WEEK: November 7 10 - 14, 1968

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

**Finding Letters:** All the envelopes for the finding letters have been done by us to save money. We will type some of the letters but not all of them can be done by hand...we will send them to the typing service as usual. We do need to have you OK the draft letter, however, so that we can get started. The finding letters have previously gone out the first week of November. It's on your desk.

**Annual Report:** The proofs for the Annual Report will be brought by ~~us~~ on Monday for our approval. All letters to the 1968 past participants have been typed and are ready to go out with the Report as well as the full set of notes from the politics and humanities sections. These have been dated for November 29.

**Fund Raising:** I have attached a fund raising sheet indicating who we have heard from. So far we have received only $2000 from Cabot and $500 from Scherman Foundation. If you have any more ideas or know of anyone to whom we can write, please let us know. This seems like a fairly desperate situation.

**Screening Committees:** We STILL haven't heard from Pakistan, Ceylon, and the Philippines. Shall I cable them?

yes no

**State Department:** As you know, Norman Runckles and Phillis Kotite left the S.D. last summer and a new person, Joe Batman, has taken over...at least he is looking for someone to do the work with us. He had said two weeks ago that he was shortening the circular (algram) and would send it to us for approval. We have tried to notify him, but to no avail. Last year the circular went out November 1; it did not go out in '67.

**Roster:** The body of the Roster is in the works now. We have typed all the labels to send ~~them~~ out. All that needs to be completed is the ~~introduction~~ which is on your desk.

**Christmas Cards:** Olsen's has a good selection of Christmas cards. It's a big and long job and we would like to get started soon, for if the cards are ~~same~~ out within a couple of weeks, we could send them surface mail to Europe, thereby saving money. We have about 100 on hand from last year. We will need about 500 altogether.

**Budget:** Please note that there is a $3000 plus deficit.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

1968 SCHEDULE - FINAL WEEK (AUGUST 12 - AUGUST 16)

Monday, August 12

9:30 - 11:00 Meeting of the Humanities Section with Professor Stanley Cavell

11:00 - 12:55 Meeting of the Politics Section with Professor Paul Seabury

2:30 - 4:00 Guest Speaker (Holyoke Center B and C): FATHER JOSEPH FICHTER, Charles Chauncey Stillman Professor, Harvard Divinity School. Father Fichter is the leading American Jesuit sociologist; his special fields are sociology of religion, race relations, sociology of education, with research, teaching and writing in all fields. He has published numerous articles and 13 books, including Police Handling of Arrestees, Priests and People, and America's Forgotten Priests.

7:30 Film: The Maltese Falcon, a bi-yearly feature at the renowned Brattle Theatre, stars the present pseudo-deity of the Cambridge community, Humphrey Bogart. Bogart, one of Hollywood's greatest stock actors, is seen in this film along with his usual partner of intrigue, Sidney Greenstreet. This still-exciting 1940's sensation brought to the screen for the first time the directorial genius of John Huston.

Tuesday, August 13

10:00 - 12:00 **IMPORTANT**: Mr. Peter Theologou from the Alien Tax Bureau will be in Lehman Hall to see all participants who will be leaving before September 12 and to give them a sailing permit. You should bring with you your passport, your "To Whom It May Concern" letter, and your return tickets. Humanities people should see Mr. Theologou from 11-12; Politics people from 10-11.

2:30 - 4:30 Guest Speaker (Holyoke B and C): MR. KISSINGER will talk to you about the Republican Convention, and also discuss with you your impressions about the International Seminar.

7:00 - 8:15 Films of Hiroshi Hara's architecture and slides taken during the Seminar this summer

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8:30 Special meeting of the Politics Section with Professor Paul Seabury in the Tonkens Room to discuss Vietnam

### Wednesday, August 14

8:30 - 11:30 Visit to Arthur D. Little, Inc., a consulting service in engineering, management, and science. The Chairman of the Board is General James M. Gavin. You will have a tour of the facilities and meet with some of the management for discussion.
Please meet Bob Fichter at Lehman Hall to go by taxi at 8:30 a.m.

8:00 INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR PUBLIC FORUM in 105 Emerson Hall: topic to be announced. A reception will follow in Ticknor Library.

### Thursday, August 15

2:30 - 4:00 Guest Speaker (Holyoke B and C): BILL MOYERS, former Special Assistant to President Johnson, is currently Publisher of Newsday. Mr. Moyers, 33, had served the Federal Government for seven years in a number of capacities. He became an assistant to Johnson in 1959 and, except for a period as Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, served with him until last year.

### Friday, August 16

7:00 FINAL DINNER in the Penthouse Dining Hall of Holyoke Center, 10th Floor. Cocktails at 7:00 and dinner at 8:15.

PLEASE TELL ABBY IF YOU ARE **NOT** ABLE TO ATTEND.

### Sunday, August 18

2:00 A bus will leave from Winthrop House for the airport for those who are taking the 3:00 American Airlines flight to Washington (flight #477). The cost of the bus is $2.00. Please be sure you turn in your key to the superintendant.

WASHINGTON TRIP

We will leave for Washington on Sunday, August 18, on American Airlines
Flight #477 at 3:00 p.m.

Asia Foundation grantees: you probably have an open ticket, Boston to Washington -- you should have the ticket written for this flight

* State Department grantees: your programming agency should supply you with a ticket for this flight (or the Embassy)

All others: please see Mr. Martin Kahn, University Travel Company, 18 Brattle Street, to book a flight on this plane. Do this as soon as possible.

We will be staying at the Hotel Lafayette, Sixteenth Street at Eyc, N.Y.
Washington, D.C. 20006, telephone 202-347-4210. The cost of a double
room is $13.50 per day plus 5% tax and .40¢ for baggage per person --
that is, approximately $7.00 a night per person. The cost of a triple
room would be $5.00 per person, plus 5% tax and .40¢ baggage charge.

All rooms have tub and shower baths, television, and air conditioning.
There are restaurants in the hotel, as well as in the surrounding area.

The schedule is in the process of being finalized now, and we will pass
it out as soon as it is completed. We are planning to leave Monday
morning free -- State Department grantees will have to see their pro-
gramming agencies during that time; others may want to use this time
for private appointments.

PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY MONDAY, AUGUST 12, WHAT KIND OF ROOM YOU WANT
AND WITH WHOM YOU WISH TO SHARE.

If you are not planning to go to Washington on the American Airlines
flight, please let me know. Also, if you do not stay at the HOTel with
the group. we must have your address and telephone number. You are
free to stay where you wish, but you are responsible for joining the
group for appointments on time.

---Abby

* If you have an Open Ticket Boston - Washington, you should take your ticket to the airlines who wrote your ticket (probably the flight on which you flew to America) and have them write a ticket for AA #477, Sunday, Aug. 18 3:00 P.M.

1968 HARVARD INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

"SAILING PERMIT"

Or Certificate of Compliance is evidence that the alien does not owe
any money to the U.S. Government in the form of income taxes. A Sail-
ing Permit is required of every alien before he is permitted to leave
the U.S. It must be secured within the last 30 days prior to departure,
from the District Director, Internal Revenue, Alien Tax Section. There
are offices at: J.F. Kennedy Building, Government Center, Boston (Mon-
day through Friday, 8:30 to 3:45); and in New York City at: 120 Church
Street, New York; for other cities, you will have to check the telephone
directory.

To secure a "Sailing Permit" -- take with you: (1) Passport (2) Travel ticket with specific date of departure or letter from a travel agent (3) the enclosed "To Whom It May Concern" letter.

Re Item #2: Those of you who do not already have your post-Seminar and return tickets, please see Mr. Martin Kahn, University Travel Company, 18 Brattle Street, Cambridge. Asia Foundation grantees should already have your tickets; State Department grantees will be receiving tickets for Boston-Washington from your programming agency.

Tuesday, August 13: **IMPORTANT** for all those leaving the country **on or before September 12**, there will be a representative of the Alien Tax Division in Lehman Hall from 10:00 - 12:00. Politics people should come from 10 - 11; humanities people from 11 - 12. Please bring with you the above three items.

FORWARDING OF YOUR MAIL

Please fill out the dates and places you will be with the exact addresses.
Please indicate after which date you wish your mail to be sent to your
home address. Note: After August 30, the Seminar address will be 6
Divinity Avenue. However, all mail sent to Lehman Hall, will be forwarded
to 6 Divinity. Please *print* your address.

EVALUATION SHEET

We would appreciate your frank comments, both positive and negative, as
well as suggestions. Please give them to Abby by August 13. Please
print or type.

KEYS

Please return your keys to the superintendant in G Entry when you leave.
Rooms must be vacated by Saturday noon, August 24.

COOP BILLS

We would appreciate it if you would check with the Harvard Coop to find
out if you owe them any money -- it's easier than trying to send an inter-
national money order!

PERSONAL EVALUATION SHEET

On Tuesday, August 13, the whole Seminar group is to meet with Mr. Kissinger in Holyoke B and C for an evaluation session after his talk on the Republican Convention. Some decisions must be made about the future of the Seminar -- specifically, if it should be continued and in what form. Your comments, experience, and advice would be enormously helpful.

Some time before Monday, August 12, would you please go off to the quiet of your room and write for us a short (or long) description of your impressions of the Seminar. Sometimes the Seminar can be judged only in retrospect, but we are most anxious to have your comments before you leave. You may comment on anything and everything, but we hope that you will consider the following:

1. Did the Seminar meet your expectations? What part was the most useful? the least useful? How could the Seminar be improved?

2. Did you have sufficient opportunity to become acquainted with American life, both at Harvard and in surrounding communities? Please comment on the various hosts and hostesses (good and bad comments) so that we may adjust the social schedule accordingly next year.

3. Which speakers did you enjoy and why? Which ones did you feel were unsatisfactory and why?

4. Were the trips and tours broad enough? Do you feel that some aspect of American life was neglected?

5. How can the forums be improved?

6. What did you think of the morning seminar? What is more satisfactory -- a structured or unstructured method of approach? Was the reading too heavy or too light?

7. Were your living accommodations adequate?

8. What has the Seminar accomplished?

PLEASE RETURN YOUR EVALUATIONS TO ABBY BY MONDAY, AUGUST 12, AT THE LATEST.

CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE
HARVARD SUMMER SCHOOL
OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AND OF EDUCATION

Lehman Hall

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138

HENRY A. KISSINGER, Executive Director

Dear Mr. Kissinger,

Only a week and two days left, and everybody is tired. But, in spite of my earlier feelings, I think the Seminar has been quite successful. Here are some more commnets:

Saturday, August 3

Almost the whole Seminar went to Crane's Beach for the morning, and then into Ipswich for 17th Century Days. Many of them got to tour the old homes (we had free tickets) and then we all attended John Updike's pageant, which was quite interesting. Some went back to Cambridge after that; others went on to Karen Zamecnik's home for supper and the evening.

Monday, August 5

Reischauer spoke on Vietnam and Asian problems in general. I did not hear the talk, but all comments were favorable. The Big Store, a Marx Brothers film, was shown that evening.

Tuesday, August 6

There was no guest speaker yesterday so that people could use the time for private appointments. Last night about half the group went to hear Miles Davis at Lenny's on the Turnpike -- they stayed till 2 a.m. and were wild about it.

Wednesday, August 7

Two trips this morning: one to Walden and Concord, the other to ABCD; both very successful. We had group ohotos taken this afternoon, but it was just beginning to pour and we aren't sure whether they came out or not. Photos will be taken in the seminars tomorrow. There is no forum tonight so that people can watch the convention.

The enclosed schedule will give you an idea of the last week's activities. The forum is going to be done by the humanities people and will be in the form of a "happening" -- I'm not sure just what they are going to do. The participants are going to put on a party on Thursday night at Winthrop House.

The Washington trip is being worked out by Mr. Brown and, I guess, is almost all set. We are going down as a group on Sunday the 18th and staying at the Hotel Lafayette.

Mrs. Bernat is giving us all sweaters.

(I added on a review session to your talk on Tuesday; if you cannot do it, I am sure Mr. Brown can).

Abby

1968 HARVARD UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

AFGHANISTAN
Mr. Nour Mohammed RAHIMI
Karte-e-Parwan
Sarak-e-Awal 1200
Kabul

Assistant Editor, The Kabul Times

ARGENTINA
Mr. Patricio BUTELER
Chile 952
Mendoza

Judge of Criminal Court; Professor of Criminology, Center of Criminological Studies, Mendoza

BELGIUM
Mr. Wilfried A. E. MARTENS
Guido Gezellestraat 14
Ghent

Barrister, Court of Justice in Ghent; Adviser to the Prime Minister's Cabinet on problems of science policy, national education, and culture

BRAZIL
Mr. Antonio Marcos PIMENTA NEVES
Rua Cubatao, 838, apt. 61
Sao Paulo

Managing editor of Folha de Sao Paulo, newspaper

BULGARIA
Mr. Krustan D. DYANKOV
92 E. Thalman Boulevard
Block 23, Apt. 38
Sofia 8

Assistant Editor of Obzor, quarterly published in English on Bulgarian literature, poetry, and theatre

CEYLON
Mr. Susil STRIVARADANA
15/6 Alfred House Gardens
Colombo 3

Officer of the Ceylon Administrative Service, Ministry of Land Irrigation and Power

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      <td>CHINA, Republic of</td>
      <td>Mr. Peter Shao-ming HSU<br>Secretariat, Kuomintang Central Committee<br>11-1 South Chung-shan Road<br>Taipei, Taiwan<br><br>Secretary in Foreign Affairs, Secretariat,<br>Kuomintang Central Committee; Professor, College<br>of Chinese Culture, Taipei</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>CZECHOSLOVAKIA</td>
      <td>Mr. Pavel KOVALY<br>Tehovska 542<br>Prague 10<br><br>Scientific worker and Head, Department of History<br>of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Prague</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>FRANCE</td>
      <td>Mr. Guy BERGER<br>19 rue des Ormeaux<br>92-Fontenay aux Roses<br><br>Auditeur à la Cour des Comptes<br><br>Miss Françoise KOURILSKY<br>67 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis<br>Paris 10ème<br><br>Assistant Professor at the Sorbonne; Dramatic<br>critic for the "Nouvel Observateur"</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>GERMANY</td>
      <td>Mr. Carl Wilhelm DAMM<br>Heinrich-Goebel-Strasse 5<br>2 Hamburg 67<br><br>Member of Parliament; Headmaster, Roman Catholic<br>Primary School, Hamburg<br><br>Miss Ingrid SOMMERKORN<br>Hundekehlestrasse 30<br>1 Berlin 33<br><br>Research Co-ordinator and Personal Assistant to<br>the Head of the Sociology Department, Max-Planck-<br>Institute</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>GHANA</td>
      <td>Mr. Kwabena G. OSEI-BONSU<br>P. O. Box 886<br>Kumasi<br><br>Barrister-at-Law and Solicitor of Yaanom Chambers</td>
    </tr>
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      <td rowspan="3">ITALY</td>
      <td>Mr. Giorgio <u>AGAMBEN</u><br>Piazza delle Coppelle 48<br>Rome</td>
      <td>Literary critic for the magazine <u>Tempo Presente</u>;<br>Theatrical critic for the magazine <u>Sipario</u>; Con-<br>tributor to cultural programs of Italian Radio<br>Broadcasting</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Roberto <u>PAPINI</u><br>Via Archimede 28<br>Rome</td>
      <td>Department of International Relations, Political<br>Secretariat of Christian Democrats</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Miss Matilda Satoe <u>BAN</u><br>3-8-10, Higashinakano<br>Nakano-ku, Tokyo</td>
      <td>Research Staff, Japan Institute of International<br>Affairs; Lecturer, International Law and Inter-<br>national Relations, Meiji University, Faculty of<br>Law</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td rowspan="3">JAPAN</td>
      <td>Mr. Hiroshi <u>HARA</u><br>c/o KYOEI Building 3-35 Nishiokubo<br>Shinjuku-ku<br>Tokyo</td>
      <td>Assistant Professor, TOKYO University; Architect</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Mahmoud <u>SAMRA</u><br>Deputy Dean<br>Faculty of Arts<br>Jordan University<br>Amman</td>
      <td>Deputy Dean and Professor of Arabic Literature,<br>Jordan University Faculty of Arts</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Mr. Dong Hwan <u>KIM</u><br>429-3 Shindang-dong<br>Seoul</td>
      <td>Member, National Assembly of the Republic of<br>Korea; Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
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PHILIPPINES
Mr. Aurelio B. CALDERON
1353 Perez, Paco
Manila

~~Chairman, Social Science Department, De La Salle College; Columnist, Book Reviewer, Manila Chronicle Magazine~~

POLAND
Mr. Kazimierz Karol DZIEWANOWSKI
Sady Zoliborskie 13 m 15
Warsaw

Editor, daily paper "Zycie Warszawy"

ROMANIA
Mr. Gheorghe-Mircea TOCA
Emil Isac 2
Cluj

History of Art Department, University of Cluj

SIERRA LEONE
Mr. Francis M. MINAH
22 Westmoreland Street
Freetown

Solicitor and Advocate, Sierra Leone Supreme Court

SINGAPORE
Mr. CHIANG Hai Ding
Department of History
University of Singapore
Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 10

Lecturer, Department of History, University of Singapore

SWEDEN
Mr. Sten Gustaf DELIN
Västra Trädgårdsgatan 17, 4 tr
Stockholm C

Secretary General of the Platform Committee of the Conservative Party

U.S.S.R.
Mr. Igor G. POCHITALIN
c/o U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences
Leninsky Prospect 14
Moscow V-71

Learned Secretary of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, Moscow

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INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR, July 15

## Gibbons Lunch

Kwabena Osei-Bonsu - Ghana

Nel Barendregt - Holland

Amos Dgany - Israel

Gustaf Delin - Sweden

Antonio Pimenta-Neves - Brazil

Roberto Papini - Italy

Carl Damm - Germany

Dong Hwan Kim - Korea

## Kahn Lunch (July 16)

David Kieft

Guy Berger - France

Amos Dgany - Israel

Ingrid Sommerkorn - Germany

Nel Barendregt - Holland

Wilfried Martens - Belgium

Gustaf Delin - Sweden

Knut Frydenlund - Norway

William Rusher was very successful as a guest speaker

On Friday, they visited the art museums (Gardner and Fine Arts), went to a psychedelic mixer (ie, those interested), the Agassiz theater, and to private parties.

On Saturday, the Stones had a swimming/cocktail/dinner party

Sunday, Ward Elliot played his guitar and sang folk songs

Mr. Brown, who has talked with most of them individually, can probably give you more of a psychological/professional analysis of the group than I can. From my viewpoint, they seem very in-dependent: they have few requests and even fewer complaints. The only thing that seems to present any problem is the humidity, which has been getting everyone down. The Indian seems a bit homesick, or morose, but he seems better. The Iraqi was super-sensitive when he arrived, but he's all smiles now. The Israeli is a bit of a cry baby. Chief Eke is managing, inspite of his leg problem -- partly because David Kieft has been very good about driving him to the trips.

Wednesday's forum on student revolts was very successful, and the participants have been asked by various members of the audience to continue the talk on a more informal basis.

## Guest Speakers:

Mon. Aug. 5: Reischauer

Tues. Aug. 6

Thurs. Aug. 8: Kistiakowsky

Aug. 12: Your talk on the Reb. convention + Review Session*

Aug. 13: Father Joseph Fichter (leading Jesuit Sociologist in the U.S. - at the Divinity School - no relation to Bob)

Aug. 15: Bill MOyers

*If it's all right with you, I have combined the talk on the con-
vention with the review session -- I had to juggle Kistiakowsky
and Father Fichter around and this seemed the best way. I also
figured this would give you an extra day. Is that all right?

We have one empty date (Aug. 6) and we are going to try to get
Renata Adler, the movie critic for the Times. If we can't get
her, I think it's probably just as well to leave it empty unless
something comes along.

Bio data for Gibbons is enclosed.

Lehman Hall

XXXXXXXX

July 10, 1968

Dear Mr. Kissinger,

Except for the fact that we still have no telephones and
that they have been blasting a hole in the foundation of our
office, all has been going very well. Enclosed are schedules,
minutes, and other material. And here is what has happened:

Thursday, July 4

The windjammer cruise was a great success, though the weather
was chilly. After the trip, we went on a spontaneous tour of
old and new Boston, Back Bay, and the Common, and then packed
everybody off to see fireworks. Bob and I went to meet Mr.
Damm, whose plane was 5 hours late -- it was a good thing we
went to the airport since the custom officials mistook him for
a smuggler and they tried to take him away for questioning --
Mr. Damm had been up for 28 hrs. and was so tired that he forgot
to show his diplomatic passport! We banged on the glass and
convinced the officer that Mr. Damm was not bringing heroin into
the country. Poor man was exhausted but seemed to survive the
situation in good humor.

Friday, July 5

Seminars began -- both are off to a good start and I haven't
heard any complaints. In the evening we took a group into the
New England Rally for God, Country, and Motherhood at the Stat-
ler -- a crazy group of John Birchers (most interesting) and
then they all went to Tom Hargadon's party.

Saturday, July 6

The Bernats' party, as always, was a great success.

Sunday, July 7

We arranged for several participants to go to the Newport Jazz
Festival -- the rest we took for a walk around Cambridge, ending
up at a Rock Concert on the Common.

up at a Rock Concert on the Common.
Festival -- the rest we took for a walk around Cambridge, ending
We arranged for several participants to do to the Newport Jazz
Festival.

Sunday, July 7

The Bernats, partly, as always, was a great success.

Saturday, July 6

then they all went to Tom Hardsgou's party.
ler -- a crazy group of John Birchers (most interesting) and
New England Rally for God, Country, and Motherhood at the Stat-
heard any complaints. In the evening we took a group into the
Seminars began -- both are off to a good start and I haven't

Friday, July 2

situation in good humor.
Mr. Damm had been up for 38 hrs. and was so tired that he forgot
a snack and they tried to take him away for questioning --
went to the airport since the custom officials mistook him for
Damm, whose plane was 2 hours late -- it was a good thing we
everybody off to see fireworks. Pop and I went to meet Mr.
old and new Boston, Back Bay, and the Common, and then backed
was chilly. After the trip, we went on a spontaneous tour of
The windjammer cruise was a great success, though the weather

Thursday, July 4

minutes, and other materials. And here is what has happened:
office, all has been going very well. Enclosed are schedules,
that they have been placing a hole in the foundation of our
Except for the fact that we still have no telephones and

Dear Mr. Kiesinger,

July 10, 1968

Jehman Hall

## Monday and Tuesday, July 8 and 9

Seminars and guest speakers - Franklin Ford and John Morsell from the NAACP. Both considered only moderately successful, especially Morsell, who takes a pretty conservative stance.

## Wednesday, July 10

Today they are off on an historical tour of Boston by bus. Tonight will be the first open forum: "Student Activism in Europe" with Francoise Kourilsky (France), Ingórd Sommerkorn (Germany), Wilfried Martens (Belgium), and Pavel Kovaly (Czechoslovakia).

The guest speaker schedule has now been completed, the last two places being filled by Kistiakowsky (Aug. 6), and Father Fichter, the leading Jesuit sociologist from the Divinity School on August 8.

At this point, 18 people have signed up for a trip to the Rockefeller headquarters -- I imagine there will be more. If something can be set up for Friday, the 19th, we were thinking of bringing the group down on Thursday night afternoon (after the guest speaker) and those who wish can spend the weekend. The main problem is expense -- we were going to give them the choice of bus, train, or plane, just as long as they get there on time, and I have a list of inexpensive hotels which offer international student rates.

The group is very good -- the English is excellent, they're independent and quite content, and we've had no problems at all.

I assume that you will be having lunch with Gibbons and Kahn.

I assure you I will be having lunch with Gippون and Kahn.

all.

independent and quite content, and we've had no problems at
The group is very good -- the English is excellent, they're

student rates.

and I have a list of inexpensive hotels which offer international
of pna, train, or plane, just as long as they get there on time,
main problem as expense -- we were going to give them the choice
of great asaker) and those who wish can abend the weekend. The
bringing the group down on thursdays at 7am afternoon (after the
thing can be set up for Friday, the 19th, we were thinking of
teller headquarters -- I imagine there will be more. It some-
At this point, 18 people have signed up for a trip to the Rocke-
on August 8.

Fighter, the leading team sociologist from the Divinity School
two places being filled by Katiakowaty (And. 6), and Father
The great asaker schedule has now been completed, the last
alovaskia).

(Germany), Wilfred Martens (Belgium), and Pavel Kovály (Czech-
rope) with Franciase Kourilaky (France), Ingrid Sommerkorn
Tonight will be the first open forum: "Student Activism in
Today they are off on an historical tour of Boston by bus.

Wednesday, July 10

especially Moraelli, who takes a pretty conservative stance.
from the NWC. Both considered only moderately successful,
Seminars and great asakers - Franklin Ford and John Moraelli

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INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR - July 29, 1968

Monday, July 22

As you know, your talk was extremely successful and everybody is
anxious to hear more.

Film: "The Shooting of Liberty Valence" (John Wayne/James Stewart
in what Cavell considers the last of the great Westerns)

Tuesday, July 23

Paul Seabury (and a State Dept. man named Skip Parnell) visited
for the morning. Seabury sat in on Lodge's class and had lunch
with David Kieft. He left an outline for his group with me (en-
closed). Seabury seems full of enthusiasm and arrived wearing Ber-
muda shorts.

Speaker: David Riesman was the most sought-after guest apeaker to
have lunch with, but I gather his talk was a bit of a disappointment.
His topic was education in America, and was perhaps a bit too general.
However, he was basically successful.

Wednesday, July 24

After a late start (the bus was lost), the group went to General
Motors, apparently a very good trip -- evidence of the technocrats
this year. There was a buffet lunch, tour, and question period.

Forum: The topic was "Can Representative Government Deal with the Problems of a Modern Society" -- all speakers were M.P.'s. The Forum was rather mediocre -- in some cases the English was poor, and it simply was not a controversial topic. Speakers were Nel Barendregt, Bill Price, Murasoli Maran, and Amos Dgany. The crowd numbered 100 - 150.

Thursday, July 25

Lodge's last seminar. I think the reaction to him has been favorable, but he did not generate the excitement he did last year. I gather that he did not try to structure the sessions at all and the discussions were pretty far-ranging. This year's group is singular in that they never complain -- if you pin somebody down so that he expresses displeasure, it's just very casual -- they seem almost too prepared for America and for the Seminar.

Speaker: Tom Wicker was wonderful -- very organized (he discussed his view of the American political scene today and gave some thoughts for the future), intuitive, and intelligent. I was very impressed -- he had to be back in Washington for a cocktail party for James Reston but he never hurried or skimmed over a question. He was also very charming in a very American way. The only other speaker I have seen is Herman Kahn, but I can't imagine that many have been better.

## Friday, July 26

Quite a sizable group went to Newton High, where they had a lecture and then sat in on classes. I heard few comments, but that is probably a good sign since it was a bit of a disaster last year.

Speaker: John Updike, fresh from the beach at Ipswich, arrived tanned and boyish. We used the Senior Common Room in Lehman Hall and served beer. He was completely charming and lucid. He read from one of his short stories describing the plight of a popular American writer (no longer a person but a "thing", all packaged and marketed) and then answered all kinds of questions ranging from his religious crisis to his view on literary critics. It was really a stunning performance -- perhaps more interesting to the Americans than to the Seminar participants, few of whom xx were familiar with his works.

Wayland: about half the group went to have dinner with host families in Wayland. All returned thoroughly wined and dined.

## Saturday, July 27

About a dozen went to Karen Zamecnik's home in Ipswich for a day in the sun. The Bernats took 4 or 5 to a party given by some of their friends, which I gather was quite an extravaganza.

## Sunday, July 28

We went to Tanglewood -- the program was Beethoven's Pastoral, Strauss' Don Juan, and Stravinsky's Fire Bird. The weather cleared by the time we arrived and it was very pleasant.

Next week's forum will be: "What Is the World Coming To: Prescriptions for the 1970's" with Guy Berger, Gustaf Delin, Knut Frydenlund, Nour Rahimi, and Miss Ban. Mr. Brown decided to cancel the following week's forum, figuring that everybody would be watching the convention on TV.

We are having a special showing of a documentary entitled "A Time for Burning" on the Negro riots, which we borrowed from the Business School. Also, "Citizen Kane".

We are beginning to work out the Washington trip -- sort of about 15 have signed up. They seem more interested in visiting institutions and committees than individuals this year -- in fact, the only person listed on a form I circulated was Harold Howe!

I am afraid that all of us are spoiled after last summer, but this group just does not have the intelligence, creativity, or depth of last summer. For example, I mentioned with great pleasure to one of the humanities participants that John Updike was coming and he said, "Oh, damn, I want to go to the Newport Folk Festival." After awhile, you lose interest in trying to present exciting things.

Some of those who do seem to stand out at the end of a month are Antonio Pimenta-Neves, Guy Berger, Pavel Kovaly, and Nel Barendregt. Ingrid Sommerkorn is bright but perhaps a bit too ambitious. Gustaf Delin is intelligent but seems to have found entertainment away from Harvard. Though his English is weak, the Japanese Hara is delightful and getting a good deal out of the program. These are just casual opinions after a month and, of course, I don't see the seminars in action -- but one could wish for a bit more spontaneous interest.

1968 SCHEDULE - FIFTH WEEK (July 29 - August 4)

Monday, July 29

11:00 - 12:55 Meeting of the Politics and Economics Section with Professor Paul Seabury (this is the beginning of the international section of the discussions)

2:00 - 3:15 Meeting with Professor Kissinger in Holyoke B and C to continue last week's discussion on foreign policy (no luncheon).

7:30 Film: Citizen Kane. Orson Welles directed, wrote, and starred in this 1940's film which is the story of Charles Foster Kane, a newspaper tycoon patterned in part on William Randolph Hearst. We get tantalizing glimpses into the life of Kane through the eyes of five people who knew him. All we know of Kane is that he drives himself into voluntary exile; we never learn why. Technically, Citizen Kane is a virtuoso piece. The film introduced the use of overlapping dialogue, special wide-angle, deep-focus photography and the use of the dialogue track to span a long period of time. Time magazine called Citizen Kane "...the most sensational product of the U.S. movie industry. It has found important new techniques in picture-making and sotry-telling. Artful and artfully artless..."

Tuesday, July 30

2:30 - 4:00 Guest Speaker: to be announced (Attorney General Richardson has been forced to cancel his visit).

7:30 Special Film: A Time for Burning. This is one of the best documentary films made on the civil rights problem. To be shown in Boylston Hall.

Wednesday, July 31

9:15 - 12:00 Visit to the Christian Science Monitor in Boston.
Please meet David Kieft in Lehman Hall to go by
public transportation to the Christian Science
Monitor offices in Boston. This is one of the
leading newspapers in the United States. A tour
of the facilities will take place at 10:00. Mr.
Hayward, editor of the Overseas News Department,
will talk to the group.

PLEASE SIGN UP ON THE BULLETIN BOARD if you plan
to go.

8:00 INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR PUBLIC FORUM in 105 Emerson
Lecture Hall: topic to be announced. A recep-
tion will follow in Ticknor Library.

Thursday, August 1

2:30 - 4:00 Guest Speaker: (Holyoke B and C) FRANCIS BATOR,
Professor of Political Economy, John F. Kennedy
School of Government, and Director of Studies in
the School's Institute of Politics. From 1951
to 1963, Mr. Bator was on the faculty of economics
at MIT and a member of the research staff on MIT's
Center for International Studies. Before coming
to the Kennedy School, Mr. Bator was the Senior
Economic Advisor, Agency for International De-
velopment, Department of State (1963-64), and a
member of the Senior Staff, National Security
Council (1964-65). From 1965 until September 1967,
he served as Deputy Special Assistant to the Presi-
dent for National Security Affairs. In 1967, he
was named as Special Consultant to the Secretary of
the Treasury and member of the Advisory Committee
on International Monetary Arrangements. Mr. Bator's
book, *The Question of Government Spending* (1960),
was published by Harper & Row.

Friday, August 2

9:00

*Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire.*

Phillips Exeter is one of the finest preparatory schools in the United States. The visit includes coffee in the art gallery, classes, luncheon, and a tour of the campus and athletic facilities. You are encouraged to contribute to, or even teach,

the class that you visit. Please meet Bob Fichter
in front of Winthrop House to go by bus to Exeter.

5:30 Cocktails and buffet dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, 99 Irving Street, Cambridge.

Saturday, August 3

9:00 **Ipswich:** Visit to Crane's beach on Massachusetts' North Shore and to several colonial homes. Ipswich is celebrating 17th Century Days and many of the towns people will be dressing up in traditional costume. John Updike has written a pageant for the occasion which we hope to attend. Details of transportation and schedule will be announced.

# 1968 HARVARD INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

## Politics and Economics Group

Chairman: Paul Seabury

### Monday, July 29

#### Opening Talk

### Tuesday, July 30

#### The détente in the Cold War.

a. Can we still speak of the Cold War, or has the détente symbolized an end of it?

b. Does the loosening of the Cold War blocs hold promise of further loosening international tensions?

c. What strategies of "bridge building" contribute to tension reduction?

d. How might a protracted détente affect the international status of the super powers?

### Thursday, August 1

#### National interests, domestic priorities, and international order

a. Are national interests chiefly determined by the nation's international environment, or by domestic politics?

b. To what extent do domestic priorities claim the attention and resources of nations?

### Monday, August 5

#### American domestic necessities and American foreign policy

a. Do American international commitments mortgage American domestic programs?

b. Is the United States going "neo-isolationist"?

### Tuesday, August 6

#### Priorities and tendencies in the industrialized world

a. Is there a community of interests among the economically and technologically advanced societies?

b. Does the idea "Atlantic Community" exemplify or contradict the notion of a European community?

c. What kinds of responsibilities do the industrialized nations have in the Third World?

### Thursday, August 8

#### Priorities and changes among the new nations

a. What does neutralism signify in a polycentric world of nations?

b. What is the relationship between the foreign policies of new nations and their political and economic development?