United States District Court
for the District of Columbia

Chambers of
Judge John J. Sirica

April 3, 1975

Honorable A. Kissinger
Secretary of State
United States Department of State
Washington, D. C.

Dear Mr. Kissinger:

I want to take this opportunity to personally
thank you for the letter which you wrote on behalf of Mr.
H. R. Haldeman prior to his sentencing in the Watergate
coverup case.

Prior to sentencing I received several hundred
letters from many fine people across the country who wished
to express their opinions concerning the characters, repu-
tations and backgrounds of the various defendants. Because
of the great number of letters received, I decided to wait
until after sentencing to respond to some of them, and this
is the first opportunity I have had to do so.

Please rest assured that your comments concerning
Mr. Haldeman were very much appreciated and very helpful,
and that being so, were given serious and careful consideration.

I am grateful for your taking the time to make the
knowledge which you possessed by way of your personal ac-
quaintance with Mr. Haldeman available to the Court.

With warm personal regards,

THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON

March 25, 1975

Dear Omar:

I have greatly appreciated your
tireless efforts during the past two
weeks.

That the joint efforts of our two
sides have, for the time being, failed
to achieve progress on the Sinai front
can in no way be ascribed to lack of
courage and imagination on the part of
your government. I am fully aware of
the contribution which you personally
have made during this period of delicate
diplomatic activity.

Both Nancy and I deeply appreciated
the warm hospitality extended to us by
you and Janan. We wish you both all
success in your new assignment in Vienna.

The Honorable
Omar Sirri,
Chief de Cabinet to Foreign
Minister Fahmy,
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs,
Cairo.