UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO
HILO COLLEGE - Humanities Division

January 13, 1977

Dr. Henry Kissinger
The Secretary Of State
The Department Of State
2201 C. Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20520

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

The purpose of this letter is to thank you for who you are and for
what you have done for the world in which we live. It is one of the
letters I feel that I have owed to some individuals for too long of
a time.

I am not a politician, nor do I have any political axes to grind. In my more politically active years, I was much further to the left than you have appeared to be. Neither did I support Mr. Nixon nor the conflict in Southeast Asia. Rather, most of my adult life, I thought and acted politically in opposition to my parents and siblings. In my idealistic, perhaps naive, state I insisted upon supporting individuals rather than any political party. I can't say that this has changed. Today, I find myself unable to give meaningful support to any political party. I believe in individual dynamics, not group groping.

However, to the jist of this letter, I know of no one else who has worked for the good of this terribly world as you have. I sincerely salute you in your endless effort to establish bases for peace between and among nations. In your seemingly endless travels in this effort, you have sacrificed much of your own personal comfort attempting to establish some personal comfort for millions across the globe. Had our country been capable of finding others with your intelligence, ability and industry for the Head of our State Department over the many past decades, I truly believe that we all would be saner and safer.

Dr. Kissinger, thank you for all of your tireless effort, for your
brilliance, and for your personal and professional committment to
Peace. I know of no one more deserving of The Nobel Prize For Peace
than you. Thank you for being a beautiful person in an often unbeautifull
world.

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HK

December 12, 1976

Dear Mr. Kissinger:

Just a few short lines, to express my appreciation to
you, for ALL the amount of hard work, with favorable
results, you exerted over the past years.
It is most commendable.

I have read that the incoming President, Mr. Carter, is
considering a new position for you in his administration
and I certainly hope so.

Again sincere thanks,

M. Stacey
840 Eastern Pwky.;
Louisville, Ky. 40217

Dear Miss and Mrs. Sterling:

Thank you very much for your thoughtful letter.

I am heartened by your generous words and appreciate your taking the time to write to me.

Miss Lorraine and Mrs. Margaret Sterling,
7 Lamont Street,
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
7 Lamont Street,

Henry A. Klaasen

Beat regards,

write to me.
and appreciate your taking the time to
I amheartened by your generous words

ful letter.

Thank you very much for your thought-

Dear Misa and Mrs. Sterling:

January 18, 1977

Dr. Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.

Dear Dr. Kissinger,

We wish to thank you for your devoted and energetic work as Secretary of State. We have closely followed your foreign policy line over the past several years and think you have done a magnificent job of defusing world tensions and promoting global balance and order.

Your stong and decisive handling of this nation's foreign policy has brought us to peace. We were disappointed that President Ford was not reelected and that your term would be coming to an end, but we are confident that the incoming President will take advantage of the peace you and President Ford have left as your legacy and continue with your basic policies.

Please know that many of us out here in mid-America have admired and supported you and will miss your leadership.
Please send us an autographed card to insert in your book.

A sincere thank you.

HENRY STORTI
463 BOLERO WAY
NEWPORT BEACH CA 92663

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Honorable Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Sirs:

For these many years past, we have followed your travels and marveled
at your stamia; likewise have we been very thankful for the splendid
work and accomplishments it has been possible for you to make.

And so, it is with great sadness that we must accept the change of
our administration and, with it, your change of office. Surely the
whole world feels the same and our worry is what will happen now that
you are not at the helm.

When Jimmy Carter sets up his peanut stand at the White House, and with
his recommended Cabinet, this Nation faces the greatest danger we have
ever had to face as far as our future is concerned.

It is our most ernest hope that you will be able to find a place where
in your future work, you can help this nation survive.

The one cheering note in President Ford's address was "MAYBE"!!!

We do hope that same word applies to you.

MINISTRY OF CONSTRUCTION

Republic of Korea
Seoul, Korea

January 7, 1977

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
The Secretary of State
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Secretary;

"The Kissinger era is about to be adjourned!" I don't want to believe this. However, I know that your name is duly recorded in proper place in the history of mankind as great peace maker.

With the help of your endowed gifts in negotiation and
persuasion, your tireless personal devotion to the peace of the
world is in part rewarded, I believe, by the presence of the more
enduring peace the billions of people now enjoy. I send unlimitted
admirations and genuine congratulations to you.

After your departure from the diplomatic scene, although the
world will look the same, but it will never be the same.

General Min, former Korea army chief of staff now National
Assembly man, told me in succinct terms in Korean :

"Because of the presence of the United States on this planet there still is justice in the world. Otherwise, it would have gone savage long time ago." "public opinion of the United States is world opinion . . . ." "We (Korea) must fully cooperate with America." I can not agree with him more.

January 7, 1977

In the eve of your departure, I want to write this letter
to express my personal thanks to you. It was you who put me to
Center for International Affairs, Harvard, in 1968 at the request
of General C.H. Bonesteel, III. I am eternally grateful to you
and to the general. ( I was the general's aide at the time).

I attempted a few times to see you while in the White House,
but the time was always wrong for me. I still hold my hopes high.

I wish you continued success and prosperity.