London,
32 St. James Street,
The Economist Newspaper, Ltd.,
Mr. Arthur Knight,

Personal Assistant
Suzanne S. McFarlane

Sincerely,

appreciates your thoughtfulness in forwarding it to him.
It is a most handsome and useful gift, and he greatly
Economist Diary for 1976, which you recently sent him.
The Secretary has asked me to thank you for The

Dear Mr. Knight:

November 20, 1972

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Washington, D.C. 20520

JUL 14 1976

The Honorable
The Secretary of State
Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520

Dear Mr. Secretary:

I am pleased and proud to forward to you an autographed
copy of the The United States Passport - Past, Present,
Future which was researched and prepared by the Passport
Office as a contribution to our nation's Bicentennial Year.

This book, I believe, will become a significant public
research tool since it is the first comprehensive historical
study of the United States passport since The American
Passport, a digest of laws and regulations, was published
in 1898.

The new volume is a readable account of the history of
the passport, with particular emphasis on developments
and improvements which have taken place during the past
20 years. I think you will find many of the numerous
illustrations fascinating. I am particularly pleased with
the reproduction of the first recorded passport issued
in 1778 under United States authority, written in French
and signed jointly by Benjamin Franklin, Arthur Lee and
John Adams.

You will be interested in the statistical profile of the
modern American traveler and our predictions and descrip-
tions of the role and nature of the passport in the future.

It is my hope that The United States Passport - Past,
Present, Future will find a place on library shelves
throughout the country so that historians, researchers,

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PASSPORT

OFFICE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

PASSPORT PAT

WASHINGTON, D.C.

July 1, 1976

ANNOUNCING THE BICENTENNIAL PUBLICATION OF A HISTORIC DOCUMENT:
<u>THE UNITED STATES PASSPORT -- PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE</u>

In honor of our Nation's Bicentennial celebration, the Passport Office researched, prepared, and published a historic volume entitled *The United States Passport -- Past, Present, Future*. The book traces the development of the United States passport from the beginning of the Republic to the present and predicts its role in the future. I call this publication to your attention because of its unique contribution to much heretofore unreleased history of the passport document.

Unlike its only predecessor, which was a digest of laws and regulations published in 1898, the new book is documented with over 100 photographs, replicas of historical papers, and other historical data, many of which predate all those previously published. Among the illustrations, for example, is the earliest recorded passport (1778) issued under United States authority, written in French and signed jointly by Benjamin Franklin, Arthur Lee, and John Adams. Other unusual illustrations include internal and external blank passports issued by the Confederate States of America. The text includes detailed descriptions of various types of passport applications used and passports issued, physical format changes, equipment used in writing the document, Passport Office issuance policies, wartime travel control, passport fraud, major developments and improvements in passport issuance, appearance and security over the past twenty decades.

This chronology of the United States passport is the most complete and accurate source of the document's history now existent, and as such will serve as an excellent research tool for historians, students, researchers and the public. The book is available in an attractive 6 x 9 inch hardback edition from the Government Printing Office at a cost of $ 5.10. A check or money order made payable to the Superintendent of Documents should accompany any request for this publication to the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

Frances G. Knight
Director, Passport Office

THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON

September 29, 1975

Dear Mr. Knopf:

Thank you for your letter. Although I understand your concern for Ambassador Carter's welfare, I do not appreciate your tone.

There are hundreds of thousands of Americans living abroad, many in areas of considerable social and political unrest. Their safety is a primary concern of this government, which is why we have refused, and will continue to refuse, to yield to terrorist demands made under threat of violence to Americans. That relatively few of these highly visible -- and vulnerable -- Americans have been the victims of the world's innumerable terrorist groups is strong evidence of the wisdom of our policy of dealing firmly with terrorists. I hold our Ambassadors responsible to know and carry out that policy, and am determined that it not be weakened or made less credible.

The difficulty of Ambassador Carter's position during this incident is undeniable, and we have tried to be as compassionate as possible. Nevertheless, a public debate on the merits of this case could only add to the damage already done, and would serve no one's purposes but the terrorists'. I therefore do not intend to make any further statements on the matter, nor does Ambassador Carter.

As you know, I have always valued your views, but I am disturbed that you could write so intemperate a letter. As accustomed as I have become to being under attack, I am still surprised to see a man of your experience adopt such positions on the basis of mere gossip and press reports.

Mr. Alfred A. Knopf,
Borzoi Books,
Purchase, New York.

Alfred A Knopf

PURCHASE New York 10577

August 19, 1975

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

Dear Mr. Secretary:

Your handling of the case of Ambassador W. Beverly Carter strikes me as in the best tradition of Uncle Sam the great bully. You say, "Ambassador Carter would be better advised to deal with the responsible officials of the State Department than to engage in an independent publicity campaign of his own". If he has indeed engaged in any such campaign, I am certainly quite unaware of it and would appreciate knowing on what you base this statement. In dealing with his alleged infraction of the rules of the State Department you recall the old fable of the man who burned down his house in order to roast a pig. Certainly a reprimand, a "don't do it again", the sort of thing that a decent traffic policeman so often gives a motorist instead of a ticket, should have served your purpose. Toughness might better be applied to your friend in the Kremlin, who might repay you somehow for what you have done for him. Unless the aim of both of you is to insure the election of Senator Jackson as our next President.

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