Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
290085227
label
DWIGHT CHAPIN
core
doc
dtoType
document
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
290085227
contentType
document
title
DWIGHT CHAPIN
citationUrl
collections
National Security Files (Nixon Administration)
Henry A. Kissinger's (HAK) Office Files
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
imageCount
1
hasImages
yes
source
import
hasTranscription
no
Source extras
naId
290085227
levelOfDescription
fileUnit
recordType
description
ocrSource
nara-archive
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
document
mediaId
1546fb14c9d24ec6
ocrText
chapin
January 15, 1969
TO:
Schedule Committee
FROM:
Sally Dahler
Secretary to Henry Kissinger
For your information, I have today set up an
appointment for Mr. Herman Kahn to see Mr.
Kissinger on Wednesday, January 15 at 3:00
per RN's request on letter from Robert Sprague
dated December 9, 1968.
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
MEMORANDUM
TO: MR. KISSINGER
FROM: SCHEDULE COMMITTEE (DWIGHT CHAPIN)
JANUARY 9, 1969
Will you please advise concerning the attached
correspondence? Should we honor this gentleman's
request to meet with the President-Elect, or do you
suggestlsome other solution?
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
SPRAGUE ELECTRIC COMPANY
NORTH ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS
ROBERT c. SPRAGUE
December 9, 1968
School CHAIRMAN AND
CHIEF LIECUTIVE OFFICER
on hew years Card
LAT
JAN 02 1969
Registered Mail
RMN MTSS G::
Return Receipt Requested
SPEAKINS BUREAU
OTHER
The Honorable Richard M. Nixon
Temporary Headquarters -
APPOINTMENT OFFICE
Pierre Hotel
5th Avenue & 61st Street
New York, New York
Dear Dick:
As it appears possible that my letter of November 11
to
?,
may not have reached you, I am enclosing a copy.
I have followed the report of your activities and
appointments since the election with great interest.
In
Again, congratulations and best wishes.
Cordially,
RCS/sjl
Robert A C. Sprague
Encl.
/
if Dr.K Yes contact and doing
he
it should at ray
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
November 11, 1968
The Honorable Richard M. Nixon
P. O. Box 1968
Times Square Station
New York, New York 10036
Dear Dick:
For the last eight years I have been a Trustee of Hudson Institute, a
small, non-profit policy research organization headed by Herman Kahn
whose fine work I first ran into when 1 directed the so-called "Gaither"
Committee. On Thursday I spent half a day with Herman, during which
he told me about the results of the studies he and his organization have
been doing in Viet Nam (he had just returned from his latest trip to
Saigon). He and his group are very good at getting the real story about
what is going on in a military operation and getting a fresh view of the
whole political-military picture.
I believe that some of his concerns and ideas about the immediate
situation in Viet Nam are worth your looking into. Of course many of
Herman's ideas have been and are being considered by the present
administration (he has briefed Secretary Clifford and talked extensively
with General Abrams) but you may have a somewhat different perspective
on the possibility of making changes in current policy. If you want to
review the whole situation to consider what actions you may need to
take quickly, I know of no more imaginative and sound source of ideas
than Herman.
I understand that Herman and some of his staff have been in contact
with your staff (and that you talked to him yourself some months ago),
so this suggestion may be unnecessary. However, although of course I
appreciate the great demands on your time at this point, it occurred to
me that because of the advantage of hearing these kinds of points directly
you might want to talk to Herman yourself. He can be reached at the
following address:
Mr. Herman Kahn, Director
Hudson Institute
Quaker Ridge Road
Croton-on-Hudson, New York 10520
Telephone: 914-762-0700
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
The Honorable Richard M. Nixon
-2-
November 11, 1968
If you decide to meet with Mr. Kahn, I would be very happy to sit in
if you would like me to, although this is certainly not an essential
element of my recomm endation.
Again, heartiest congratulations on your magnificent victory on
November 5, the breadth of which can be much better understood by
looking at a map of the States you won rather than at the popular vote
or the vote of the electoral college.
With warmest regards.
Cordially,
Robert C. Sprague
RCS/sjl
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library