S - Mrs. Bonnie Andrews
THRU: S - Mrs. Jane M. Rothe ✓

CU/BFS - Elsie T. Oppenheim

November 22, 1974

Arrangements for Dinner Hosted by Board of Foreign Scholarships
in Honor of Senator and Mrs. Fulbright, December 16, 1974

This will informally confirm arrangements for the dinner in honor of Senator and Mrs. Fulbright hosted by the Board of Foreign Scholarships on Monday, December 16 at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Smithsonian Institution. Secretary and Mrs. Kissinger have accepted Chairman Lyle M. Nelson's invitation to attend as his personal guests.

Cocktails will be served in the Rotunda at 7:00 p.m. with dinner in the Library at 8:00 p.m. Please note that the time has changed slightly from that which I gave Mrs. Andrews earlier.

At the conclusion of the dinner at about 9:30 p.m., the Chairman has asked the Secretary to present a special scroll to Senator Fulbright commemorating the occasion and expressing the gratitude and thanks of all the members of the Board, past and present, and the more than 115,000 people who have participated in this significant international program for academic exchange. The Board hopes that the Secretary will make some brief impromptu remarks at that time. The Chairman will then present an album of photographs and letters to Senator Fulbright with some brief remarks.

I am enclosing a list of the current members of the Board, with their titles, as well as others who we anticipate will attend the dinner. We expect a total of 30-32 persons at this event. I have also enclosed a map which indicates parking areas to the building and the entrance to be used.

Please let me know if anything additional is required. I understand from Mrs. Hill that a briefing memorandum to the Secretary would be helpful with some suggested remarks for the Secretary to make during the presentation at the dinner. A briefing memorandum through regular channels will be prepared as soon as the list of acceptances is available.

Please let me know by December 12 at the latest whether Secretary and Mrs. Kissinger are definitely attending. Mrs. Andrews indicated to me earlier that there might be some conflict on December 16. Dress for the occasion is informal with business suits for the men and gowns or street length dress for the women, whichever is preferred.

Attachments:

As stated.

CU/BFS:ETOppenheim:clb

THE BOARD OF FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIPS

A Presidentially Appointed Board Responsible to the Congress and the Public, Author-
ized Under Public Law 87-256 the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961.

OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20520

October 31, 1974

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

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

As you may know from members of your staff, the Board
of Foreign Scholarships is planning to honor Senator
and Mrs. William Fulbright at a special dinner Monday
evening, December 16. The dinner will be at the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of
the Smithsonian Institution with cocktails at 6:30
and dinner at 7:30.

This session will be the Board's final official act
in expressing its gratitude and that of past Boards
to the man who conceived this program and has been its
staunchest supporter in the Congress for 28 years. In
a sense we feel that we will be representing the some
115,000 American and foreign students and faculty who
have benefited from a program of which Arnold Toynbee
has said: "Along with the Marshall Plan, the
Fulbright Program is one of the really generous and
imaginative things that have been done in the world
since World War II."

I know something of the exceptionally heavy schedule
which you follow and the many demands upon your time.
However, given the importance of this occasion and
also knowing of your admiration and respect for Senator
Fulbright, I wanted you to know about these plans and
to invite you and Mrs. Kissinger to be our guests in
paying tribute to the man who has played such a key
role in this field.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

ACTION MEMORANDUM

S/S

UNCLASSIFIED

To: The Secretary
November 15, 1974

Through: C - Mr. Sonnenfeldt

From: CU - John Richardson, Jr.

Billington Invitation to Lunch and Conversation
with Ambassador Dobrynin at Woodrow Wilson Center

Jim Billington wrote (Tab B) to say he is
following the suggestions in your earlier letter to
him on attracting Soviet and Chinese scholars to the
Center.

He also invites you, Mr. Sonnenfeldt and me to
take part in an informal lunch and conversation with
Ambassador Dobrynin at the Center in late December or
early January. With regard to myself, I will accept.

Jim is most eager for your presence at some
function of the Center, of which you are a trustee.
(Your December 16 dinner for Senator Fulbright will be
held at the Center, but is not a Center function). The
suggested reply at Tab A, therefore, says rather
guardedly that you and the Counselor will try to attend
this lunch and discussion if your schedules permit.
We will ask the Center to let us know about the actual
date, and will handle the further arrangements with
them by telephone.

Recommendation:

That you sign the suggested reply at Tab A.

Attachments:

Tab A - Suggested reply

Tab B - Dr. Billington's letter of October 30

Drafted:CU/OPP:PJLydon:pjj
x20142 11/15/74
Concurrences: EUR/SOV - Mr. Humphrey

THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON

Dear Jim:

I am glad to learn from your October 30 letter
that matters are advancing satisfactorily with the
Soviets and Chinese.

I would be happy to join the Dobrynin lunch and
talk at the Center, but my schedule -- and Hal's too,
suffer, as you know, from such unpredictability that
we have given up struggling against it. John
Richardson will be delighted to be there. Through
him, Hal and I will learn of the date you set, and
will let you know as it approaches whether either
or both of us can join you.

With best wishes,

Warm regards,

Henry A. Kissinger

Mr. James H. Billington
Director,
Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars,
Smithsonian Institution Building,
Washington, D. C.

WOODROW WILSON
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARSHIP

7421955

JAMES H. BILLINGTON, DIRECTOR

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION BUILDING WASHINGTON D.C. 20560

TELEPHONE 202/381 5613 CABLE WILCEN

October 30, 1974

Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
The Secretary of State
Room 7226, Department of State
21st & Virginia Avenues, N. W.
Washington, D. C. 20520

Dear Henry:

Thank you for your letter of October 7. I have written the Chinese Liaison Office as you suggest, and I will hope to have a response. Hubert Humphrey, who as you know was the first chairman of our Board, was good enough to raise the matter again with the Chinese on his recent trip; and I will signal John Richardson's staff of our renewed hopes as you suggested.

I will also follow your suggestion to work through the Russian Embassy, who have been very friendly of late. Ambassador Dobrynin will be coming to the Center for an informal talk and lunch on either December 20, 1974, January 3 or 7, 1975. Is there any chance at all that you might get over for this occasion? It would be a particular pleasure to have you as well as Hal Sonnenfeld and John Richardson, or any other official that you would think appropriate to take special note of this occasion. The prospects for George Kennan's project here at the Center seem to have markedly improved; and Don Kendall has agreed to help raise money for it after what seemed to him an extraordinarily encouraging discussion with Secretary Brezhnev in Moscow recently. If you did not get a chance to say the supportive words you indicated you might during your recent visit to Moscow, we would certainly appreciate it if you might find some other opportunity.

Your interest in this is much appreciated, and we do hope you will be able to join us for some function here at the Center before long.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

William J. Barndony, Chairman Daniel David Moritz, Vice Chairman

William M. Batten Ronald S. Batten Robert H. Burt Henry Kissinger Paul W. McCrea Harry C. McPherson

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

12/11

CABLE TO GOMPERT

FROM: ANDREWS

Regarding the Fulbright dinner on Monday, December 16. The Board of Foreign Scholarships invites Secretary and Mrs. Kissinger to dinner honoring Senator and Mrs. Fulbright. Dinner will be at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Smithsonian Institution. Cocktails will be served in the Rotunda at 7:00 p. m. Dinner will be in the Library at 8:00 p. m. At the conclusion of the dinner (about 9:30) the Board has asked the Secretary to present a special scroll to Sen. Fulbright commemorating the occasion and expressing the thanks of the Board. The Board hopes the Secretary will make a few brief remarks at that time. Twenty or 30 people are expected for the event. Dress is business suit.