DIRECTOR

UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
WASHINGTON

October 1, 1973

Dear Henry:

When the time comes for you to consider the selection of an Ambassador to Sweden, we have an excellent candidate among our top officers in USIA. He is Burnett Anderson, who is presently serving as Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs in Paris.

Mr. Anderson has a depth of knowledge about Sweden, extensive background and interest in Swedish affairs, speaks the Swedish language fluently, and I believe he is uniquely suited to represent the United States in Stockholm. He was a resident correspondent in Stockholm from 1947 - 1952. His wife was born in Sweden and served nine years in the Swedish Foreign Service before becoming an American citizen in 1957.

In a distinguished career with USIA, Mr. Anderson has served as principal officer at three major posts -- Tehran, Madrid and Paris. During his last Washington tour he was appointed to the most senior position ever held by a career officer in USIA, Deputy Director (Policy and Plans), which is the number three job in the Agency. Mr. Anderson is one of only four officers within USIA who holds the permanent rank of Career Minister.

Enclosed for your reference is a profile on Mr. Anderson and a detailed summary of his background in Sweden.

The Honorable
Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State

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PER USIA

OCT 6-73

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

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OFFICER PROFILE

**Name:** Burnett F. Anderson
**Grade:** FSIO-1
**Date of Birth:** 7/13/19

**Marital Status:** Married; two sons 16, 17

**Present Position:** Public Affairs Officer, Paris

**Date of Last Promotion:** November 1971

**Education:** 1936-40 University of Rochester, BA Economics

**Agency Experience:**

1952-53 Liaison Officer, Bonn
1954-57 Deputy Director, Press Service, IPS
1957-60 Public Affairs Officer, Tehran
1960-61 National War College
1961-64 Assistant Deputy Director (Policy and Plans), IOP
1965-67 Deputy Director (Policy & Plans), IOP
1967-69 Public Affairs Officer, Madrid
1969-Pr Public Affairs Officer, Paris

**Private Experience:**

1941-43 Cadet, Editor, Clerk w/Vick Chemical Company; NBC; New York Tribune Fresh Air Fund; Burnett Country Journal, Brantsburg, Wisconsin
1943 Secretary to Governor Harold E. Stassen
1944 Secretary to Governor Edward J. Thye, Minnesota
1944-47 Reporter, Staff Writer, Minneapolis Daily Times
1947-52 Writer, Press & Radio Correspondent, Stockholm, Sweden (self-employed)

**Language Abilities:**

French 3.5/4.5
Danish /4.5
Spanish 2.5/3.5
Norwegian /4.5
Swedish 5/5

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NARRATIVE

Burnett Anderson appears to be at the vigorous height of his powers and perhaps more thoroughly involved than ever before in public affairs. Throughout his distinguished career, he has demonstrated sophisticated and political, psychological insight, imagination and drive, a gifted pen and an unusually high level ability to get along with a variety of people. As an advisor in public affairs to Ambassadors in three Class A missions -- Paris, Spain, and Tehran -- he has had the full respect and complete confidence of every Ambassador he has served under. He is particularly adept in public relations and has acquired many useful contacts in the press, radio, television as well as in other circles. His unique understanding of economics, press and politics have contributed substantially to his consistently fine performances. A professional, veteran newsman, his prose is nearly faultless. Furthermore, he speaks forcefully and with a marked personal flair that incorporates some of the best features of quality salesmanship. Formerly, as Deputy Director of the Office of Policy and Plans, he represented the Agency effectively in high councils of government. In this position, he demonstrated a comprehensive knowledge of U.S. foreign policy and of public opinion factors in relation to that policy. He skillfully directed a policy guidance mechanism, both fast and long-range, which could have had serious consequences for the U.S. if it went awry. He has handled a continuous stream of VIP government and private visitors with great skill and effectiveness. His promotion to Career Minister, his being given the coveted Tufts University Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Public Diplomacy, and the Agency's Distinguished Service Award attest to his value in the field of public affairs.

Independent Voice

For decades the Voice of America has struggled to attain a clear sense of mission and of corporate identity. Founded at the beginning of the cold war with the Soviet Union, it has labored under a misleading motto, "telling America's story to the world." That motto invites interference by White House and State Department policymakers who, in every Administration, are naturally eager to see to it that "America's story" coincides with their current policy line.

Bureaucratic practice has institutionalized this interference. Although V.O.A. is part of the autonomous United States Information Agency, it is integrated with the State Department's Foreign Service. Its news editors receive "policy guidance" from Foreign Service officers who serve tours with the Voice in the normal progress of their careers. The relationship is all one-sided, since V.O.A. reporters and editors never become Ambassadors.

The V.O.A. has been in existence for thirty years, but none of its own career people has ever risen to the top of the U.S.I.A., even though the Voice is by far the largest constituent agency in that organization. A few of its directors have been outstanding professional newsmen, such as John Chancellor, who served for a year during the Johnson Administration, and the late Edward R. Murrow, who served during the Kennedy Administration. But far more often, Presidents have selected directors with less attention to their distinction as journalists than to their political or ideological conformity.

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If run solely as a straight news organization, as in its best periods it has been, the Voice can tell the truth as objectively and factually as possible to listeners around the world whose own newspapers and news broadcasts are heavily censored by authoritarian governments. Regardless of the turns of official American diplomacy, this nation's interests are best served by the truth.

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April 17, 1975

Dear Henry:

Since Senator Bentsen addressed a similar
letter to you, I thought it might be useful for you to
have the enclosed copy of my reply to his inquiry
about the Voice of America broadcast policy on
evacuation from Vietnam.

The Honorable
Henry A. Kissinger
Secretary of State

DIRECTOR

WASHINGTON

April 17, 1975

Dear Senator Bentsen:

I too am concerned about reports that the Voice of America has gone beyond the need for caution and is -- in the words of your letter -- "suppressing and censoring news to an extent that has seriously damaged its credibility." Let me assure you that this is not the case. What we have done is to intensify and reinforce our efforts to be a responsible source of information about the United States in an extremely volatile and sensitive situation. We must bear in mind that especially in crisis circumstances audiences overseas regard what they hear from Washington on the Voice of America as expression of U.S. policy.

To address the issues directly:

1. As a participant in the Task Force on Vietnam at the Department of State, USIA concurred in a decision that the lives and safety of Americans and those Vietnamese associated with Americans in Vietnam are a matter of highest national urgency and concern. We agreed that speculation or random comment on VOA about what the United States might or might not do could result in panic, chaos and bloodshed. Therefore, USIA adopted a policy that in this extraordinary circumstance VOA would broadcast on the subject of evacuation from Vietnam only official Congressional actions and official statements by the White House and the Departments of State and Defense. This is a temporary policy subject to constant review as the situation evolves.

2. On the fall of Danang, there were many conflicting reports and rumors as well as communications difficulties during the last hours before take-over of the city by North Vietnamese

The Honorable
Lloyd Bentsen
United States Senate

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forces. Only when VOA was satisfied on the basis of all available
sources that the city had actually fallen did we so report. This
reflects our intent to be a consistently reliable and authoritative
source of news. We make no apology for being "late" in compar-
ison with some other news agencies. We did not speculate; we
were accurate.

3) VOA Division Chiefs are responsible for what is broad-cast by their services just as editors of the central writing staff are responsible for the accuracy of material that appears in the VOA file from which broadcast material is translated. It is expected that VOA Division Chiefs will be aware of the content of stories broadcast on their services. In this instance, we asked Division Chiefs to take particular care that all material is accurate and does not give a distorted or speculative impression of what the United States Government is doing or might do.

4) On every aspect of the Vietnam debate except that of evacuation, the comments of United States Senators have been fully and faithfully reflected in the VOA file. I have alluded earlier to the extraordinary circumstance which made that single temporary exception necessary. Enclosed is a script covering last week's events which was prepared by the central VOA news operation for the VOA language services. I believe that it illustrates the extent to which VOA is fulfilling its charter by broadcasting "a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions."

Reporting of a story as complex as Vietnam cannot achieve
perfection. What we have done is make every effort to be accurate
and to fulfill our responsibilities as the official national radio of
the United States.

BACKGROUNDER NO. 1-7664
FRED C. COOPER

APRIL 11, 1975

THIS WEEK NO. 15
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ANNCR:

"THIS WEEK"

FROM THE VOICE OF AMERICA, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK GONE BY...A LOOK AT SOME OF THE EVENTS, A CROSS-SECTION OF THE IDEAS...AND THE VOICES OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE NEWS DURING THE PAST SEVEN DAYS. YOUR NARRATOR IS

NARR:

THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS THURSDAY EVENING HEARD PRESIDENT FORD DELIVER HIS FIRST MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH SINCE TAKING OFFICE. THE WIDE-RANGING SPEECH WAS CALLED THE PRESIDENT'S "STATE OF THE WORLD" MESSAGE, BUT MAJOR ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED ON HIS ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION IN INDochina AND HIS APPEALS FOR MAJOR NEW AMERICAN AID.

MISTER FORD TOLD CONGRESS THAT ADDITIONAL AMERICAN ASSISTANCE COULD STABILIZE THE MILITARY SITUATION AROUND SAIGON AND OFFER A POLITICAL SOLUTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM. HE REQUESTED CLOSE TO A THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS IN MILITARY AND HUMANITARIAN AID FOR THAT NATION:

TAPE: FORD:48

"ASSISTANCE FOR SOUTH VIETNAM AT THIS STAGE MUST BE SWIFT AND ADEQUATE. DRIFT AND INDECISION INVITES FAR DEEPER DISASTER. THE SUNS I HAVE REQUESTED BEFORE THE MAJOR NORTH VIETNAMESE OFFENSIVE AND THE SUDDEN SOUTH VIETNAMESE RETREAT ARE OBVIOUSLY INADEQUATE. HALF-HEARTED ACTION WOULD BE WORSE THAN NONE. I'N THEREFORE ASKING THE CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE WITHOUT DELAY SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR EMERGENCY MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND AN INITIAL SUM OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR ECONOMIC AND HUMANITARIAN AID FOR SOUTH VIETNAM.

THIS WEEK NO. 15

NARR:

MISTER FORD ALSO ASKED CONGRESS TO CLARIFY THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF AMERICAN FORCES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING AND EVACUATING AMERICANS, IF NECESSARY. IN ADDITION, HE ASKED THAT THE LAW BE REVISED TO COVER THOSE VIETNAMESE WHOSE LIVES MAY BECOME ENDANGERED AND MAY NEED TO BE EVACUATED TO THE UNITED STATES.

BECAUSE OF THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION, HE ASKED CONGRESS TO ACT ON HIS REQUESTS BY NEXT SATURDAY.

PRESIDENT FORD CALLED THE NORTH VIETNAMESE OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTH A FLAGRANT AND SYSTEMATIC VIOLATION OF THE PARIS PEACE ACCORDS. AND HE APPEALED FOR AN END TO THE VIOLATIONS:

TAPE: FORD:37

"I CALL UPON HANOI, AND ASK THE CONGRESS TO JOIN WITH ME IN THIS CALL, TO CEASE MILITARY OPERATIONS IMMEDIATELY AND TO HONOR THE TERMS OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT. (APPLAUSE) THE UNITED STATES IS URGENTLY REQUESTING THE SIGNATORIES OF THE PARIS CONFERENCE TO MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO USE THEIR INFLUENCE TO HALT THE FIGHTING AND TO ENFORCE THE 1973 ACCORD."

NARR:

THE PRESIDENT SAID THE U.S. HAS ASKED CHINA AND THE SOVIET UNION TO HELP STOP THE FIGHTING.

MISTER FORD, DESCRIBING THE SITUATION IN CAMBODIA AS TRAGIC, READ ALOUD AN IMPASSIONED APPEAL FOR AID FROM CAMBODIA ACTING-PRESIDENT SAUKHAN KHOY. BUT PRESIDENT FORD SAID IT NOW MAY BE TOO LATE TO HELP THAT GOVERNMENT SURVIVE THE INSURGENT OFFENSIVE.

AS HE DID LAST WEEK IN HIS NEWS CONFERENCE, PRESIDENT FORD REITERATED U.S. DETERMINATION TO STAND BY ITS ALLIES.

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THIS WEEK NO. 15

HE TOLD CONGRESS:
TAPE: FORD:42

"LET NO POTENTIAL ADVERSARY BELIEVE THAT OUR DIFFICULTIES OR DEBATES MEAN A SLACKENING OF OUR NATIONAL WILL. WE WILL STAND BY OUR FRIENDS, WE WILL HONOR OUR COMMITMENTS, AND WE WILL UPHOLD OUR COUNTRY'S PRINCIPLES. (APPLAUSE) THE AMERICAN PEOPLE KNOW THAT OUR STRENGTH, OUR AUTHORITY, AND OUR LEADERSHIP HAVE HELPED PREVENT A THIRD WORLD WAR FOR MORE THAN A GENERATION. WE WILL NOT SHRINK FROM THIS DUTY IN THE GENERATIONS AHEAD."

NARR:

MOST SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN, QUESTIONED AFTER PRESIDENT FORD'S THURSDAY NIGHT SPEECH, INDICATED THEY WOULD STILL OPPOSE HIS REQUEST FOR MILITARY AID TO SOUTH VIETNAM. BUT MANY SAID HUMANITARIAN AID WOULD BE FORTHCOMING. HOUSE SPEAKER CARL ALBERT SAID CONGRESS MIGHT APPROVE SOME MILITARY ASSISTANCE BUT HE INDICATED THAT THE SEVEN-HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO MILLION DOLLARS SOUGHT BY PRESIDENT FORD WILL BE TURNED DOWN.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE JOHN MCCLELLAN SAID MORE AID WOULD MERELY PROLONG THE FIGHTING. (OPT) DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN JOHN BRADEMAS SUMMED UP THE FEELING OF MANY OF HIS FELLOW PARTY MEMBERS REACTING TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH THIS WAY:

TAPE: BRADEMAS:26

"ON I THINK: HE HAS MISJUDGED THE MOOD OF THE COUNTRY, HE'S MISJUDGED THE REALITIES OF THE SITUATION IN ASIA, AND HE'S CERTAINLY MISJUDGED THE MOOD OF THE CONGRESS. I THINK THE CONGRESS WILL NOT GRANT HIM MILITARY AID HE ASKS, I THINK CONGRESS WILL GRANT HIM THE HUMANITARIAN AID HE ASKS, I WOULD ALSO APPLAUD THE PRESIDENT'S PLEA TO CLARIFY THE WAR POWERS ACT, THAT WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO EVACUATE THE SEVERAL THOUSAND CIVILIANS OUT THERE.

NARR:

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN BOD MICHAELS, HOWEVER, WAS STILL HOPEFUL THAT CONGRESS MIGHT RESPOND -- AT LEAST IN PART -- TO THE PROPOSED PLEAS.

THIS WEEK NO. 15

TAPE: MICHAELS:23

"I THINK THAT ($722 MILLION) FIGURE IS SOMETIMES NEGOTIABLE. I WOULD HAVE TO TEND TO AGREE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A TURNING AWAY BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE CONGRESS ITSELF. THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT, HOWEVER, PUT IT IN SUCH FOCUS TONIGHT I THINK WE MIGHT BE SURPRISED BY THE KIND OF REACTION WE MAY GET AROUND THE COUNTRY WHEN THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF MAKES THE KIND OF PERSONAL APPEAL HE DID -- WHICH I THOUGHT WAS VERY FORTHRIGHT, HONEST AND CANDID." (END OPT)

NARR:

BUT REPUBLICAN SENATOR JOHN TOWER, WHILE APPLAUDING THE PRESIDENT'S ATTEMPTS TO GET MORE MILITARY AID, SAID HE SAW LITTLE HOPE OF APPROVAL BY THE CONGRESS.

(OPT) EARLIER IN THE WEEK, SENATOR HENRY JACKSON CHARGED THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD MADE SOME SECRET AGREEMENTS WITH THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT... A CHARGE THE WHITE HOUSE DENIES. A PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT FORMER PRESIDENT NIXON PRIVATELY ASSURED SOUTH VIETNAMESE PRESIDENT THIEU THAT THE U.S. WOULD REACT VIGOROUSLY TO MAJOR COMMUNIST VIOLATIONS OF THE PARIS PEACE ACCORDS. BUT THIS, SAID THE SPOKESMAN, WAS NO MORE THAN A REAFFIRMATION OF PUBLIC U.S. POLICY. THE SPOKESMAN NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT LEGISLATION PASSED BY CONGRESS SINCE THE PARIS AGREEMENT PROHIBITS ANY AMERICAN MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM.

IN A MEETING WITH PRESIDENT FORD, LEADERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS WERE ALSO ASSURED THAT NO SECRET AGREEMENTS EXIST. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN JOHN ANDERSON TOLD REPORTERS:

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THIS WEEK NO. 15

TAPE: ANDERSON:14

"WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE ARE NO SUCH PRIVATE AGREEMENTS. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MADE PUBLIC ON THAT QUESTION. THERE ARE NO HIDDEN CHAPTERS YET TO BE REVEALED. THERE ARE NO SECRET AGREEMENTS, I REPEAT."

NARR:

BUT SENATOR JACKSON SAYS THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE IS UNSATISFACTORY AND REPRESENTS ONLY A PARTIAL DISCLOSURE:

TAPE: JACKSON:30

"IT'S VERY CLEAR, THAT WHAT'S INVOLVED IN THE DOCUMENTS, THAT AMERICA WOULD TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS. WHAT THOSE SPECIFIC ARE, OR WOULD BE, CAN ONLY BE KNOWN WHEN THE DOCUMENTS THEMSELVES ARE MADE PUBLIC. WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW IS NOT WHAT PRESIDENT NIXON STATED PUBLICLY, BUT THE SPECIFIC AND COMPLETE LANGUAGE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS."

NARR:

AND SENATOR JACKSON SAYS HE WILL HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE MATTER. (END OPT)

ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF CAMBODIA THIS WEEK, GOVERNMENT FORCES CAME UNDER INCREASING PRESSURES, AS DEFENSE PERIMETERS AROUND THE CAPITAL, PHNOM PENH, SHRUNK TO WITHIN A FEW KILOMETERS OF THE CITY. KHMER ROUGE INSURGENTS DREW CLOSER TO POCHENTONG AIRPORT AS WELL.

DESPITE HEAVY SHELLING, THE MASSIVE AMERICAN AIRLIFT OF FOOD AND MILITARY SUPPLIES CONTINUED. BUT AT WEEK'S END, A CAMBODIAN AIRLINER -- CARRYING FUEL SUPPLIES -- CRASHED NEAR THE AIRPORT AFTER APPARENTLY BEING HIT BY SHRAPHNEL. ALL FIVE CREWMAN ABOARD WERE KILLED.

IN SOUTH VIETNAM, COMMunist FORCES LAUNCHED HEAVY ATTACKS IN PROVINCES EAST AND SOUTH OF SAIGON, IN AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO CUT OFF ALL LAND ROUTES TO THE CAPITAL. THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE MILITARY COMMAND REPORTED HEAVY FIGHTING AS GOVERNMENT TROOPS COUNTER-ATTACKED IN

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THIS WEEK NO. 15

MEANWHILE, IN A BIZARRE INCIDENT EARLIER IN THE WEEK, A SOUTH VIETNAMESE AIR FORCE PILOT MADE A BOMBING RUN ON THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN SAIGON. PRESIDENT THIEU WAS UNHARMED, BUT REPORTS SAID THAT SOME EMPLOYEES IN THE PALACE COMPOUND WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED.

THE WORLD'S PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS OF PETROLEUM SPENT A WEEK OF HARD BARGAINING ON A PROPOSED AGENDA FOR THE WORLD ENERGY CONFERENCE LATER THIS YEAR.

OIL PRODUCERS -- AS WELL AS DEVELOPING NATIONS -- PROPOSED AN AGENDA THAT WOULD INCLUDE DISCUSSION OF ALL BASIC RAW MATERIALS AND FOOD, ALONG WITH ENERGY. THE PRODUCERS AGENDA ALSO CALLED FOR A PLAN TO LINK WORLD OIL PRICES TO AN INDEX OF COMMODITIES IMPORTED BY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

THE SECOND PROPOSED AGENDA -- PUT FORWARD BY THE COMMON MARKET AND BACKED BY THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN -- DEALT ESSENTIALLY WITH OIL, MAKING NO SPECIFIC MENTION OF RAW MATERIALS. IT DID, HOWEVER, LINK THE ENERGY PROBLEM WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORLD ECONOMY AND THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM.

THE PARIS MEETING WAS DEADLOCKED ON THESE TWO PROPOSALS FOR HOST OF THE WEEK...WITH BARGAINING SOMETIMES GOING LATE INTO THE NIGHT. ON FRIDAY, DELEGATES WERE STILL WORKING TO DRAW UP A COMPROMISE AGENDA.

(EDITORS--WATCH FOR UPDATE)

(OPT) AS THE WORLD ENERGY CONFERENCE PREPARATIONS WERE BEING MADE IN ONE PART OF PARIS, ECONOMIC PROBLEMS CAUSED BY HIGH OIL PRICES WERE BEING DISCUSSED ELSEWHERE IN THE CITY. AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC

THIS WEEK NO. 15

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COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT, THE MAJOR WESTERN INDUSTRIAL NATIONS THIS WEEK CREATED A SPECIAL TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND MILLION DOLLAR AID FUND. THE MONEY WILL HELP OIL CONSUMING COUNTRIES WHO HAVE SERIOUS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS DIFFICULTIES.

UNDER AN AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE TWENTY-FOUR O-E-C-D MEMBERS, EACH NATION WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUND ACCORDING TO A FORMULA BASED ON ITS GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AND FOREIGN TRADE BALANCE. THE UNITED STATES WILL SUPPLY NEARLY TWENTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE TOTAL.

ORGANIZATION OFFICIALS, HOWEVER, SAY THEY HOPE THERE WILL NEVER BE ANY NEED TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN -- WHICH HAS BEEN TERMED A FINANCIAL SAFETY NET. (END OPT)

MINISTERS FROM FORTY-ONE AFRICAN NATIONS GATHERED THIS WEEK IN DAR ES SALAAN, FOR WHAT HAS BEEN TERMED THE MOST IMPORTANT MEETING IN THE HISTORY OF THE CONTINENT. THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY HELD THE SESSION TO DISCUSS ONE MAJOR ITEM: BLACK AFRICA'S RESPONSE TO WHITE-RULED SOUTH AFRICA'S INITIATIVES TOWARD DETENTE.

(OPT) THE NEARLY FIVE DAYS OF OFTEN-HEATED DEBATE WAS DIVIDED ALONG TWO LINES. MILITANT AFRICAN STATES, JOINED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF SEVERAL LIBERATION GROUPS, ARGUED FOR A POLICY OF ARMED STRUGGLE AND TOTAL ISOLATION OF SOUTH AFRICA. BUT MODERATES, LED BY TANZANIA -- THE CONFERENCE HOST, AND ZAMBIA, PRESSED FOR A RESOLUTION PERMITTING CONTINUED DIPLOMATIC CONTACTS WITH THE PRETORIA GOVERNMENT. THEY SAID THAT FURTHER CONTACTS WOULD SPEED THEIR OBJECTIVE OF BLACK-HAJORITY RULE IN THE WHITE SUPREMICIST AFRICAN STATES. THEY SAID TALKS ALREADY HAD ACHIEVED SUCH CONCRETE

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THIS WEEK NO. 15

RESULTS AS A SOUTH AFRICAN PROMISE TO WITHDRAW ITS
TROOPS FROM RHODESIA WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS. (END OPT)

(OPT) BRITAIN TOOK ANOTHER STEP THIS WEEK TOWARD ITS JUNE REFERENDUM ON CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP IN THE EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET. AFTER THREE DAYS OF DEBATE, THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT VOTED HEAVILY IN FAVOR OF A NOTION APPROVING THE LABOR GOVERNMENT'S STAND FAVORING MEMBERSHIP. RECENTLY, BRITAIN RE-NEGOTIATED MORE FAVORABLE TERMS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY.

PRIME MINISTER HAROLD WILSON URGED THE BRITISH PEOPLE TO APPROVE CONTINUED MARKET MEMBERSHIP WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLS JUNE FIFTH. BUT THE ISSUE HAS SPLIT HIS LABOR PARTY, AND DEPUTY MINISTER OF STATE ERIC HEFFER DEFIED A RULING BY THE PRIME MINISTER AND SPOKE OUT AGAINST CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP DURING DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

IN THE VOTING IN PARLIAMENT, MISTER WILSON WAS DESERTED BY NEARLY HALF HIS PARTY. NEVERTHELESS, PRO-MARKET FORCES CARRIED THE DAY -- THREE HUNDRED NINETY SIX TO ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY -- BECAUSE OF STRONG SUPPORT FROM CONSERVATIVE AND OTHER OPPOSITION PARTY MEMBERS.

MISTER HEFFER, NEARWHILE, WAS DISMISSED FROM HIS LABOR CABINET POST FOR DISOBEYING THE PRIME MINISTER'S RULING. (END OPT)

PORTUGAL'S MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES WERE TO AGREE THIS WEEK ON CONTINUED MILITARY DOMINANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT. THE ACCORD WOULD GIVE THE ARMED FORCES REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL CONTROL OVER AN ELECTED ASSEMBLY, THE RIGHT TO RATIFY THE NATION'S CONSTITUTION, AND THE POWER TO VETO

THIS WEEK NO. 15

THE REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL WANTS THESE POWERS WRITTEN INTO A NEW CONSTITUTION WHICH WILL BE DRAWN UP BY A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY. ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS ARE TO TAKE PLACE APRIL TWENTY-FIFTH.

IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, PORTUGUESE PREMIER VASCO CONCALVES TOLD A TUESDAY NEWS CONFERENCE THAT HIS NATION WILL RESPECT ITS INTERNATIONAL TREATIES -- ESPECIALLY THOSE CONCERNED WITH THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION.

BUT HE SAID PORTUGAL WILL NOT PERMIT THE AMERICAN AIRBASE IN THE AZORES TO BE USED TO AID ISRAEL IN A NEW MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT.

ON THE SUBJECT OF NATO -- PRESIDENT FORD, IN HIS THURSDAY NIGHT FOREIGN POLICY ADDRESS, CONFIRMED THAT HE EXPECTS TO ATTEND A SUMMIT MEETING WITH WESTERN LEADERS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THE PRESIDENT TOLD CONGRESS THAT NATO FACES COMPLEX NEGOTIATIONS AND DECISIONS AND THAT IT IS TIME TO REAFFIRM THE COHESION AND COMMON DESTINY OF THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE.

TURNING TOWARD U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION, MISTER FORD ASKED CONGRESS TO ENACT NEW LEGISLATION TO OVERCOME SOVIET OBLIECTIONS TO THE NEW AMERICAN TRADE LAW. THE MEASURE TIES U.S. TRADE CONCESSIONS TO RELAXATION OF SOVIET EMIGRATION POLICIES. IN ADDITION MISTER FORD SAID HE HOPES THAT A FINAL NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE TIME SOVIET PARTY LEADER BREZHNEV VISITS AMERICA LATER THIS YEAR.

THIS WEEK NO. 15

THE PRESIDENT ALSO ASKED CONGRESS TO LIFT THE BAN ON ARMS AID TO TURKEY. HE SAID THE BAN HAS PROLONGED THE CYPRUS PROBLEM.

IN A RELATED DEVELOPMENT, LAST WEEK'S HOPEFUL REPORTS THAT POLITICAL TALKS ABOUT CYPRUS WOULD SOON RESUME HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED. A UNITED NATIONS SPOKENMAN IN NEW YORK SAID TUESDAY THAT GREEK AND TURKISH CYPRIOT NEGOTIATORS WILL MEET ON APRIL TWENTY-EIGHTH IN VIENNA.

IN NICOSIA, TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER RAUF DENKTASH SAID HE AND GREEK CYPRIOT LEADER GLAFCOS CLERIDES WILL BE THE NEGOTIATORS FOR THE TWO SIDES. MISTER DENKTASH ALSO SAID BOTH SIDES HAVE AGREED THAT U.H. SECRETARY-GENERAL KURT WALDHEIM WILL SERVE AS A GOODWILL ENVOY -- WITH NO AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT ANY PROPOSALS.

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE SUICIDE OF A CORPORATION EXECUTIVE LED TO A STARTLING ADMISSION THIS WEEK BY ONE OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR BANANA PRODUCERS. UNITED BRANDS -- A PRIVATE AMERICAN COMPANY -- SAYS IT PAID ONE AND A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS TO A HIGH HONDURAS OFFICIAL TO GET A REDUCTION IN EXPORT TAXES. THE COMPANY SAID ITS BOARD CHAIRMAN, ELI BLACK -- WHO KILLED HIMSELF IN FEBRUARY -- AUTHORIZED THE PAYMENTS. HOWEVER, WHEN THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS LEARNED OF THE PAYMENT, IT VETOED A SECOND INSTALLMENT.

THE INFORMATION CAME TO LIGHT DURING AN INVESTIGATION BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THE S.E.C. -- IN A COURT SUIT AGAINST UNITED BRANDS -- SAID THE COMPANY ALSO PAID SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO OFFICIALS OF AN ILLANDED EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT.

THIS WEEK NO. 15

NONE OF THE OFFICIALS INVOLVED HAVE BEEN NAMED
BUT THE HONDURAS GOVERNMENT HAS APPOINTED A
SPECIAL COMMISSION OF ITS OWN TO INVESTIGATE THE MATTER.
HONDURAN PRESIDENT OSVALDO LOPEZ ARELLANO DENIED THE
ALLEGATIONS THAT A HONDURAN OFFICIAL HAD TAKEN THE
BRIDE.

HERE IN WASHINGTON, THE STATE DEPARTMENT CONDENNED
THE PAYMENTS. A SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO
KNOWLEDGE OF THEM UNTIL NOTIFIED BY INVESTICATORS.

THE SUBJECT OF THE UNITED NATIONS SINAI OBSERVER
FORCE WAS DISCUSSED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IN NEW YORK THIS
WEEK, AS THE SECURITY COUNCIL BEGAN PRIVATE CONSULATIONS
ON EXTENDING ITS MANDATE. THE PRESENT MANDATE EXPIRES
APRIL TWENTY-FOURTH.

NEWS REPORTS SAY AGREEMENT IS NEAR, BUT DETAILS
REMAIN TO BE WORKED OUT. EGYPT HAS AGREED TO A THREE
MONTH EXTENSION WHILE ISRAEL HAS URGED THAT THE MANDATE
BE EXTENDED FOR SIX MONTHS.

REPORTS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST ALSO SAID THIS WEEK
THAT HIGH-LEVEL CONSULTATIONS WERE UNDERWAY AMONG EGYPT,
SYRIA, SAUDI ARABIA AND LEADERS OF THE PALESTINE
LIBERATION ORGANIZATION. THE TALKS ARE AIMED AT A
COMMON ARAB STRATEGY IN THE WAKE OF THE SUSPENSION OF
SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER'S RECENT MISSION. PRESIDENT
FORD TOLD CONGRESS THURSDAY NIGHT THAT THE U.S. WILL
CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS FOR A SOLUTION OF THE MIDDLE EAST PROBLEM:

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"I PLEDGE THE UNITED STATES TO A MAJOR EFFORT FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST... AN EFFORT WHICH I KNOW HAS THE SOLID SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THEIR CONGRESS. (APPLAUSE) WE ARE NOW EXAMINING HOW BEST TO PROCEED. WE HAVE AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO RECONVENE THE GENEVA CONFERENCE. WE ARE PREPARED AS WELL, TO EXPLORE OTHER FORUMS."

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MISTER FORD VENT ON TO SAY THAT THE UNITED STATES IS PREPARED TO HOVE AHEAD ON WHATEVER COURSE LOOKS MOST PROMISING -- EITHER AN OVERALL SETTLEMENT OR AN INTERIM AGREEMENT. AND HE SAID THE U.S. WILL NOT ACCEPT STAGNATION OR STALENATE.

NEXT WEEK, ISRAELI: FOREIGN MINISTER YICAL ALLON WILL VISIT SECRETARY KISSINGER IN WASHINGTON.

THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON TAIWAN THIS WEEK BEGAN A MONTH OF MOURNING FOR PRESIDENT CHIANG-KAI-SHEK, WHO DIED SATURDAY AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-SEVEN.

PRESIDENT CHIANG LED MAINLAND CHINA FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, UNTIL THE COMMUNISTS TOOK POWER IN NINETEEN FORTY-NINE. HE THEN TOOK HIS GOVERNMENT TO THE OFF SHORE ISLAND OF TAIWAN, FROM WHICH HE REGULARLY ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTION TO RETURN TO THE MAINLAND.

VICE PRESIDENT YEN-CHIA-KAN WAS SWORN IN SUNDAY AS THE NATION'S NEW PRESIDENT. SINCE AN ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA IN NINETEEN SEVENTY-TWO, PRESIDENT CHIANG'S ASSISTANT IN MATTERS OF STATE WAS HIS ELDER SON, PRIME MINISTER CHAIING CHING-KUO.

PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE CHINESE LEADER, PRESIDENT FORD DESCRIBED CHIANG-KAI-SHEK AS A MAN OF FIRM INTEGRITY, HIGH COURAGE, AND DEEP POLITICAL CONVICTIONS. (END OF)

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ANNCR:

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE STORIES MAKING HEADLINES THIS
WEEK. YOUR NARRATOR WAS

JOIN US AGAIN (NEXT ) WHEN THE VOICE OF
AMERICA TAKES A LOOK AT THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS ON "THIS
WEEK!"

RTD/PBH

Maccomp, Illinois.
Western Illinois University,
Department of History.
Dr. Sterling J. Kernek,

Personal Assistant
Susanne S. McFarlane

Sincerely,

blessed to add it to his personal library.
seems a very acute appraisal, and I know he is very
the copy of your article in "Illinois Quarterly." It
know that he very much appreciates your sending him
Secretary Kieisinger has asked me to let you

Dear Dr. Kernek:

October 4, 1970

THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON

July 16, 1974

Dear Mr. Minister:

I want to express my sincere thanks for
the warmth and hospitality you once again showed
me during my most recent visit to Damascus with
President and Mrs. Nixon.

These last six months have been remarkable
for the dramatic improvement in relations between
our two countries, and I am deeply gratified
that full diplomatic relations have once more
been resumed. In the months ahead, I am confident
we will see continued improvements in our rela-
tions.

Please accept once again my appreciation for
making the President's trip to Damascus so re-
warding.

His Excellency
Abd al-Halim Khaddam,
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Syrian Arab Republic.

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BEGIN QUOTE: DEAR MR. PRESIDENT, I HAVE JUST LEARNED OF YOUR OPERATION AND YOUR TRANSFER TO THE HOSPITAL IN JOHANNESBURG FOR FURTHER TESTS. MY WIFE NANCY JOINS ME IN SENDING YOU OUR BEST WISHES FOR A FULL AND SPEEDY RECOVERY. BEST REGARDS, HENRY A. KISSINGER END QUOTE.

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Dear Mr. Minister:

I wish to thank you for your warm hospitality
during my most recent visits to Damascus. I am
grateful for the opportunity again to consult with
you and regret any inconvenience caused you by the
timing of my visit during Ramadan.

Our talks were, I believe, highly useful and
have served to advance the prospects for a lasting
peace in the Middle East.

Permit me to extend to you and Mrs. Khaddam
on behalf of Mrs. Kissinger and myself best wishes
for a happy 'Id al'Fitr.

His Excellency
Abdul Halim Khaddam,
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Syrian Arab Republic,
Damascus.

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February 19, 1975

Dear Mr. Minister:

I wish to express my special thanks
for the warm welcome and hospitality ex-
tended to me and my party during our visit
to Damascus February 13.

Our talks were extremely useful and I
look forward to seeing you again soon.

His Excellency
Abd al-Halim Khaddam,
Minister of Foreign Affairs
of the Syrian Arab Republic,
Damascus.

March 25, 1975

Dear Mr. Minister:

The warm hospitality with which you and Mrs. Khaddam welcomed Mrs. Kissinger and me to Damascus was deeply gratifying. We return home with many fine memories of our all-too-brief visit together. I was also deeply touched by your delaying your departure to be present for me second visit.

As you know, I value highly the frank discussions we hold and continue to consider your views and advice to be of far-reaching importance in moving toward a just settlement of the Middle East crisis.

His Excellency
Abd al-Halim Khaddam,
Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Syrian Arab Republic,
Damascus.

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Dear Mr. Minister:

Thank you for all your personal efforts in making my recent visit to Afghanistan a success. I much appreciated the opportunity to return to your beautiful country and to meet again with you and other Afghan leaders.

My wife joins me in thanking you for your gracious hospitality.

Best regards,

Mr. Ali Ahmad Khurram,
Minister of Planning,
Republic of Afghanistan,
Kabul.

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