KISSINGER, HENRY A.

NOV 11 1971

Dear Mary:

Many thanks for your letter and for sending me the clipping you mentioned. I appreciated your doing so and am pleased to have that picture for my files.

The football game was my pleasure. It was good to see you and Ed again and I thoroughly enjoyed the day. I hope we will have another chance to see a game together before the end of the season.

Miss Mary McAniff
22 West 55th Street
New York, New York

jlp:11/10/71

KISSINGER, HENRY A.

March 7, 1972

Dear Mrs. McClary:

Mr. Kissinger asked me to write to you in
response to your note of February 29. He
was honored that you wrote to him and that
you wanted to include him in your celebrity
cookbook.

As you may have suspected, Mr. Kissinger
has very little time for cooking anything for
himself at home, and even less for develop-
ing his own favorite recipes. He regrets
therefore that he is unable to help you.

Thank you for writing in this regard.

Mrs. Ruth Coutant McClary
416 Daly Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19148

19148
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
416 Daily Street
Mrs. Ruth Coutant McClary

Henry A. Kissing
Personal Secretary to
Julienne L. Piness

Sincerely,

therefore that he is unable to help you.
ing his own favorite recipes. He regrets
himself at home, and even less for develop-
has very little time for cooking anything for
As you may have suspected, Mr. Kissing

cookbook.
you wanted to include him in your celebrity
was honored that you wrote to him and that
reasons to your note of February 29. He
Mr. Kissing asked me to write to you in

Dear Mrs. McClary:

March 7, 1975

KISSINGER, HENRY V.

Memorandum to - Dr. Henry A. Kissinger

Here are some of the names as possibilities for your job:

GRAHAM B. MOODY, JR.

He is with the firm of

McCutchen, Doyle, Brown, Trautman & Enerson
601 California Street
San Francisco, California 94108

Telephone: (415) YU 1-3400

One of my partners knows him well and speaks in the highest terms of him. Says he can do any job and do it well.

I also have the name of :

JOHN B. RHINELANDER

He was born in 1933 in Boston, graduated from Groton in '51 and Yale in '55. He studied at Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris in 1956 and graduated from the Virginia Law School in 1961, where he was an editor of the Law-Review. From 1956 to 1958 he was in the Army. Then he clerked for John Harlan in 1961-62 and John has told George Brownell a number of times that he was one of the best clerks that he had had. Rhinelander went with Davis Polk & Wardwell (George Brownell's firm) in 1962 and was firstclass. He wanted to do government work for a spell and left that firm to become a special assistant of the Secretary of the Navy in 1966. Shortly thereafter he became acting general counsel, and is now general counsel in the office of Foreign Direct Investment of the Department of Commerce. It has been said that he has done excellent work there and he is really No. 2 in that outfit. Married, one child. George Brownell tells me that he knows Rhinelander personally and would vouch for him. He recently told George he might be interested in doing something in the Defense field for a period of time, although I believe he does ultimately want to return to the law.

There is another man:

JOHN N. IRWIN, II

He was born in 1913, graduated from Lawrenceville in 1933 and from Princeton in 1937. He took his B.A. in jurisprudence in

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Balliol, Oxford in 1939 and an LL.B at Fordham in 1941. He was an associate with Davis Polk & Wardwell from 1946 to 1950. Later he went to Patterson, Belknap & Webb where he was a partner from 1950 to 1957, and went back in 1961. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Internal Security Affairs in the Department of Defense from 1957 to 1958 and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Internal Security Affairs from 1958 to 1961. He married Jane Watson in 1949. Herbert Brownell saw General Eisenhower about a week or so ago and stated the General spoke most highly of the work that Irwin had done in the Defense Department. When he was with Davis Polk, he was a first rate man and George Brownell can vouch for his energy and ability, as well as his attractive character.

JAMES T. LYNN

A partner in the firm of Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis of Cleveland; about 41 years of age and has been a partner since 1960. He was Phi Beta and summa cum laude at Western Reserve and summa cum laude at the Harvard Law School where he was Case Editor of the Review. I am told that he is one of their best in the corporate and financial field and that he is experienced in foreign business matters, but he has not had any participation in foreign affairs generally. He apparently is really a very good man and his financial situation is such that he would be able to take on a government tour although I do not know whether he would be interested.

COLONEL ROBERT DODGE

He was suggested by our mutual friend, Abe Lincoln, who is now a Professor at West Point. He is 38 years of age and was a member of the class of 1950 at West Point. He subsequently took a Ph.D at Harvard and he was Military Executive to McNamara; he now commands a brigade in Viet Nam. You may not want to have an active officer as an assistant but I pass the name on to you for consideration.

EDWARD J. HAWKINS

With the firm of Squire, Saunders & Dempsey of
Cleveland; a Princeton graduate with a magna cum laude from Harvard Law
(1953). His speciality is taxation.

I think these are all good men. From what I can gather,
Graham Moody, John Rhinelander and John Irwin (if you do not think he is
too old) might be the first choices.

December 23, 1968

JOHN J. McCLOY
ONE CHASE MANHATTAN PLAZA
NEW YORK 5, N. Y.

DEC 2 7 1968

December 26, 1968

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

In regard to the German appointment, another name
has occurred to me and that is the head of the Bank of America,
Rudy Peterson, who is about to retire from the Bank. He has
had a number of assignments abroad in the course of his career
at the Bank and, of course, is very familiar with monetary and
fiscal matters, which may play a rather large part in our relations
with the Federal Republic in the next few years. He has a top
flight reputation amongst bankers and businessmen and generally
in the foreign economics field. I believe he actually was born in
Sweden but he came over here when he was very young.

Another name, of course, in the Foreign Service category
might be Fred Reinhardt. I believe he is a Republican; he was
Ambassador to Italy and has had posts in Vienna, Moscow, Naples
and Frankfurt. Bob Murphy would know him well and would have a
good estimate of his capacity. The rumor is that he ran into some
difficulties with LBJ -- over what issue, I just do not know.

Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
c/o Nixon Headquarters
Hotel Pierre
Fifth Avenue at 61st Street
New York, New York

BY MESSENGER

P.S. I have just received a letter from Chappie Rose, who is a partner in Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis and who knows the Midwest legal situation very well. He gives added endorsement to James Lynn, whose name I have already sent you. Apparently he is really top flight.

JAMES T. LYNN

Born in 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio. Attended public schools in Euclid
(a Cleveland suburb) through high school. Valedictorian.

Enlisted in February 1945 in Electronic Technicians Program of U. S.
Navy Reserves and served to July 1946. ETM2c upon discharge.

Attended Adelbert College of Western Reserve University from July
1944 to January 1945 and again from September 1946 to August 1948.

Major in Economics and minor in Political Science. First Junior Honors, First Senior Honors and Phi Beta Kappa. B.A. summa cum laude.

Attended Harvard Law School from 1948 to 1951. Scholarship administered by Western Reserve covered first year tuition at Harvard. Scholarship from Harvard covered third year tuition. Law Review member during second and third years; Case Editor during third. LLB magna cum laude.

Became associate lawyer in Cleveland office of Jones, Day, Cockley &
Reavis in 1951. Partnership effective January, 1960. Early experience
included work in litigation, antitrust, real estate, corporate finance,
acquisitions and various other corporate and business areas. Principal
efforts in more recent years have included over-all responsibility for
certain corporate and other clients and substantial work on corporate
acquisitions, dispositions and joint ventures, both domestic and foreign.

Foreign work has included negotiations in Canada, the United Kingdom,
France, Italy and Germany and has also involved varying degrees of
familiarity with the laws and commercial practices of other countries
such as Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina, Brazil, Japan, Taiwan, Australia,

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Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Liberia.

Member of firm's Committee on Long Range Planning.

Married for 14 years to Joan (Miller). She was raised in Cleveland, graduated from Hathaway Brown School and attended Smith College.

Directed and narrated children's radio program before marriage. Three children: Marjorie (12), Peter (9) and Sarah (7), all of whom attend Cleveland Heights, Ohio public schools.

Membership in American, Ohio and Cleveland Bar Associations, Cleveland World Trade Association and Greater Cleveland Growth Association.

Member of Waste Management Committee of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association and until recently the Mental Retardation Committee of the Cleveland Welfare Federation. Regional worker for the Harvard Law School Fund. Social memberships are Union Club of Cleveland, Kirtland Country Club and Nisi Prius (a Cleveland lawyers group).

Republican.

Office address: 1750 Union Commerce Building
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
(Telephone: 216-621-5800)

Home address: 2635 North Park Boulevard
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44106
(Telephone: 216-932-3789)

MEMORANDUM

THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

June 29, 1970

Mr. Kissinger:

Mr. McCloy's office called with this message from him to you:

"I spoke on the telephone with Riad just prior to his departure from his New York hotel for the plane he was taking to Moscow. I told him that I thought he must realize that Rogers' message was a very serious effort on the part of the U.S. to bring about a settlement on the Arab-Israeli conflict, that it ought to be treated with the seriousness it deserves and every effort should be made to bring about a start in negotiations, whether direct or indirect toward a political settlement in the Middle East.

I said there was very wide sentiment in this country and I included all elements; that a peaceful settlement was to the advantage of everybody whether Israel or UAR, that President Nasser's appearance on the American TV had made a significant impression and that I hoped everything possible would be done in Moscow and Cairo to see that the effort made by the U.S. be treated with the seriousness it deserved, that this country had made a very conscious effort to deal with the problem with restraint and, if dealt with in a statesmanlike manner, it had the possibility of bringing about a constructive result."

/s/ John J. McCloy

jlp

KISSIMBR, HENRY A. /M*

NOV 1 1971

Dear Jack:

Thank you for your letter of October 20. I was pleased to hear from you and gratified to learn that you found our meeting useful. I hope you will feel free to stay in touch with me about the European project you are embarking on, though I have no qualms about your ability to successfully complete it.

Honorable John J. McCloy
General Advisory Committee
on Arms Control and Disarmament
Washington, D. C.

Retyped:11/1/71

JOHN ALEX MCONE
612 SOUTH FLOWER STREET
LOS ANGELES 90017

December 18, 1968

Dear Mr. Kissinger:

Just a note to tell you I very much enjoyed our visit on last Friday.

You suggested we talk further on my next trip to New York or to Washington. Because of the "flu," my immediate schedule is somewhat in doubt. Therefore, I must communicate with you further concerning a mutually-convenient date.

I agreed to submit a few names of CIA analysts for your consideration as staff assistants. I have attempted to communicate with Dick Helms, but he is off on a wedding trip and, therefore, I could not reach him. However, I will do so immediately upon his return.

Two names are foremost in my mind, and probably both men are known to you.

One is Chester Cooper, who is now with IDA, although his career was in DDI and the Board of National Estimates until I loaned him to the White House to assist McGeorge Bundy.

The second is George Carver, a young analyst with an excellent background on Southeast Asian matters.

In addition, I hold William Colby in the highest regard, and I feel from what you said that you concur in this appraisal.

I will communicate with you further. In the meantime, my warm regards.

Mr. Henry Kissinger
c/o Nixon Headquarters
Pierre Hotel
Fifth Avenue at 61st Street
New York, New York

JOHN ALEX M CONE
612 SOUTH FLOWER STREET
LOS ANGELES 90017

DEC 2 6 1968

December 24, 1968

Dear Mr. Kissinger:

In reply to your note of December 21, I will
keep you advised of my schedule which, for reasons
explained in my recent letter, is somewhat undeter-
mined at the present.

I had occasion to talk with Admiral Rufus Taylor,
Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency,
the other day, and I mentioned to him the subject of
personnel for your staff and stated that I did not wish
to make any move in the absence of Dick Helms.

Rufus told me that you are in touch with the
organization, and I urged that he afford you every
cooperation, which he assured me he would do.

Mr. Henry A. Kissinger
Office of the President-Elect,
Richard M. Nixon
450 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022

JOHN ALEX MC CONE
612 SOUTH FLOWER STREET
LOS ANGELES 90017

MAY 15 1970

May 12, 1970

GENERAL

KISSINGER, HENRY A. /M

Dear Bryce:

This morning I called you but you were in
conference so I spoke with your secretary, Miss
Studebaker. I suggested that we get together for a
short visit on Wednesday morning, May 20, prior to
a session I am to have with several Senators at a
luncheon which Scoop Jackson is giving for me on that
day. Miss Studebaker thought that perhaps an early
breakfast in the White House Mess would be most
convenient for you and mentioned the hour of 7:15 AM
which is o.k. with me.

I also wish to see Henry Kissinger prior to my
discussions on the Hill and it might be possible that the
three of us could sit down for breakfast.

I do not know what subjects will come up at the
luncheon but Scoop is apparently attempting to assemble
five or six Senators representing diverse view points on
some of the issues with which you are struggling.
Therefore, a talk with you and with Henry will be
helpful.

As I explained to your secretary, I will be out
of the country until my arrival in Washington on Tuesday
evening, May 19th. However, if you would be good enough
to have your secretary call Mr. T. M. Lee in my Los
Angeles office (213)629-3631, arrangements can be com-
pleted.

With warm regards,

From the desk of

Mr. Bryce Harlov
The White House
Washington, D. C

SALLY STUDEBAKER

5/15

Julie --

bb

Per our telephone conversation this
morning.

McCone May 20 - AM

(Last name and pending date).

GENERAL

F-66-11-1/KISSINGER, HENRY A.

KISSINGER, HENRY A. /M*

Name: John McCone (213/Madison 9-3631)

Request: Mr. McCone called - would like to see Mr. Kissinger on the morning of May 20 - perhaps for breakfast. Mr. McCone said that Sen Jackson is arranging a luncheon for him on that day and has invited some rather imposing Senators who want to discuss some rather important matters with him that are now being debated on the hill, such as ABM, SALT, Cambodia, etc. Before seeing these Senators at lunch, Mr. McCone would like to talk to Mr. Kissinger. He has made a tentative breakfast with Bryce Harlow for May 20th and thought perhaps the three of you could meet at breakfast. Mr. McCone is leaving the country tomorrow (will not be reachable after 2:30 pm our time tomorrow) and will not return until the evening of the 19th when he will arrive in Washington. (may 12th)

DRY's

XXXXX Recommendation: yes

HAK's Answer:

Date and Time: May 20th - Breakfast or a meeting sometime in the morning.

Party Contacted: Mr. McCone called and informally invited Mr. Kissinger to a luncheon at the McCone home that afternoon.

Additional Information: Some of those invited to the lunch for McCone are:

Mansfield, Stennis and Cooper

Contact: Mr. T. M. Lee and conferr

Resolution:

Official - Oct. 27, 1971 (mlh)

McCone - Wednesday, Nov. 3d

Type of Request & Date

(Last name and pending date)

GENERAL

FC-6-11-1/Kissinger, Henry
11/20/71

Name: John McCone

KISSINGER, HENRY A. /m

Request: Mr. McCone is coming to Washington on Wednesday, November 3d, for the Disarmament (SALT Talks) Advisory Committee which are being held on Thursday, November 4th. Mr. McCone would like to meet with Mr. Kissinger for 20 minutes to a half hour on Wednesday, Nov. 3d, to get Mr. Kissinger's reactions to some of the disarmament problems -- before big meeting on following day.

CSH's Recommendation:

HAK's Answer: 10-1/28 (10-1/1)

Date and Time: 5:30 11/3

Party Contacted: RSVP: Terry Lee (John McCone's office) 213/629-3631

Additional Information: at Madison or Leo Kissinger
632-4528

Accord & regretted 11/3

Resolution:

RECEIVED

NOV 3 1971

CENTRAL

JOHN ALEX MCCONE
612 SOUTH FLOWER STREET
LOS ANGELES 90017

October 16, 1972

GENERAL

F'66-11-1/KISSINGER, HENRY A.

KISSINGER, HENRY A./m

Dear Henry:

I will be in Washington from Wednesday evening, October 25th to Sunday morning, the 29th. I hope that your crowded calendar is such that we can get together for a chat about a few matters of mutual interest.

There is one particular matter which I must discuss with you personally. My secretary will call your office a day or two before my arrival to determine your convenience. Perhaps we could have breakfast together.

With warm personal regards and may I add, my great admiration for all you are doing.

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

DAVID MOFFATT McCONNELL
POST OFFICE BOX 2727
CHARLOTTE 1, NORTH CAROLINA

EXECUTIVE

C034

KISSINGER, HENRY A. /m

August 12, 1971

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

We wish to express our appreciation for your most constructive and enlightening discussion with our group in the Cabinet Room in The White House with Dr. Billy Graham and his associates on Tuesday, August 10.

Your simple, straightforward, analytical approach to the infinite complexity of foreign policy, and particularly our relationship with the People's Republic of China, reassures me in a realm where we all have many doubts. The becoming modesty with which you approached the subject is also unique from a Harvard faculty member, the writer having suffered there at the Graduate School of Business for a time.

I was on the United States Military Mission to China with General Joseph Stilwell during the First and Second Burma Campaigns and was particularly friendly with the Generalissimo's second son, General Chiang-Wego. I also knew the Madame and the Generalissimo and most of the cabinet members.

Among my acquaintances was Lieutenant S. Herbert Hitch, USNR, Assistant Naval Attache in Chungking and later in Peking. He was part of the Naval Intelligence Group and was stationed in Yenan with Chou-En-Lai and Chairman Mao, and was particularly friendly with Chou-En-Lai. He was also a friend of Huang Hua, the Chinese Communist Ambassador in Ottawa. Mr. Hitch is now President of Charlotte Engraving Company, 228 Fairwood Avenue, Charlotte, North Carolina 28203, Telephone (704) 333-1143.

Our Congressman, Charles R. Jonas, has recently arranged an appointment for Mr. Hitch with Mr. Richard

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August 12, 1971

Kilpatrick and Mr. Charles Freeman of the Office of Asian
Communist Affairs for Tuesday, August 17, 1971, at 1:00 p.m.
I merely mention the experience of Mr. Hitch in the event that
it would be of interest to you.

We Americans are all indebted to you for your selfless
and consuming dedication in your tasks. Your recent China thrust,
from the United Nations aspects alone, is a monumental move in
foreign policy. It was my pleasure to represent the United States
at the United Nations Economic and Social Council as Ambassador
in a previous administration, and I trust that the present team
will attain the difficult goals which you have set for them.

You were most courteous to give us the benefit of your
views, and we express our deep appreciation.

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11 January 1969

Dear Henry:

I probably do not need to go to much length
to convince you that I am tremendously pleased with
your White House appointment and wish you all suc-
cess in the awfully difficult responsibilities it
entails.

Please let me know when you are settled in
Washington and can see some small crack in your
schedule that might enable me at least to give you
luncheon.

Incidentally, do you know Tick Bonesteel?
Along with Abe Lincoln and myself, he was a leading
activist in the invention, beginning during the
latter part of 1945, of the art identified as
politico-military affairs. He is due for retire-
ment from the Army and his command in Korea this
summer, and I would personally very much like to
see his great talent and deep understanding use-
fully applied.

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Office of the President-Elect
726 Jackson Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C.

950 L'ENFANT PLAZA SOUTH, SW • WASHINGTON, D.C. 20024 • TELEPHONE 202 554 6020

JOHN REAGAN McCRARY

GENERAL

KISSINGER, HENRY A.

May 22, 1972

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Special Assistant to the President
The White House
Washington, D. C.

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

There are many items I would list under the heading of Scotty Reston's column, "The Miracle of Kissinger". And near the top I would list, "a memory for names and faces and incidents, equal to Jim Farley's". I refer to your recall of an interview you did with us at a time when you were "navigator" for Nelson Rockefeller.

This note concerns another interview -- but not for quotation, nor even identification of course, except with your word-by-word clearance. With your permission, I would like to be present at the interview, but I won't be asking the questions.

The questions will come from Genevieve de Vilmorin, whom I am sure you will check closely through your own sources. As a woman, you will find that the spectrum of her experience is unique -- daughter of a distinguished French diplomat, born in Egypt, fluent in six languages which include Chinese, Russian, and American; married to three remarkable men, the first a PW and hero of the French disaster in Indo China -- the second Jean Baptiste de Vilmorin, one of the great horticulturists of Europe -- and finally Giscard d'Estaing, from whom she is now divorced.

As a journalist, she has interviewed many chiefs of State, from Khrushchev to Nasser; as a combat correspondent, she has parachuted into battle zones from Cuba to Vietnam.

In the twilight zones between war and peace, she has done revealing TV interviews with key figures all over the world, most especially with Chou En Lai -- and that is the subject of this request:

....cont'd

RECEIVED

AUG 17 1973

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For MacMillan, she is writing a book which might at last
explain China to America in terms we can understand. As you
know, we Americans translate geography and geopolitics into
*Time* and *Newsweek* covers; places are faces to us.

The riddle of the enduring relationship between Mao and Chou
will have fresh and compelling interest in the wake of Watergate --
the White House has always been a lonely summit, but for the
first time in history, this President has no equal partners in power,
anywhere, at home or abroad. Wilson was a junior partner to
Clemenceau and Lloyd George, FDR to Churchill and Stalin. It is
said that "no man is an island", but Nixon is certainly a peninsula,
population now reduced to two -- the President and you. Chou
could be a "partner".

Genevieve wants only to compare impressions of Chou with you,
match her experience with yours, and draw conclusions --
polarities make a magnetic field. And I might add, beyond her
broad experience as journalist and woman, she has a keen sense
of humor -- evidence is her best-selling book called "Yes,
Monsieur", the story of her experience as a cook for Hollywood
stars.

And also a prescience that has prompted her to take an assign-
ment for *L'Express*, to interview in August Ted Kennedy, Spiro
Agnew, and John Connally. For publication after Labor Day,
headline: "The Bicentennial President, Preview of '76".

In July, she will meet Chou in North Africa with a first draft of
her book; it would be good if she could meet with you before then.
And I repeat, there will be no quotes from you without your word-
by-word approval, of text and context.

So often I have urged the President to find a "Homefront Kissinger";
it seem now that in Haig, he has tried to find a facsimile. But he
might still have to draft the original!

So... stay well.

cc: President Nixon

Please reply to John R. McCrary, 161 E. 61st, N. Y., N. Y. 10021
telephone: 212 TE 8-6220

# Kissinger Quits Harvard Staff
To Remain an Adviser to Nixon

Special to The New York Times

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 — Henry A. Kissinger, the national security adviser to President Nixon, said today that he would remain at the White House. "as long as I feel I am being useful," but did not expect that to be longer than two more years.

The White House announced that Mr. Kissinger had formally resigned from the faculty of Harvard University to stay on the President's staff. The decision meant that Mr. Kissinger had to give up his tenure as a professor of government at the Cambridge, Mass., campus.

President Nixon told Mr. Kissinger, in a letter made available by the White House, that he knew it had been a difficult decision to make but that he had greeted it "with deep personal appreciation."

Mr. Kissinger said in an interview that he had not committed himself to remaining for a specific length of time.

"I will stay as long as I feel I am being useful, and as long as the President feels I am being useful," Mr. Kissinger said.

Asked if that meant he might remain for a second four-year term should Mr. Nixon be re-elected to the Presidency, Mr. Kissinger said he doubted that anyone could fill the post beyond a single term. He added that he was not prepared to make a judg-

ment on the duration on his stay at the White House with two years until the next Presidential election.

"Frankly, I cannot imagine what the Government would be like without you," Mr. Nixon said in the letter to his closest adviser on foreign affairs. "Your wise counsel and strong support over the past two years have meant a great deal to me."

Harvard does not grant extensions of its leaves, even for individuals at the highest levels of government. Daniel Patrick Moynihan resigned last month from his post as the President's top domestic adviser rather than give up his tenure on the Harvard faculty.

Mr. Kissinger confirmed that he had received informal assurances from Harvard officials that he would be permitted to return to the faculty at some point in the future.

"It is reasonable to assume that I will be welcome" at Harvard, he said, "but these things can't be formal. I did not seek any formal commitment."

Mr. Kissinger was director of the Harvard International Seminar before joining the Nixon Administration in January, 1969. His leave would have expired when the new semester begins next month.