THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

DEANE BAKER, ANN ARBOR
PAUL W. BROWN, PETOSKEY
GERALD R. DUNN, LANSING
DAVID LARO, FLINT
ROBERT E. NEDERLANDER, BIRMINGHAM
SARAH GODDARD POWER, ANN ARBOR
THOMAS A. ROACH, DETROIT
JAMES L. WATERS, MUSKEGON
ROBBEN W. FLEMING, PRESIDENT
RICHARD L. KENNEDY, SECRETARY

December 16, 1975

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

Dear Henry:

I am writing on several accounts.

First to say that there was warm praise for your
informal, off the record, late afternoon session, when
you were in Detroit on November 24 for the speech before
the Detroit Economic Club. Your promptness, candor and
willingness to get right into questions were much
appreciated.

You will recall that I asked a question about
resumption of the U.S. contribution to UNESCO. (I did
so in my capacity as a Director of the US National
Commission for UNESCO). I was, needless to say, very
pleased by your response: to wit, that plans are now
under way for Israel to be included in a regional
grouping and that upon completion of that process, the
U.S. would resume its contribution to UNESCO.

While the UN's general image may be somewhat tarnished,
it seems to me that it is very important to maintain
involvement in the specialized agencies and to communicate
that to the American people.

On a different front, I would like to convey to you
the appreciation of the official group which, invited
by NATO, toured some of the NATO countries in the fall,
for the de-briefing and luncheon two weeks ago in
Washington in which Deputy Secretary Ingersoll, Ambassador
John E. Reinhardt, Mr. James Lowenstein, Mr. Charles W.
Bray, III, Mr. H. Allen Holmes, Mr. Reg Bartholomew,
Virginia Alland and Mildred Marcy participated.

December 16, 1975

This group of women hopes, as individuals and as a
group, to take a constructive role in extending the
dialogue concerning the Western Alliance.

With kind personal regards to you.

SGP/pct