MEMO FOR HAK

FROM: Rosemary

SUBJECT: Recollections of Allen Tate?

June 10, 1987

A doctoral and teaching Fellow at Harvard, Thomas Underwood, has written concerning a biography he is preparing on Allen Tate.

He wants your help on two things

--Copies of any Allen Tate letters in your possession. I recall none or if they exist, they have got to be in your Harvard papers which are now temporarily in the Library of Congress. I can't imagine going through all of those. Underwood does make mention of "one of your letters to Allen Tate" as being at the Princeton Library.

--Your assistance in suggesting names of people he could interview who knew Allen Tate and your recollections of Tate's participation in the Harvard seminar in the late 1950s. (Note: Tate does not appear as a student in the Seminar directory; was he on the faculty? I haven't a clue)

Unless you have a compelling interest in being of assistance, I suggest a brief
acknowledgement from me as follows: (His advisors are Daniel Aaron and D.H. Donald)

Dear Mr. Underwood:

I am writing in response to your thoughtful letter of May 11, 1987, which reached this office only in the past few days. It was good of you to bring your project on Allen Tate to his attention, and I want to thank you on his behalf. Unfortunately, given the passage of time, it is not going to be possible for him to be helpful in your research. I regret this is the case, but hope you will understand.

Add a sentence saying "However, you might want to
interview:

Other:

4/9/87

HAK: Re: Request for you to Write a Book Review

The U.S. Naval Institute in Annapolis is a nonprofit professional society for Navy types. It publishes a monthly magazine called *Proceedings* which carries articles of interest to the naval and maritime communities, including book reviews.

The Institute plans to have a book review on *Military Objectives in Soviet Foreign Policy* which was written by a senior fellow at Brookings - Michael MccGwire. The Institute has written to ask if you would write that *review*. They will send you the complete book only if you are interested.

I assume you would not have the time or inclination to do this and suggest the attached turndown from me.

Approve attached

Other:

Rosemary

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DÉTENTE AND CONFRONTATION:
*American-Soviet Relations from Nixon to Reagan*

Raymond L. Garthoff

The United States and the Soviet Union are rivals and adversaries. At the same time, in the nuclear age they face the imperative of coexistence. Adjusting to this fact has not been easy for either nation. Nonetheless, a détente in relations was reached in 1972. From 1975 through 1979 this détente gradually eroded until it collapsed in the wake of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the American reaction to that event. Since 1980 hostility and confrontation have largely dominated the relationship between the two countries.

Differences in ideology, aims, and interests have been key determinants of both American and Soviet policies. In addition, conflicting perspectives and perceptions have accentuated those differences more than is generally appreciated. Involvements of the rival powers in Europe, China, and the third world have further entangled their relations. And each has seen the other not only as harboring hostile intentions but also as building military and other capabilities to support such aims.

In this study Raymond L. Garthoff analyzes the historical development of American-Soviet relations from 1969 through 1984, taking into account both the broader context of world politics and internal political considerations and developments. He examines these developments as experienced by both sides, analyzing Soviet as well as American policy. His purpose is to illuminate the history of the recent past as a source of understanding for the future.

Raymond L. Garthoff is a senior fellow in the Brookings Foreign Policy Studies program and a retired foreign service officer and ambassador with professional experience in Soviet affairs since 1950.

> "... a monumental contribution offering insightful, rarely considered comparisons of Soviet and American perspectives."
> 
> James R. Kulman, *Library Journal*.

> "... the scope and detail of the information covered, and the high quality of the analysis make it very unlikely that this book will have a serious rival for years to come."
> 
> Jonathan Dean, *Foreign Service Journal*.

> "... a sophisticated multi-dimensional analysis, unmatched in breadth, depth, and thoroughness by any other treatment of the subject now in print."
> 
> John Lewis Gaddis, *American Political Science Review*.

MILITARY OBJECTIVES IN SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY

Michael MccGwire

The Soviet Union's military developments and the size of its armed forces strongly influence Western assumptions about Soviet foreign policy. Michael MccGwire shows how the need to plan for the contingency of world war has shaped Soviet policy, resulting in a force structure often perceived as far in excess of legitimate defense needs. In this book, the motivations underlying Soviet policy are investigated as thoroughly as the military posture is examined.

According to MccGwire, a doctrinal decision in late 1966 about the likely nature of a world war resulted in a basic change in Soviet strategic objectives. Corresponding changes occurred in operational concepts, the approach to arms control, and policy in the third world. The necessary restructuring of Soviet forces took place during the 1970s and 1980s. This book identifies the old and new hierarchies of strategic objectives, analyzes the implications of the shift, and deduces the Soviet operational plan for waging world war, should it prove inescapable. This plan explains the structure of Soviet strategic forces and the Soviet military posture in the Euro-Atlantic, Asian-Pacific, and Indo-Arabian regions.

Decisions taken in the 1967-68 and 1976-77 periods explain much of current Soviet policy. However, Soviet-American relations sharply deteriorated between 1978 and 1983. The author also considers the kind of decisions that the Soviets may have taken in recent years in response to these developments.

Michael MccGwire is a senior fellow in the Brookings Foreign Policy Studies program.

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1147 pp. / 1985 / cloth and paper

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Contents

1. Know Your Enemy 1

The Analytical Approach 4

Organization of the Book 9

PART ONE: THE GENESIS OF SOVIET
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

2. The Evolution of Soviet Military Doctrine 13

The Postwar Years: 1945-60 13

Military Doctrine in Flux: 1960-66 22

The Reformulation of Military Doctrine 29

3. The Restructuring of Soviet Objectives 36

The Hierarchy of Strategic Objectives—The 1960s 37

The Shift in Strategic Objectives—The 1970s 42

Implications of the Shift in Strategic Objectives 48

The Shaping of Policy since 1976 59

4. Shaping the Land Battle 67

Postwar Military Objectives 67

The Evolution of Objectives 71

Contemporary Considerations 77

The Overall Concept of Operations 88

5. The Implications at Sea 90

The Soviet Approach to Deterrence 90

The Development of Sea-based Strategic Delivery Systems 93

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Implications for the Navy's Mission Structure 102

Shaping of Naval Policy since 1975 110

The Future 113

## PART TWO: THE OPERATIONAL PLAN

### 6. Governing Concepts 117

Theaters of Military Action 118

The Principle of Combined Arms 121

Combined Arms and Naval Operations 123

Theory of Deep Operations 125

The Soviet Approach to War 126

### 7. The Euro-Atlantic Region 128

The Western Theater of Military Action 128

The Southwestern Theater of Military Action 139

The Northwestern and Arctic Ocean Theaters of Military Action 146

The Atlantic Ocean Theater of Military Action 156

### 8. The Asian-Pacific Region 161

Major Strategic Considerations 163

The Maritime Zones of the Far Eastern Theater of Military Action 170

The U.S. Concept of Horizontal Escalation 176

Distant Theaters of Maritime Operations 178

### 9. The Indo-Arabian Region 183

The Persian Gulf and Surrounding Territory 185

The Red Sea and Surrounding Territory 196

The Arabian Sea 203

## PART THREE: CONTEMPORARY CONCERNS

### 10. Military Objectives in the Third World 213

War-Related Requirements 214

The Competition between Social Systems 216

The Role of the Military Instrument 220

Grounds for a Change in Policy 227

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### 11. Military Objectives and Arms Control 232

The Objective of Avoiding World War 233

Wartime Requirements—Intercontinental Systems 234

Wartime Requirements—Theater Weapons 244

Negotiations on Nuclear Weapons: 1981-83 247

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces 249

The Strategic Defense Initiative 262

The Soviet Approach to Arms Control 266

### 12. The Changing International Environment 283

The Carter Administration 285

The First Reagan Administration 288

The Andropov Declaration 294

### 13. A Potential Decision Period: 1983-85 307

The Debate about the Imminence of War 308

The Backdrop to Decisionmaking 313

The Structure of International Relations 315

Overview 331

### 14. Overview and Implications 335

A Summary of the Argument 335

Problems of Understanding 353

Policy Implications 366

## PART FOUR: APPENDIXES

Appendix A: Identifying the December 1966 Decision 381

Appendix B: Operational Requirements and Naval Building Programs 406

Appendix C: The Debate over Naval Roles and Missions 448

Appendix D: Development of the Strategic Rocket Forces 477

Index 521

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TABLES

<table><tbody><tr><td>2-1. Soviet Positions on World War, before and after December 1966</td><td>30</td></tr><tr><td>3-1. Soviet Doctrine on the Nature of World War</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>3-2. A Comparison of the 1960s and 1970s Strategic Hierarchies</td><td>47</td></tr><tr><td>B-1. Planned and Actual Delivery of Nuclear-Powered Warships, 1968-82</td><td>428</td></tr><tr><td>B-2. Planned Delivery of Nuclear-Powered Warships: Effects of a Decision in 1973-74 to Increase the Allocation of Reactors by 50 Percent, Followed by a Decision in 1976-77 to Rescind the Increase</td><td>445</td></tr><tr><td>D-1. Deployment Schedules for Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Postulated and Observed, 1961-73</td><td>485</td></tr><tr><td>D-2. Programming Decisions for Deploying Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles</td><td>490</td></tr></tbody></table>

FIGURES

<table><tbody><tr><td>3-1. The Hierarchy of National Objectives</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>6-1. Theaters of Military Action</td><td>120</td></tr><tr><td>7-1. The Euro-Atlantic Region</td><td>130</td></tr><tr><td>7-2. The Western Theater of Military Action</td><td>131</td></tr><tr><td>7-3. The Southwestern Theater of Military Action</td><td>140</td></tr><tr><td>7-4. The Northwestern and Arctic Ocean Theaters of Military Action</td><td>148</td></tr><tr><td>8-1. The Asian-Pacific Region</td><td>162</td></tr><tr><td>9-1. The Indo-Arabian Region</td><td>184</td></tr><tr><td>A-1. Decisionmaking as a Wave Form</td><td>382</td></tr></tbody></table>

Abbreviations and Acronyms

<table><tbody><tr><td>ABM</td><td>antiballistic missile</td></tr><tr><td>APC</td><td>armored personnel carrier</td></tr><tr><td>ASAT</td><td>antisatellite</td></tr><tr><td>ASW</td><td>antisubmarine warfare</td></tr><tr><td>BMD</td><td>ballistic-missile defense</td></tr><tr><td>BMEWS</td><td>ballistic-missile early warning system</td></tr><tr><td>BPK</td><td>large antisubmarine ship</td></tr><tr><td>CTOL</td><td>conventional takeoff and landing</td></tr><tr><td>GLCM</td><td>ground-launched cruise missile</td></tr><tr><td>ICBM</td><td>intercontinental ballistic missile</td></tr><tr><td>INF</td><td>intermediate-range nuclear forces</td></tr><tr><td>MBFR</td><td>mutual and balanced force reductions</td></tr><tr><td>MIRV</td><td>multiple independently targeted reentry vehicle</td></tr><tr><td>MPK</td><td>small antisubmarine ship</td></tr><tr><td>MTVD</td><td>maritime theater of military action</td></tr><tr><td>OTVD</td><td>oceanic theater of military action</td></tr><tr><td>SAC</td><td>Strategic Air Command</td></tr><tr><td>SALT</td><td>strategic arms limitation talks</td></tr><tr><td>SAM</td><td>surface-to-air missile</td></tr><tr><td>SDI</td><td>Strategic Defense Initiative</td></tr><tr><td>SKR</td><td>escort ship</td></tr><tr><td>SRF</td><td>strategic rocket forces</td></tr><tr><td>SSB</td><td>ballistic-missile submarine</td></tr><tr><td>SSBN</td><td>nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine</td></tr><tr><td>SSG</td><td>cruise-missile submarine</td></tr><tr><td>SSGN</td><td>nuclear-powered cruise-missile submarine</td></tr><tr><td>SSM</td><td>surface-to-surface missile</td></tr></tbody></table>

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THE UNITED STATES-NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL

SUITE 600 • 1150 SEVENTEENTH STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 • (202) 296-3757

[L.C.]

SEP 29 1987

Dear Dr. Kissinger,

I am writing to invite you to attend a luncheon sponsored by the United States - New Zealand Council with Hon. Russell Marshall, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control of New Zealand. This will be the first major address in the United States by a New Zealand Minister since the Labour Government of Prime Minister David Lange was returned to office for a second three-year term in August.

The program will be held on Friday, October 9th in the Dag Hammarskjold Room of the United Nations Plaza Hotel (One United Nations Plaza - 44th and First Avenue) with a reception from 12:00 - 12:30 and the luncheon from 12:30 - 2:00. The charge of $35.00 covers both the reception and luncheon. Guests are most welcome. A reservation form and return envelope are enclosed for your convenience.

Founded in 1986, the United States - New Zealand Council has as its objective - to provide a better understanding of New Zealand in the United States and to promote communication, understanding and cooperation between the two countries.

We very much hope you will be able to attend this informal meeting with Mr. Marshall. Please contact our office - (202) 296 - 3757 - should you have any questions.

New Law Promises to Be Key Election Issue

New Zealand's Nuclear Aversion

By CHARLOTTE EVANS

NEW Zealand's ban on nuclear arms and nuclear-powered ships is now a matter of law, not just Government policy, and the issue is certain to be a major one in national elections expected in the next few months.

The ban, which has strained relations between
Wellington and Washington, became law by a 39-
to-29 vote of Parliament 10 days ago, codifying
the policy that has been in effect since Prime
Minister David Lange's Labor Government was
elected three years ago on a pledge to make New
Zealand nuclear-free.

The legal ban is an important symbol for anti-
nuclear militants here, who see it as an example
for the world. And although the economy will cer-
tainly be the overriding election issue, the jubila-
tion of antinuclear activists was tempered by the
knowledge that a victory by the opposition Na-
tional Party over Labor in the elections would al-
most certainly mean repeal of the new law.

The leader of the National Party, Jim Bolger,
called passage of the law "an exercise in futility"
and said it did not make any contribution to arms
control and did not guarantee that New Zealand
would be immune from nuclear weapons.

Further, he said, it pushed aside the views of
the many New Zealanders who are disturbed by
the country's status in ANZUS, the mutual de-
fense alliance with Australia and the United
States. Because of the nuclear-weapons dispute,
the United States has said it no longer feels
obliged to come to New Zealand's aid.

But while the ban has provoked official trouble
between the United States and New Zealand, it
has not resulted in anti-Americanism. Indeed, an
American living outside the diplomatic com-
munity here might never hear of the nuclear
issue at all, in contrast to the daily ribbing Amer-
icans took from New Zealanders when their
boats were doing well early in the America's Cup
races.

The official American view of the dispute was
reflected recently by the commander in chief of
the United States Pacific Fleet, Adm. James
Lyons, who said, "I would find it very difficult to
ask men and women of the fleet to fight for a
country which won't even let us visit in peace-
time."

Contact/Frank Fournier

Prime Minister David Lange

While the Labor Government of Prime Minis-
ter Lange is adhering to its no-nuclear-ships poli-
cy, it does not check what kind of weapons may
be aboard American planes that are allowed in
and out of a base at Christchurch that is involved
in an Antarctic research program called "Opera-
tion Deep Freeze." That American program is
worth about $10 million a year to New Zealand.

Whatever their view of American nuclear
power and ships, New Zealanders acknowledge
that America has immense influence on the their
daily lives, and talk about the United States is
more likely to be about its television programs,
movies and books than about the atomic issue.

New Zealand has two television
channels, and its programming in-
cludes "The Bill Cosby Show," "The
Wonderful World of Walt Disney,"
"M*A*S*H*," and "Dallas." All the
big American movies come here, and
local stage companies produce such
Broadway plays as "Children of a
Lesser God" and "I'm Not Rappa-
port."

A Wellington-based company has just completed the casting for "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" which is billed as a tribute to Elvis Presley. Interviews with visiting American celebrities are given prominent display here.

Making it, to many New Zealanders, means making it in America. Bob Jones, a financier, won headlines not long ago when he bought the building at 44 Wall Street. So did Neil Finn, who became the first Kiwi, as New Zealanders call themselves, to have a song — "Don't Dream It's Over" — on the American top 10 pop music chart.

"American values are now an integ-
ral part of our culture." said Mattie
Wall, a public relations consultant in
Wellington, who returned to New Zea-
land last year after two years as vice
consul in New York.

"All the changes in New Zealand in the last three years have moved us toward a greater Americanization in a loose sort of way," she said. "There's an increase in competition, an increase in recognizing ambitions,

impatience, speed, material wealth."

At the same, she said, her generation had in-
herited as a result of American participation in
the Vietnam war, "an innate skepticism and
cynicism about America's foreign policy motives
and its capacity for being sensitive."

"I think they're a bloody marvelous people,"
said Bill Godfrey, president of the Ex-Vietnam
Services Association, comprising veterans who
fought in the Vietnam War. "One thing that's
overlooked is that you can look anywhere in the
world today and there are two big brothers. One
is flying the hammer and sickle and the other is
flying Old Glory. You takes your choice."

BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS

HON. RUSSELL MARSHALL
(MP for Wanganui)

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Russell Marshall was born in 1936 in Nelson and educated at Hampden Street and Richmond Primary Schools, Nelson College and Christchurch Teachers College (1953 - 1954). He then taught at Nelson Intermediate School and at Reefton and Murchison. He attended Trinity Theological College, Auckland, 1958 - 1960, and was ordained in the Methodist Church in 1963.

Mr. Marshall was a Methodist Minister at Spreydon, Christchurch, 1960 - 1966, and at Masterton from 1967 - 1971. He attended Canterbury University and received a Diploma in Teaching in 1964. He taught at Wanganui High School in 1972.

Mr. Marshall joined the New Zealand Labour Party in 1968. He was a member of the Wairarapa Labour Electorate Committee, 1969 - 1971, and has represented Wanganui since 1972.

Mr. Marshall was the Labour spokesman on Education from 1975 - 1984, Chief Opposition Whip, 1978 - 1979, and a member of the Labour Party Executive 1977 - 1978.

Mr. Marshall has been on the Wanganui Regional Development Council since 1973, and served briefly on the Wanganui City Council from 1983 until his appointment to Cabinet in July, 1984.

On the election of the Labour Government in July 1984, Mr. Marshall was appointed Minister of Education and Minister for the Environment. In February, 1986, he relinquished the Environment portfolio and became New Zealand's first Minister of Conservation.

After the 1987 election, Mr. Marshall was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control.

Mr. Marshall's interests include archaeology, genealogy and music. He is married with two sons and a daughter.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Honorary Chairmen

Charles Percy

Former United States Senator -- Chairman of the Foreign
Relations Committee.

Cyrus Vance

Attorney. Former Secretary of State.

* * * * *

Alfred Atherton

Director, The Harkness Fellowships

Former Ambassador to Egypt and Director General
of the Foreign Service

Malcolm Binks

Managing Director, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets

William McC. Blair, Jr.

Attorney

Former Ambassador to Denmark and The Philippines

William Bundy

Author. Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs and Editor of *Foreign Affairs Quarterly*

Evelyn Colbert

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Angier Biddle Duke

Chancellor, Long Island University

Former Ambassador to Spain, Morocco, Denmark
and El Salvador

Twice served as Chief of Protocol

Joseph S. Farland

Attorney

Former Ambassador to Panama, the Dominican
Republic, Iran and Pakistan

Kenneth Franzheim II

Private Investor
Former Ambassador to New Zealand

Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen

Former Member of Congress

John Kenneth Galbraith

Author and Academic
Paul M. Warburg Professor Emeritus at Harvard
University.
Former Ambassador to India

Robert F. Goheen

Director of the Mellon Fellowships in the
Humanities at Woodrow Wilson National
Fellowship Foundation
President Emeritus of Princeton University
Former Ambassador to India

Peter Gordon

Managing Director Salomon Brothers

John Henning

Executive Secretary/Treasurer, California
Labor Federation - AFL-CIO
Former Ambassador to New Zealand

Richard Holbrooke

Managing Director of Shearson Lehman Brothers
Former Assistant Secretary of State for East
Asian and Pacific Affairs

Kiri Te Kanawa

Operatic soprano

Nicholas D. Katzenbach

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Director of the IBM Corporation
Former Assistant Attorney General of the
United States and Under Secretary of State

Mary P. Keating

Trustee of the Asia Society
Member of the Governing Council of the OTR
Series of the Foreign Policy Association

Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski G.

Co-Chairman, First Boston International

William Kirkland

Managing Director, Kidder Peabody

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Carol Laise

Former Ambassador to Nepal

Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
and Director General of the Foreign Service

John V. Lindsay

Attorney

Former Member of Congress

Former Mayor New York City

Anne C. Martindell

President United States-New Zealand Council

Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign

Disaster Assistance/Agency for

International Development

R. J. McCool

President of Mobil South

David Morse

Attorney

Former Director-General of the International

Labor Organization

Edmund Muskie

Attorney

Former Maine State Representative, Governor

and U. S. Senator

Secretary of State

Nils Ollquist

Vice President, Security Pacific Bank

Robert Oxnam

President of the Asia Society

James Perkins

Chairman, International Council for
Educational Development

Former President of Cornell University

Christopher H. Phillips

Chairman of the New Zealand-United States

Arts Foundation

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State

Former Deputy Permanent Representative to
the United Nations

Paul Robinson

President of Robinson, Inc.

Former Ambassador to Canada

3

William Roth

Former Special Representative for Trade Negotiations

Frank E. Taplin

Former President of the Metropolitan Opera

Peter Watson

Attorney
President, New Zealand Connection

Von C. Williams

Executive Vice President Riggs National Bank

Chalmers B. Wood

Former Charge d'Affaires ad interim, New Zealand

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**Reference.** Users may seek assistance in person, by mail or by telephone. Anyone may call the library's reference number (212/572-3418) for quick answers to specific reference questions. For obvious reasons, the staff cannot answer medical or legal questions, and financial quotations cannot be given over the telephone.

**Referrals.** In those instances when the information being sought cannot be found at our library, the staff will make every effort to refer the user to another source.

**Research Assistance.** For those users whose research needs go beyond quick-answer reference queries, the professional library staff is available to guide them in their work. Such assistance ranges from directing a user to the section of the library where his subject interest is to be found, to teaching the user the intricacies of various reference tools.

**Circulation.** The Library uses an honor system for circulation, and members are requested to sign for all books taken from the library rooms. Books may be borrowed for two weeks, and may be renewed for an additional two weeks if no one has reserved them. Renewals may be made by telephone. Returned books may be brought back to a member of the library staff, or may be deposited in the book return slot located in the Library Atrium opposite the door to the Library Office.

**Reservations.** New titles are often in great demand and are borrowed extensively. If the book you are seeking has been borrowed, a reservation may be made either by telephone or in person. Reservations are entered in the order in which they are received, and users are notified when the book is available. Reserved books are held for pick-up in the library office for one week.

**Current Periodicals.** The Library receives over 100 periodicals and out-of-town newspapers. Current issues

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of most of these titles are placed on the table in the east room of the library. Approximately 30 titles are shelved in the Library office where they may be requested. A backfile is maintained for many of the periodical titles received in the Library.

**Photocopying.** For the convenience of users, a copying machine is located in the Library Office. Staff members will be happy to make copies for you, and charges for photocopying are billed to your club account.

**Tours.** The staff is pleased to provide tours of the Library to members and their guests. If you would like to arrange for a tour, please call the Library Office at (212) 572-3418.

**Exhibitions.** Regularly scheduled exhibitions featuring special materials from the Library collections are displayed in the cases in the Library Atrium on the fourth floor, and in the Main Atrium on the first floor.

**Programs.** Under the sponsorship of the University Club Library Associates, the Library holds programs featuring speakers on a variety of topics of both general and literary interest. All members of the Club and their guests are invited to attend these programs.

## A BROWSER'S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSITY CLUB LIBRARY

In his designs for the clubhouse, Charles McKim did not foresee the tremendous growth of the library, or the fact that it would one day be the largest private club library in the world. Accordingly, the collection long ago overflowed the confines of the main room of the Library, and today the collection is housed in numerous rooms on three floors of the University Club. A large part of the collection, however, remains on open shelves in the library, the Card Room, and the Chess Room, where it is available for browsing. The following subjects are shelved in these rooms:

**AMERICAN LITERATURE** - Shelved in the west room and main room of the Library. American and British drama are shelved together in the east room.

**ARCHITECTURE** - Shelved in the Card Room.

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**ART** - Shelved in the Card Room and the Chess room.

**BIOGRAPHY** - Shelved in the east room and main room of the Library. Biographies of literary figures are shelved with their works, and biographies of artists, musicians, and actors are in the art, music and theater sections respectively.

**BRITISH LITERATURE** - Shelved in the main room of the library and in the east room. The drama section includes works by both British and American dramatists.

**MILITARY SCIENCE** - Shelved in the Card Room. These are works about the military, not military history.

**MUSIC** - Shelved in the Chess Room.

**NEW BOOKS** - Shelved in the main room of the Library. The latest acquisitions are shelved on the round table in the center of the Library. Slightly older titles are shelved on the two long tables in the Library, with fiction at the west end and non-fiction at the east end.

**PERIODICALS** - Current issues of periodicals are shelved on the table in the east room.

**SPORTS AND RECREATION** - Shelved in the Chess Room.

**THEATER** - Shelved in the Chess Room.

Subjects other than those listed above are shelved in closed areas. Information about the Library's holdings for those materials can be obtained from the library staff, or by consulting the library catalogs.

## THE UNIVERSITY CLUB LIBRARY ASSOCIATES

In the autumn of 1982, the Council of the University Club authorized the organization of the University Club Library Associates as a support group for the Library. The purpose of The Associates is twofold: to encourage interest in and support of the club's fine library, and to provide a forum for club members who are interested in books, book-collecting, and similar literary pursuits. There is a modest annual fee for membership, which is used for the support of the

group's activities, and benefits of membership include the purchase of a new book, or the conservation of a book already in the collection in the name of each Associate for each year that he is a member. In either case, the Associate's name is inscribed on a special bookplate. In addition, Associates receive invitations to activities organized especially for the group, such as lectures, receptions, and visits to other libraries, and a mail subscription to *The University Club Library Quarterly*. The group sponsors an annual dinner at which an important literary or library personage is the guest of honor and speaker, and this event, preceded by a reception in the library, is one of the highlights of the club's social calendar. For all events, members are welcome to bring guests.

Membership in the University Club Library Associates is open to all members of the University Club, resident and non-resident. Further information about the Associates and the groups activities can be obtained from any member of the Library and Art Committee or from the library staff.

## THE LIBRARY AND ITS CEILING

According to James Alexander, who wrote the 1915 history of the University Club, "By common consent the library floor of the Club House is unsurpassed for beauty, comfort, convenience, and that atmosphere of repose which is conducive to the contentment of the reader and the student." In addition, the library at the University Club has been characterized as "one of the most beautiful examples of interior architecture in this country." It is just under 100 feet in length and 34 feet wide including the nine alcoves. The bookcases are of walnut and reach to the spring of the ceiling vault, thus leaving semicircular lunettes at the ends and above the alcoves. Though the ceiling and lunettes were originally white plaster (as are the ceilings in the library's two end rooms to this day), architect Charles McKim had always intended that they be decorated. In 1902, it was decided to commission muralist Henry Sidons Mowbray to study the Pinturicchio murals in the Borgia Apartments of the Vatican and adapt them for the University Club Library. Some members blanched at the extravagance of spending $25,000 to decorate the library ceiling, but when Mr. Charles T. Barney, Chairman of the Building Committee, agreed to contribute $10,000 toward the proposed outlay, the matter was settled.

Mr. Mowbray was in Rome studying the Pinturicchio murals from September, 1902 to May, 1904, and the work on the library itself commenced on June 7, 1904. He was informed that in order to minimize the inconvenience to members, his work would have to be completed within a few months, and a contemporary report notes that, "by dint of incessant industry on the part of himself and his workmen, shut in between the scaffolding and the ceiling, in comparative darkness and in very positive heat, the work was finished by the first of September following." There is some debate as to whether the ceiling was completed on the first or the fifteenth of September, but in either event this was a remarkably short time. Mowbray had designed not only the paintings themselves, but the small figures in relief in the panels, and the architectural mouldings as well, and he had executed all but the mouldings. These were done by hand (to avoid mechanical repetition), and were executed in Rome by native workmen under Mowbray's supervision. Since it was difficult to get an overall view of the ceiling while the scaffolding was in place, Mowbray had planned to make any modifications necessary as sections of the scaffolding were removed. It is reported that when the time came to take down the scaffold, "the timbers fell so rapidly before the blows of the workmen that no amendments were possible. It was found, however, that there was nothing in the completed decoration of the ceiling, the coves, or the walls which required alteration." To this day, the library remains a monument to the talents of both Henry Siddons Mowbray and Charles McKim.

## LIBRARY SUPPORT

throughout its history, the University Club Library has benefitted from the generosity of members, distinguished visitors and guests who have given books and money to the Library without expecting anything in return. Gifts have been used to establish a

library endowment fund, the income from which is used to support and operate the Library. The Library and Art Committee and the Associates continue to encourage the interest and support of all Club members in this fine library, which James Alexander called "the most important and useful of the Club's conveniences."

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COMMITTEE OF 1000
P.O. Box 1530
New York, New York 10101

February 27, 1987

MAR - 5 1987

Fellow Members:

We are concerned about the growing divisiveness in The University
Club following the January 15 vote. This concern is causing us
to carefully evaluate our relationship with the Club. We suspect
that you may be doing so too.

Two issues sharply confront the Club. The first is the attempt
to take the Club "distinctly private." The second, and over-
riding issue, is the question of Club membership for women on the
same basis as men.

We strongly disagree with the attempt to make the Club a
"distinctly private" organization. This attempt is misguided
on several counts, the most important of which are:

1. The change would have an extremely adverse economic impact.

2. It would basically alter the character of the Club and the nature of Club membership.

To the first point, if you have tried to obtain the use of one of
the Club's private rooms, you know how heavily booked they are.
By and large, these rooms are used for various business purposes
by universities, alumni groups, law firms, companies, etc.
Ironically, the food, beverage and private room rental activity
is referred to as the "private side" of the Club's operations.
Revenue identifiable as coming from the "private side" in 1986
amounted to some $1.7 million, or approximately 29 percent of the
Club's total revenue. This does not include food and beverage
revenue which may result from members' use of the various dining
areas for business purposes but which cannot be identified as
such.

At a minimum, most of this revenue will disappear if members
adhere rigorously to the "distinctly private" requirements. As
we understand them, in order for the Club to qualify as a dis-
tinctly private organization within the meaning of the applicable
city ordinance, members will not be able to use the Club for any
business purpose. We now have been told that receipt of our
personal checks in payment of dues and charges constitutes our
certification that payment is not made in furtherance of trade or
business, that we will not be reimbursed for such payment by a
nonmember in furtherance of trade or business, and that such
payment is not tax deductible as a business expense. Presumably,
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the Club under these conditions. Their departures will result in further revenue losses, at least until they can be replaced with new members to whom the "distinctly private" posture is acceptable.

For some indeterminate period of time, then, the financial burden the Club must bear as a result of the "distinctly private" action will be staggering.

To the second point, changing to a "distinctly private" organization will fundamentally alter the Club. All agree that the Club is a social club. We all concurred in this premise when we became members. But we also all agree that it has been perfectly acceptable for members to use the Club for business purposes in a discreet and decorous fashion. The Council now is saying that this use will no longer be permitted. To our minds, this position drastically alters the character of the Club and the nature of membership.

In 1980, when the Council proposed to consider qualified women for membership, a segment of the members vigorously contended -- to the point of filing suit -- that the Council was not empowered to change the character of the club to such a degree, and they demanded a membership vote. Such a vote was held. It now seems to us that the Council is equally obligated to submit to the membership the question of making the Club a "distinctly private" body because this question, too, involves the fundamental nature of the Club we joined.

The Human Rights Commission of the city is certain to subject the Club's operations to close and continuing scrutiny. Records of individual members may well be examined. If the Commission were to conclude that the move to "distinctly private" was a blatant subterfuge to avoid compliance with Local Law 63, the scrutiny could be expected to intensify.

At this juncture, what can be done? To address the immediate issue of going "distinctly private," because we consider the Council's action invalid and, therefore, nonbinding, we have determined to take the following action:

1. We will retain our membership; we will not resign.

2. We will notify the Club in writing that our payment of Club dues and charges is not to be construed as a certification with respect to its status as a tax-deductible business expense or with respect to any other matter.

3. We will decline in the future to sign any affidavit or otherwise affirm that we will incur no Club expenses for business purposes.

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We suggest that you pursue the same course. Such a position, taken by enough members, may forestall precipitous actions which would be difficult to undo. A cooler, more reasonable environment is needed for the consideration of the issue of women members, which has been largely obscured in the recent debate.

The real issue before the Club is, and has been for several years, the exclusion of women from membership eligibility, not the Club's right to determine its own membership policy or whether the Council should have the power to change that policy. Today, when more women than men are being graduated from colleges and universities, the Club's stance against women members no longer is defensible. It clearly is time for women to be considered for membership on the same basis as men.

We intend to keep the issue of membership eligibility for women alive so that, at the appropriate point, the entire membership will have the opportunity to express a clear choice on the question itself, without the presence of extraneous issues.

We suspect that the body of sentiment in the Club favorably disposed to admitting women is larger than the vote on January 15 would indicate. There has not been any real effort to coalesce this segment of the membership. We now are trying to do just that. A group that opposes the admission of women calls itself the Committee of 100. We would like to form the Committee of 1,000 to work toward the objective of opening Club membership to qualified women.

If you concur with this objective and would like to associate with the undersigned in the effort, please return the enclosed form in the self-addressed envelope.

Henry P. Baer
David Barnard
Gordon Barrows
Richard A. Beaumont
Robert A. Bowman
Craig B. Bright
Robert Callaghy
Sydney M. Cone III
Frank Delzio
Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr.
John D. Feerick
Morton Fry
Robert J. Godley
C. Lowell Harriss
Harold Healy
John F. Hennessey
John F. Hennessey III
Jerome Jontry
Harry Knight
Kurt Koegler

Robert MacCrate
John D. Mack
Paul Martinson
Edwin E. McAmis
Alexander N. McFarlane
Joel M. Miller
James Mills
Peter P. Mullen
Joseph Newman
Richard M. Paget
John A. Quisenberry
Robert R. Reichenbach
William B. Remington
Charles Schaffner
Robert G. Schuur
Thomas J. Schwarz
Eugene Sullivan
Frank Taplin
Dallas Townsend
William Zinke
James Zirin

COMMITTEE OF 1,000:

I have read the letter of February 27, 1987 and agree
with the purposes set forth in it. I am willing to
participate in the effort to bring before the Club
membership the question of considering women as potential
members on the same basis as men.

Signature: ____________________

Name: ____________________

Address: ____________________
_______________________
_______________________

_______________________

Telephone: ____________________

COMMITTEE OF 1000

AUG 12 1987

August 5, 1987

Dear Fellow Member:

First, our thanks to all of you who worked so hard and who
provided so much support in the successful effort to open
University Club membership to women. And our thanks to those who
voted in favor of Resolution A. Some proxies arrived after the
deadline and these swelled the total vote in favor of membership
for women to over 1,400. This represents not only a majority of
those who voted - indeed, a vote of 2-1 in favor - but a majority
of the total Club membership eligible to cast votes.

Congratulations certainly are in order for all of those who worked
so hard and to the entire Club on the outcome. However, the vote
itself was only the authorization -- the implementation remains to
be accomplished. In that connection, a number of you have called
or written to ask why very little appears to have changed in the
management of the Club as a result of the vote. One reason for
this may be that the leadership positions in the Club were filled
in advance of the vote and the incumbents most reflect what was
the apparent prevailing view at the time they began to serve.

Some procedural history: the Council Nominating Committee, which
nominates officers, committee chairmen and committee members, was
appointed well in advance of the vote when it may have appeared
that there was little prospect of change in the membership rules.
Similarly, the Members Nominating Committee, which nominates
members of the Council, Admissions Committee and Members
Nominating Committee, was elected at the 1986 Annual Meeting.
Most of the people in governing and administrative positions in
the Club were elected or appointed when there was no indication
that the majority of members favored the admission of women. Some
openly opposed the admission of women throughout last spring's
debate on the issue. Accordingly, it is perhaps not too
surprising that no major visible changes occurred immediately
after the vote.

At its June meeting, the Council took two steps, one unequivocal
and the other rather tentative. It voted to change Club policy to
admit women to membership, a major step and one we applaud.

Considerably more tentative was the suspension, rather than
rescission, of the House Rule requiring members to certify the
purpose for which Club expenses had been incurred. Failing
Council action at or before the December 21 Council meeting, this
House Rule will be in force once again. As many of you have
suggested, this leaves the membership somewhat in limbo. Firms
planning office Christmas parties or others planning to use the
Club for gatherings, social or business-related, after December 21

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may well be hesitant to schedule these activities at the Club. To this extent, the mere suspension of the Rule is likely to have a chilling effect on the economic recovery of the Club. Moreover, receipt of the $100,000 gift to help cover the cost of converting the physical facilities to accommodate women members still is conditioned on final removal of the certification rule. Early action by the Council could clarify this unnecessarily clouded issue.

As we have stated repeatedly, our objective continues to be a Club that is not divided over the issue of women members or any other issue. We anticipate that the present officers and committees will take appropriate, expeditious action to implement the June 2 vote. Certainly they should be given a reasonable amount of time to effect necessary changes even though some members are expressing impatience with the pace of events. It is our understanding that sometime within the past two months a special committee has been appointed to work on the transition from all-male to mixed membership.

Based on questions and comments we have received, some of the early steps many of you would like to see the officers and committee take promptly are the following:

1. Rescission of the House Rule on certification.

2. Admission of women to the Main Dining Room at lunchtime, change in the status of the "Ladies" Dining Room to that of simply an additional dining room, and removal of the sign labelling it.

3. Admission of women to the Library.

4. Invitations to become Honorary Members to women presidents of the recognized colleges and universities.

5. Changing of signs from "members only" to "members and guests only", because male guests regularly have had access to these areas.

6. Correspondence with members who have been threatened with expulsion proceedings because of failure to certify, stating that all proceedings have been dropped and that such members are in good standing.

7. An invitation from the Council or the President to members who resigned over the certification issue or the issue of women's membership, asking them to return to the Club.

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8. An early negotiation of a consent agreement with the City Commission on Human Rights, along with abandonment of participation in or support for all court cases arising from the question of membership for women.

These seem to be minimal steps which should be taken immediately and with little or no difficulty before the Club addresses the somewhat more serious issue of adaptations required to outfit the squash and bath facilities for women members.

Undoubtedly, the leaders of the Club will be interested in your views on these and other questions as they guide us through uncharted waters. We urge you to let them know what you think about what actions the Council is or is not taking in the months ahead. A list of Executive Committee members is enclosed. Also, we would like to hear from you in the same fashion, so let us know what you think, as well.

The Committee of 1,000 intends to remain in existence only until the resolution to admit women is fully implemented. Accordingly, you will be hearing from us from time to time. In the meantime, and once again, thank you for your support.

Committee of 1,000

KISSINGER ASSOCIATES

TWENTY-SIXTH FLOOR
350 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
(212) 759-7919
TELEX: 4970885
TELECOPY: (212) 759-0042

Committee on Admissions
The University Club
One West 54th Street
New York, New York

Dear Sirs:

This letter is in support of the proposed candidacy of Mr. Joseph E. Geoghan for membership in The University Club.

I have known Mr. Geoghan both personally and professionally for the better part of three years. Joe, who is a superb lawyer who has represented Union Carbide with great skill and imagination, is a loyal friend, an interesting conversationalist, and a man of persistent good humor. In a word, he would be a worthy addition to The University Club; I urge that the Committee on Admissions admit him to membership.

SUITE 1021 • 1800 K STREET, N. W. • WASHINGTON, D. C. 20006 • (202) 872-0300

87 South Washington Avenue
Centereach, New York 11720

November 19, 1987

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
350 Park Avenue
26th Floor
New York, NY 10022

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

For many years, my grandfather, Kurt Lamm, spoke of his
love, admiration, and friendship for you, and we often
recounted the time when he proudly introduced me to you at
the Brazil vs. Italy soccer match at the Yale Bowl. In more
recent years when my strengths and awards became more
evident, he often said, "we have a Kissinger in the family."

Today, I am a senior in high school in the throws of college
application preparation. I am assured by my counselors that
my credentials are impeccable. My first preference for
admission is the University of Pennsylvania due to its fine
tradition and varied course of study.

My grandmother reminded me of my grandfather's intent to
contact you to seek any assistance you might be able to
offer in having my application reviewed in an even more
favorable manner.

Attached please find my resume. Thank you for sharing your
valuable time and for any assistance you can provide.

Latin Language Honor Society

Long Island Foreign Language Educator's Award

Fourth Place Suffolk County Track and Field

Championships (Discus), 11th Grade All League,

All Conference Honors (Track and Field)

School Related Activities:

National Honor Society, President- 11th and 12th
Grades

Varsity Soccer, 3 years, Captain 12th Grade

Varsity Winter and Spring Track, 4 years

Student Government, Senator, 4 years

Leaders Club

Marching, Stage, Concert Band Saxophonist, 4 years,

Section Leader - 11th and 12th Grades

Community-Related Activities:

Stony Brook University Hospital, Research Assistant,

Histopathology Lab

Centereach Civic Association, Budget Drive

Coordinator

North Shore Jewish Center, Tutorial Advisor

Sachem Youth Soccer League, Volunteer Referee

Coordinator

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Brian Urquhart

A LIFE
IN PEACE
AND
WAR

UNCORRECTED PROOF

Title: *A Life in Peace and War*

Author: Brian Urquhart

Classification: Non-fiction

Probable publication date: Sept 30, 1987

Probable price: $25.00

Illustrations: 2-8 page signs of pictures

Approximate length: 400 pages

Trim size: 6 7/8 x 9 1/4 Index: yes

ISBN: 0-06-015840-9

Reviewers are reminded that changes may be made
in this proof copy before books are printed. If any
material from the book is to be quoted in a review,
the quotation should be checked against the final
bound book.

HARPER & ROW, PUBLISHERS

## Brief Description

# A LIFE IN PEACE AND WAR

Brian Urquhart

One of the world's renowned statesmen, the former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, Brian Urquhart, writes here an urbane, entertaining, and thoughtful memoir of his life and his forty years at the U.N. mediating international conflicts.

Urquhart begins this elegantly written autobiography with a charming account of his youth. He tells of his life at English schools, with all of their eccentricities, and his years in idyllic, prewar Oxford. During the war he served as an airborne intelligence officer, and his opposition to the Arnhem operation put him seriously at odds with the higher command. Sadly, his fears were well justified: Arnhem was a catastrophe (A Bridge Too Far). In 1946 Urquhart joined the Secretariat of the United Nations, full of hope and idealism, as we all were, about the new world organization. There follows a vivid and dramatic account of his forty years at the center of international political crises, including conflicts in the Congo, Cyprus, Kashmir, Lebanon, and South Africa, and four wars in the Middle East. He provides sharp portraits of Dag Hammarskjöld, whom he deeply admired, and Kurt Waldheim, whom he did not, and of such world figures as Adlai Stevenson, Golda Meir, Begin, Margaret Thatcher, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Ralph Bunche, and Eleanor Roosevelt, among many others.

This memoir is a humane, caring, and judicious account of postwar international affairs from the initial, excessive enthusiasm of 1946 to the equally excessive disillusionment of the present day.

Brian Urquhart is the author of the well-known biography *Hammar-Kjold*. Currently a Scholar-in-Residence at the Ford Foundation, he lives with his wife in New York City.

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USO AWARDS DINNER - June 29, 1987

ca. 10:15PM Presentation of USO International Service Award to Hannelore Kohl by HAK -

(John McLaughlin, emcee, introduces HAK)

SUGGESTED HAK REMARKS

THE USO INTERNATIONAL SERVICE AWARD IS PRESENTED TO AN OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN SUPPORTING THE UNITED STATES MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES STATIONED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THIS YEAR'S AWARD IS BEING PRESENTED TO A PERSON WHO HAS UNSELFISHLY GIVEN OF HERSELF TO SUPPORT THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF THIS AWARD. AN INDISPENSIBLE PARTNER TO THE CHANCELLOR, IN HER OWN RIGHT SHE HAS SET THE LEADERSHIP EXAMPLES FOR HER COUNTRYMEN AND THE COUNTLESS VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE SUPPORTING THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN HER COUNTRY.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE FIRST USO INTERNATIONAL SERVICE AWARD TO HANNELORE KOHL.

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HANELORE RENNER was still a young girl when she met Helmut Kohl at a school party. She had just turned 15 and the man who would become her husband was considerably older. "It was love at second sight," she says of their initial meeting and ten-year courtship. The couple became engaged in 1958, and were married in 1960.

Born in Berlin, Hannelore lived with her family in a small town during the Second World War, until the advancing Soviet Army forced the Renners to flee. The young Hannelore and her school classmates helped care for wounded soldiers and refugees at the local railroad station and in hospitals. This selfless gesture marked the first of many volunteer responsibilities Hannelore would assume in her lifelong commitment to charitable work.

Her family's move to Ludwigshafen in southwest Germany proved a turning point in Hannelore Renner's life. Not only did she meet her future husband, but there she completed her pre-university schooling and settled on a career as an expert in language. Entering the school for interpreters, at the Language Institute of the University of Mainz in Germersheim, Hannelore continued her education in Paris.

The inspiration for Mrs. Kohl's volunteer spirit can be traced to the early experiences she shared with her classmates. As her primary charitable work Mrs. Kohl has elected to serve the countless victims of accidents whose central nervous systems have been permanently damaged -- people who overnight have been torn from active lives and transformed into invalids.

In 1983, Mrs. Kohl formed a committee (Kuratorium ZNS) to help convalescents reclaim their productive place in society, and to support research in high-tech rehabilitation equipment. The committee has provided practical assistance to individual rehabilitation clinics, and has set up an agency to monitor space availability at centers, thus insuring quicker relocation of

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accident victims to health care facilities near their homes. Active in fundraising activities for this cause, Mrs. Kohl has appealed to a wide public through the media and her many personal contacts with influential donors.

When Helmut Kohl and Hannelore Renner were married, he was already a member of Parliament of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, holding the position of Minister-President (governor) for nine years, before being elected chancellor in 1982. Counting members of the Armed Forces and their families, nearly a half-million Americans live in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at 18 bases. Places like Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl and Ramstein, to name but a few, hold happy memories for many Americans.

The welfare of the United States military and their families has always been one of Helmut Kohl's main concerns. While Hannelore assisted him with great personal commitment and a good deal of charm, the chancellor has been dedicated to promoting German-American friendship, and to helping Americans feel at home during their tours of duty in Germany. An outstanding woman, in her own right, Hannelore Kohl has encouraged cultural exchanges, language courses and other cultural programs to enrich the military families' experience in her country.

Through the years, USO Germany has been an indispensable partner to Mrs. Kohl, as well as to the innumerable German men, women and families who have undertaken to look after American servicemen and women and their dependents in Germany. Following Mrs. Kohl's example, the German people have opened their doors for the joint celebration of special occasions and have formed lasting friendships.

Chancellor and Mrs. Kohl have two sons. Walter, 25, has completed his tour of service in the Bundeswehr of the Federal Republic of Germany and is now studying at Harvard University. Peter, 23, is serving in the Armed

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Forces.

In accepting the USO award, Mrs. Kohl acknowledges the role she has played in setting an example for her countrymen, but asks us not to overlook the help of countless volunteers who have made her efforts worthwhile.

USO of Metropolitan Washington is honored to present the USO International Service Award to Hannelore Kohl, a proven friend of our American servicemen and women, stationed in Germany to defend the freedom of the United States, the Federal Republic of Germany and the North Atlantic Alliance.

FORMER USO AWARD RECIPEINTS

1982 Mrs. Ronald Reagan

1984 Mrs. James Brady

Ms. Elizabeth Taylor

1986 Mrs. George Bush

Ms. Barbara Mandrell

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: GAY STRANDQUIST

KATHLEEN HOGAN

(202)783-8117

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LOCAL USO TO PRESENT AWARD TO FIRST LADY OF GERMANY

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- United Service Organizations (USO) of Metropolitan Washington, the local affiliate of USO Worldwide, will present the USO INTERNATIONAL SERVICE AWARD to HANNELORE KOHL, wife of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Helmut Kohl, at the 1987 USO AWARDS DINNER, June 29.

According to John C. Camp, president, USO-Metro board of directors, Mrs. Kohl is being recognized for the personal interest she has taken in the nearly half-million American servicemen and women and their families, stationed in Germany. Setting an example of cooperation for her countrymen, Mrs. Kohl has shared the Chancellor's concern for the welfare of American military personnel, and has done much in her own right to look after the personal interests of these service families so far from home.

Held under tent at beautiful, historic Ft. Lesley J. McNair, The Awards Dinner has enjoyed the support of the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Armed Service secretaries, members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Congress and many other distinguished Americans. Former recipients who have received USO's "Woman-of-the-Year Award" include, Mrs. Ronald Reagan, Mrs. George Bush, Mrs. James Brady and Miss Elizabeth Taylor. 1987 marks the first year USO-Metro has honored an individual from a foreign country.

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In addition to the award presented to a civilian, the Secretary of Defense has presented the C. HASKELL SMALL AWARD for VOLUNTEERISM to a member of the Armed Forces. This year, Attorney General Edwin Meese III, will present the award to Intelligence Specialist First Class VERNON DEAN HANSON, USN. The award recognizes a local, active duty enlisted man or woman for exemplary volunteer service performed in the greater Washington metropolitan area. Selected by USO's Awards committee from among the nominations received from each of the five branches of the Armed Forces, the winner must demonstrate a history of volunteer achievement in the community, performed independently of military duty, and have an exemplary military record.

The affiliate of USO Worldwide, is a nonprofit, privately-funded, social service agency. USO-Metro's small staff and over 600 volunteer workers provide programs and services to more than 240,000 military personnel and their families in the greater Washington metropolitan area each year, receiving no funds from the federal or local governments. USO-Metro depends on the support of United Way, fundraising events and private donations for its operating funds. To maintain its mission, **serving those who serve ... and their families**, USO-Metro makes an appeal to the public to support the annual Awards Dinner.

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METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON

601 INDIANA AVENUE, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
TELEPHONE (202) 783-8117

June 4, 1987

Dr. Henry Kissinger
1800 "K" Street
Washington, DC 20006

JUN - 8 1987

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

USO of Metropolitan Washington is pleased to announce Mrs. Hannelore Kohl, wife of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, has accepted our invitation to be the honored guest at our 1987 USO Awards Dinner, June 29, 1987.

Chancellor and Mrs. Kohl have been staunch friends to the 300,000 U.S. servicemen and women stationed in the Federal Republic of Germany. The particular support they have given to USO makes Mrs. Kohl an especially appropriate choice for this annual award.

Held under tent, at beautiful, historic Ft. McNair, the annual Awards Dinner has traditionally enjoyed the support of the Secretary of Defense, service secretaries and The Joint Chiefs of Staff. In past years, Washington's most distinguished citizens have joined us to honor Mrs. Ronald Reagan, Mrs. George Bush, Mrs. James Brady and Elizabeth Taylor.

Each year, Secretary Weinberger has presented the C. Haskell Small Award for Volunteerism for "exemplary community volunteer service," to a member of the armed forces who has an outstanding military record and who has demonstrated a history of volunteer achievement, performed independently of military duty.

Preceding the dinner, you are invited to be our guest at a special VIP reception. We hope you and your spouse will attend this gala evening, and we appreciate your prompt reply by June 11. Please respond to Elaine Rogers, executive director, by calling (202) 783-8117 ext. 6707.

TLCJ

### Dinner Co-Chairmen

The Ambassador of the Federal
Republic of Germany
and Mrs. van Well

Mrs. James A. Baker III

Mrs. Edwin Meese III

Mrs. Robert C. Byrd

Mrs. Tony Coelho

### Committee Chairman

Joseph H. Garrett
Rockwell International Corporation

The 1987 Awards Dinner Committee

cordially invites you

to attend a

Dinner Under Tent

honoring

JUN - 8 1987

Mrs. Hannelore Kohl
Wife of the Chancellor
of the Federal Republic of Germany

Monday, the Twenty-Ninth of June

on the grounds of
Fort Lesley J. McNair
Fourth and P Streets, SW
Washington, D.C.

Response Card Enclosed
Black Tie

Reception 7:00 p.m.
Dinner 8:00 p.m.
Entertainment

THE C. HASKELL SMALL AWARD

Also being presented is The C. Haskell Small Award for Volunteerism to Intelligence Specialist First Class Vernon Dean Hanson, USN, Washington, D.C. This Award is given annually to a local active duty military person for exemplary volunteer service in the local community.

601 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 Telephone (202) 783-8117