December 30, 1969

Box 612
Diablo
California, 94528

Mr. Henry A. Kissinger
President's Advisor on National Security
The White House
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. Kissinger:

After finishing your article on "The Viet Nam Negotiations" in the recent issue of "Foreign Affairs," I am moved to write you in praise of your lucidity, insight, and recommendations. I enjoyed your lectures last year in Government 180 at Harvard (where I was a senior, in philosophy), and hoped to see some of these views in print. Thus, I was pleased by this article, as well as another recent purchase of mine, your book *The Necessity for Choice*.

A number of us last year used to come out of your lectures and discuss the points and arguments you raised. There were some rumors of your close association with Governor Rockefeller, which led to our shared hopes that, if he were successful in his bid for the Presidency, you would join him in the White House. Our wishes have been answered, though under the auspices of Mr. Nixon.

Certainly you must be undergoing the heaviest of strains at this time in your new and crucial role. One is heartened, however, by recalling your own emphatic distinction between the policymaker and the intellectual, and thus one feels sure that the burdens of the former will not come upon you as a complete surprise, even at your high and unique post. I want to wish you the best of luck and success in your new job and to affirm my confidence in your ability and integrity.

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February 17, 1969

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

Dear Henry:

The enclosed letter was inadvertently opened here.

Your good Miss Dahler sent us a photo of your
beaming countenance just in time. Please do give
her our thanks.

DSL:pk
Enclosure

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
THE NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20315

KISSINGER, HENRY A.

13 March 1969

NWCES-RE

Mrs. Joan McCarthy
Secretary to Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
The White House (West Basement)
Washington, D. C.
20500

Dear Mrs. McCarthy:

In keeping with your request we are enclosing text of
Dr. Kissinger's War College address as transcribed by our
stenographers' pool from a tape recording of his talk.

In the absence of a go-ahead signal from you we have
not taken the liberty of making minor editorial revisions
designed to put the talk into article form. Such changes
would, of course, be kept to an absolute minimum, and the
edited version would be submitted to Dr. Kissinger for his
review before final action.

However, it has occurred to us that Dr. Kissinger, or
some member of his staff, might be willing to take on this
chore. For one fully familiar with Dr. Kissinger's pref-
erences, this should be a relatively simple task. In this
event the entire editorial process would undergo major
improvement: The right revisions would be made and further
review would not prove necessary.

Enclosure

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KISSINGER, HENRY A.

Articles-Bests

March 3, 1969

Dear Inis:

I am sorry to be so long in answering your letter of
February 3 but, as you can imagine, all of my time
during the past few weeks has been consumed by the
President's trip to Europe.

I do appreciate your thoughtfulness in giving me an
opportunity to reconsider the inclusion of my paper
in your publication. I have reluctantly come to the
conclusion that it should not be included and I know
that you will understand my reasons.

Thank you very much for your good wishes -- I hope
our paths will cross soon.

Dr. Inis L. Claude, Jr.
Stettinius Professor of Government and
Foreign Affairs
232 Cabell Hall
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901

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February 3, 1969

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Office of the President
The White House
Washington, D. C.

Dear Henry:

You will recall that several months ago you gave your approval
to an edited version of the paper which you presented at a
symposium at the University of Michigan in September, 1967, for
inclusion in a volume which I am editing as the final product of
that symposium.

It occurs to me that, in your new position, you might
conceivably wish to reconsider your agreement for inclusion of
your piece in this publication. We should very much regret having
to delete it, and I earnestly hope that you will find no reason
to revoke your earlier decision--but it seems to me only fair to
give you the opportunity to express your judgment. Hence, I enclose
a copy of the edited manuscript for your perusal, with the request
that you inform me as soon as possible whether your permission to
publish stands. Please note that I have a new address, as indicated
above.

It may help you in deciding to know that I intend to include
in the preface to the volume a statement to this effect:

I should make it explicit that each of the
contributors speaks only for himself in his
private capacity, in no case for the institution
or government with which he may be associated.

I am delighted that you have assumed such an important
position in the White House, and I wish you the very best in
carrying out your new responsibilities.

With best personal regards,

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
GERMAN RESEARCH PROGRAM

HENRY A. KISSINGER
Director
(on leave)

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February 27, 1969

Miss Sally Dahler
Secretary to Dr. Kissinger
The White House
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sally:

I hope that you had a good trip. I am very impressed that you could have covered five countries in one week. Some introduction to Europe!

Attached are three letters for HAK which have drifted in from Germany in the past weeks. The first two probably deserve a reply.

The letter from General Schall refers to a book which he has written and sent to HAK. They apparently met on a flight some time ago and still would like to have an opportunity to talk to Kissinger if he should ever have time on a visit to Bonn. I am sending the book down under separate cover.

Reifenberg was very impressed with HAK's piece on Bismarck. He has published an excerpt from it and hopes that this will meet with HAK's approval. The piece appeared on page two of the *Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung* of February 8 and is enclosed.

The letter from Reiter congratulates HAK on his appointment and encloses a clipping which is of no significance.

I hope to see you soon if I have a chance to get to Washington.

As ever,

CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Frankfurter Allgemeine
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REDAKTION

FRANKFURT AM MAIN

den 11.2.1969

Herrn
Henry A. Kissinger
419 Beacon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Sehr geehrter Herr Kissinger,

bitte wundern Sie sich nicht, dass ich Ihnen für die Übersetzung der "Reflections" erst jetzt Dank sage. Ich las und war von der Schärfe und Durchsichtigkeit Ihres Gedankenganges fasziniert. Ich wollte Ihnen das gleich sagen, doch war ich in ärztlicher Behandlung. Ich hatte vor, Ihnen zu schildern, dass ich Ihren Aufsatz nur vergleichen kann mit den Äusserungen über Bismarck meines hochverehrten alten Freundes Bernhard Guttmann, mit dem ich einst "Die Gegenwart" gegründet habe.

Nun ich von Ihrem europäischen Programm erfuhr, habe ich mir erlaubt, aufgrund der Aktualität, die wir Journalisten uns nicht gern entgehen lassen, das beiliegende Referat zu veröffentlichen, ohne Ihr Einverständnis eingeholt zu haben. Ich bitte um Indemnität. Glauben Sie mir, die Lektüre Ihres Essays war mir eine helle Freude, besonders durch den Anstand Ihrer persönlichen Zurückhaltung vollkommen überzeugend. Nochmals vielen Dank und nicht zum geringsten auch für Ihren Brueghelschen Neujahrsgruss.

Ganz der Ihre

(Dr.h.c.Benno Reifenberg)

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Dear Dr. Kissinger:

I just wanted to let you know that your publisher, McGraw-Hill, called our attention to your book, *The Troubled Partnership*, and suggested that we might want to call this book to the attention of the readers of The Atlantic Community Quarterly, since it is such a find, and still timely, assessment of the problems and opportunities that face the United States and Europe.

We are glad to do this and have bought the rights from them to republish the concluding chapter. They also are running an advertisement on the book in the Quarterly. This will be in the Spring issue, which will be out next month.

You have our best wishes in your demanding tasks.

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Best regards,

sorry I cannot send you the reprints.
I appreciate your interest in my article and am
personal copies remaining.
supply of the reprints and I have only my own
unfortunately, I received only a very limited
your comments on my <u>Agenda</u> article.

Thank you for your letter of March 18, and for
Dear Mr. Gregersen:

Englewood, New Jersey 07631
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March 26, 1969

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December 5, 1968

Dr. Henry Alfred Kissinger
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Dear Dr. Kissinger,

Your position with the Nixon Administration announced in THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 3rd, prompts me to inform you that I recently wrote to Mr. Nixon telling him that I had visited Former Ambassador George K.C. Yeh in Taiwan in October, when Mrs. Gregersen and I were there for the Inauguration of the new Graduate Library at the National University of Taiwan. George Yeh was as concerned as we were to get Nixon into the White House.

As Mr. Nixon will surely tell you George Yeh clearly comprehends the perils facing America and the Free World. In your search for solutions, will you have an opportunity to tap George Yeh's brilliant resourceful mind?

Sincerely yours,

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Dalton Professor of Physiology
Director, Laboratory of Hemorheology
College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University

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Dear Mr. Nixon,

Dr. George K.C. Yeh, former Ambassador of ROC in Washington, D.C., whom we visited in Taiwan, October 15th - 22nd, was deeply concerned about the outcome of the Election. Mrs. Gregorsen (Georgie) and I were in Taiwan for the Inauguration of the new Graduate Library of The National University, given by The International Foundation.

George Yeh has been a very close friend for many years, and when he was in Washington he frequently came to spend the weekend with us in Englewood.

I feel sure you would like to know that he is now in very good health and spirits, and that you agree that he was the most brilliant and effective Ambassador from ROC in Washington. Men like Wedemeyer, Radford, Van Fleet etc. used to tell me, "George is the best brain in Washington".

As we left, George said to me at the Airport, "America is in great peril. You must get Richard Nixon into the White House". Georgie (who worked hard for you in Englewood) and I heartily agree, and we are praying that you will succeed in the hard decisions and tasks which lie ahead.

We celebrated your Election with Mr. Maxwell Upson, one of your staunchest supporters and great admirers.

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Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
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Dear Dr. Kissinger:

On the first weekend of May, the World Affairs Council of Northern California will sponsor its annual Asilomar Conference. The Asilomar Conference, the highlight of our annual events, is designed as an intensive study and discussion weekend. In the past nearly 1,000 interested Bay area residents have attended our Asilomar Conference.

This year the Asilomar Committee, headed by Mr. Thomas Sorensen, has chosen "The Making and Unmaking of American Foreign Policy" as the Conference theme. Our featured speakers include Mr. George Ball, the former Undersecretary of State, Mr. Hans Morgenthau, distinguished political scientist, and Congressman John V. Tunney. We will present several seminars, ranging in focus from "Is the State Department Obsolete" to "Case Study: How United States Foreign Policy Was Made in Vietnam".

Each year the World Affairs Council Library prepares a set of background reading materials. We would like to include your article, "Bureaucracy and Policy Making: The Effect of Insiders and Outsiders on the Policy Process", which appeared in Security Studies Paper No. 17, in our background reading packet. May we reproduce this article for distribution to our participants?

A similar letter has been sent to the Security Studies Project and permission, pending your approval, has been received. For your convenience, I have enclosed a copyright form and a stamped, addressed envelope. Please return the form as soon as possible. Time is needed to reproduce the article and to distribute the packets in order that the background material may be assimilated before the Conference. Your prompt reply will be most appreciated.

Thank you.

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JOHN E. NEILL • Vice President

April 23, 1969

Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
Executive Office
The White House
Washington, D. C.

Dear Henry:

Here is a copy of the circular which we are
mailing to political scientists throughout
the country. We are also sending a copy of
your book to all members of the Society for
Historians of American Foreign Relations.
Of course, our travelers have been busy
sending in names of people who are in key
positions to adopt the paper edition. All
in all, there are a lot of complimentary
examination copies on teachers' desks, and
there will be more. We will keep you informed
on results. In the meantime, I suspect things
are more peaceful where you are than in Cam-
bridge, which may come as a surprise to you.

JEN:nhc
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