w u
western union

Telegram

WDB018(1446) (1-018398C043)PD 02/12/82 1444 1982 FEB 12 PM 3:26

TLX IVORYCOAST WSH
Z C Z C . WASHINGTON DC 20008
PMS DR HENRY A. KISSINGER
1800 K STREET NW
WASHINGTON DC 20006

FEB 16 1982

MY WIFE AND I WANT TO EXPRESS YOU OUR MOST SINCERE WISHES
FOR A VERY FAST RECOVERY FROM YOUR DELICATE OPERATION.
WE PRAY TO GOD TO GIVE YOU THE NECESSARY STRENGTH SO THAT
WE CAN SEE YOU ENJOYING WITH A STRONG HEALTH VERY SOON.

BEST REGARDS
VERY CORDIALLY

W.U. 1201-SF (R5-69)

w u
western union

Telegram

1982 FEB 12 PM 3:26

I TIMOTHIEE N. A HOUA
AMBASSADOR OF IVORY COAST TO THE UNITED STATES
NNNN

W.U. 1201-SF (R5-69)

["AMONG\nAMONG\nAMONG\nAM

HARRY WESLEY ALBRIGHT, JR.

February 23, 1982

[LC]

Dear Nancy,

This is just a brief note, of a personal nature, to tell you how pleased and relieved I was to learn that Henry is doing so well after his "by-pass".

I write you both with particular empathy and understanding, since I underwent the same procedure some eight months ago with a "five-way" by-pass. So you see, I outdid even Henry and our "incumbent" Secretary of State.

The best report that I can provide to you is that now I am able to swim fifty laps every day, or walk four miles -- all with comfort, and I feel extraordinarily well to boot! In fact, I can even play tennis (singles, no less). All this is in contrast to the way I felt less than a year ago. Thus the procedure, no matter what the future holds, has clearly greatly enhanced the quality of my life.

Now only one word of caution. I was told that after the first two or three weeks of the post-operative period, I might experience some "depression". By nature, somewhat like Henry, I am an optimist and I could not believe that this could occur.

The facts are -- it did -- and I had a great pall of gloom hanging over me like a black cloud -- something that I had never experienced before.

Apparently, the body responds to this surgical trauma by putting out steroids, and in the process of recouperation, there is a physical and psychological depletion that has to be repaired or restored.

At any rate, it did indeed occur, and I'm confident that, at least to some degree, even Henry will feel some of this. The most important thing for him to remember is that it completely passes in good time and he will be back to his old self in no time better than ever.

The walking in the beginning is a little painful, and the confidence factor not all that perfect, but the end result after a bit of time is simply great.

[L]

HARRY WESLEY ALBRIGHT, JR.

-2-

Now, if there is anything I can do to help either you or Henry, or, if you think he would like to have a visit, just say the word, particularly since they tell me that I'm a visible testimonial to the benefits of the operation since I apparently look so well.

All this is to say, my particular love to you! Take good care of yourself, because there will be a little period of time when you will be carrying an even heavier than usual burden.

Love,

Mrs. Henry Kissenger
River House
435 East 52nd Street
New York, N. Y. 10022

GRAPHNET
Electronic Mail Service Center

FAXGRAM

99 WEST SHEFFIELD AVENUE, ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY 07631

(201) 569-7707

TNEF

C038 1119-1 D704 135 02/11/82 17:41 AB

6A 02/11 17:38 1042 725-1 C038 1119 02/11/82 17:40

RGB725 VIA ITT JTB860 442
UIWA CO SJJE 077
JEDDAH 77/76 11 2235

FEB 16 1982

THE HONORABE DR HENRY A.KISSINGER
1800 K STREET N.W.SUITE 420
WASHINGTON DC 20006

MY WIFE JOINS ME IN EXTENDING OUR VERY BEST WISHES FOR YOUR
SPEEDY RECOVRY AND PRAY THE FINAL RESULT WILL BE MOST SATISFACTORY
PERSONALLY, I WELCOME YOU TO THE CLUB OF FITTER MEN AS

COLL. 420 1800 K STREET

PAGE.2

I AM SURE ONCE YOU LEAVE HOSPITAL YOU WILL FEEL FIT AND YOUNG
AS FIDDLE. GOD SPEED AND GOOD LUCK, PERSONAL WARM REGARDS
ALI A.ALIREZA

COLL. NIL

NNNN

TNEF

HENRY A. KISSINGER

March 3, 1982

Dear Joe:

You have been a dear friend. Your wonderful
letter, the books you sent, and your phone calls
of concern have all meant a great deal to me.
At a time like this, the caring of friends is
very special comfort.

I will try to keep my mind off serious things,
but it will be difficult. The Dick Francis books
will help. I am not sure I am yet ready for the
Icelandic sagas.

Nancy and I send our love and gratitude.

Mr. Joseph Alsop
2806 N Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20007

JOSEPH ALSOP

Telephone
(202) 965-1770

Dear Henry,

It is the worst luck for you and Nancy, for your enormous legion of friends and admirers, and indeed for all sensible persons in this distracted country, that you have had to have so serious an operation. I hate to think of how painful the whole experience is bound to be. Yet I am overjoyed by Nancy's news of the operation's success, and now I'm busy keeping all my fingers crossed--- although I'm somehow confident that you'll continue to make good progress, and relieved, too, that they seem to have caught the trouble in an early stage before the heart itself was impaired. Sometimes praying is the only recourse, but I cannot consider it a consolation.

Herewith, _ad interim_, I am sending you as near to a complete edition of my new thriller-writing hero, Dick Francis, as I've been able to obtain in Washington. They books to pass the time--- nothing more--- and I have always believed the enormous effect of concentration required by really serious reading on the whole impedes convalescence, which should be your first thought now. Try them. I think you will like them as I do, not as a regular literary diet, but in those phases when tension or boredom or simply being tired or ill make the kind of reading I normally do (less serious than your reading!) somehow a rather unappetizing prospect.

I love making up reading programs for people in various predicaments. When four present phase is over and Nancy says you are

rcvd. office:
FEB 22 1982

2

JOSEPH ALSOP

Telephone
(202) 965-1770

feeling just a little better, I shall therefore send you as many of
the great Icelandic sagas as I can find in decent translations. I love
the Laxdale Saga and Njal's Saga so much that I reread them both almost
every year, and I consider the *Hæimskringla* that most remarkable
narrative history produced in Europe throughout the Middle Ages. It is
sound history, too, at any rate from the time the mists of myth begin to
clear. I particularly recommend the Saga of Saint Olaf, the king
who brought Christ to Norway with a sword and made his people Christians
by main force.

I can tell you more about the sagas than I can about
Washington at the moment, for the Reagan administration appears to me
to be suffering from a rapid loss of self-confidence resulting from
almost Carterian incoherence and confusion. I'd hoped for better,
but there it is.

Later, I'll write you a longer letter. Meanwhile,
every kind of luck to you. Your good luck is also the good luck of
many, many friends like myself. And dear love to Nancy.

HENRY A. KISSINGER

March 3, 1982

Dear Jim:

By vote of 3 to 2, my family and I want to
express our thanks for your letter of
February 11, which was shown to me only
after my doctors had determined that I
could withstand a blow.

My second volume of memoirs has a few kind
words about the State Department press corps,
which should have been a sign that my physical
and mental deterioration was well advanced
before my operation.

I cannot tell for sure whether the operation
has affected my personality. If I am now
temperamental and overbearing, it is clear
that a major change has occurred.

In any case, I expect to be up and around,
playing tennis with Haig and going to state
funerals as before.

It was indeed nice of you to write. Nancy
and I enjoyed your letter and we are grateful
for your kindness.

Mr. Jim Anderson
38 Wellesley Circle
Glen Echo, Maryland 20768

38 WELLESLEY CIR.
GLEN ECHO, MARYLAND 20768

11 Feb. 1982

Dear Henry,

I wish you had checked with me before
you went into this whole business because I had
a friend who recently had some kidney stones
removed. When I asked him how big they were,
he said, "Huge, as big as Kissinger's heart."
Clear evidence that someone knew you had a
heart.

We were going to have a meeting of the
State Department Correspondents' Assn. today
in order to wish you a speedy recovery, but we
couldn't get a quorum. We're going to try
again tomorrow and in the meantime, I hope you
will accept my wishes for a rapid recuperation,
as long as you understand that the membership
may choose to overrule me.

Jerry O'Leary, who had 14 more stitches
than you did in his recent bypass had a relapse
this week and was taken back for observation.
Oddly, when he read about you he had a miraculous
recovery and is now running four miles a day.

The golden lining in all of this is that
you -- like a certain subsequent Secretary of
State -- can always attribute irrational flashes
of temperament to your operation and the medication.
At last, an explanation.

No kidding, Carlotta and I wish you
a pleasant return to your active life and,
if it will make you feel any better, I promise
not to review your next book. All our best to
Nancy.

FEB 22 1982

[y]

HENRY A. KISSINGER

March 18, 1982

Dear Hushang:

This is the first chance I have
had to thank you for your gracious
wire and for your call to my office
to follow my progress after my heart
surgery. It was thoughtful of you
to be concerned about me, and I
want you to know how much I appreci-
ated it. I am doing very well and
expect to be able to resume a
normal schedule in a short time.

Nancy joins me in sending our good
wishes.

Ambassador Hushang Ansary
900 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10021

MAR 22 1982

HENRY A. KISSINGER

March 3, 1982

Dear Lorenzo and Maria:

I was touched by your thoughtful card. Hospital food was nothing like yours. I hope my doctors will permit me to break my diet once in a while. If not, there's no hope.

Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Armendariz
360 East 72nd Street
New York 10021

MAR 12 1982

w u
western union

Telegram

BYA127(2044)(1-030773C040)PD 02/09/82 2045
ICS IPMBYBD BSN

09701 02-09 0842P EST

ICS IPMBY20

4-059156S040 02/09/82

ICS IPMMTZZ CSP

2128874060 TDMT NEW YORK NY 29 02-09 0834P EST

PMS MR AND MRS HENRY KISSINGER RPT DLY MGM, DLR

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

BOSTON MA

THE LENGTH ONE MUST GO TODAY TO AVOID A DINNER PARTY, EVEN A LAST
MINUTE ONE, ARE EXTRAORDINARY. ANN AND I WILL BOTH BE THINKING OF
YOU. KINDEST REGARDS

ROONE ARLEDGE

ABC E SOVERN 7 WEST 66 ST

NEW YORK NY 10023

W.U. 1201-SF (R5-69)

w u
western union

Telegram

2037 EST

NNNN

W.U. 1201-SF (R5-69)

WWW
5084 East

NEW YORK NY 10052
ABC & SOVEREIGN WEST 821
ROOSEVELT
YOUR KINDERGARTEN

A-584621

MINUTE ONE, ARE EXTRAORDINARY. AMM AND I WILL BOTH BE THINKING OF
THE LENGTH ONE MUST GO TODAY TO AVOID A DINNER PARTY. EVEN A LACI
BOSTON MA

MR2 MA AND MR2 HENRY KIBBINGEN HST OFY MME. DLH

STSSB14020 IDMT NEW YORK NY 125 05-09 08244 East

ICB 1RMMTZE CEP
4-0291262040 05/04/85

ICB 1RMBYLD
05/01 05-09 08/SH EAT

ICB 1RMBYED PAM
BYLST(S044)(1-030126040)PD 05/09/85 S044

A-584622

wuu
western union

Telegram

WDB019(1501)(1-016044A042)PD 02/11/82 1459
TLX ABC NYK
2CZC 189 NEW YORK, N.Y. 11-FEB (ALWMS)

PMS
MR. HENRY KISSINGER
1800 K STREET, N.W.
SUITE 400
WASHINGTON, DC 20006

1982 FEB 11 PM 3:33

DEAR HENRY:

I AM DELIGHTED TO HEAR YOU ARE RECOVERING SMOOTHLY FROM YOUR SURGERY, AND I HOPE THAT MEANS YOU WILL BE BACK IN ACTION VERY SOON.

A GROUP OF YOUR FRIENDS TOASTED YOU AT DINNER LAST NIGHT.

W.U. 1201-SF (R5-69)

wuu
western union

Telegram

1982 FEB 11 PM 3:33

SO YOU CAN SEE YOU WERE WITH US IN SPIRIT.
KINDEST PERSONAL REGARDS.

ROONE ARLED GE

N N N N

W.U. 1201-SF (R5-69)

FEB 11 1982

BANK

C-947587

BOWIE AVIATED GE

KINDOF PERSONAL REBATES.

1995FEB11 5M 3:33

VERY GOOD.

SIR GERRY. AND I HOPE THAT MEANS YOU WILL BE BACK IN ACTION
I AM DELIGHTED TO HEAR YOU ARE RECOVERING SMOOTHLY FROM YOUR
VERY GOOD.

C-947586

DEAR HENRY:

WASHINGTON, DC 20006

SHIRT SIZE

1800 K STREET, N.W.

MR. HENRY KISSINGER

DNC

2200 180 W. 50TH AVENUE, N.Y. 11-528 (ALL MMS)

ILIX ABC DUYX

1995FEB11 5M 3:33

MD5018(1201)(1-010044V05)BD OSV11K85 1429

HENRY A. KISSINGER

March 4, 1982

Dear Raymond:

Thank you for your nice letter of February 24
with your good wishes after my heart operation.
I am back on my feet and have every expectation
of resuming a normal schedule in a month or
so.

I look forward to hearing more about your group.
I expect we will see each other in the next
few months.

With respect to the Economist's request for an
article on the Shawcross affair, I understand
completely if you do not have the time. It was
Andrew Knight's idea. You may be interested,
in any case, in the analysis done by my assistant
Peter Rodman. I am enclosing a copy in case you
have not seen it.

Enclosure

MAR 9 1982

Professor Raymond Aron
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
54 Boulevard Raspail
75270 Paris Cedex 06
France

MINISTÈRE DES UNIVERSITÉS

ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES
EN SCIENCES SOCIALES

Centre Européen de Sociologie Historique

54, boulevard Raspail, 75270 PARIS CEDEX 06

Tél. 544.39.79

PARIS, le 24 Février 1982

MAR 2 1982

Mr.Dr. Henry A. KISSINGER
Suite 520
1800 K STREET N.W.
WASHINGTON DC 20006

Cher Ami,

Tout d'abord tous mes voeux pour un rétablissement
complet après votre opération. L'art chirurgical ne cesse
de susciter mon admiration; une opération jusque récemment
inconnue est multipliée en faveur, ou aux dépens, de person-
nalités éminentes.

J'espère que l'opération était nécessaire et que la
réussite est totale.

Votre réponse à la demande du groupe dont je vous
avais parlé a soulevé l'enthousiasme et la joie de ses mi-
litants méritoires et sympathiques. Vous recevrez bientôt
une lettre du dirigeant de ce groupe.

Je me réjouis à l'avance de notre entretien.

Il y a quelques jours, THE ECONOMIST m'a demandé de
publier un long article signé qui arbitrerait pour ainsi dire
le débat Shawcross-Kissinger. Malheureusement, je n'ai pas
accepté faute d'avoir le temps d'étudier l'énorme littérature
consacrée au problème du Cambodge.