COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, INC.

THE HAROLD PRATT HOUSE

NEW YORK 21, N. Y.

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August 14, 1959

Professor Henry A. Kissinger
Center for International Affairs
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts

Dear Henry:

I am delighted to have your message of August 6. I shall hold (almost hold) my breath until I hear the results of your further talks; meanwhile, it is most encouraging to know that Mac Bundy is favorable to this plan.

I am also very happy to have a copy of "The Search for Stability." It probes deeply and I hope it will be widely read and discussed.

We are all ready to proceed with the further plans as soon as you tell us it is the right time. And do not hesitate to put forward your own suggestions on the planning of the study, the use and composition of the study group, and the plans for publication and full-scale promotion.

With all best wishes to you both and to the new arrival,

October 1, 1959

Mr. Philip E. Mosely
Council on Foreign Relations
58 East 68th Street
New York 21, New York

Dear Phil:

Many, many thanks for your
letter of September 23rd with its
advice for Professor Rassekh. I know
it will be useful to him, and I am
grateful to you for your help. I
have forwarded the copy of your
letter, as you suggested.

All the best.

THE HAROLD PRATT HOUSE 58 EAST 68TH STREET
NEW YORK 21, N. Y.

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September 23, 1959

Professor Henry A. Kissinger
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge 38, Mass.

Dear Henry:

Many thanks for your good note of August 25. Professor Rassekh has put his finger on a very difficult problem. As far as books in Iranian are concerned, he ought to consult with the very able head of the Franklin Publications in Teheran on his return. I know that Franklin has arranged for the translation into Arabic of certain basic books in psychology and economics, and the same could be done in Iranian. I am sure that Franklin would be delighted to have his suggestions and would also send to Teheran some of the best books as a basis for selecting those to be translated and published in Iran.

In general, however, I assume that Professor Rassekh is referring to the need for reference books in their original languages, and this is not directly in Franklin's field. One thing which can be done is to take this up with the U.S.I.A. Library in Teheran. The Library can order many books and after they have been used for a time in its own library, they can be donated to the University Library as happened with tens of thousands of American books. Another possibility is to write to the Library of Congress, which maintains extensive exchanges. Still a third possibility, on a one-shot basis, is to appeal to the Ford Foundation or the Rockefeller Foundation. Since the war they have been especially generous in giving grants of several thousand dollars each to supply basic reference materials.

With best wishes,

P.S. You are welcome to send a copy of this letter of Professor Rassekh.

December 21, 1959

Tentative Budget

THE STRATEGY OF DETERRENCE

Henry A. Kissinger

To Henry A. Kissinger:

1. Author's fee on delivery of MS to publisher $ 2,500.

2. Royalties, at tentative price of $4 per copy:

12¼% of first 5,000 copies, or 50¢ per copy - 2,500.
15% of next 5,000 copies, or 60¢ per copy - 3,000.
17½% of next 10,000 copies, or 70¢ per copy - 7,000.

Total potential royalties on first 20,000 copies sold - $12,500.

Same royalty on sales in England; 50/50 sharing on serial rights, paper-back, foreign translations and Book Club sales.

rights, paper-pack, foreign translations and Book Club sales.
Same royalty on sales in England: 20/20 sharing on serial

Total potential royalties on first 30,000 copies sold - $15,200.

15% of next 10,000 copies, or 70¢ per copy - 7,000.

12% of next 2,000 copies, or 60¢ per copy - 3,000.

15% of first 2,000 copies, or 20¢ per copy - 5,200.

3. Royalties, at tentative price of $4 per copy:

1. Author's fee on delivery of M2 to publisher $ 3,200.

To Henry V. Klausinger:

Henry V. Klausinger

THE STRATEGY OF DETERRENCE

Tentative Budget

December 21, 1929

December 21, 1959

Dear Henry:

It was, as always, a special pleasure to see you last
week and I was especially glad to learn that you may be
able to consider the possibility of preparing a second
book for publication under the auspices of the Council.
Certainly, a wide audience of informed people at home and
abroad will be eager to have your current analysis of the
problems of deterring an over-all strategic war, shoring
up the free world's defenses against the threat of limited
wars, and the impact of changing strategic technology on
our alliance systems. I am also glad to learn that you are
developing further your thoughts about the problem of the
control and limitation of armaments and its impact on the
strategic posture of the United States and its major allies.
When or if you decide that your other obligations will allow
you to undertake a study of this scope as part of the Coun-
cil's program, it would be helpful to have a two-page essay
setting forth the main subjects of the proposed book, so
that I can take this up with the Committee on Selections,
which will, I am sure, be willing to waive the usual re-
quirement of an interview.

With respect to the procedure for the Council's par-
ticipation in the study, I should like to outline an al-
ternative to the usual one of holding six or eight Study
Group meetings over the period of a year. Because of your
previous experience in working with a Study Group, we feel
that this procedure can be telescoped into an intensive
review session lasting two or three days. We would hope to
bring together a carefully selected and knowledgeable group
of people for a series of meetings to examine the entire
manuscript, distributed at least two weeks in advance to
them, and to consider a series of policy questions put to
them in outline form. The meetings might begin on a Fri-
day at lunch, with meetings Friday afternoon, Friday evening,

Professor Henry A. Kissinger

December 21, 1959

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Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon and perhaps on Sunday. Both the participation in the meetings and a detailed summary of the discussion would be helpful to you in your final review. Review by the staff and by the Committee on Studies would, I hope, take place in the period leading up to the meeting of the Study Group, so that the study could go to the publisher within a week or ten days after the review session. A variant on this might be to have two all-day sessions on successive Saturday's.

The Council believes that, if this project is feasible on your side, the study would be of central importance to its entire studies and publication program. For a book of moderate length, say 300 to 350 pages, we can condense our publication schedule to three months, allowing a fourth month to get the review copies out in order to coordinate the reviews to the actual appearance of the book. Allowing for the printer's closing down for summer vacation, we would therefore expect to bring out immediately after Labor Day a manuscript which was sent to the printer by April 15. Needless to say, the Council will put all of its facilities of promotion behind a new Kissinger study.

Just a word about the financial arrangements. Upon sending to the printer a manuscript approved by the Committee on Studies we would pay an author's fee of $2,500. In addition, we are happy to offer royalties at a non-commercial rate as follows: 12½% on the first five thousand copies, 15% on the next five thousand copies, and 17½% on the next ten thousand copies. Royalties would be at the same rate on sales in England, and rights to serial publication, paper-back editions, foreign translations and book club sales would be shared, as customarily, 50/50. The Council would of course take care of the usual expenses for travel, meetings, secretarial services, editorial services, and so forth.

In the presentation of the book, the Council would be happy to give prominence to your work at the Center for International Affairs. The title page could identify you as "Associate Director, the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University" and your acknowledgement of the intellectual contributions of the Center would, needless to say, appear in whatever form you choose as part of the Preface.

THE HAROLD PRATT HOUSE

NEW YORK 21, N. Y.

December 29, 1959

Dear Henry:

It was, as always, a special pleasure to see you a few days ago, and I was especially glad to learn that you are now devoting a substantial part of your time to re-working, rounding out and supplementing the thoughts and analyses which you have presented, to such good effect, in *Foreign Affairs*. As I read Nelson Rockefeller's announcement last Sunday, one of my first thoughts was that this may relieve you of at least one of many outside pressures. I am also glad that your central part in planning the two Discussion Groups on Strategy and Policy, in 1958-59, the preparation of a major presentation for the Group, and your participation in its discussions have been helpful to you in your progress on the new book. Accordingly, I want to emphasize the pride and satisfaction we here at the Council feel in inviting you to present your new book for publication under its auspices.

A wide audience of informed people at home and abroad will be eager to have your current analysis of the problems of deterring an over-all strategic war, shoring up the free world's defenses against the threat of limited wars, and the impact of changing strategic technology on our alliance systems. I am also glad to learn that you are developing further your thoughts about the problem of the control and limitation of armaments and its impact on the strategic posture of the United States and its major allies. When or if you decide that your other obligations will allow you to undertake a study of this scope as part of the Council's program, it would be helpful to have a two-page essay setting forth the main subjects of the proposed book, so that I can take this up with the Committee on Selection, which will, I am sure, be willing to waive the usual requirement of an interview.

Professor Henry A. Kissinger

December 29, 1959

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ticipation in the study, I should like to outline an
alternative to the usual one of holding six or eight Study
Groups meetings over the period of a year. Because of
your previous experience in working with a Study Group, we
feel that this procedure can be telescoped into an inten-
sive review session lasting two or three days. We would
hope to bring together a carefully selected and knowledge-
able group of people for a series of meetings to examine
the entire manuscript, distributed at least two weeks in
advance to them, and to consider a series of policy questions
put to them in outline form. The meetings might begin on
a Friday at lunch, with meetings Friday afternoon, Friday
evening, Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon and perhaps
on Sunday. Both the participation in the meetings and a
detailed summary of the discussion would be helpful to you
in your final review. Review by the staff and the Committee
on Studies would, I hope, also be completed in the period
leading up to the meeting of the Study Group, so that the
study could go to the publisher within a week or ten days
after the review session. A variant on this might be to have
two all-day sessions on successive Saturday's.

Just a word about the financial arrangements. Upon
sending to the printer a manuscript approved by the Commit-
tee on Studies we would pay an author's fee of $2,500. In
addition, we are happy to offer royalties at a non-commer-
cial rate as follows: 12½% on the first five thousand copies,
15% on the next five thousand copies, and 17½% on the next
ten thousand copies. Royalties would be at the same rate
on sales in England, and rights to serial publication, paper-
back editions, foreign translations and book club sales

Professor Henry A. Kissinger

December 29, 1959

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would be shared, as customarily, 50/50. The Council would
of course take care of the usual expenses for travel, meet-
ings, secretarial services, editorial services, and so
forth.

In the presentation of the book, the Council would
be happy to give prominence to your work at the Center for
International Affairs. The title page could identify you
as "Associate Director, the Center for International Affairs,
Harvard University" and your acknowledgement of the intel-
lectual contributions of the Center would, needless to say,
appear in whatever form you choose as part of the Preface.

I realize that these plans are entirely tentative at
this stage, especially since you wish, quite logically, to
bring your new study near to a conclusion before making
any definite plans. At this time I merely want to set forth
the Council's keen desire to provide an intellectual setting
and a launching platform for any new study by you. Please
let me know if there are any points which I have not clari-
fied sufficiently in the above. Personally, I hope very
much that I shall have the pleasure of working closely with
you on a new project at the Council.

With all best wishes,

December 29, 1959

Tentative Budget

THE STRATEGY OF DETERRENCE

Henry A. Kissinger

To Henry A. Kissinger:

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12½% of first 5,000 copies, or 50¢ per copy - 2,500.