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Stanley Hoffman
Mr. Kissinger
4-27-69 7:45 p.m.
H said all I needed was a crisis in France in addition to one at Harvard.
K said you are truly an indispensable man although I disagree with what
you did at Harvard. H said don't believe all that you read in the papers.
K said Stanley, I was wondering if I could ask you to do a favor as
quickly as possible on the implications of this. You know he has
actually now resigned. K said I don't understand why he made this one
an issue. H said I don't either. K said the President was asking why
he made it a personal issue. H said he probably saw it as a tremendous
first step, reversing centuries of centralization. It was important to
him and not to others.
K said what I would like, if you could do it, is two or three pages of
how you see the foreign evolution. K said the President is circulating
your article. He is eager for this paper from you. H said alright.
K said how will you get it to me. H said I will send it to you. How
soon do you want it? K said the sooner the better. H said I also need
a bit of information - how about Thursday. K said that would be too
late. H said alright I will do it tomorrow. K asked H to call him
when he had paper completed. H said I will.
K asked H how he was holding up. Then they discussed situation at
Harvard. H said I will get in touch with you when this is done.
Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
DECLASSIFIED
This document has been reviewed pursuant to Executive Order 13526 and has been determined to be declassified.
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