HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

2 PARK STREET BOSTON 7

May 9, 1955.

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger,
10 Weld Hall,
Harvard University,
Cambridge 38, Mass.

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

Thank you for the signed
copy of the contract for PEACE, LEGITIMACY AND
THE EQUILIBRIUM and the questionnaire.

In accordance with your in-
structions I have today sent the check for $500.00,
representing the advance payment due on the signing
of the agreement, to the Cambridge Trust Company
to be deposited to your account.

GR
Enclosure of statement of remittance of $500.00.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

2 PARK STREET · BOSTON 7
TELEPHONE: CAPITOL 7-1050

May 10, 1956

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Council on Foreign Relations
58 East 68th Street
New York, New York

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

As you probably know by now a second batch of galley proofs
arrived yesterday and your secretary now has them.

I took the liberty of telling Weidenfeld and Nicolson that
you would try to complete the reading of the galleys in two weeks and
that in any case I felt they could safely rely on having them in their
hands at the latest by the end of this month. They will make up their
printing schedules according to this information. If you do not think
this is possible, would you let me know at once so that I may cable
them?

I thought up three titles: A WORLD RESTORED - EUROPE 1815-1822;
THE REESTABLISHMENT OF EUROPE 1815-1822; METTERNICH AND THE REESTAB-
LISHMENT OF EUROPE. Of these three, people here far prefer the first.
I hope that unless one of these particularly pleases you, you will let
me have your ideas in the near future.

ba

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

October 26, 1956

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Rockefeller Brothers' Fund
31 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York

Dear Dr. Kissinger,

I am sorry that Harper is upset about our publication date. As you are aware, we have done all in our power over the last year to hurry Weidenfeld and Nicolson, all to very little effect.

Their latest statement to us was, I believe, that made by Nicolas Thompson on the trans-Atlantic telephone on about September 12, when he confirmed that Weidenfeld expected to send us folded and gathered sheets toward the end of this month. So far as I know, it is still their intention to publish in England toward the end of November as they stated in their cable of August 9.

In answer to that cable we wrote them explaining about the Harper book saying "If you intend to publish in November I expect this means that you will have sheets ready to ship some time in October."

Since they did send the page proofs when promised, and since I have their acknowledgment of the receipt of your corrected page proofs, dated October 12, I think they are more or less up to date. I shall, however, write once again, to-day, asking for more recent news.

In any event, we are prepared to rush things as much as possible at our end, and have the jackets ready when we receive the sheets. Our hope is still to publish by March.

cw/pf

November 2, 1956

Dear Mr. Wylie:

Thank you for your letter of October 26th.

I fully understand your problem and, if I were not put under considerable pressure by the Council, I certainly would not think it would make too much difference whether the book gets published in March or in April. I can only repeat what I already told you on the telephone that the Council is very insistent that there be a maximum amount of time between the two publications.

Although the book is of course not entirely topical, I would think it unfortunate if there were any other substantial delay in view of a very rapidly changing world situation.

With kind regards,

Mr. Craig Wylie
Houghton Mifflin Company
2 Park Street
Boston 7, Massachusetts

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

2 PARK STREET BOSTON 7

November 6, 1956

Mr. Henry A. Kissinger
Rockefeller Brother Fund
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York 20, New York

Dear Mr. Kissinger,

No answer yet to my last letter to Weidenfeld. If none arrives by the end of the week, I shall again cable. No - they have never answered about maps but I put it to them quite strongly and I can only hope that they are planning on them, or at least one.

cw:pf

February 8, 1957

Dear Mr. Wylie:

Thank you for your letter of January 31. To say that I am
chagrined is putting it mildly, but the matter is obviously out of
both our control. Under these circumstances, we have no choice
but to plan for a Fall publication. I definitely do not wish to have
two books appearing within four weeks of each other which would be
unavoidable now according to present schedules. This inevitably
will reduce some of the general interest in your book, but it is too
late to worry about that now.

I would be much indebted to you if you could let me know,
as soon as possible, what Fall dates you consider for publication.
It also means that the jackets for the book will have to be changed
somewhat because I do not plan to remain with the Rockefeller
Brothers Fund through the Fall. Could you please let me have your
reaction to this as soon as possible.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

2 PARK STREET BOSTON 7

March 20, 1957

Mr. Henry A. Kissinger
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
22 West 55th Street
New York 20, New York

Dear Mr. Kissinger,

The ship bearing your book is due to dock
here this evening. What with customs and one thing
and another, we should have the copies at the
bindery a week from now. I'll believe it when I
see them.

CW/pf

April 23, 1957

Dear Mr. Wylie:

Do you think you could induce Weidenfeld and Nicolson to send me a copy of my book? I would be awfully grateful.

Have you seen the reviews in the ECONOMIST and THE SPECTATOR? Neither of them is exactly to the point but the one in the ECONOMIST at least seemed quite friendly.

Bett regards,

Mr. Craig Wylie
Houghton-Mifflin Publishing Company
2 Park
Boston, Massachusetts

May 4, 1957.

Dear Craig:

I am delighted to drop the "Mr."
business. I was distressed to hear about your illness
and hope you are fully recovered now.

The arrangement about British royalties
is perfectly satisfactory. The primary purpose of this
note is to ask you not to print too many covers for my
book since some of the material is subject to change.

Between us, there is a fair chance
that I might not go to Chicago and I shall be able to let
you know definitely about this within a week.

With kind regards,

Mr. Craig Wylie
Houghton-Mifflin Publishing Co.
2 Park
Boston, Mass.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

2 PARK STREET BOSTON 7

May 1, 1957

Mr. Henry A. Kissinger
Director of Special Studies
22 West 55th Street
New York 20, New York

Dear Henry,

We have a letter from Weidenfeld suggesting that they withhold your royalty to the extent of £55 which is what you owe them for excess corrections on the galleys. You may remember that they warned you that there would be a charge and I hope this arrangement is satisfactory. According to our agreement Weidenfeld should have sent us your royalty on their publication day but they say that so far they do not yet amount to the £55!

CW/pf