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## Mrs. Meir's courage

It has taken a good deal of courage for Israel's Prime Minister Golda Meir to sign a troop withdrawal agreement with Egypt and then to warn her people to expect still further withdrawals. She knew she was risking the wrath of Israel's hawks, who proved their increasing popularity in the New Year's Eve election—but she did it.

The wrath struck when she explained to Parliament why she had signed. Yet her main reason was indisputable. She had no choice. Continued tense confrontation along the Suez would have brought new war, she said, and the multitude of cease-fire violations suggests she was right. There were other reasons, but the threat of more war must be impelling.

She can take comfort from the fact that Egypt's hawks are unhappy, too, and that Cairo's President Sadat has had to embark on a tour of explanation to other Arab nations. If her hawks think she conceded too much, Egypt's hawks apparently think she conceded too little. And that may be a good sign that the deal was fair to all.

There is some suspicion on both sides, too, of the role of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the door-to-door diplomacy which led to the agreement. That he is suspected by some people on both sides may be another good sign—proof that he has been as impartial as possible.

Washington sources say that the United States made unspecified, unwritten diplomatic commitments in both camps, but that Mr. Kissinger made no secret military commitment to defend Israel.

Such a commitment would have been a mistake. Secret military agreements cannot foresee every possibility, and they tend to encourage rashness. We doubt that in the tender-box Mideast there could be any such promise on which we would not have to make good, and soon. The pressured nations there tend to play their high cards fast.

Had Mr. Sadat suspected any such agreement, he would never have commended the United States, as he did, for evolving a more even-handed Mid-east policy, or said that this could result in an easing of the Arab oil embargo.

But we hope Mr. Kissinger was thinking more of peace than of oil when he met with Mrs. Meir. She has suggested as much: "We signed the agreement with the object of advancing toward a permanent peace settlement . . ."

That is the essential point. Israel and Egypt have both taken a first step toward peace, but compromise has called for a special fortitude on the part of Mrs. Meir, that tired grandmother who is wrestling with grave issues at a fearful price to her health at a time in life when her dearest hope is to sit by the fire and watch the sunset.

EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tel Aviv, Israel

July 22, 1974

Major General Julius Klein
One East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois

Dear Julius:

Thank you very much for your letter of June 20 in which Mary
joins. I hope we will soon have an opportunity to get together.

I would require several pages to answer your inquiry in your
P.S. but, briefly, the President's visit to Israel and the Middle
East was highly successful. As expected, he received a "most
enthusiastic" reception here both from ministers and from the
people in the press. The same seems to be true also in the Arab
countries which he visited. Altogether it was a huge success.

Warmest regards.

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Address Reply to
One East Wacker Drive
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June 24, 1974

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

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I am sure you have read the recent statement by Dr. Nahum Goldman. I am enclosing herewith, for your information, copy of the May 5th, 1970 letter from the late David Ben-Gurion giving his views on Goldman.

Lately Dr. Goldman has been issuing many statements. As far as you are concerned, they are complimentary, but he is an egomaniac, and at one time, he wanted to be Prime Minister or Foreign Minister of Israel. He tried to take the credit for the restitution treaty with the Adenauer Government, in which he played a part--but certainly not a major one. In view of the fact that he now surfaces again with other statements in his position in the international Jewry, I think you ought to read the opinion of the late Ben-Gurion--handwritten and typewritten copy is enclosed for your information.

Incidentally, Ben-Gurion also wrote me many years ago, and I am sure you have copy of this, that only the United States and Soviet Russia can bring peace to the Middle East. I feel that you on behalf of President Nixon have begun this job brilliantly and deserve another Nobel Prize.

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My dear Major General Julius Klein

As you see I am now in Tiberias by order of my doctor. In a few days I will be back in Sdeh-Boker. Here I had time to read Goldman's autobiography. He is certainly a very able fellow-but you can never know whether he is telling the truth or a pure invention. As far as I understand he was never invited to meet Nasser, and many things which he tells in his biography is pure invention. I cannot always agree with Goldas action, but she was absolutely right in refusing to have anything to do with Nasser's "invitation" which never existed.

My dear friend - I don't know whether Russia really wants to have peace here or not.

Goldman was trying a long time to be invited by Russia, and therefore he made speeches in favor of Russia. Now he is trying to be invited by Nasser. Very few people here trust a word of Goldman, but he can certainly do a lot of harm to Israel - as we have plenty of enemies not only in Russia but in many countries.

Chicago, Illinois 60601
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Permanent Address
One East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601

November 1, 1973

Honorable Dr. Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State
The White House
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Secretary:

My old colleague and friend, Sidney Gruson, Vice President of the New York Times, was kind enough to send me the attached photograph which you undoubtedly know, appeared on the front page of the New York Times on September 23, 1973, when that paper recognized the historical event of your appointment as our Secretary of State.

The caption read as follows:

"New Secretary of State: Henry A. Kissinger being sworn in by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger at White House. Mr. Kissinger's mother holds Bible; President Nixon stands at left. Mr. Kissinger - born in Germany, but naturalized citizen - becomes U.S.'s 56th Secretary. Page 11."

Sidney Gruson and I have often talked about you especially this historical event. I took the liberty of sending this photograph to President Nixon with the request that he be good enough to autograph same. To my great pleasure the President had this picture mounted and inscribed to me with his autograph, and it was accompanied by a letter, copy of which I am enclosing.

To me your appointment is one of the most important milestones in America - yes, in World history, as it graphically demonstrates what the U.S.A. stands for!

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I would deeply appreciate, if you would be good enough to autograph it for me. With your permission after receiving your autograph, I would like to send same to your beloved mother asking her to be good enough to autograph the picture. Then I will send it to Chief Justice Burger for his autograph. The photograph will have a place of honor in my library.

Some day after my demise, arrangements have been made that my historical photographs and documents be donated to the Chicago Historical Society, the Jewish Historical Society, The University of Wisconsin and the Congressionally Chartered Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. Memorial in Washington, D.C. I have also made arrangements in my will for a "Julius Klein Room", where most important historical photographs and documents will be on display.

Thanking you in advance, I am with kindest personal regards,

Sincerely,

JK/cib

Enclosure

Julius Klein
Major General, AUS (ret)

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

October 29, 1973

Dear Julius:

Many thanks for your letter of October 18. I was pleased to note your comments regarding my selection of Dr. Kissinger as Secretary of State. Henry Kissinger brings to this key position a wealth of talent and experience, and I am confident he will serve our country and our fellow citizens with dedication and distinction.

I was happy to autograph the photo which you enclosed, and it comes to you with my best wishes, as always.

Major General Julius Klein, AUS (Ret.)
One East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601

FROM THE DESK OF

JULIUS KLEIN

November 18, 1974

TO:The Hon.Henry Kissinger

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I am shocked about the publicity General Haig has received especially in Germany. I am enclosing copy of a letter I wrote to Ernst Cramer for Axel Springer.

Also enclosed is a letter from General Speidel to me. Speidel played a very important role in NATO politics and I am glad he knows you and appreciate his complimentary remarks about David Bruce.

DR. HANS SPEIDEL

General a. D., Professor h. c.

534 Bad Honnef/Rhein 14. November 1974

Am Spitzenbach 21

Telefon 3150

Lieber Kamerad Julius!

Vielen herzlichen Dank für Ihr gutes Lebenszeichen vom 7. November, dem hoffentlich bald einmal ein Besuch von Ihnen und Ihrer verehrten, lieben Gattin in Deutschland folgen wird.

Ihre Mitteilungen haben mich sehr interessiert und bewegt. Ich teile vollkommen Ihre "uffassung über die historischen Verdienste von Richard Nixon in der Außenpolitik.

Henry Kissinger kenne ich ja gut von Fontainebleau her und bin mit ihm noch in loser Verbindung.

Botschafter David Bruce kenne ich gut von der Zeit der Verhandlungen über eine europäische Verteidigungsgemeinschaft in Paris. Er hat uns dort als der "Beobachter" der USA in großartiger Weise geholfen. Sein Rat und seine Unterstützung waren damals von größtem Nutzen, von seinem persönlichen Charme ganz abgesehen. Ich hoffe, ihn in Brüssel wiederzusehen, nachdem mein Schwiegersohn, Botschafter Dr. Guido Brunner, als Nachfolger von Professor Dahrendorf Mitglied der EG-Kommission geworden ist.

Die Ernennung von General Haig, den ich nicht kenne, wurde hier mit sehr geteilten Gefühlen aufgenommen, zumal die Behandlung der hochbewährten Generale Goodpaster und Davison nicht sehr nobel war. "ies nur unter uns.

Für Ihre Erholung in Californien oder Florida wünschen wir das Allerbeste.

TRANSLATION

11/14/74

Dear Comrade Julius:

Sincere thanks for this good sign of life of November 7th, which, hopefully,
will soon be followed by your and your beloved, dear wife's visit to Germany.

I found your information very interesting and touching. I completely
share your opinion on the historical merits Richard Nixon achieved in
foreign policy. I very well know Henry Kissinger from Fountainebleau and
am still in touch with him occasionally.

Ambassador David Bruce is well-known to me from the time of the negotia-
tions concerning a European defense community in Paris. He was of immense
help to us there as the "observer" from the U.S.A. His advice and his
support were of greatest use to us then, not to speak of his personal
charm. I hope to see him again in Brussels, since my son-in-law, Ambassador
Dr. Guido Brunner has become member of the EG-Commission as successor of
Professor Dehrendorf.

The appointment of General Haig, whom I do not know, has been met with very mixed emotions, since the treatment of the highly trustworthy Generals Goodpaster and Davison was not very fair. This just between you and me.

I wish you the best for your holiday in California or Florida.

Our son has now returned from Washington and is transferred as General-
Staff-Officer to the Staff of the 5th Tank Division in Diez. He recalls
with greatest joy and satisfaction his time in the U.S.A.

With kindest regards and best wishes from both of us for you and your
beloved, dear wife, I am

As ever,

Your old

Hans

(Hans Speidel)

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Between you and me, Haig knows more about foreign policy and foreign strategy than Eisenhower did -- you know how close I was to former President Eisenhower. You are a patriotic American and in a unique position, and I am glad that Springer has you as his right man. I like to see Springer to meet General Haig "off the record."

With kindest regards,

Sincerely yours,

Julius Klein
Major General, AUS (ret.)

P.S. Your son was over the other night again, and believe me, Mrs. Klein and I enjoyed his visit. I am sure, he will be a great success.

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Nov. 20, 1974

Dr. Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State
State Department
Washington, DC 20006

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

I and my family were responsible during the middle and late thirties for the financing of more than one hundred and fifty German born people of Jewish descent, in arranging for these fine people to become American citizens and leave Germany in time to save their lives.

The responsibilities of our United States State Department that rest on your shoulders is greater today than ever in the history of our world affairs.

The clippings that I am attaching that appeared in the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent under date of Nov. 15, 1974, speak for themselves.

Every right minded American citizen should be praying for your good health and your continued judicious thinking in trying to resolve this very knotty Middle East problem so that we can all look forward to a state in the Middle East that will continue to harbor people of the Jewish faith so there will never again be a Hitler holocast. I do hope that those who are screening your mail will bring this letter to your attention because I truly feel these articles have merit.

JK:a

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THE BACK PAGE

JEWISH
EXPONENT

PLO-Arab Bloc
U.N. Strategy Is
Deceptive Game

By YITSCHAK BEN GAD
(MACLUF)

JEWISH EXPONENT U. N. Correspondent

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y.—Here in the U. N., Abba Eban's speculation that even the Ten Commandments would be rejected by the general Assembly because of their Israeli origin is most appropriate.

Here one gets the feeling of gross dishonesty. Here one realizes the impotence of this world organization symbolized by voluminous minutes of meetings, fancy catalogs and offices—but little action. Here the pronounced principle is that all people are equal, but in effect, some, especially those with oil, are more equal than others.

HERE JUSTICE means self-interest and rights belong only to those with might. Here there is no statesmanship, no concern for real peace and at times not even an understanding of the difference between fantasy and reality. Instead, there is only devious political bargaining. Here lies one of the great tragedies of the modern world.

Gamil Barudi, the Saudi Ara-

bian delegate, exemplifies the mysterious logic of the U. N. He

Barudi

complains that the world body does not contribute more than $60 million to support the Palestinian refugees and that this amount is not even sufficient for an equal number of dogs. He

“forgets,” however, that his own country, with an annual revenue (Continued on Page 97)

JEWISH EXPONENT

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# PLO U.N. Strategy Is Deceptive

*(Continued from Page 116)*

of over $25 billion, did not give a penny to his refugee brethren.

He proclaims that his country believes in freedom and is against Zionist fanaticism but overlooks that his own country has adopted the Koran, which considers Jews as inferior to Arabs, as its constitution. He condemns the partition plan of 1947 and favors restoration of the rights of Palestinian refugees through military action if necessary, but ignores the fact that it is this aggressiveness in the past that has made the Palestinians refugees.

There is as yet no certainty about the objectives and strategy of the PLO at the U. N. Reliable sources believe that the organization will appeal for U. N. mediation in arranging a settlement with Israel.

**AS ONE OF** the PLO delegates declared, "The PLO will show the world that the Palestinians want peace at a time when the Israelis do not." The Palestinian organization is emphasizing the point that the Geneva peace negotiations will be futile without their presence.

All attention is now focused on the historical debate. The Arab delegations, with the support and advice of others, are engaged in developing a common strategy.

According to the latest reports, a group of distinguished university professors prepared the draft of Yasir Arafat's maiden speech in the U. N.

The Arab bloc here is likely to demand that earlier resolutions recognizing the Palestinians only as refugees be overruled. It is presumed here that the bloc will ask for recognition of the Palestinians as a national entity.

**THIS TIPIFIES** the deception that goes on in the U. N. While declaring to the world its peaceful intentions and soliciting sympathy and help for its "national aspirations," the PLO will, at the same time, secretly continue its belief and plan for the destruction of Israel.

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JEWISH EXPONENT

Holocaust Education Esser

"There have been a few moments in history after which the world has never been the same. Some of these moments are exalt-ing and others devastating. The Holocaust was such a traumatic

event," Dr. I. David Passow declared.

DR. PASSOW, director of Gratz College's Netzky Institute of Adult Studies and a columnist for the JEWISH EXPONENT, and

Nina Kaleska Auerbach, a concert singer and onetime inmate of a concentration camp, discussed the Holocaust, the genocide of six million Jews by the Nazis in Europe during the late 1930s and 1940s, at a meeting of the Federation of Jewish Agencies Young Men's Service Committee.

"There is an inexplicable feeling and a strength which keeps the Jewish people alive," Mrs. Auerbach said. "The knowledge of the Holocaust must be made the knowledge of Jews and non-Jews alike. We must reach out of our own community and convey non-Jews that we mean them well."

THE HOLOCAUST was theme of meeting held by Federation of Jewish Agencies Young Men's Service Committee. Taking part is a man

November 15, 1974

# Arab-Jew's Letter to Arafat

(Continued from Page 37)

ual link between me as a Jew and the land of Israel is stronger than the Palestinian covenant. The Jewish people are one of the oldest nations defined by a common origin, a language, a territory, a religion, a common history of statehood, exile and persecution. Jewish history is a history of and for the land of Israel. Jewish religion combines universal values and a particular relationship to the Jewish people and the Jewish homeland, *Eretz Yisroel*.

In our burial prayer we say, "May the Lord comfort you among all those that mourn for Zion and Jerusalem."

Three times a day the religious Jew says:

"Have mercy, O Lord, and return to Jerusalem, Thy city."

On Passover and Yom Kippur he says:

"Next year in Jerusalem, the holy city" and during a wedding he breaks a glass as sign of mourning for Jerusalem and says:

"May Zion rejoice as her children are restored to her in joy."

**NOBODY HAS** the right to deny my historical and spiritual birthright to the land of Israel. For me as a Jew, Israel is not only a refuge but a culture, "history," a religion and the only place for existence.

Denying my right to exist means forcing me to do the thing that I hate the most, to hold the sword for a third time in order to defend my existence.

Your appearance in the United Nations is a turning point in the history of the Palestinian people. Now more than at any earlier time, you have to be realistic and pragmatic. Understanding the facts and adopting compromise as the fine art of diplomacy will serve both our nations.

**AND LAST,** but not least, all those who advise you to kill are

the enemy of your people and my people. Of them our prophet said:

"Woe unto those who state that which is evil is good and good is evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, bitter for which is sweet and sweetness for that which is bitter." (Isaiah 5:20)

Let peace be upon you.

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Engagements

FINKELSTEIN-FISCHLER

Mrs. Rose Finkelstein, of Tam-
arac, Fla., formerly of Philadel-
phia, announces the engagement
of her daughter,
Merle, to Bruce
Evan Fischler, son
of Dr. and Mrs.
Abraham Fischler,
of Hollywood Hills,
Fla.

Miss Finkelstein

Miss Finkelstein,
daughter of the late
Mr. Herman Fink-

ROTHBAUM-GANTZ

Mr. and Mrs. Milton W. Roth-
baum, of Pennsauken, N. J., an-
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Sara Rae,
to Harold Michael
Gantz, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack
Gantz, of Cherry
Hill.

Miss Rothbaum

Miss Rothbaum
was graduated from
Fairleigh - Dickin-
son University,
Madison, N. J. Her fiance was
graduated from Newark College
of Engineering.

An August wedding is planned.

All Over Town You'll Hear
"I Saw It In The Exponent"

November 15, 1974

JEWISH EXPONENT

Arab-Jew's Letter to Arafat

(Continued from Page 1)

to fight for survival against people
I respect, but who, ironically,
consider me their enemy.

YOU ARE TO APPEAR at the
U. N. I urge that instead of in-
dulging in polemics, you really
clarify your position.

I have visited Palestinian re-
fugee camps on the Western Bank
and in the Gaza strip. I fully
sympathize with the suffering of
these people since 1948, and have
a strong desire to help them. It is
clear that peace is most essential
for them. I am disturbed, there-
fore, by your belief in war as a
solution to our problems.

Let me quote the Palestinian
covenant, section 9: the PLO
“declares that an armed struggle
is the only way of freeing Pales-
tine.” In other words, you re-
ject a political settlement.

SHOULD PEACE for your
people be obtained by violence
aimed at us? Why, then, the sense-
less killings of innocent school
children? Why the armed attacks
on our border towns? Why the
indiscriminate killing of harmless
women in market places? Not
only do such acts perpetuate bit-
terness and hostility, they violate
the very basis of Islam, your own
religion, and the values on which
it is based.

Islam, like Judaism, regards life
as holy and forbids its taking ex-
cept in self-defense. But is the
killing of innocent children and
women an act of self-defense?
Certainly, schools are not battle-
fields and the houses of civilians
are not military headquarters!
Both as an Arab-Jew and as a
soldier, I was taught never to
shoot an enemy if he raises his
hand in surrender.

WE DO NOT need our holy
books to support this view. Re-
spected national movements must
distinguish between killing on the
battlefield and killing of innocent
people. What frightens me the

will succeed in planting hatred
among our people against yours.

AS A TEACHER, I taught my
students to respect your culture
and your people, but the killing
of our children by your armed
men destroys in that minute my
educational preaching of a year.

To me the most insulting pass-
age in your covenant is section
20: It declares that "the conten-

tion that there is a spiritual link
between the Jews and Palestine is
not in accord with historical re-
ality and that the Jews are not a
nation with an independent per-
sonality, but only citizens of the
states to which they belong."

AND, MR. ARAFAT, the rea-
son for many past wars was often
the lack of knowledge. The spirit-

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December 19, 1974

Honorable Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20510

Dear Mr. Secretary:

Thank you very much for your gracious letter of
November 24, 1974.

I want to congratulate you to your new success at
the Martinique meeting, and pray, that all your efforts
especially in the Middle East will continue to be success-
ful.

I am glad you agree with me, that you should have an
informal talk with the very distinguished former Washington
bureau chief of the Copley Press, Mr. Ray McHugh. As I
wrote you before, since he retired, he has been consultant
to the Administrator of the Veterans Administration. He
is one Washington correspondent, who knows the globe well,
as he has circled it many times and is an expert on inter-
national affairs and knows the pulse of the country, espe-
cially the hinterland. I believe, if you send for him and
just let him tell you the reaction of the "mainstream" of
America, it will help you in your own operations. I feel
that the majority of the American people, especially in the
urban regions, do not know or understand our foreign policy,
and it is important, that they rally to your support, as
senators and congressmen look to their constituents when
they make their decisions.

Incidentally, the attached letter from Ambassador Keating
is similar to many others I receive from my friends. For
the excellent job you are doing for our country, you should
receive recognition now and not wait for history to be
written in later years; and as I said before, Ray McHugh
can, as a friend, give you some good common sense advice.

I hope this letter finds you well, and I remain with kindest
personal regards and best wishes for the Holiday Season,

Julius Klein/b
Major General, AUS (ret.)
Encl.

Tel Aviv, Israel

October 23, 1974

Major General Julius Klein (Ret)
One East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601

Dear Julius:

Your letter of September 4 was brought to my attention on my return to Israel.

I am glad you agree that Henry Kissinger has done a great job toward advancing all the parties in the Middle East along the road toward some eventual settlement. I think the government leaders here understand and approve of what he has done, but I agree that there is a great deal of anti-Kissinger sentiment both in the American and Israeli press which I consider completely unjustified.

Warmest regards.

March 12, 1975

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

Dear Mr. Secretary:

Knowing how close General Alexander Haig was to you and
how much you trusted him, I think you will be interested
in the attached letter from Special Watergate Prosecutor
Leon Jaworski.

As you know, General Haig, whom I consider a statesman-soldier
like Eisenhower and MacArthur, received undue criticism, when
he was appointed Commander of NATO here and abroad.

This letter might come in handy and you might care to
bring it to the attention of some of your departments,
where you feel it will be of help to bring out the real
image of this fine professional and patriotic soldier.

March 12, 1975

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March 7, 1975

Major General Julius Klein
One East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601

Dear General Klein:

The transcript of excerpts of the conversation I had with Kup on his show is incomplete, as you point out. However, it does indicate what my comments have been in general regarding Alexander Haig and also it gives an indication of my high personal regard for him.

I made it clear on a number of occasions to members of the news media and to Congressmen as well as others that there was nothing in General Haig's conduct at the White House during the Nixon administration subject to adverse criticism, in my judgment. I dealt with General Haig for almost a year. There was hardly a week that we were not in contact with each other and sometimes several times a week. I found him to be honorable in his own conduct and certainly fair in all of his dealings with me.

Naturally, General Haig owed his allegiance to President Nixon and he demonstrated this allegiance until the very end. He and I disagreed on some aspects of Watergate, which was to be expected. Following Nixon's resignation, I talked with Senator Stennis, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and I made it ever so clear to him that I not only found nothing improper in General Haig's conduct but that I personally admired and respected him greatly.

Of course, the cause for some of the criticism rests in the fact that some people are naturally vindictive and have little regard for ascertaining the facts. Others

35 East Wacker Drive
Suite 2380
Chicago, Illinois 60601

September 8, 1975

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

My dear Dr. Kissinger:

Attached please find copy of my letter to the
President.

I can't add more than telling you, not only in
my capacity as a retired general officer and a
Jew, but first of all as an American, how for-
tunate we are, that you are at the helm of the
ship of foreign affairs.

I realize that this is only the tip of the ice-
berg, but I am confident in times to come the
Good Lord will guide your hand, and your brilliant
mind will be the instrument in bringing lasting
peace to the State of Israel and the entire Middle
East.

I beg to remain, Mr. Secretary,

Encl.

JULIUS KLEIN

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September 8, 1975

The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President:

The threatened attack on you last Friday shocked
the entire nation.

It so happened, that Friday was also the beginning
of the High Jewish Holidays and we all prayed for
your welfare and continuous good health to carry
out your awesome job to be the skipper of our nation
and thanked the Lord for having saved you.

I also want to take this opportunity of congratulating
you on the so-called interim agreement between Egypt
and Israel, which Henry Kissinger carried out in behalf
of you and the nation, and during these High Jewish
Holidays of American Jewry our prayers go out for
you and Dr. Kissinger and of course our country.

I beg to remain, Mr. President,

C
O
P
Y

Chicago Chapter
The Military Order of the World Warz

ARMED FORCES DAY BANQUET

Chicago Regency Hyatt House

17 May 1975

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Col. Kenneth A. Plummer

AFTER HOURS PHONE: EU6-9134

General Chairman

Col. Frank A. Wittosch

Committees

Army

Maj. Gen. Francis P. Kane

Navy

Ensign Shirley Gray

Air Force

Maj. Gen. Don Smith

Marine Corps

Col. William W. Kass

Reservations

Cmdr. George R. Balling

Civie

Capt. Tom Lewis

ISRAEL PRESENTS MEDAL TO
CHICAGOAN GENERAL KLEIN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Shimon Peres, Minister of Defense of the State of Israel, has conferred the Fighters for Freedom Medal to Major General (Ret.) Julius Klein of Chicago, it was announced today (date) by Ehud Avriel, Consul General of Israel in Chicago.

The award, one of Israel's highest, will be presented to General Klein Saturday, May 17. The presentation will take place at the annual Armed Forces Day Dinner sponsored by the Chicago Chapter Military Order of the World War, at Chicago Hyatt Regency Hotel at 7 p.m.

The award cites his "distinguished and extraordinary service in 1947-48 leading to the founding of the State of Israel."

It also refers to "invaluable advice and guidance that he provided to the Ministry of Defense and the highest councils of government of the State of Israel."

Consul General Avriel called General Klein one of the great citizen-soldiers of the United States. He said: "This is a most fitting occasion for the presentation of the medal to General Klein because Armed Forces Day has been traditionally set aside in the United States to honor the men and women of the Armed Services.

General Klein also holds the Distinguished Service Star of the Philippines government, presented during his service under General MacArthur during World War II. Other citations include the French Legion of Honor, the Soldiers Medal for Heroism and the Legion of Merit with two clusters.

COVERAGE INFORMATION

Armed Forces Day Dinner

Saturday, May 17 (6 p.m. cocktails/7:15 p.m. dinner)

Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago (Regency Ballroom), 151 E. Wacker

35 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Suite 2380

June 11, 1976

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I have been corresponding with our mutual good friend Joe Sisco, who I am sure will post you.

It will interest you to know what I have written to Secretary Simon today. Joe Sisco has all the pertinent enclosures, and I wish you good luck on your forthcoming talks with Prime Minister Vorster of South Africa. What a tragic situation!

You are doing a wonderful job and I am very proud of you that according to the latest polls you are still the number one popular member of the Administration.

With every good wish and hoping to see you soon, I am

Encl.

(dictated from hospital)

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June 11, 1976

Honorable William E. Simon
Secretary of the Treasury
Department of the Treasury
Washington, D.C. 20220

Dear Mr. Secretary:

While it has not been my pleasure to meet you personally, only once socially at a reception in Washington, I want you to know that I am one of your most ardent admirers for the outstanding job you are doing for our country. I have known most of the Secretaries of the Treasury for the last fifty years, and in my book you are tops.

I am enclosing herewith a letter that I wrote to Dr. Schindler, President of the Jewish Presidents' Association, which touches on the oil problem of our country. I am sure it will interest you.

It is a tragedy that our great country should be subject to the blackmail of the oil barons of the Arab countries.

Incidentally, I heard from very good sources that top geologists including Professor Hamm, who discovered the Alaskan oil, after very thorough research, are convinced that there are huge oil deposits in South West Africa, which is part of South Africa. It is a tragedy that our country has, and I must admit rightfully so, reservations in regard to our relations with South Africa, which includes South West Africa where the oil deposits are. It is estimated by the specialists that these deposits might be bigger than the ones in Kuwait.

I therefore, welcome that Secretary Kissinger will meet with Prime Minister Vorster of South Africa

in the near future and somehow with the great talent
he has demonstrated in the past and in close cooperation
with you, will find a way to prevent the Third World
and the communists to get control of this potential
source of energy, which our nation and our democratic
allies so vitally need.

There is a big difference between Rhodesia and South Africa, which has more than four million white Afri-kaaners, who came there more than 400 years ago and are really natives of that part of the world, contrary to the situation in Rhodesia.

I hope your experts on this problem will study this
possibility so that our Secretary of State will be
completely briefed before he meets the South African
Prime Minister on this great problem facing the Free
World. I know it is a tough problem and we are on
the spot, but the preservation of our economy comes
first before any other consideration, and you have
eloquently demonstrated that in the past since you
took office.

Just to refresh your memory as to my background, I
am enclosing herewith a copy of the many reports which
I wrote about the various missions, which the Adminis-
tration and Congress asked me to undertake.

I remain, Mr. Secretary, with kind regards,

(dictated, but not read)

Wo die Gefahr
ihren Ursprung hat...

Ein Brief von CARL J. BURCKHARDT
an
HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL

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Schönenberg · 1925 · 12. Nov.

(für zwei Tage hier,
dann wieder Champel Genf)

Lieber verehrter Freund!

Wundern Sie sich nicht bisweilen darüber, daß die so-
genannten Staatsmänner unserer Zeit so wenig wahrnehmen,
was wirklich vor sich geht? Alles starrt immer auf Deutsch-
land, als ob alle Entscheidung von dort kommen würde, alle
Gefahr dort ihren Ursprung habe, hinter diesem faszinieren-
den, Schrecken, Zorn oder Anbiederungsversuche auslösenden
Phänomen Deutschland wird man nicht gewahr, was hinter
dem Vorhang der deutschen Grenzen gespielt wird:

Es war gestern, daß wir Brest-Litowsk erlebten,
damals war Rußland auf die Grenzen zurückgewiesen, die es
zur Mitte des 16ten Jahrhunderts besaß. Das von den
letzten Zaren beherrschte Gebiet im Westen und im Süden,
die ganze Ukraine gingen verloren, im Transkaukasus waren
unabhängige Staaten: Armenien, Aserbeidschan, Georgien
entstanden, ganz Sibirien bildete eine unabhängige Einheit.
Aber schon heute ist alles zurückgewonnen. Nur Polen,
das auferstandene katholische Polen, bleibt bis zu den
nächsten Erdstößen selbständig, sodann die kleinen schutz-
losen baltischen Provinzen.

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In Sibirien konnten die roten Armeen ungestört operieren. Niemand war da, der es verhindert hätte, Ukraine aber und transkaukasische Gebiete wurden zurückgewonnen, indem man sie an die bolschewistische Kirche anschloß. Die Japaner, die vor 3 Jahren aus der 1920 gegründeten fernöstlichen Republik abzogen, ermöglichten durch ihr erzwungenes Weggehen den Anschluß an die RSFSR, jetzt stand Rußland wieder am Stillen Ozean.

Merkwürdig, daß in der ganzen angelsächsischen Welt, in England und seinen Dominien, so gut wie in den Vereinigten Staaten diese weltgeschichtlich entscheidende Tatsache viel weniger Interesse erweckt als eventuelle Vorgänge, eventuelle Entwicklungen, die sich am Rhein oder im künstlich isolierten Deutsch-Österreich oder vor allem in bezug auf die Tschechoslowakei einstellen könnten. — Welch eine weltpolitische Perspektive! Die Republik Beneschs!

Glauben Sie einen Augenblick, daß, wenn alles ins große Fließen kommt, diese Republik der ungeheuren Wirkung der marxistisch-slawischen Anziehung, diesem Motiv zur Weltföderation, widerstehen wird? Panslavismus mit dem Auftrieb einer neuen Religion!

Glaubt man etwa, die Armen und Enterbten, die durch rationalistische Missionsschulen ihrer einstigen religiösen Bindungen entledigten asiatischen Massen, würden den hier und jetzt einlösbaren Verheißungen der Heilslehre des 20sten Jahrhunderts widerstehen?

Man scheint es anzunehmen, man starrt fasziniert auf dieses kleine Mitteleuropa, reizt die im tiefsten durch den Kriegsausgang enttäuschten Deutschen, die längst keine Großmacht mehr sind, wenn sie überhaupt jemals eine waren, man reizt sie durch Mißtrauen und mesquine Behandlung, bis

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all ihr Hang zum Übertreiben, zum Dreinschlagen, zum harten Ende wieder losbrechen wird. Dabei wäre es so leicht, die jetzigen gemäßigten Regierungen dieses Landes durch generöses Entgegenkommen zu kräftigen. Aber man kompromittiert sie, eine nach der andern wird man innenpolitisch unmöglich machen, bis dann nur noch der blinde Zorn und die jeder Demagogie zugängliche deutsche Urteilslosigkeit und politische Unbegabung übrig sind und einen Rausch bewirken, den dann der Westen für die Weltgefahr an sich, für eine äußerste Bedrohung halten wird, während doch die Bedrohung in Wirklichkeit sich hinter dieser deutschen Fassade, zwischen Baltikum und Stillem Ozean, vorbereitet, in einem räumlichen Ausmaße, das die Menschheit noch nie gesehen hat.

Föderation, auf Grund einer überallhin vordringenden Weltanschauung im Dienste eines nationalistischen Imperialismus, ist ein unwiderstehlicher Kristallisationsprozeß. Was sind dagegen die in der weiten Welt so wenig werbekräftigen Möglichkeiten deutscher Revanche, deutscher Ausdehnungsbestrebungen?

Die Lösung des deutschen Problems scheint mir zur Zeit darin zu liegen, daß man den gemäßigten politischen Elementen innerhalb des Reichsgebietes greifbare Erfolge gibt und sie konsolidiert. Nur äußere Erfolge vermögen es in Deutschland, das Gemäßigte an der Führung der Staatsgeschäfte zu beteiligen. Der Hang zu extremen Lösungen ist eine deutsche Grundanlage, das hat sich schon in der Reformation ebensosehr als in der philosophischen Revolution des 19ten Jahrhunderts gezeigt.

Das ist eine Konstante, die man nachgerade im Westen kennen sollte, wie man die Charakteranlage eines Verwandten, mit dem man leben muß, kennt und gewisser-

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maßen einkalkuliert. Rußland dagegen ist zu entscheidenden Teilen eine asiatische Macht, es hat ein inkommensurables Element in sich. Rußland, als Zentrum einer Heilslehre, gewinnt Kräfte wie einst die durch Mohammed entflammte arabische Welt.

Es handelt sich darum, mit dem größten Machtgenerator zu rechnen, dem wir bisher begegnet sind; es handelt sich dagegen nicht darum, akademische oder sentimentale Betrachtungen über Wert und Unwert des Bolschewismus anzustellen, das gehört nicht in die außenpolitische Aufgabe. Der Bolschewismus ist eine der vielen Formen, die der Sozialismus annehmen kann, eine unendlich viel wirksamere Form als jene, deren Entstehen auf halbem Weg erkaltete.

In einer sozialistischen Ära aber leben wir alle, auf diesem Gebiet gibt es nur Gradunterschiede. Somit kann das russische Phänomen sich gar nicht mehr als theoretisches Problem entscheiden lassen, entschieden ist es, es ist die größte Realität unseres Zeitalters, und als solche kann es uns nur interessieren, insofern, als diese Realität einem mit allen Mitteln zur Weltherrschaft strebenden Staat unvorstellbare Kräfte zuführt.

Deutschland und Japan sind natürliche Gegner einer russischen Expansion. Der Westen aber, das englische Reich und die Vereinigten Staaten, die — on the long run — von dieser Expansion am meisten bedroht sind, bemühen sich mit allen Mitteln, Deutschland und Japan zu schwächen. Die Kündigung des englisch-japanischen Bündnisses (sind es schon drei Jahre her?) erscheint mir als eine ebenso folgenschwere als kurzsichtige Verzichtleistung zugunsten völlig sekundärer Interessen Nordamerikas.

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Japan ist übrigens ein viel sicherer Faktor in bezug auf Rußland als Deutschland, wo immer Erinnerungen an alte, gegen Frankreich gerichtete Waffenbrüderschaft in den Köpfen spuken, Erinnerungen an die Kriege Friedrichs des Großen, an Tauroggen. Es fällt den meisten Völkern nicht so schwer, in historischen, scheinbaren Analogien zu denken, schwer dagegen, zu erkennen, daß alle Voraussetzungen sich geändert haben.

Im Wesen der Demokratie liegt es, innenpolitische Liebhabereien und Leidenschaften auf das außenpolitische Gebiet zu übertragen, wo sie das furchtbarste Unheil anrichten können.

Dies für heute, eine einsame Kanngießerei, während die Äquinoktialstürme im Kamin heulen. Entschuldigen Sie und seien Sie aufs herzlichste gegrüßt von Ihrem freund-schaftlich ergebenen

Carl J. Burckhardt

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