft Sell*, an examination of the propaganda potentials of the medium. It included a number of Hollywood movies—the incipient native fascism of *The President Vanishes* (1934), the wartime heroics of *Air Force* (1943), Stanley Kubrick's pacifist *Paths of Glory* (1958). But there were also *Ice*, a chilling New Left vision of class war-

fare in the not-too-distant future; *Hour of the Furnaces*, a vast and rumbling Argentinean indictment of colonial exploitation policies; a program of the United States Information Agency's pictures, and another compiled from TV political commercials, 1952 to 1970. Eisenstein's classic *Strike* and Pudovkin's *Storm over Asia* made up one program; Warner Brothers' *Mission to Moscow* and *Red Nightmare* another. On a third was Emile de Antonio's "political comedy" *Millhouse*, a decidedly unflattering account of the political life and times of Richard Milhous Nixon. De Antonio introduced the film to an overflow house.

The inclusion of such films as *Ice*, *Hour of the Furnaces*, and *Millhouse* in the programs of the American Film Institute Theatre, which is at least in part supported by funding from the federal government, is an indication of why it has become a unique and indispensable part of Washington's cultural life. These are pictures that do not play in commercial houses. Nor do the USIA documentaries, the political commercials, or the thought-provoking shorts of Charles Eames (which also drew a packed house, with Eames in attendance). Nor do commercial theaters play host to a National Student Film Festival (May 7-8), with selections chosen by a jury that included Ed Emshwiller, Miloš Forman, Jan Kadar, Sidney Lumet, Martin Scorsese, and Peter Yates. Nor would a commercial house be apt to interrupt a series of comedies to introduce world premieres of such varied fare as *Fortune and Men's Eyes* and the TV semidocumentary feature *The Wright Brothers*. It is significant that both M-G-M and NET have selected the Film Institute's theater for previews of their new productions. It is also significant that many of Washington's more culturally aware personnel, such as members of the National Endowment of the Arts, have become supporters of the American Film Institute Theatre.

At this point, membership hovers about the 6,000 point. Membership costs $10 a year ($5 for students), plus

$1.25 for admission to each program, $1.75 for members' guests. About fifty people have availed themselves of the $100 membership, which admits them free to every showing—and, according to Michael Webb, they avail themselves of this privilege almost every night. Even so, and with films obtained free of charge from the distributors, the theater is operating in the red to the tune of between $90,000 and $100,000 per year. The membership, no matter how enthusiastic, has not yet reached a figure that can make the operation self-sustaining. And if it did, according to Webb, the theater might have to cut back on its programing, possibly running each film for two or even three nights, in order to accommodate everybody.

Meanwhile, the Film Institute has been invited to move its *locus operandi* from L'Enfant Plaza to the new John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Two spaces were shown to its board of directors when they had their meeting in Washington at the end of June—one a partially built amphitheater that seemed ideal for Sonja Henie's ice shows; the other a large and versatile open space above the already constructed opera house that would allow for as many as three intimate auditoriums and ample office space for the institute's other activities nearby. Although no commitment has been made (the cost of parking in the center would seem to be a major consideration), the board was in unanimous agreement that the enhanced visibility of the institute at the center would be an asset, and it was also felt that the institute could produce a multi-media orientation film that would introduce the inevitable tourists not only to Washington but to the Film Institute as well. But whether the L'Enfant Plaza theater continues or proves to be merely a prelude to concentrated activity at the Kennedy Center, one thing is incontestable. The American Film Institute Theatre has brought the idea of a repertory cinema to Washington—and, hopefully, it has set a pattern that can expand throughout the nation.

SR/JULY 31, 1971

October 10, 1969

The Honorable Henry Kissinger
National Security Advisor to the President
White House

Dear Mr. Kissinger:

I hope this finds you in good spirits and health as you weigh
in daily against the towering problems facing our country.
Watching, waiting and wondering, I have been disappointed in
President Nixon's policy toward Vietnam. It now seems timely
to pass on the following thoughts in this private letter to you.

Last January you asked me to take a look at the political and
pacification situation in Vietnam. I did so and submitted two
memoranda to the Ambassador and to yourself and we subsequently
had a talk concerning them. The situation in January was
basically not different from the situation which has long
tormented the United States -- a lack of will to win, a lack
of popularity of the government, a remarkable ability of the
average Vietnamese to go on living in his little dream world
of the present without working on or facing up to the problems
of the future. My feeling in January was that the Vietnamese
had successfully made the psychological transition to accepting
our pullout. The objective in 1969 was to keep the South Viet-
namese, in modern vernacular, up against the wall, hoping fear
would drive them to develop a government which could cope with
its adversaries. Alas the year has been used to reassure Saigon
we will not leave them in the lurch and to impress Hanoi with
our determination to see the effort through (which they certainly
don't believe).

A Vietnamese military solution is not possible because after we
leave the Viet Cong forces will be able to mass and defeat and
subsequently demoralize the South Vietnamese army, while the
people will not support the government because it is not their
government and they do not have confidence in it.

The major objective must still be the development of a government
which has the backing of broad segments of the Vietnamese popu-
lation, composed of leaders who have political savvy and who have
the guts and will to see the matter through in a non-military
conclusion. It was my feeling when I was in Saigon that unless
the Vietnamese were faced with a large withdrawal of American
forces they would not face up to the magnitude of the problem
before them, but would continue to take corruption and life as
usual as their daily fare. Now there is a new cabinet in Vietnam,

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but the new is the same as the old. It is a sort of efficiency
cabinet said to be an improvement because it will administer
programs more efficiently than the previous government. It is
certainly not a political government. The Viet Cong rightly
read President Nixon to be running into serious political trouble
in the United States and see no political strength or will being
developed in South Vietnam so they continue on a course which
seems to them certain to bring victory.

President Nixon, as President Johnson before him, seeks victory
in Vietnam by avoiding the key political risk, by skirting the
key political test: Do the South Vietnamese have the will to
survive and if so can they translate this will into a workable
political regime that can joust successfully with the communists.
It is clearly in the U.S. national interest that the political
chemistry of Vietnam be tested sooner rather than later to deter-
mine the answer to this question. Yet, we continue to shun this
risk as we have shunned other risks in Vietnam.

In 1959 we shunned the risk of trying to set Vietnam on a progressive
political course when Nhu was pushing the other way. In 1965
when U.S. troops came in we shunned the risk of trying to use
American troops to build up the confidence of the Vietnamese troops
and make them into a professional army. In 1967 we shunned using
the election to try and transfer increasing power to the civilians
thereby lay the political groundwork for a future solution.
In 1969 we shunned the risk of a major pullout of U.S. troops to
drive home to the Vietnamese that they had better make fundamental
reforms for we were on the way out.

Having missed this opportunity in 1969 it seems to me that in
1970 we should take the next risk and offer to negotiate toward
a new government not headed by Thieu. This would be the time to
try Duong Van Minh, Au Truong Thanh and others of this complexion.
If Thieu were building a political government time would be on
our side. He is not and time is running out for us. Whether the
Vietnamese could weather such a jolt and come up with an essentially
neutralist government which had enough backbone to survive is
of course questionable. One could say the likelihood is bleak.
But the outcome is equally bleak in regard to the present U.S.
course which involves phasing out American troops slowly and
passing the burden of fighting to the South Vietnamese. We know
the South Vietnamese cannot stand up to the North Vietnamese and
that the Thieu government is distant from the people and viewed
by them as a military and northern dominated government.

The question of political will and determination to win has always
been crucial to the Vietnamese situation. I submit that at the
present time this will still does not exist, and that this is

from GEORGE WEIDENFELD 5 Winsley Street London W1 (01) 580-7941

23rd July, 1969.

Dear Mr. Kissinger,

I have been meaning to write
to you for some time to say how happy I am
that we have the opportunity of publishing
your book on AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY in
association with W.W. Norton. The prospect
of publishing your work both now and in the
future is a very pleasing one, and I hope
we shall have an opportunity of meeting
before long.

I am often in the U.S. and
quite frequently in Washington, and would
very much like to call on you when I am
next there.

With best regards,
Yours sincerely,

Mr. Henry Kissinger,
The White House,
Washington D.C.

von WEIDLEIN INTERNATIONAL, Inc.

May 1, 1973

KISSINGER, HENRY

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
The White House Office
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C. 20500

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

In February of this year I wrote you a note
of thanks for your efforts on behalf of our
country, and expressed my support for the
President. I am writing you now to reaffirm
this, and to say that my support is something
you can always count on.

You must always be proud of the service you
have given to our country. Our nation and
the world have prayed for you.

Would you please accept again, now more than
ever, my very deep thanks for your world
accomplishments for all. Please know that
the President, as always, has my full sup-
port, and that I am on call to be of assis-
tance to him anywhere.

CCW/pmp

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WEIL [W]

JAN 14 1969

CHARLES A. WEIL

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NEW YORK, N. Y. 10021

TEL. TR 9-8494

12 January, 1969

Editor
New York Times
229 West 43 Street
N.Y. 36

Dear sir:

Re todays story

Experts on Vietnam Busy drafting
advice to Nixon

There is only one piece of advice to the new administ
ration relative Vietnam; establish and enunciate whether:

1. South Vietnam is necessary to U.S. security for the next ten years, depending on, whether:

2. Russia and/or China can be contained, or their power balanced, by non-nuclear capabilities, without ground force action on the East Asiatic mainland?

3. If not, is there 100% certainty successful, large scale ground force landings can be effected on such East Asiatic mainland?

P.S. For Dr. Kissinger:

I wager ten cents to a champagne dinner at Grenouille this
will not be published.

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Mr. M. Weikert

Henry A. Kieزل
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Julienne L. Pines

Sincerely,

and thanks you for writing to him.
your interest and consideration about his name
Mr. Kieزل understands and appreciates

in this country now use.
which he and all the members of his family
does but it is at this point the pronunciation
he has made to an American mispronunci-
ated "in-ler." This is clearly a concession
it may seem to you does pronounce his name
pronunciations" Mr. Kieزل, curious as
While you are surely correct about German

ing the time to write to him.
interested in your comments and in your ask-
reasons to your letter of January 2. He was
Mr. Kieزل asked me to write to you in

Dear Mr. Weikert:

January 22, 1973

KISSINGER, HENRY V.

KISSINGER, HENRY A. /w.

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of five lecture and discussion programs to be held in November, 1970, through March, 1971. The dates, speakers and subjects are:

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DECEMBER 10, 1970—The Honorable George C. McGhee
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Subject: The Problems of Our Cities; Foreign and Domestic Policy in Perspective.

JANUARY 14, 1971—Mr. S. Dillon Ripley
Secretary, The Smithsonian Institution

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MARCH 11, 1971—The Honorable William C. Foster
Former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Subject: Arms Control

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Washington, D. C.
2434 Pennsylvania Ave., N. W.
Mr. Jeffrey V. Weinberg

Henry V. Kissinger

Best regards,

Thank you again for your offer.

should arise.
certainly keep you in mind if the occasion
entertaining at home very often put I will
The phone I had in the office keep me from
did an excellent job.

from Miss Magillies, partly and thought you
a passenger. Of course, I remember you
June 10 and for offering your services as
Thank you very much for your letter of

Dear Mr. Weinberg:

June 23, 1969

KISSINGER, HENRY V.

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Frankfurter Allgemeine
ZEITUNG FÜR DEUTSCHLAND
Washington Bureau

DR. JAN G. REIFENBERG

7621 Edenwood Court

Bethesda/Md., 20034

Phone: (301) 365 1396

April 17, 1973

GENERAL

MISSINGER, HENRY A.

Mr. Lester Janke
c/o National Security Council
Old Executive Office Building
Washington, D.C., 20506

MISSINGER, HENRY A.

Dear Mr. Janke :

I am writing to you in reference to a recent conversation which you had with Mr. Livingston, concerning the possibility of a talk between Dr. Kissinger and Mr. Adelbert Weinstein, one of the editors of *Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung*, prior to the forthcoming visit of Chancellor Brandt to this country.

Let me explain the main reasons for Mr. Weinstein's request :

He ranks as West Germany's leading editorialist and analyst in military, security and alliance affairs. He is personally well known to Dr. Kissinger, whom he met at numerous occasions since 1958, both in this country and in Germany. When he was here recently on his way back from one of the several trips he made to Southeast Asia during the recent years, I met Dr. Kissinger at Ambassador Pauls' farewell party. Upon informing him of Mr. Weinstein's presence in Washington, Dr. Kissinger asked to see him the next day for a talk. Unfortunately, a last minute change in Dr. Kissinger's schedule, while we were at Mr. Heyland's office, led to the cancellation of the meeting, and Mr. Weinstein had to leave that same afternoon for Europe.

In view of the Brandt visit and of the recent developments of a certain segment of public opinion in West Germany, Mr. Weinstein and myself are convinced that a clear statement of United States policy vis-à-vis the Atlantic Alliance, NATO and the numerous security problems in Western Europe in our paper would be beneficial to both sides. It would prepare the ground for the Chancellor's visit and for his talks with the President. I am sure that you know the reputation of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and its impact as a serious opinion-maker in West Germany.

Needless to say, it would be entirely up to Dr. Kissinger to decide on which basis he would like the conversation to be handled.

I would be most grateful to you if you could put this to Dr. Kissinger's attention and, if possible, arrange a date prior to May 1st. Mr. Weinstein, who is presently vacationing in Europe, is ready to come over on the shortest notice.

telephone

(Type of request)

XXXX 4/10/70

(Date received)

dcm

(By)

Name: Dr. Weisner, MIT

WEISNER

(Last name and pending date)

To:

From:

KISSINGER, HENRY A. / w*

Request: Comigg to a PSAC meeting on 4/13 and would like to stop in to see HAK -- breakfast if possible.

Contact: Susan Shaw 617/267-3852 (or if we don't call 4/10, Weisner will call us on xappx arrival onMon. morning early.)

DRY's Recommendation:

HAK's Answer: Yes 4/11

Date and Time: Monday 4/13 @ 3:00

Party Contacted:

Additional Information:

Resolution:

KISSINGER, HENRY

MAR 2 1970

Dear Danny:

Many thanks for your note of February 16.
It was good to see you again and to hear
what you are doing, and I appreciate your
kind wishes.

Mr. Arnold H. Weiss
Assistant General Counsel
Inter-American Development Bank
Washington, D. C. 20577

jlp:2/27/70

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KISSINGER, HENRY A.

Dear Rayanne:

Thank you for your letter of February 4, and you certainly did ask an interesting question. A "good deed" can certainly mean many things to different people. Basically, I might suggest a good deed is doing whatever you can for others without expecting to be repaid in like manner, or at all.

This is a very good subject to study in your school, and I am sure you will do your best.

Miss Rayanne Weiss
1035 Lave Avenue, Apt. A31
Metairie, La. 70005

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Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung der Lebensbedingungen
der wissenschaftlich-technischen Welt

Direktor: Professor Dr. C. F. Frelherr v. Welzsäcker

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Herrn
Professor Dr. Henry Kissinger
Political Adviser to the President
The White House
Washington, D.C.

Lieber Herr Kissinger !

Mit einer OECD-Kommission komme ich in den letzten zehn
Apriltagen nach Amerika. Bisher ist die Absicht, daß ich
vom 21.-24. April in Boston bin, 25. und 26. in Washington,
27. und 28. entweder in New York oder noch in Washington.
Es würde mich freuen, Sie wieder auf eine Stunde besuchen
zu dürfen, aber wie immer möchte ich Ihnen nicht zur Last
fallen. Dies ist eine Voranmeldung, und das Nähere der
Termine wird verabredet werden, wenn ich es weiß.

Mit herzlichen Grüßen und allen guten Wünschen

wie immer Ihr

Deliver letter to Professor Weizacker to
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Gottstein. Professor Gottstein is handling the
details of Prof. Weizacker's visit here and will
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Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
The White House

WASHINGTON, D. C.
USA

Starnberg, den 21. März 1973

Lieber Herr Kissinger,

ich fand es besonders nett von Ihnen, dass Sie zwischen
Ihren vielen wirklich wichtigen Geschäften Zeit gefunden
haben, mir zu schreiben. Jetzt möchte ich Ihnen nur mit-
teilen, dass ich vorhabe, vom Abend des 24. April bis
zum 27. in Washington zu sein. Es ist selbstverständlich,
dass ich mich sehr freuen würde, Sie wiederzusehen und
es ist ebenso selbstverständlich, dass ich weiss, dass
Sie keine Zeit haben. Ich werde von der Boschtaf aus
anrufen lassen, ob zufällig ein Termin möglich wäre, er-
warte aber, dass die Antwort negativ sein wird. Es ist
klar, dass Sie Ihre Zeit verwenden müssen, die Welt in
Ordnung zu bringen und nicht, mit alten Freunden Gespräche
zu führen.

Herzliche Grüsse
Ihr

Ihr
Herzliche Grüße

zu führen.

Ordnung zu bringen und nicht, mit alten Freunden Gebräuche
klar, dass sie ihre Zeit verwenden müssten, die Welt in
warte ab, dass die Antwort negativ sein wird. Es ist
ein urtenden Isen, ob zufällig ein Termin möglich wäre, er-
sie keine Zeit haben. Ich werde von der Boaschaft aus
eine ebenso aelbätverändlich, dass ich weiss, dass
dass ich mich sehr freuen würde, sie wiederzunehmen und
zum 27. in Washington zu sein. Es ist aelbätverändlich,
teilen, dass ich vorhaben, vom Abend des 24. April die
haben, wir zu achreiben. Jetzt möchte ich Ihnen nur mit-
ihnen vielen wirklich wichtigen Gegebenen Zeit gefunden
ich fand es beaondera nett von Ihnen, dass sie zwappen
lieber Herr Klaasinger,

Lieber Herr Klaasinger,

2. stamberg, den 21. März 1953

U2A

WASHINGTON, D. C.

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Dr. Henry Kissinger
The White House
WASHINGTON, D.C.
USA

Starnberg, den 26. 1. 1973

Lieber Herr Kissinger,

Sie worden jetzt Tausende von Briefen bekommen, die Sie nicht lesen und noch weniger beantworten können. Sollte dieser Brief Ihnen vor Augen kommen, so soll er Ihnen nur meine Freude an Ihrem Erfolg ausdrücken. Sie wissen besser als irgendein anderer, wie gefährdet die Situation in der Welt auch heute ist. Aber selten ist die Wendung einer weltpolitischen Situation aus dem Eingefahrensein auf ein Gleis, das abwärts führt, zu einem Weg, der wirkliche Chancen enthält, so ein-deutig mit einem Namen verbunden gewesen, wie die Wendung der letzten drei Jahre mit dem Ihren. Möchte der Erfolg Ihren Zielen treu bleiben !

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