KISSINGER, HENRY A.

NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER

October 30, 1970

Dear Henry:

Jim Cannon has told me of your wonderful
offer to come to New York to speak on my behalf at
a private testimonial dinner. Unfortunately there
just wasn't time to arrange such an affair.

I'm sorry it didn't work out. Because
of our friendship, I am sure you know I appreciate
so much your desire to help.

I loved our breakfast, and I hope to
see you again soon.

With warm regard,

YOJI HIROTA

22 SAKANOSHITA, KAMAKURA

KANAGAWA-KE, JAPAN

TEL: 0467-240988

October 26, 1971

Honorable Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller
State of New York
New York City, U.S.A.

Dear Mr. Rockefeller:

I would like to take the pleasure of writing this letter to you, although to my great regret belatedly, to ask you that you would kindly spare some time out of your packed schedule to see me while I am in the U.S.

The major purpose of my trip this time to this country was to meet American leaders, political and social, in order to explain to them the critical situations prevailing in Japan as well as in the entire Asian area at the present moment. Please see the gist in brief of my assessment of the situation and suggestion of alternatives in the separate paper herein enclosed. It is my firm belief that, only through the closest possible solid cooperation among the major free nations of the world, the expansion of the communist forces throughout the world could be stopped before they become untractable and overwhelming. Especially I am concerned with the recent deterioration of relationships between the U.S. and Japan. Because the security, survival, and prosperity of the free system of society of the world in face of the communist expansion is only possible through our cooperation.

I am very sorry to tell you, but I am leaving New York to-morrow morning back to Japan. I am strongly hoping to come back here in the future to continue my work in this line. So, for the time being, I have to bid farewell in this letter, hoping to meet you sometime in the near future. I sincerely hope you all the happiness in your private life, and all the success in your public life as a prominent political and social leader of the American society, which you are, and Governor of the State of New York.

I remain,

THE GIST IN BRIEF

ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION

AND SUGGESTION OF ALTERNATIVES

October 26, 1971

BY: Yoji Hirota

1) At the end of the WWII, Stalin started the revolutionary expansionist policy of communism (not in the sense of "territorial" expansion) throughout the world in order to achieve the "final victory of communism" which means the communization of the entire world.

2) Since then, the communist forces of the world continuously expanded, except for a short period of time from 1964 to 1967, and still is continuing to expand. During this period, the free forces (nations) of the world succeeded in deterring the expansion of the communist forces. In the communist expansion after 1967, they changed their strategy and tactics.

3) Under the present situations, the free nations are confronted with the following two critical problems:

(a) The armament competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, particularly in the nuclear weapons.

(b) The rapid expansion of the communist influences in the entire Asian area.

4) In coping with the above problems, if (a) the U.S. falls in the second position against the USSR, or (b) the major part of the free Asian nations (which include 19 nations with 1.1 billion population) go under the influence of the communist forces, either of Communist China or Soviet Russia, or both, the entire forces of freedom of the world would find themselves in an extremely difficult plight. Probably they would be forced to face the alternatives where they are compelled either to surrender to the communist demands, or to fight back local and/or total all-out wars against the communist countries.

5) The passage, on October 25th, of the Albanian Resolution in the U.N. General Assembly, which expelled the Republic of

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China (in Taiwan) from the U.N. and admitted the Com-
munist China to it, and gave the seat of permanent member
in the Security Council, greatly helped in strengthening the
position of Communist China in the entire world and in its
expansionist policy, particularly in Asia and Africa. The
impact of this event, unfavorable to the free nations, should
never be underestimated.

6) To guarantee the security and survival in face of these un-
favorable developments, of the free society of the world in
the future, it is necessary, therefore, to immediately
achieve the closest possible solidarity and cooperation,
politically, economically, militarily, culturally and in
thought, among the highly industrialized free nations of the
world, which include the U.S., Canada, the West European
countries, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Through solid
cooperation, U.S. must hold the topmost position in nuclear
power over USSR, and the communist expansion in Asia and
Africa must be deterred. It is also necessary for these highly
developed free nations to change their strategies and tactics
to meet those of communists which were devised originally
by Lenin and supplemented later by Mao Tse-tung.

7) If the advanced free nations of the world fail to carry out the necessary measures above mentioned, they would be obliged to face the difficult plight stated in the above item 4.

TO: PETER RODMAN
FROM: NANCY MAGINNES

Peter, mon chou:

Here is a xerox of the Governor's letter. Someone forgot
the three children; there will be five people in all.

Can you do something?

Love,
Nancy