SUGGESTED REMARKS FOR THE HON. HENRY A. KISSINGER

AT THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE HUMAN RELATIONS

AWARD DINNER, JUNE 10, 1979, BEVERLY HILTON HOTEL

(If they have _not_ stood up: "Please be seated.")

Thank you, Frank, for your generous but inadequate words.

And thank you ladies and gentlemen for your warm applause..
..which is about half of what I would have given me had I been
sitting out there with you.

I must confess when I first received an invitation to be
here tonight from ( ). I thought it
NAME OF WHO INVITED HK

was for the purposes of discussing a motion picture of my book
which I have just completed and which will be on sale shortly.
It is the story told in all humility of how I saved the world.

(INSERT BOOK JOKES FROM GRID IRON WE DID NOT DO)

I want to thank the co-chairmen of this evening, Steve
Broidy and Frank Welles, for their many courtesies. I hope that
when either of you gentlemen is in Washington you will call me
in order that I may return the favor and be your guest.

Although being this close to the real Disneyland I can't
imagine why you would ever think of visiting Washington.

We, too, have our own frontier land, tomorrow land, and
fantasy land. Only we call ours Congress.

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I would also like to mention the honorary chairmen, Mayor Bradley, Sherill Corwin, Martin Gang, Saul Lesser, and Dr. Murphy because they asked me to mention them.

And it is always a pleasure for me to break bread with Charlton Heston who visited the Red Sea in a memorable motion picture and who did to the Red Sea as Moses what I do as Kissinger.

As for the man we honor tonight, I have the highest regard for Dennis Stanfill. He is truly deserving of the American Jewish Committee's 1979 Institute of Human Relations Award. I have brought you my own award tonight, Dennis, an autographed copy of my book, and I want you to know your high position as Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief Executive Officer of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation means nothing to me. Instead I described the book to you, *my friend*. It says "To Dennis Stanfill....with the deep appreciation of the author for being the highest bidder to the motion picture rights to the brilliant pages that follow-- warmest regards, Henry Kissinger."

(I will present the book to you after the speeches, Dennis, and I hope you will act accordingly.)

I am delighted to be here with all of you. I cannot tell you what a relief it is to be away from Washington for a few days, although I confess it was difficult to leave Washington to come to California and thereby miss an opportunity to see Jerry Brown.

In all fairness, it must be difficult to hold high office in Sacramento with aspirations for the White House....being forced

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to commit controversial acts and to make controversial statements
in an attempt to be taken seriously as a national leader. But
enough about Mike Curb. (Lt. Gov.)

Washington is very exciting this time of year. The
candidates are in full bloom.

(INSERT THE CANDIDATE JOKES FROM THE GRIDIRON)

Sometimes I think I am the only man I know who is not
running for the Presidency. I assure you I have no desire for
any job which begins with an inauguration. A coronation might
interest me, but never an inauguration.

Also -- I am prohibited by the Constitution of being
President due to the fact that I was born in Germany. However,
that may change when I take the cue from Jimmy Carter and am
born again.

As you might expect, much of the talk in Washington these
days is about the coming election. In that regard let me tell
you the rivalry between the President and Senator Kennedy is not
as serious as rumored. Last week I attended a dinner in the
White House which the President had in honor of Senator Kennedy,
and I must say that was the most delicious bologna I've tasted
in years.

During the course of the evening I observed the President
and Senator Kennedy in what appeared to be intimate conversation.

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I couldn't hear everything they said but I did hear the President say "Senator Kennedy I hope I will have your full support in my campaign to be reelected to the only office I have ever held which truly utilizes all of my abilities." Senator Kennedy replied "Mr. President I will do everything I can to help you, because I think the people of Georgia deserve you as their next Governor."

Actually things are not always that formal in Washington. Many are on a first name basis. For example the Governor of California calls the President Jimmy and the President calls him Brownie.

Speaking of Governor Brown, he was also at the White House party. We discussed Carter's first 2½ years in office. I thought Brown was very fair in his evaluation. He said there is no question that Carter has broken quite a few records. I agree, most of them were Linda Ronstadt's.

At that point the President joined us. Brown told him he would very much like to see where he will sleep if he gets elected. Carter was very nice about it. He took Brown up to the private quarters and pointed to the floor under Lincoln's bed.

And despite rumors that Fritz Mondale has fallen into the quicksand of anonymity where so many Vice Presidents have become invisible, the President assured me that Mondale will be on the ticket next year. I said "Fritz will be very happy to hear that. May I tell him what you said?" The President replied "No. Point him out to me and I'll tell him myself."

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About 10 minutes later I bumped into Mondale and I said "well, Fritz, did the President tell you the good news?" He said "no, he told me I'm on the ticket with him next year."

I was surprised and I said to him "I thought you enjoyed being Vice President." Mondale said "I'd rather be Lieutenant Governor of California. At least that way I get to make some decisions of my own."

By the way, Don Tatum* and Card Walker*, James Schlesinger was also at the party. He asked me to bring you his warmest regards and to thank you again for making one of the founders of Disney Studios available to him as a consultant during the energy crisis. I will not say who that consultant is, but perhaps this explains why the Department of Energy has turned out to be such a Mickey Mouse operation.

I saw Ham Jordan and Jody Powell and I asked them if the President really plans to fire Schlesinger. They were both very nice about it. Jordan told me to mind my own business and Jody told me Schlesinger will never be fired as long he keeps Carter believing that gasoline can be made from peanut oil (at $1.50 a gallon).

But I am not one who criticizes the President. I am fully aware that it is not easy to get out of bed every morning and try to remember which side you part your hair on.

Nor do I go along with the talk there is no real fuel crisis.

* They are on the committee for the dinner. They will be there and are the two high officers of Disney Productions.

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I believe there is a genuine fuel shortage and we all suffer equally. Only last weekend at the Washington Yacht Basin there was a maximum of ~~62,000~~ gallons per yacht.

Next I saw John Connally and Ronald Reagan over in the corner so I joined them. They're easy to find in a crowded room. Both are tall, fine looking men. Both are conservatives. Both are former governors of large states and both have grey hair.

I looked around the room hoping to see Senator Hayakawa. But I was told he wasn't there. It seems he was at another party some poor people were throwing at a gas station.

The next person I bumped into was Jerry Ford. Actually he bumped into me.

I asked the former President why NBC has terminated his contract. He told me that he guessed Fred Silverman was mad at him for not granting a full absolute pardon to NBC's schedule last season.

Now, I have a few serious thoughts I would like to share with you. (INSERT SERIOUS REMARKS)

CLOSING LINES: Ladies and gentlemen, this completes my remarks for this evening. Like all of you, I regret that I am finished. For like all of you, I could listen to me forever. Thank you.