CABLE TO HENRY KISSINGER FROM GRAHAM MARTIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-165-5-6-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 19, 1970
• Content Type: CABLE

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DE.L IVER ONLY TO DR. HENRY KISSINGER, THE WHITE HOUSE
1- I GATHER ABPLANALP HAS ARRANGED FOR PIER TALENTI TO SEE JOHN
CIELL THIS WEEKEND, AND POSSIBLY ALSO YOU AND THE PRESIDENT.
I AM GLAD YOU WILL BE HEARING FIRST HAND FROM SOMEONE ABOUT THE
CURRENT SITUATION IN ITALY. TALENT I IS DEVOTED TO THE PRESIDENT. HE
HAS BEEN QUITE USEFUL TO ME OVER THE PAST YEAR, PARTICULARLY IN
KEEPING TOUCH WITH SOME ELEMENTS OF THE EXTREME RIGHT WING OF THE
CD, BUT FOR SEVERAL REASONS, INCLUDING HIS OWN PERSONAL AND BUSINESS
VULNERABILITY, ANY ATTEMPT TO USE HIM BEYOND THE LIMITS I HAVE
CURRENTLY IMPOSED COULD -BE DANGEROUS FOR HIM AND QUITE COUNTER?
PRODUCTIVE TO OUR OVERALL INTERESTS. HIS -APPRAISAL OF THE CURRENT
sr-ruin:10N .is SOMEWHAT DARKER ? THAN MINE... ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT,, SITUA7-
-TION IS-DANGEROUS, I DO NOT 'THINK THaiNGS- ARE AT ALL HOPELESS;
AM HAVING-,,A QUIET L_UNCIr? NEXT WEEK WITH SARAGAT AND r SHALL KNOW' BETTER,,,
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ITALIAN POLITICAL; SCENE
BLEM IS TI-E CHRISTIAN 'DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND
WE MUST -NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THIS CENTRAL FACT. OUR CURRENT' TASK IS
TO GET IT BACK TOGETHER AS AT LEAST A PARTIALLY UNIFIED AND
DISCIPLINED POLITICAL, FORCE. IF WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS, EVERYTHING
ELSE WILL BECOME MANAGEABLE. I THINK WE, HAVE ALREADY MADE A SMALL
BEGINNING IN THIS DIRECTION, .BUT WE WILL HAVE TO DO MUCH MORE IN THE
WINTER MONTHS. ,
3. WHEN I CAM: BACK TO WASHINGTON THIS FALL, I TOLD SONNENFELT' S
OFFICE' THAT I WANTED TO SEE YOU AND THE PRESIDENT. I KNEW HOW BUSY
YOU BOTH WERE SO I DID NOT PRESS. JUST BEFORE I LEFT A MONTH LATER,
I must- ADMIT I WAS SOMEWHAT SHOCKED TO ASCERTAIN THAT MY REQUEST HAD
NEVER BEEN PASSED ON TO YOU. IN THE MEANTIME, ON OCTOBER 28TH I LEFT
..BILL ROGERS AN INTERIM ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH HE SAID HE
WOULD TAKE UP WITH THE PRESIDENT AT SAN CLEMENTE WHEN YOU ALL WERE
AWAITING THE ELECTION RETURNS. APPARENTLY, HE DID NOT DO SO: THEN
PE WAS GOING TO GO OVER IT AT KEY BISCAYNE. I HAVE NEVER BEEN
INFORMED WHETHER HE DID OR NOT.
4. THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO, IS CAUSE ANY TROUBLE IN THE FAMILY*
ETHER IN YOURS BECAUSE MY MESSAGE THROUGH SONNENFELT DID NOT REACH
YOU, OR IN THE PRESIDENT' S LARGER FAMILY IF FOR SOME REASON BILL
ROGERS HAsAo-r- YET-GIVEN MY PAPER TO THE PRESIDENT. THE ONLY REASON
I BRING IT UP NOW IS THAT THIS MEMORANDUM PROVIDES PERHAPS A - , ?
93 UNDER BASIS FOR CONSIDERATION THAN WILL JUST A TALK WITH TALENT'.
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SEEN IT, -LET- ME KNOW AND
- I WILL REPEAT IT TO YOU THROUGH THIS CHANNEL.
6... I HAVE, BEEN MEANING TO - ASK YOU, THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE JILL:-
sr. JOHN,. TO GIVE' HER MY REGARDS AND TELL HER THAT I OFTEN THINK OF
DANCING WITH HER THAT NIGHT IN BANGKOK AT Ta "EMERALD PALACE" WHEN
JERRY COLONNA WAS DANCING WITH THE QUEEN WHILE THE KING PLAYED THE
CLARINET- WITH LES BROWN' S ORCHESTRA. BEST FOR CHRISTMAS.
7.. P. S. I WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO TA} A "LOOK- AT ROME 7274. -THE TONE
OF THE MESSAGE SHOULD ACCOMPLISH THE RESULT, BUT IF IT DOESN''
PLEASE INTERVENE.,
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