KISSINGER, HENRY L.

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, INC.

THE HAROLD PRATT HOUSE

58 EAST 68TH STREET

NEW YORK, N. Y. 10021

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July 1, 1969

TO: MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

FROM: George S. Franklin, Jr.

RE: The Meetings Program -- Mr. Boardman and Mr. Nagorski

Harry Boardman, who, as most of you know, has done so much for the development of the Council's meetings program during the last six years, has been granted a leave of absence from July 1st of this year to early September 1970 to serve as Senior Fellow of the Overseas Development Council, which has just been organized in Washington to think out new approaches to the handling of foreign aid and to develop support for it throughout the country.

I am glad to announce that the Council has succeeded in enlisting Mr. Zygmunt Nagorski as Director of Meetings during Mr. Boardman's absence. We feel his experience fits him especially for this task. For ten years Mr. Nagorski was with U.S.I.A., first in Washington and then overseas. In Washington he was Chief of the International Branch of the Office of Research and Intelligence. Overseas he served as Information Officer and Attache in Cairo, 1959-1961, in Seoul, 1961-1964, and in Paris, 1964-1966. He returned to New York in 1966 as Assistant to the President of the Foreign Policy Association, where he was primarily concerned with its field operations, including meetings. For the past year he has been on the professional staff of the Hudson Institute.

Mr. Nagorski joins the Council today. He will, of course, be counting on help from the Council's members, and I know he will also be responsive to your needs and desires.

George S. Franklin, Jr.

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November 6, 1969

KISSINGER, HENRY A.

Dear George:

You were most kind to offer to transport me to and from the airport when I come to New York next week. It will be a wonderful opportunity for us to have a private discussion. If it won't be a great inconvenience to you I would appreciate your meeting me at the Butler Aviation terminal, Laguardia, around 5:30. Since my departure may be delayed slightly, I will have my office call you when I leave Washington, so that you will have an accurate estimate of my arrival time.

I have not yet firmed up my departure plans, but will plan to make my own arrangements for returning to the airport.

It was most kind of you to invite me to spend the night in your home, but due to other requirements it will not be possible this time.

I am really delighted at the prospect of coming to New York to share ideas with you and the Council.

Mr. George S. Franklin, Jr.
Executive Director
Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.
58 East 68th Street
New York, N. Y. 10021

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KISSINGER, HENRY

11/20/69

Dear George:

Many thanks for your letter and kind words. I am glad that you found the evening as enjoyable as I did. I meant what I said about the Council and what it has meant to me.

I know that you realize how much I appreciated your kindness in meeting me at the airport and am only sorry that there was not more of an opportunity to relax with you and Helena.

Mr. George S. Franklin, Jr.
Executive Director
Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.
58 East 68th Street
New York, N.Y. 10021

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New York, N.Y. 10031
28 East 68th Street
~~Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.~~
Executive Director.
Mr. George S. Franklin, Jr.

Henry V. Kieinger

Warm regards,

 opportunity to relax with you and Helens.
 I am only sorry that there was not more of an ob-
 your kindness in meeting me at the airport and
 I know that you realise how much I appreciated
 it has meant to me.

it has meant to me.
I meant what I said about the Council and what
I said that you found the evening so enjoyable as I
Many thanks for your letter and kind words. I am

Dear George:

KIEINGER, HENRY V

KIEINGER, HENRY V

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Dear Henry,

We all thought you did a really superb job last night and
I do appreciate the time you took to come up. It meant a great
deal to all of us, as I trust you can guess without my saying so.

You've been to enough Council dinners to know that this was
not our usual turnout, by any means. In fact, we had the highest
percentage of acceptances for any dinner in the twenty-four years
I have been here.

I am very glad you chose the subjects you did. I think their
rightness was partially indicated by the fact that all of the
questions related to one or the other of them rather than the many
other possible aspects of foreign policy. I was struck particularly
by what you said about the arms negotiations and the kind of
effort our government has made in its preparations for them. It
seems to me that trying to work out "building blocks" rather than
a formal negotiating position does indeed have the advantages you
talked of, and I am surprised that I haven't seen this explanation
of not having a negotiating position in the newspapers. It seems
to me that what you said was very convincing and definitely ought
to be generally known.

I thought you handled the Vietnam question just right. Cer-
tainly no one could have left the room without realizing the
real thoughtfulness you have put into this, even though some
would disagree with your conclusions. I also found what you said
about Nixon's method of coming to decisions most interesting.

There was only one note in the evening that I didn't fully
like -- the indication that the Council had helped you become known
in the field of international affairs. In one sense this is true;
but your light was going to shine whether you ever came to the

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Council or not, and, in fact, this light has greatly benefited
the Council rather than vice versa. Incidentally, you were
very kind in your remarks about the Council and naturally I
appreciate it.

It was wonderful to have you here again. I also much
enjoyed my brief chance to see and talk with your father. He
has great sweetness and I can see where at least one part of your
personality has come from.

With our very warmest wishes and thanks,

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
National Security Council
The White House
Washington, D. C.

KISSINGER, HENRY A.

November 6, 1969

KISSINGER, HENRY A.

Dear George:

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New York, N. Y. 10051
28 East 68th Street
Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.
Executive Director
Mr. George B. Franklin, Jr.

Henry A. Kissinger

Warm regards,

New York to share ideas with you and the Council.
I am really delighted at the prospect of coming to

it will not be possible this time.
right in your home, but due to strict requirements
it was most kind of you to invite me to spend the

ing to the airport.
I will plan to make my own arrangements for return.
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time.
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since my departure may be delayed slightly, I will
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to you I would appreciate your meeting me at the
vate discussion. It won't be a great inconvenience
It will be a wonderful opportunity for us to have a bright
from the airport when I come to New York next week.
You were most kind to offer to transport me to and

Dear George:

KISSINGER, HENRY V

November 6, 1969

KISSINGER, HENRY V

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December 4, 1969

Dear Henry,

It was good to see you again Tuesday, and I only wish I had had
more chance to hear everything you were saying. It's meant a lot to
Helena and me to have these opportunities of getting together with
you again.

I have talked to Johnny Oakes, who was planning to call you to
make an appointment anyhow, and I am sure he will do so, though I
gather he's pretty well jammed in this month and may not be able to
go to Washington before Christmas. He doesn't by any means defend
everything the Times has done. For example, he felt they handled very
badly the original story on the House resolution on Vietnam and tells
me confidentially that he complained to the top brass about it. He
said that sometimes when these things happen -- and, in fact, in that
case -- it is not a matter of intent but of slip-ups which shouldn't
happen. I suggested to John that he go to you, if possible, in a
spirit of listening and getting your views of the problems you are
facing, and even though his own views are strong, I really have some
hope he will. If he were seeing you right now, I believe he would.
If his appointment with you is delayed a couple of weeks, perhaps you
might let me know when it is set, as in that case it might be helpful
for me to have another talk with him beforehand.

When you were up here for the Council dinner, I told you there
was one thing I wanted to mention to you privately. If at some point
-- and I certainly hope for the sake of the country this won't be
soon -- you decide to leave government, we would like very much to
get you here for our Whitney H. Shepardson Senior Fellowship to write
on some topic which is of special interest to you, or, if that were too
large a time commitment, to give the Elihu Root Lectures for us. I
know it's too early to ask you to give us any indication on either of
these proposals now, but I did want to put them in your mind for the
future.

With warmest wishes,

Personal and Confidential

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KISSINGER, HENRY A.

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, I INC.

THE HAROLD PRATT HOUSE

NEW YORK, N. Y. 10021

58 EAST 68TH STREET

July 10, 1970

Dear Henry,

I do appreciate your letter of July 7th and the help you and your staff have given on the Robert College problem. I'll pass your letter on to James Lawrence, the present Chairman of the Board of Robert College, and Grinnell Morris, the previous chairman, who have been the ones working primarily with AID. I know they are planning to be in touch with Mr. Saunders. I am most grateful for what he has done.

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
The White House
Washington, D. C.

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KISSINGER, HENRY A.

OCT 23 1970

Dear George:

Many thanks for your note of October 14. I was pleased to hear that the Franklin family watched and enjoyed Sixty Minutes, and I appreciate very much your kind comments about it. It doesn't pay to be sad about the performance of my old Harvard colleagues and friends though I am grateful for your sympathy.

I am very glad that your outlook has improved, but not at all surprised. You would only have surprised me if you had not prevailed.

Mr. George Franklin
Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.
58 East 68th Street
New York, New York 10021

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NEW YORK, N. Y. 10021

58 EAST 68TH STREET

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April 22, 1971

Dear Henry,

Thank you for your let-
ter on Guido Goldman. He
obviously sounds exceptionally
good. I gather your office
is rounding up a seconding
letter, and as soon as we get
this the nomination will be
complete.

I assume you will let me
know if the matter we spoke of
with respect to Time Inc. does
not work out so that I can get
in touch with Fritz Beebe.
Actually, I shall be seeing
him next Wednesday.

With best wishes,

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KISSINGER, HENRY A.

AUG 17 1971

Dear George:

Many thanks for your letter of August 11.
It was good to hear from you, as always,
and your invitation to visit with my child-
ren was very thoughtful.

Unfortunately, the summer is slipping away.
I am leaving for California tomorrow and
will be there with the President until after
the beginning of September.

I would like to see you and your family
again. Please stay in touch and let me
know if you are planning to come to Wash-
ington. Give my best to Helena.

Mr. George S. Franklin, Jr.
58 East 68th Street
New York, N. Y. 10021

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KISSINGER, HENRY A.

30 Rockefeller Plaza
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Room 5600

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February 26, 1973

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Assistant to the President
for National Security Affairs
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20050

Dear Henry,

I probably should feel a little apologetic at putting in a call to
you and asking your action so quickly, but we did get a rather adverse
rumor from one of the Ford officers, and I wanted to be sure they did
not get themselves committed against the Trilateral Commission.

The lunch with Mac Bundy and his colleagues went much better than we
had been led to expect. I am clear now that the staff will support
our application to the Board, probably for about $700,000 instead of
the $1,100,000 we had asked. With a total need of $2,700,000, includ-
ing the needs of Japan and Europe, to which we will have to give some
support from this side, I feel we shall get along all right.

I do thank you _most_ warmly for your help.

With best wishes,