CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM

From: H.H.Ransom

To: Henry A. Kissinger

December 8, 1959

On December 1, Audrey Plimpton completed one year of service with the Defense Studies Program.

The purpose of this memorandum is to report, as her immediate supervisor, on her performance as administrative secretary during this past year.

Her work in every category has been excellent. She has proved to be an accurate secretary and a conscientious and cooperative assistant in the management of the Defense Policy Seminar.

It might be appropriate at this point to give her at least a token salary raise. It is my understanding that her last salary increase was June 1, when she took over duties being performed by Miss Henderson. Her salary is now $3,600.

If a salary increase is not possible or advisable now, perhaps a note of commendation on her work to date, from you, would be appropriate.

February 21, 1961

Harvard University
Personnel Office
Little Hall

Gentlemen:

Please find enclosed the personnel record
form for Miss Elizabeth Theiler. This form was
forwarded to us by Dean Price's office and has
been signed by Dr. Harry Howe Ranson, Miss Theiler's
immediate supervisor and Dr. Henry A. Kissinger,
Director of the Defense Studies Program for which
she works.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

OFFICE OF THE DEAN

LITTAUER CENTER
CAMBRIDGE 38, MASSACHUSETTS

June 25, 1962

Professor Henry A. Kissinger
6 Divinity Avenue

Dear Henry:

Your travel schedule, and Bob's, and mine, made it hard to consult each other last month when we were trying to straighten out the issues of the raise for Maury Feld during the recent academic year, and his salary for the next several years.

Since I had held up the action on the past academic year for a length of time that must have seemed rather discouraging to Maury, and since you were out of the country when the issue arose, I joined with Bob in recommending a term appointment at the higher salary rate even though the term in question goes beyond the period for which funds are available for the GSPA share of his salary.

I did this with the expectation that you were going to be able to find funds for continuation of the seminar in the future, or that enough could be carried over out of the present grant to take care of this commitment.

If I was wrong in this assumption, I hope we can have a talk soon about how to take care of the matter.

DKP:B
cc: Professor Bowie

1962

SECRETARY FOR THE DEFENSE STUDIES PROGRAM, Professor Henry A. Kissinger,
Director

Starting salary: $275 per month

Work time: 9-5 weekdays, except Wednesdays, 9-6; 3 weeks vacation per year, University Holidays

Starting date: anytime from the end of December to the beginning of February

Required: young college graduate, preferably with former secretarial experience
good typing: 50 wpm or higher
adequate-good shorthand: 70-80 wpm

## Duties Include:

Arranging Guest Speakers, faculty dinners, room facilities, reading lists, some library materials, and intermittent limited publications for the Defense Policy Seminar, a full course of about 70 graduate students; attending Wednesday seminar sessions; answering student questions.

✓ Managing the budget of the Program, including simple book keeping, bill paying, wage paying for clerical help, and fund raising.

✓ Ordering and recording publications related to Defense Policy.

Incidental duties for Mr. Kissinger, such as travel arrangements, occasional manuscript typing for his personal use, and the typing of weekly papers on underdeveloped countries produced by his research assistants.

**SUMMARY:** The secretary works with Mr. Kissinger, his personal secretary, and faculty assistants, in addition to having numerous un-supervised responsibilities. For this reason she must be coopera-tive and flexible, and at the same time show initiative in indepen-dent work. Good judgment in ordering her various duties is essential.

**PLEASE APPLY TO:** Miss Elizabeth Theiler, Defense Studies Program
Center for International Affairs
Harvard University
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts
University 8-7600, extension 421