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# I. Introduction and Summary

To meet the demands of national policy in a time of change and growing complexity, the foreign affairs agencies must have an able and diverse corps of professionals. This requires a rational, effective management system which will attract and retain the wide range of talents essential for today's diplomacy.

Shortly after World War II, the Congress legislated a new charter for the Foreign Service of the United States in the Foreign Service Act of 1946. It has served well in the thirty years since then as the basis for a professional, worldwide diplomatic service. In the ensuing years, however, the foreign affairs environment has changed greatly. Major issues have increasingly involved complex technological or economic questions and, with the growth of interdependence among nations, the link between domestic and foreign policy has grown closer. These changes have called for more varied skills and a stronger capacity in Washington. During these years, we have attempted repeatedly to find a personnel structure which would enable us to meet fully the special requirements of a Washington headquarters staff, to strengthen our capacity at home as well as abroad and to blend successfully our worldwide and domestic staffing requirements. A brief summary of major proposals for reform is contained in Section II.

Six years ago, following an internal review, the Department and USIA embarked on an effort to build a "single service" under the Foreign Service Act. The plan sought to reduce or eliminate the distinction between worldwide and domestic service at the officer level. Based on our experience since then, it is clear that we are still far from achieving a single service, and that in the process of trying to build one we have not been able to meet the legitimate career aspirations of our personnel or our own requirements.

In June 1975, the Secretary of State and the Director of USIA ordered a basic reexamination of the personnel system and structure. In the Congress, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1977 called upon the Secretary to transmit to the Congress a comprehensive plan for the improvement and simplification of the personnel system.

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The studies of personnel improvements within both the Department of State and the United States Information Agency and discussions between the two agencies have been based on the premise that to the extent possible the personnel systems of the Department and USIA should be compatible but that the different responsibilities of the two agencies may require some differences in the two personnel systems. Our studies have not examined possible unification of State, AID and USIA personnel categories. This question, we believe, would have to be considered in the context of proposals for governmental reorganization.

In parallel studies of the personnel system over the past 18 months, the current administration of the Department and USIA considered a number of options regarding basic personnel structure and concluded that we should seek to resolve our difficulties through an expanded use of existing Civil Service authorities for domestic positions and, as intended by the Foreign Service Act, continued use of Foreign Service authorities for both Foreign Service Officer and specialist needs for those personnel who serve worldwide.

The conclusion that the Department should reestablish a domestic system is based on the recognition that we need to create a working environment in which specialized, Washington-based, functional talents are respected and rewarded in a department given to a generalist tradition, an overseas orientation, and a regional pattern of organization. Headquarters needs are often different from overseas requirements. There are a number of specialized headquarters jobs, from arms control expert to systems analyst, which have few counterparts abroad. We need both continuity and mobility, generalist and specialist skills and career systems which will allow us to meet all of these needs effectively.

Under this plan, which the current administration of the Department of State and USIA recommend to their successors, the FSO and FSIO corps would remain as the group of professionals conducting our overseas diplomacy and performing related functions while in Washington. The domestic service (GS) would serve in positions peculiar to headquarters and would not be required to serve overseas. As a result of these adjustments, the foreign affairs specialist category would thereafter.

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cover only worldwide specialist careers, including
several existing components, primarily Foreign Service
Reserve Unlimited and Foreign Service Staff. As a
result of personnel management analyses now in process,
the category might also include certain specialized
functions recently vested in the FSO Corps. In addition,
the two agencies will utilize limited or temporary
Foreign Service Reserve appointments to meet special,
short term needs and to provide probationary status
for potential Foreign Service career employees. A
comparison of present and future personnel categories
is shown in an attachment to this report.

Past experience has shown that personnel reforms are
difficult to implement in the best circumstances and
require the full support and commitment of top management
if they are to succeed. While simple in concept, effec-
tive implementation will require concerted management
effort and sustained attention. Certain aspects of the
system will be subject to review by the Board of the
Foreign Service and consultation with authorized employee
representatives prior to implementation.

## II. Background

The question of the most appropriate personnel
structure for the foreign affairs agencies of the gov-
ernment has been investigated repeatedly since 1946,
usually in the course of broader examination of the
foreign affairs system or of personnel problems as a
whole. These reviews have been conducted by the Congress,
by internal groups within the agencies, and by both
official and private outside groups. Their conclusions
have been mixed. Of the major reform initiatives, the
first Hoover Commission (1949), the original Hays Bill
(1965-66) and "Diplomacy for the 70's" (1970) advocated
an essentially unitary, worldwide Foreign Service system.
The Herter Committee (1962) recommended worldwide
and domestic categories in a Foreign Service system.
Three other major reports, however, by the Wriston-
Committee (1954), the 1968 AFSA report, "Toward a
Modern Diplomacy," and the Murphy Commission (1975),
each explicitly favored continued use of a domestic
category based on Civil Service authority. This was also
an underlying premise of the 1946 Foreign Service Act
itself.

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In a more limited action following the failure of the Senate to pass the Hays Bill, PL 90-494 established the Foreign Service Information Officer Corps as a permanent career category for USIA, and created the Foreign Service Reserve Unlimited category for USIA and the Department of State. It did not, however, deal with the issue of overall personnel system structure and the use of the Civil Service category.

Thus, these studies, based on different perspectives and spanning three decades, represent two basic approaches to the question of personnel structure, one which emphasizes the advantages of a single system and the other the benefits of a diverse career system. Since 1971, the Department and USIA have followed a personnel policy based on the single service concept. Because of problems which have arisen in attempting to make this system work effectively, our recent study has examined again the advantages and implications of the two approaches.

### III. Plan For A More Rational Personnel Structure

The objectives around which any sound personnel structure must be built can be stated simply: to determine the needs and functions of the institution and identify the human resources which best serve those needs. As a summary of past efforts (Part II) illustrates, the two agencies and outside groups have sought repeatedly to design an effective foreign affairs personnel system. Unlike some earlier studies which foundered on broad structural conclusions based on ideal solutions, in the recent review we have concentrated on determining our actual requirements and on identifying structural flaws which prevent us from meeting them. In this process, we have operated on four principles:

1. We must improve and clarify the definition of our staffing needs.

2. We must utilize equitable, competitive career systems which support those needs.

3. We must insure fairness for all people in the career service, and mobility among career categories.

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4. We must maintain our goal of an integrated,
effective service to conduct our foreign relations.

Thus, we have sought to build a personnel structure
that best assures our continued ability to serve
national interest and one that is flexible enough to
meet the future needs of American diplomacy without
repeated reorganization. In the process we have attempted
to assure also that no member of the service is dis-
advantaged as a result of changes required. We have been
determined to build carefully from present circumstances,
avoiding change for its own sake or symmetry for symmetry's
sake.

The Home Service
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A central reality which no earlier study or plan
has changed--although some may not have faced it fully--
is the existence of a domestic category of people in the
Department and USIA who supply essential skills and
continuity of service which cannot be met effectively
by a worldwide, mobile service.

Our examination of past efforts to create a single
service has made clear that the Foreign Service Act
cannot serve as an instrument to manage a domestic
service. Efforts to implement this program have not
been successful. Uniformity has not brought equity or
management efficiency. Serious management and legal
questions have arisen. In retrospect it is clear that
the Foreign Service Act, designed for a generalist,
disciplined, mobile officer corps, serving throughout
the world, does not fit the career patterns and needs
of individuals hired for specialized and essentially
home service jobs in Washington. Nor was it evidently
intended for this purpose. For example, under the
Foreign Service promotion system it is possible for a
subordinate to be promoted to a rank above his supervisor;
while this is tolerable in a mobile, worldwide system
where transfers are frequent, it is clearly undesirable
where longer term staffing patterns prevail, as in the
domestic corps.

Thus, barring substantial amendment of the Act,
in concept as well as in provision, management of a
domestic component in the foreign affairs agencies must
rest, as it has in the past, on authority contained
in the Civil Service system. Since several of the
largest cabinet departments have successfully managed
dual service systems, the foreign affairs agencies should

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not find this beyond them. We need a single management program but not necessarily a single structure.

Rebuilding the domestic service to provide needed skills and institutional stability and strength has involved substantial analysis and redesign. It has included extensive work in designating which functions and positions form the home service. In deciding this, we considered whether prior service abroad was essential to effective job performance, whether counterpart jobs exist abroad, the importance of continuity, the degree of specialization required and career needs. Rebuilding the domestic service also includes return to participation in the Civil Service recruitment program, improved mechanisms for promotion, assignment and training, and other elements in proper management of careers within Civil Service authorities and principles. All of these had tended to fall into disuse as we moved away in recent years from reliance upon a strong home service working alongside the Foreign Service.

As a corollary to definition of the home service, simplification of the personnel system around three integrated elements makes it possible to sharpen definition of the Foreign Service categories. ① The Foreign Service Officer Corps and the Foreign Service Information Officer Corps will continue to perform the core diplomatic, information and related functions. ② The foreign affairs specialist category will continue to provide career specialists to meet worldwide needs for skills in special professional fields, e.g. science, technology, trade development, and in support of the diplomatic effort. The specialist category, based on Foreign Service Act authorities, and henceforth including only personnel available for worldwide service, will operate under a career system which maintains stringent, competitive merit standards for recruitment, selection and other terms of service.

As a corollary to the clarity and simplicity of the three-category system, it is important to include methods for insuring mobility for individuals among the career categories on the basis of institutional needs and rigorous standards. Such flexibility will help to guard against parochialism or divisiveness and help to insure preservation of a truly coherent, integrated service. At the same time rigorous standards governing both new recruitment and conversion from one category to another will insure quality and the preservation of merit principles.

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Finally, in designing an integrated system we have taken steps to assure the preservation of adequate career opportunities in each category and have developed policies to assure that individuals involved in the changeover will not be adversely affected.

The Department and USIA are aware that much time has been spent in developing an improved foreign affairs personnel system. We have, however, been motivated both by recognition of history of past efforts and by a determination to avoid the pitfalls of writing a grand design which may or may not accord with reality. We have, thus, sought for the proven and practical rather than the ideal and untested. We have built around existing authority. Thus, except for possible minor technical adjustments in the Foreign Service Act (which would be sought in due course) no legislative action would be required.

To: HAK
From: Jock
Re: Japanese Media Event

Back in April, this Japanese public relations company extended, and then immediately withdrew for further work, a proposal that you do a 90 minute special for Japanese TV.

They have now returned with an even more extravagant proposal:

- A 60 to 90 minute TV special featuring an inside look at your public and private life

- A special lecture or speech to a group of 50 young achievers and future leader of Japan visiting the US.

- Participation in a 30 minute TV talk show. Purpose would be to "focus on (the participants) human philosophies and morals"

No indication of any travel.

Not interested

Interested: pursue

EAST CO., INC.

3-13, 6-CHOME, AKASAKA, MINATO-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN. 107 PHONE: 03-582-1976

July 1, 1977

Mr. Jock Covey
Executive Assistant
Suite 520
1800 K. Northwest
Washington D.C.
U.S.A. 20006

Dear Mr. Covey:

In accordance with our letter dated April 27, 1977
I am again referring to you for assistance and cooperation.

I am again requesting the participation of
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger in our programs and have organized
three versions of programs which in some ways will coordi-
nate with one another. I am very aware that Dr. Kissinger
is very busy with his activities but I strongly feel that
now, Dr. Kissinger is able to express his personal views
and opinions freely, this will bring forth interest and
concern among the Japanese audience.

The three programs we have in mind are:

1. A "Special" program lasting 60 to 90 minutes celebrating the 20th anniversary of a leading Television station in Japan. In this program we would like to take an inside look on Dr. Kissinger's private and public life with an interview with Dr. Kissinger featured.

2. An "Event" consisting of 40 to 50 dynamic future leaders of Japan who have already established successful accomplishments in the Japanese society, will organize a tour

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DENTSU ADVERTISING LTD.

11, 1 CHOME, TSUKIJI, CHUO-KU, TOKYO, 104 JAPAN/CABLE:DENTSU TOKYO/TELEX:252-2287 DENTSU J

PARTICIPANTS SO FAR: (e.g.)

<table><tr><td>Edwin O. Reischauer</td><td>Former Ambassador to Japan from the United States.</td></tr><tr><td>Aiichiro Fujiyama</td><td>Former Foreign Minister under former Prime Minister Kishi.</td></tr><tr><td>Michio Nagai</td><td>Former Professor at Columbia University, and former Education Minister under former Prime Minister Miki.</td></tr><tr><td>Leona Ezaki</td><td>Nobel Prize winner in Physics, currently at IBM Laboratory in New York.</td></tr><tr><td>Heisuke Hironaka</td><td>Professor at Harvard University for Mathematics.</td></tr><tr><td>Houn Ohara</td><td>Master of the Ohara School of Flower Arrangements in Japan. This school is one of the top three schools in Japan, and sustains a history since the Meiji Period.</td></tr><tr><td>Ms. Hiroko Sato</td><td>Former Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's widowed wife.</td></tr><tr><td>Ms. Mitsue Ikeda</td><td>Former Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda's widowed wife.</td></tr><tr><td>Donald Keene</td><td>Specialist on Japan, translator of many Japanese histories, novels, etc.</td></tr><tr><td>Masaka Ohya</td><td>Wife of Mr. Shinzo Ohya, President of Teijin Co., Ltd. (No. 1 textile company in Japan.</td></tr></table>

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Dillon, Read & Co. Inc.

46 William Street

New York 10005

October 27, 1977

The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
Suite 520
1800 "K" Street, N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20006

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

On behalf of our foreign clients, I would like to thank you for your willingness to meet with them during their visit last week. The candor with which you responded to their questions and your comments were most appreciated.

Our friend from Abu Dhabi was particularly pleased that you would honor him by posing for a photograph with him. I am not sure just what he has in mind, but I suspect that it will occupy a prominent place in his office when he returns home.

You may be interested to learn that the consensus of the group at the end of the trip was that they would like to be 100% invested with respect to their US portfolios within the next six months. The only exception to this would be those Deutsche mark or Swiss franc demoninated accounts vulnerable to a future weakening of the dollar—which all our clients anticipate.

Again, thanks for your time and effort on our behalf.

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BÜLENT ECEVİT

29th December 1976

Dear Dr. Kissinger,

My wife and I would like to extend to you and to
Mrs. Kissinger our best wishes for the New Year.

Allow me to take this opportunity to congratulate you
for the great services that you have rendered as Secretary
of State to your country, to world peace and to Turkish-American
relations.

I shall always cherish the very pleasant memories of our
encounters and of our co-operation based on mutual confidence
during difficult times.

I am sure that the United States and the world will continue
to benefit from your contributions, in the future, to peace and
to the building up of a more harmonious and a fairer world.

With highest regards and with my best wishes for your
continued success and happiness,

The Honorable Dr. Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State
Washington D.C. - U.S.A.

Washington D.C. - U.S.V.

Secretary of State
The Honorable Dr. Henry Klaasen

Republican People's Party
Chairman of the

Yonra sincerely,

continued success and happiness,
With highest regards and with my best wishes for you
with the building up of a more harmonious and a fairer world.
I am sure that the United States and the world will continue
during difficult times.

encounters and of our co-operation based on mutual confidence
I shall always Cherish the very pleasant memories of our
relations.
of State to your country, to world peace and to Turkish-American
for the great services that you have rendered as Secretary
With me to take this opportunity to congratulate you
Mrs. Klaasen, our best wishes for the New Year.

BÜROLET EBCATI

28th December 1936

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BR:Id
Yukarı' Turkey
Çankaya' Saray Sok., No. 1
Consulate Hall British Consul General Merkezi
Republican People's Party
Chairman
Bulent Ecevit
The Honorables

Henry V. Klausingen

Warmest regards,

and success.

Wishes to you and your wife for your health.
Nancy joins me in conveying our very best.

Mean a great deal to me, whatever happens.
Personal friendship means and will always
be the meat that it must be preserved. Our
This relationship has been of much great value
relations is a testimony to your statesmanship.
Your concern for the future of U.S.-Turkish

with a more lasting success.

I am assuming that the occasion will come again,
my very real pleasure at the first reaction, and
message proved to be premature. It reflected
I deeply regret that my earlier congratulatory

Thank you for your kind letter of August 23.

Dear Bulent:

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CHP/ REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY

Office of the Chairman

Ankara 23rd August 1977

Dear Henry,

I apologize that in the day-to-day wranglings and
uncertainties of post-election politics in Turkey
I have had to delay my personal correspondence and thus
delayed answering your message which was of great value
for me.

I thank you and Mrs. Kissinger heartily for your
encouraging words and good wishes.

Unfortunately, however, the "comeback" that you referred
to in your kind message did not materialize--not yet
at least.

The final election results were slightly but critically
short of meeting the expectations that the initial figures
had aroused. The deviations from the general pattern in
the late coming figures from some of the distant rural
areas left the Republican People's Party seats in the
National Assembly of 450 members 13 short of absolute
majority.

Although the fact that our percentage of votes
increased from 33.3 to 41.4 within less than four years,
in spite of all the difficulties we faced, can be regarded
as an encouraging progress, the final results have had
a tantalizing and somewhat disillusioning effect on a
large section of the people who had their hopes attached
to an RPP government for solving and transcending our
internal and external problems.

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ADDRESS: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi Genel Merkezi, Çankaya, Farabi Sok. No. 7 Ankara/Turkey Tel: 26 14 62

ADDRESS: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi Genel Merkezi, Çankaya, Eskişehir No. 1 Ankara/Turkey Tel: 26 14 65

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internist and external problems.
to an RHB Government for solving and transacting our
large section of the people who had their hopes attached
a tantalising and somewhat disflattering effect on a
so au encouraging progrees, the final results have had
in spite of all the difficulties we faced, can be regarded
increased from 33.3 to 41.4 within less than four years,
Vithough the fact that our percentage of votes

majority.

National Assembly of 420 members is a short of absolute
area left the Republican People's Party aста in the
the late coming figures from some of the distant must
be announced. The deviations from the general pattern in
short of meeting the expectations that the initial figures
The final election results were slightly put critically
at least.

at least.

to in your kind message did not materialise--not yet
Unfortunately, however, the "comeback" that you referred
encouraging words and good wishes.

I thank you and Mrs. Klaasen heartily for your

for me.

delayed answering your message which was of great value
I have had to delay my personal correspondence and thus
uncertainties of boat-election politics in Turkey
I apologize that in the day-to-day wrangling and

Dear Henry,

Ankara 53rd August 1977

Office of the Chairman

CHP\ REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY

Office of the Chairman

(cont..) 2.

Indeed our attempt to form a minority government was loudly encouraged even by some social groups which were not among our usual supporters but which regarded an RPP government as a most viable one under existing conditions. It was impossible for us, however, either to receive a vote of confidence for a minority government or to find partners for a coalition.

The result now is a re-emergence of the so-called "front" government (an alliance of conservative parties) that existed before the elections--which may mean that our urgent problems, economic as well as international, may yet remain suspended for some time.

It is possible, however, that out of the instability of the political situation and as a result of the substantially increased parliamentary and popular strength of the RPP, new and healthy prospects may open for the country before too long--possibly before new elections.

I think it would be correct to say that the real victor of the elections in Turkey were the people, whose political maturity and courage and attachment to freedom have made Turkey the only developing country where parliamentary democracy survived almost uninterruptedly since World War II.

My Party has diligently refrained -before, during and after the elections- from turning our problems with the United States of America into an emotional issue in Turkish politics. We even abstained, almost totally, from referring either to the U.S embargo or to our problems with Greece during the campaign, in order to prevent the emergence of psychological barriers against the restoration of Turkish-American friendship or the settlement of Turkish-Greek

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ADDRESS: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi Genel Meclisi, Çankaya, Farsavi Sok. No. 7, Ankara\Turkey Tel: 36 14 65

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-American friends of the settlement of Turkiah--Greek psychological barriers against the restoration of Turkiah during the campaign, in order to prevent the emergence of either to the U.8 embargo or to our problems with Greece politics. We even spammed, almost totally, from referring United States of America into our emotional issue in Turkiah after the elections--from turning our problems with the My Party has diligently reined -before, during and arrived almost simultaneously since World War II.

the only developing country where parliamentry democracy maturity and courage and attachment to freedom have made Turkey of the elections in Turkey were the people, whose political I think it would be correct to say that the rest agree too long---basically before new elections.

new and healthy broacts may open for the country before increased parliamentry and popular strength of the RDP, of the political situation and as a result of the unprecedentedly It is basic, however, that out of the inaptitude anabended for some time.

problem, economic as well as international, may get reemerged before the elections--which may mean that our urgent government (an alliance of conservative parties) that The result now is a re-emergence of the so-called "front" for a coalition.

confidence for a minority government or to find parties to balance for us, however, either to receive a vote of support or a most dispute one under existing conditions. It was our main anborters but which regarded an RDP government encouraged even by some socialist groups which were not among Indeed our attempt to form a minority government was largely

(cont.) S.

Office of the Chairman

CHB\ REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY

(cont..) 3.

disputes.

It is a source of deep regret for me that we were
handicapped from using the historic opportunity, while
you and I were in office in our respective countries,
to put the relations between Turkey and the United States
of America on sounder basis and to settle such international
issues as of mutual concern for us.

I always cherish the memory of our co-operation while
in office and of the friendly and useful conversations that
we have had in Turkey and in the United States.

The world seems and feels like too static a planet
without Dr. Henry Kissinger travelling around it most of
the time. I hope one day a more leisurely travel may take
you and your wife to Turkey where you might be interested,
as an historian statesman, in seeing some of its historic
sites and in observing the emergence, out of a rich past,
of a modern democratic society against the difficulties
and tensions of the process of development.

My wife Rahşan joins me in sending you and Mrs. Kissinger
our best wishes for your happiness and continued success.

With high regards and feelings of friendship,

His Excellency Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Georgetown University
Washington D.C. - USA.

ADDRESS: Cumhuriyet Haik Partisi Genel Merkezi, Çankaya, Farsbi Sok. No. 7 Ankara/Turkey Tel: 26 14 65

Washington D.C. - USA.
Georgetown University
Husa Excellence Dr. Henry A. Klaasen

Bilent Bocut

With high regards and feelings of friendship,
our best wishes for your happiness and continued success.
My wife Rahan joins me in sending you and Mrs. Klaasen
and tenors of the process of development.
of a modern democratic society against the difficulties
sites and in observing the emergence, out of a rich past,
as an historian atteman, in seeing some of its historic
you and your wife to Turkey where you might be interested,
the time. I hope one day a more permanently travel may take
without Dr. Henry Klaasen travelling around it most of
The world seems and feels like too static a planet

we have had in Turkey and in the United States.
in office and of the friendly and useful conversations that
I always cherish the memory of our co-operation while
issues as of mutual concern for us.
of America on a number of points and to settle such international
to but the relations between Turkey and the United States
you and I were in office in our respective countries,
handicapped from making the historic opportunity, while
It is a source of deep regret for me that we were
diabetes.

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Office of the Chairman
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CHP\ REPUBLICAN PEOPLE'S PARTY

Bulent Ecevit
Prime Minister
Turkey

Dear Bulent:

You have my heartfelt congratulations for your success.

It is always pleasing to me to see my students make a comeback.

It may inspire me.

You have a great opportunity for leadership at a
crucial time. Nancy and I send you our warmest best wishes
and hopes for every success.

Karen called Western Union 6/8, 1:00 p.m.
They will send us copy
Bill to our phone

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS ECONOMICOS Y SOCIALES DEL TERCER MUNDO, A.C.
PRESIDENTE

2 November 1977

Dear Sir,

I have pleasure in inviting you to participate in a Round
Table on "The Future of the Third World", which will be held in Mexico
from 21 to 23 December 1977.

This Round Table, organized by the Centre for Economic and
Social Studies for the Third World in collaboration with UNESCO, is
a follow-up of the round table which took place in June of this year in
Paris on the subject "The Challenge of the Year 2000". During the
debates at this meeting, the specific problem of the future of the Third
World came dramatically to the forefront as the veritable challenge of our-
times. Under separate cover I am sending you a copy of the book, just
published, containing the proceedings of this round table.

If you intend to prepare a written paper in advance, we should
appreciate it if you could send it as quickly as possible to:
Leon DAVICO, Director, Office of Public Information, UNESCO, place Fontenoy,
75700 PARIS, in order to facilitate reproduction.

Your travel expenses (return air ticket, tourist class) and full
board during the meeting will of course be covered by the organizers.
You will be contacted further concerning the issue of the air ticket,
however, I would suggest that you already plan to arrive in Mexico on
20 December. You will, of course, be met at the airport.

Looking forward to the pleasure of having you with us, I am,

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Henry Kissinger
c/o Unesco New York Office
United Nations
New York, N.Y. 10017
U.S.A.

737 Sunny Hills Road
Fullerton, Calif. 92635

January 6, 1978

Senator Alan Cranston
Senate Office Building
Washington, D. C. 20510

Dear Senator Cranston:

Your form letter and reprints of your statements appearing in the Congressional Record, in reply to my letter protesting the giveaway of the Panama Canal, leave me in utter amazement.

Because a number of International Bankers (members of the Tri-Lateral Commission) made an error in judgement in their loans to Panama, it should hardly be their expectation that the American people should bail them out. In your form letter I notice that you diligently omitted any reference to the influence of these bankers and the reasoning behind it. Where are their loyalties? Where is yours?

You refer to the Canal Zone as a "colony". It is a piece of real estate bought and paid for by the people of the United States - hardly a colony. Do you consider real estate in the United States which has been purchased by foreign nationals - Japanese, Arabs, Taiwanese, etc. - do you also regard this real estate as colonies of these foreigners? I think not.

You mention that our highest military leaders - the Joint Chiefs of Staff - unanimously agree to the Canal treaties. Come now, Mr. Cranston, who are you kidding? They don't dare disagree with their commander-in-chief. When they do they are relieved of their commands. Some retired former members of the Joint Chiefs-of-Staff DO DISAGREE. So do others in the high military eschelon.

You have placed much emphasis on the threat of violence if the treaties are not ratified. Are you suggesting that we should "cave in" to threats and inuendos? We have daily violence, bombings, sabotage over our country, but do we cave in to the perpetrators? We should stand strong!

You say that under the treaties Panama "will have a greater stake in protecting the Canal and keeping it open and neutral". If, as you say, we can't protect it, how do you expect them to? How would you like to depend on the "armed might" of Panama to protect the United States - or anything, for that matter?

Insofar as the Communists are concerned, you should realize by now that "treaties are made to be broken". To what extent do they honor and abide by treaties? Torrijos, Panama's arrogant dictator, is known to be a buddy of Cuba's Castro, who in turn is a captive stooge of Moscow. Are you so blind that you cannot envisage Fidel licking his chops waiting for the Canal to fall, like a ripe plum, into his hands?

Senator Alan Cranston

It seems idiotic to buy the real estate, spend many millions and, at a cost of numerous lives, build the canal, operate it successfully for over 62 years, then cave in to intimidation and give it away. To top it off, to pay Panama hundreds of millions of dollars to take it off our hands so they can pay back their loans from the International Bankers. Remember, if this should turn out to be a mis-take we would never get it back! Furthermore, what next? Louisiana? Alaska? How far into insanity can we go before we reach the point of no return?

Mr. Cranston, you were elected to the United States Senate by the people of California for the purpose of representing them and their State. To what extent are you listening to them? Or have you switched your allegiance to the International Bankers and the Tri-Lateral Commission, to which I understand you are a newly appointed member? The conflicts in loyalties, especially among our fuzzy-thinking politicians and elected officials is appalling. Where are our "statesmen" today?

Yours very truly,

Charles G. Eckart

DANIEL J. EDELMAN, INC.

221 NORTH LA SALLE STREET

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601

Public Relations

AREA CODE 312-368-0400

June 24, 1977

Dr. Henry Kissinger
c/o Georgetown University
37th & O Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007

Dear Henry:

I've heard you talk four times in the past couple of weeks and although you commented that I'm going to get to know your whole "repertoire," I must tell you that I've enjoyed each of the presentations. Obviously, you were covering much of the same ground, but each time it was quite different and you have really given me an education in foreign policy.

Beyond that, Ruth and I have enjoyed so much talking to you informally at the various receptions. We feel you're a friend and as though we have known you for a very long time and we do hope there will be opportunities in the future for us to get together again.

I thought you did a splendid job for us on the Marvin Davis luncheon. It's true the audience did escalate, but you handled it with humor. As you know, my representative in Denver, Irv Seidner, and I had a very difficult time over the past couple of weeks since the newspapers in Denver and the television people were exerting tremendous pressure for permission to cover the speech and to arrange interviews. However, we knew about your embargo position and were pleased that we were able to maintain it.

It was certainly a great bonus that President Ford was in the area at the time and accepted Marvin's invitation for dinner and overnight. It was unforgettable for everyone who was there to see the two of you together. President Ford is a wonderful human being and I particularly cherished your toast paying tribute to the critical role he played in rebuilding public confidence after the Watergate debacle.

I want to personally thank you for accepting our invitation to Denver. It meant a great deal to Marvin Davis and to everyone who met you and heard you.

All of us also were charmed by your precocious son, David, and we'll look forward to meeting your daughter and, hopefully, to having Renee

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HERMAN EDELSBERG

1640 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036

March 7, 1977

Mr. Norman F. Dacey
The American Palestine Committee
P. O. Box 1001
Bridgeport, Connecticut 06601

Dear Mr. Dacey:

I have your letter of March 2 enclosing a letter from one
James Donovan of New York, with an accompanying memorandum
dated May 7, 1974, purporting to be from me. Neither the
Donovan covering letter nor the memorandum bears a signature;
nor does the letter carry the sender's street address.

Your only comment in sending me the Donovan "document" --
as you call this memorandum of obviously fishy origin and sub-
stance -- by certified mail is that it is for my "information."
In view of your record as an antisemitic propagandist, I must
assume that you intend to include the "document" in your book
on Zionism. Accordingly, I put you on notice that if you do
you will be guilty of uttering a malicious forgery.

The memorandum is a forgery, a fabrication. Its spuriousness
is betrayed by the stationery, the style and, above all, by
the content which is diametrically opposed to B'nai B'rith
policy. The only safe way you can publish it is to cite it
as a sample of the fabrications and slanders to which the enemies
of Israel resort. I assume, therefore, it will not be published.

I am sending copies of this correspondence to the Postal Inspectors and to the Department of Justice. I advise you to preserve the original Donovan correspondence intact for investigation.

Concerning your request for a copy of "another memorandum"
which I am supposed to have sent to President Nixon during
his reelection campaign, I am unable to oblige as I never
wrote such a letter or memorandum to Mr. Nixon. It occurs to
me, however, that if "Mr. Donovan" knew of your interest, he
would have no trouble producing such a letter.

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UNITED STATES SOCCER FEDERATION
Office of the President

4115 North Teutonia Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201

April 14, 1977

GENE EDWARDS

Dr. Henry K. Kissinger
1800 K Street, Suite 520
Washington, D.C. 20006

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

When the F.I.F.A. asked us to host a Sports Medicine Symposium we thought
of you and hoped your busy schedule would permit you to join us. Kurt Lamm
has informed me that you are unable to be with us and we are sincerely sorry
but realize you continue to be very busy. Just in case your schedule may
change, we would be most honored if you can join us, even if at the last
moment. The seminar will be held at the United Nations on Saturday, May 14,
preceded by a dinner the previous evening,

The panel members are all doctors of medicine from many countries around the
world who have been deeply involved in sports with particular emphasis on
soccer. Knowing of your long interest in the game and your extensive travel,
we felt you would enjoy reminiscing with those involved through this common
interest. If you were able to attend, we would have liked you to greet the
panel members and attendees with a few words of welcome.

In the event you are able to join us, Dr. Kissinger, a call to Kurt Lamm in
our New York office (212-736-0915) is all that is necessary and he will see
that all travel and lodging accommodations are made. I enjoyed our visit at
the Yale Bowl last summer and trust we may have the pleasure of your company
again soon. Until then, our sincere best wishes to both you and your wife
for continued good health, happiness and satisfaction in your work.

GE:ck
cc: Kurt Lamm