S/S 7525274

THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON

December 26, 1975

Dear Mr. President:

I want to tell you how pleased I was with our stay in the Philippines. As brief as our visit was, I have never experienced a more memorable one anywhere else.

The warmth and candor that characterized the entire visit have done much to reaffirm the affection and respect our two countries have for each other.

Thank you for providing such a pleasant and useful opportunity.

The Honorable
Ferdinand Marcos,
President of the
Republic of the Philippines,
Manila.

3 WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1974

# N-M weighs a Middle East fortnight

By HAZEL MOSELY

DALLAS — Neiman-Marcus has begun preliminary investigation into the feasibility of a Middle Eastern fortnight, possibly in 1976, according to chairman Stanley Marcus.

If the preliminary feelers now put forth both in this country and in the Middle East are positive, Marcus will send a team of buyers to scout potential resources.

"We have already talked informally with the State Department, enough to get the feeling that there is nothing contrary to anybody's thinking in the situation," he said.

Marcus is acutely aware of the problems involved in putting together such a promotion.

"It would depend on two conditions. First of all, an indication that the peace is real, and then an indication of interest on the part of Israel and the Middle East countries in going into a joint effort of

this nature," he emphasized.

Since Israel is the only country involved with a viable apparel industry, Marcus anticipates that Neiman-Marcus would need to work closely with resources to develop merchandise, a costly and time-consuming process involving both research and development.

"We'd go into the other countries and discover the things of which they are capable, perhaps fine embroidery and skilled goldsmiths. I remember when I was in Egypt, someone showed me a long necklace from Nubia made from tiny beads. It was an exquisite thing, and I stumbled on it by accident. Those are the kinds of things I'd expect to be uncovered by a team of sophisticated buyers."

Marcus expects the extra effort for a Middle Eastern fortnight would add a minimum of $50,000 to the cost of the promotion. Normally, fortnights run around $250,000 to $300,000, with the store matching participating resources dollar for dollar.

United States Senate

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

April 30, 1974

Dear Mr. Secretary:

It was most thoughtful of you, and
gracious of your lovely wife, to come to
the farewell reception for me last Friday.

As usual, the best speeches I make
are those which come to mind the day
after the event. Had I been sharp enough,
I would have taken the occasion publicly
to note your presence, though it must
have been refreshing for once to be
ignored in the speech making. But had
I noted your presence, I would have told
of one of your distinguished predecessors,
Dean Acheson, who customarily left tough
committee meetings by walking into the
back office and asking: "Where's the
whiskey?" I thought your appearance at
the reception was proof of your good
judgment in social as well as political
affairs.

In the Public Interest
A Project of the Fund for Peace

122 Maryland Ave., N. E.
Washington, D. C. 20002

October 3, 1974

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

Dear Henry:

Some weeks ago when I made a feeble effort to get Senator Fulbright to focus on where he will be and what he will be doing in January he said you had expressed the hope that the Senator wouldn't make any final decisions without further discussion with you. I know how much Senator Fulbright values your judgment and how much he has enjoyed, for once in a lifetime, having a Secretary of State with whom he could communicate.

Several of his past and present staff have been giving thought to what the Senator might do were he to decide not to accept your offer of the Court of St. James. Having just gone through the process of giving up a fancy office with secretaries, files and assistants, I have a new appreciation of how important it is to have a base of operations other than a home library. In January Senator Fulbright will appreciate the need for an office and assistance. It may be that one of the university or law firm offers he has received will be accepted and that such an arrangement would be satisfactory.

On the other hand, it seems to me that the Senator himself--or perhaps what he has come to stand for--is a national resource that should be used during his lifetime, and perhaps be projected well beyond. What he has stood for, and done, is surely as significant as that of individuals who stimulated creation of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions or the Adlai Stevenson Institute. Perhaps there is a place for a Fulbright Institute.

Within the worldwide foreign affairs intellectual community I suspect the name of Fulbright is as well-known as any except Mao, Brezhnev, Nixon, Ford or Kissinger. Over 40,000 Americans

LECTOR Lindsay Mattison
ORDINATOR Wiley Patterson Reis

PRODUCER Robert A. Maslow
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Dean Wm Rudoy

ARD OF ADVISORS Donald L. Anderson • Richard Barnet • Joseph S. Clark • Morris Dees • Leslie Dunbar • Royal H. Durst • Domminick Teverry • Richard A. Falk • Stanley Greenspan • G. Sterling Grumman • Russell D. Hemenway • Theodore Jacobs • Ed King • Susan King • Bert Kramer • Rear Admiral Gene R. La Rocque USN (ret.) • Eugene McCarthy • Joan L. McKinney • Lt. Col. Edward A. Miller USAF (ret.) • Jeremylin • Abraham Wilson

proudly note in their biogs that they were Fulbrighters. Over 100,000 foreigners have benefited from the Fulbright program. The influence of that program exceeds that of most foundations-- named, incidentally, after the men who put up the money, not after men who stood for an idea. Long after Fulbright is gone, his name will appear in dictionaries and will be perpetuated not because he put up money for a foundation, but because he is one person who managed to beat some swords into plowshares. He believes a peaceful world must rest on a broad foundation of persons educated in the arts and disciplines regardless of national boundaries; and he did something about it.

What I would like to see would be an endowment, or a series of small grants, large enough to give the Senator three or four years to create an institution capable of prodding peoples and national states in the direction we know they must go, but probably won't.

In an effort to give effect to these sentiments and to provide options for the Senator, some of us have put together the attached proposal as a broad outline of the direction in which we are prepared to proceed IF we get a go-ahead from the Senator. On the basis of minimal informal soundings (without the Senator's clear consent) we have pretty firm commitments of $400,000 over the next three years. With a go-ahead signal we believe adequate financing can be arranged despite the state of the market.

I want to be clear beyond doubt that I am not asking that you do anything. My purpose in sending you this personal note is simply to acquaint you with our thinking so you may have some idea of this option. I know also that you have been contemplating what might be done to continue the Senator's unique role in the international community.

This letter is being sent through Larry who has some background on my current activities which are not dependent on any decisions Senator Fulbright may make as to his future.

With best wishes,

Encl.

[LC]

The pending retirement of J. William Fulbright from the United States Senate presents a unique opportunity. This is the opportunity to establish a new kind of institution in the world -- a permanent, *international ombudsman*.

For thousands of scholars here and abroad the Fulbright name means scholarship opportunities which trained a generation of world leaders, thinkers and policy-makers. For millions of world citizens the Fulbright name means early and strong support for institutions of international cooperation. For most Americans the Fulbright name represents a new approach to foreign relations emphasizing detente with the Communist countries and restraint, rather than intervention, in Third World relations.

The Fund for Peace is acting quickly to see that the opportunity posed by Senator Fulbright's retirement is not missed. We are acting to establish -- in Washington, under the leadership of J. William Fulbright -- a