MEMORANDUM

August 29, 1960

TO: Henry A. Kissinger

FROM: Max Hall

SUBJECT: Your Revised Chapter I.

Chapter I is considerably improved, in my opinion, though
in the process you've created some new bad sentences. This time,
instead of writing yet another long memo, I have pencilled my suggest-
ions on the chapter itself.

A comment on the book as a whole: To me the best parts
by far are those that have to do with military forces, deterrence,
arms control, and the like (I trust that my admiration is not due
only to my ignorance of these topics!); and the poorest parts are
those that have to do with policymaking processes, with making democracy
relevant to the new nations, and with infusions of purpose, perspective,
sense of direction, boldness, courage, creativity, innovation, leader-
ship, deep convictions, and the like.