June 22, 1976

Miss McFarlane,

The Japanese artist Tenkei Tachibana has
requested that I deliver on his behalf the attached,
framed painting of Mount Fuji as a gift to the
Secretary. The hand-written presentation scroll
(enclosed together with a translation) expresses
his deep personal respects for the Secretary whose
accomplishments on behalf of world peace he greatly
admires.

The filigreed corners reinforcing the frame
represent the artist's family crest (the leaves of
the mandarin orange tree).

Mr. Tachibana explained that a member of the
Imperial Household Agency referred him to me as a
suitable translator for his scroll, and as an agent
to deliver his painting.

FYI: Mr. Tachibana introduces himself as
the sixth son of the Emperor Meiji (with bar
sinister), and is so recognized in Japan. He is
often addressed as "Prince", but is a private
citizen, and has no connection with the government.
Art catalogs list his large screen paintings
selling for upward of $5,000.00.

A draft thank you note is attached.

James J. Wickel
Assistant Public Affairs Advisor
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
Affairs

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United States Senate

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

October 7, 1975

The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary
Department of State
2201 C Street
Washington, D. C. 20520

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I thought you might be interested in the
comments which I put in the Congressional Record
yesterday relating to correspondence to my office
after your visit to Cincinnati. I believe it is
quite dramatic, and you are to be complimented on
it.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Washington, D.C. 20520

MEMORANDUM

August 8, 1975

TO: S - Mr. L. Paul Bremer

FROM: S/CPR - Marylou Sheils

SUBJECT: Leftover Gifts

A few leftover gifts, etc. from last October's trip to
Japan...

1. Photograph of the Secretary and Mr. Takeo Taguchi, President of Tokyo International Academy. Mr. Taguchi has asked that it be autographed.

2. A book of Japanese Children's Songs by Mr. Taguchi for the Secretary's "child."

Mr. Takeo Taguchi
504 5-4 Kitano, 1-chome,
Kami-Fukuoka, Shizuoka
Saitama-ken, Japan

The Embassy has thanked Mr. Taguchi for the book.

Enclosures:
As stated

S/CPR:MSheils:cms 8/8/75
X21277

TIME

888 16TH STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006

27 October 1974

(202) 293-4300

New Delhi

Dear Mr. Secretary:

Now that I have rejoined the press corps traveling with you on this trip, I want to thank you for your response to the Soviet authorities' refusal to grant me a visa for the Moscow portion. My editors and I were glad that you agreed to let me fly as far as Copenhagen in hopes that the Russians would relent; personally, I was grateful for your sympathetic and supportive remarks to me on the plane; finally, thank you for your public statement on my behalf.

While I have no regrets that Time and the State Department chose to follow a course that put the full and public onus for my exclusion squarely on the Soviets, I do of course wish that there had not been any difficult for you as a result of the incident. However, I realize that my problem did become a problem for you--a fact which makes me all the more appreciative of your handling of the matter.

HERMAN E. TALMADGE
GEORGIA

TALMADGE, HERMAN
COMMITTEES:
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
FINANCE
[LC]

United States Senate

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

Thank you for your thoughtful and warm wishes for the Holiday Season.

It has been a particularly busy year for us, and although I have been in Georgia practically every week-end, we have not had as much time at home this year as we usually do. Nevertheless, it has been a memorable year for us, especially with the arrival of a new grandson and a new granddaughter, the first girl born in the Talmadge family in over fifty years. Mama, who is still quite active at 91, is happy that this baby is named after her.

All of us--Betty, our sons, Gene and Bobby, our daughters-in-law, Gail and Lyniece, and our grandchildren, Herman, Tyler, Robert and Mitt--join in sending to you our warmest greeting for a very Happy New Year.

With great appreciation for your friendship and all that it means to us, I am

Sincerely,

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary of State
Washington, D. C. 20520

14 January 1974

HERMAN E. TALMADGE
GEORGIA

United States Senate

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Dear Nancy and Henry:

Betty, Lyniece and I are deeply touched by your thoughtful expression of sympathy following Bobby's death.

Hearing from you was a great source of comfort, and it helped us through a very trying period.

We want you to know that your friendship is especially cherished at this time and we will never forget your thoughtfulness.

With deep appreciation and every good wish, I am

The Honorable and Mrs. Henry Kissinger
The Secretary of State
c/o Department of State
Washington, D. C.

12 June 1975

[L.C]

Personal Files

BT

Via N. Martelli 1/A

Rome, Italy

4 July 1974

Dear Henry,

Just a note of best wishes from Myra and me.
Keep up the good work! Don't let the "Watergaters" upset your magnificently keen sense of balance and perception. On my recent trip about the whole East Coast, I found that the farther one was from Washington with its political air permeated by the outpourings of the Washington "Daily Worker", i.e. the Post, the more balanced was the judgment of those with whom I talked concerning the past year's events.

We trust you will find your Lady well recovered upon your return home from this historic trip.

The Honorable
Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary of State

BT

Via N. Martelli 1/A

Rome, Italy 00197

30 May 1975

Dear Henry,

Myra and I wish to take this opportunity to send you warm regards and our congratulations on and confidence in your continued invaluable efforts for the security of our country and for the free world.

Considering the temporary dismantling of much of our national power structure as a result of the unfortunate Watergate debacle, we feel that the line has been held reasonably well, in great part thanks to the President's efforts with your wise counsel.

The success of the Mayaguez affair, coming on the heels of the Vietnam collapse, in time may come to be known as the moment of the "bottoming out" of our slide in prestige. It was proof that we can and will do what we must. And the news from Brussels seems most encouraging too.

Our very best wishes to you and your family,

The Honorable
Henry A. Kissinger
The Secretary of State

Washington Council for International Trade

Research Education Information

October 14, 1976

Dr. Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.

PERSONAL

Dear Henry:

It was great to have you in Seattle where you made a very, very good impression indeed. A lot of people came into that meeting with ambivalent, or even hostile, attitudes and went away very much impressed. Good for you.

I am writing to urge that those who are running the campaign for Mr. Ford hit hard day after day, week after week, at the Carter suggestion of a unilateral boycott of the Arabs in case of an oil embargo. This is the sort of suggestion that could be said to make the Bay of Pigs look like high statesmanship, and the assassination of Diem a barroom brawl. For a man who is concerned with the respect of our allies this would lose any respect that we now have. It would guarantee high unemployment in this country and high employment in Western Europe. It would complete the isolation of the United States and bring us to the brink of war. It is the most asinine, reckless, shooting from the hip sort of thing I have ever heard of. Why it has not been picked up and pounded is very difficult to understand. To do so would divert attention from President Ford's statement on Eastern Europe -- we all knew what he meant and why he was unfortunately trapped into saying it.

The other thing is to hit hard at the Carter pose as a poor man's Kennedy. It might be suggested that any candidate who has to try to adopt the mantle of the fallen leader must have very little clothing of his own. Also, it could be pointed out that it is not the sort of mantle that anyone who wishes to pose as a leader of American foreign policy would wish to wear. It is the mantle of the Bay of Pigs and the assassination of Diem and of a man who did not move rapidly to stop the building of the Berlin wall. I think Mr. Carter has been doing too much thinking under water.

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H. Dewayne Kreager

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George E. Taylor

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HENRY J. TAYLOR

150 EAST 69TH STREET
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June 2, 1975

Dear Mr. Secretary;

Since our dinner at Luxor after our visit at the White House I have not seen you, but you can imagine how thoroughly fed up I am with the frequent snipping at your hard, hard work for our country.

Accordingly, I hope you may enjoy my article, enclosed, which appeared May 30 in 188 newspapers here and abroad with about 17 million circulation.

Mrs. Taylor joins, of course, in happiest best wishes always.

Hon. Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, D.C.

Henry J. Taylor

Kissinger in the Middle
On Greek-Turkish Issue

SECRETARY OF STATE Henry A. Kissinger, taking brickbats from Greece and Turkey alike, still struggles manfully with the Cyprus mess.

Britain's efforts, NATO's efforts, United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim's efforts and the efforts of Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios have not been successful. But no matter what Kissinger does, moments must come when he must think he can do nothing right.

Cyprus, the third largest island in the entire Mediterranean, is only 40 miles off the Turkish coast. But Turks comprise only 20 per cent—that's all—of the Cyprus population. Greece has not controlled the island since the 8th century, B.C., but today about 80 per cent of the Cypriots are of Greek descent.

And the Byzantine politics of Turkey and Greece alike is a world of its own. The fiery internal situation in both countries is the key to what Kissinger faces.

Nor is oil as absent as we may believe in the Turkey-Greece mess.

When you are in Athens, the Greeks insist that Turkey—as within Cyprus itself—has not limited its military operation to Turkish-minority areas but has also extended its territorial water limits into Aegean Sea areas containing large, rich oil deposits. Greek Foreign Minister Dimitri S. Bitsios and Turkish Foreign Minister

Ihsan Fabri Caglayangil met in Rome on May 17 to discuss this.

BOTH GREECE AND Turkey are our NATO allies and both are strategic imperatives for us in the Eastern Mediterranean. Our naval and air bases in Greece are the direct product of the pro-USA, pro-NATO, pro-free world and anti-Communist government of George Papadopoulos.

His government had always steadfastly refused to respond to public clamor and attack Cyprus. Papadopoulos, who became president, insisted on this restraint and even offered eventual joint citizenship with the Greeks to the Turks.

Papadopoulos, who now horribly and unfairly rots in prison awaiting a trial that is a disgrace to Greece, was overthrown on Nov. 25, 1973. The new Greek government attacked Cyprus, reversing the Papadopoulos doctrine.

When Turkey landed its troops, President Makarios fled to London and ultimately addressed the United Nations in New York. Now he is back—and so is a U.N. peace-keeping force. But the new Greek government's recklessness compounded its other failures to prevent the fighting. Now Greece threatens to close most of our U.S. bases, 12 of which are nuclear.

JAY TAYLOR
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
AMARILLO, TEXAS

March 3, 1975

The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary of State
Washington, D. C. 20520

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

Your dinner party was one of the most interesting I ever
attended.

The conversation was most stimulating and I appreciate your attitude about the problems of the cattle industry which is growing worse every day. I have alerted our Washington office to be sure you are furnished with proper information. Hearings on the canning program I advocated will start in the House this week.

Farmers and ranchers are making a determined effort to shut off all exports from Australia and New Zealand, a procedure I would hate to see come about. Our industry has worked hard to promote the use of beef, particularly hamburgers, and we've gotten this country up to eating more beef than ever before. To shut off the cheap sources of hamburger meat might endanger the consumption of beef that we've worked so hard to get.

If a cow-canning program with emphasis on cows, was started by the government, which is the only way to cut production, it would furnish a very effective argument against cutting off exports, and politically, it should be a very good plus.

Thanks again for inviting me to your dinner party. It was a
pleasure to be there and I will continue to tell Lloyd Bentsen
and some more of those Texas critics of yours that my favor-
ite expression is "I LIKE KISSINGER."

ROBERT S. TAYLOR

AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS 01002

5085 Skyline Drive
Syracuse, NY 13215

Henry A. Kissinger
Department of State
Washington, D.C.

Dear Henry:

Even though our last letter (of a year ago) was rather bitter (and under the circumstances I'd write it again), today we pray (or whatever agnostics do) for your good health. We mean it, Henry, both as friend and as Secretary of State.

Leni joins me in sending best wishes and
good health.

November 23 1973