LETTER TO MR. WILLIAM E. COLBY FROM EDMONDE A. HADDAD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000300480024-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: December 28, 1973
• Content Type: LETTER

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Los .Angeles World Affairs Council
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THOMAS V. JONES
President
December 28, 1973
WILLIAM H. BURGESS
LLOYD N. HAND
HENRY T. MUDD
WILLIAM FRENCH SMITH
Vice Presidents
JOHN V. VAUGHN
Vice President
and Treasurer
MRS. HERBERT NOOTBAAR
Secretary
Mr. William E. Colby
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Colby:
Now that 1974 is upon us, I would like to reiterate our invita-
tion for you to address the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
In your letter of August 9, 1973, you indicated that we might
try to firm up a date sometime in 1974.
I wonder if late April or May would be possible? If not, then
perhaps in September. As Tom Jones indicated in his letter to
you last summer, we would be honored to host you at either a
luncheon or a dinner meeting of the Council.
Please know that we will do everything possible to insure your
visit will be successful and fruitful. I am enclosing the
latest brochure about the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
Very best wishes for a happy and successful new year.
Sincerely,
Edmonde A. Haddad
Executive Director
EDMONDE A. HADDAD
Executive Director
DIRECTORS
SIGMUND ARYWITZ
J. L. ATWOOD
R. STANTON AVERY
THORNTON F. BRADSHAW
DR. HAROLD BROWN
WILLIAM H. BURGESS
EDWARD W. CARTER
VICTOR M. CARTER
REV. CHARLES S. CASASSA, S.J.
MRS. OTIS CHANDLER
_-'MRCS. THURMOND CLARKE
MRS. E. AVERY CRARY
JAMES E. CROSS
JOHN A. DESPOL
DR. GLENN S. DUMKE
ROBERT E. EARLY
WALTER B. GERKEN
DR. IVAN A. GETTING
DR. RICHARD C. GILMAN
DR. ARMAND HAMMER
LLOYD N. HAND
FRED L. HARTLEY
DANIEL J. HAUGHTON
ROLLA R. HAYS, JR.
GEORGE R. HEARST, JR.
NORMAN O. HOUSTON
MRS. AUSTIN HUTSON
THOMAS V. JONES
JAMES E. KENNEY
FREDERICK G. LARKIN
RABBI EDGAR F. MAGNIN
HAROLD C. MC CLELLAN
JOHN A. MC CONE
C. J. MEDBERRY III
HENRY T. MUDD
DR. FRANKLIN D. MURPHY
DR. JULIAN NAVA
MRS. HERBERT NOOTBAAR
DR. W. H. PICKERING
DR. JOSEPH B. PLATT
WALTER RALPHS, JR.
DR. SIMON RAMO
WILLIAM FRENCH SMITII
CHARLES B. THORNTON
DR. NORMAN TOPPING
EDWARD E. TUTTLE
JOHN V. VAUGHN
E. E. WALL
DR. CHARLES E. YOUNG
DIRECTORS EMERITUS
MRS. ELMER BELT
DR. ROBERT J. BERNARD
HARRY L. DUNN
PRESTON HOTCHKXS
MRS. VALLEY KNUDSEN
CHOLMONDELEY M. NELSON
EDWIN W. PAULEY
DR. PAUL S. SMITH
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THE
LOS ANGELES
WORLD AFFAIRS
COUNCIL
900 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 230
Los Angeles, California 90017
[phone]
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Each year more than 3,000 distinguished
international visitors come to Los Angeles
under the auspices of the Department of State.
The World Affairs Council serves as the official
Southern California programming agency for
these grantees. This involves arranging pro-
fessional appointments, sight-seeing, home hos-
pitality and visits to points of particular
cultural interest. Visitors include government
officials; business executives; educators; pro-
fessional men and women; representatives of
foreign press, radio and television; labor leaders;
artists and scientists from all over the world
The primary purpose of this program is tq
offer leaders from other nations an opportunity
to know Americans as individuals and as a
nation. The visitors gain knowledge about and
appreciation for life in the United States, its
culture, economy, and system of government.
This program is one of the most important
ventures in practical international relations
undertaken in America today, and Council
members may share in it as volunteer escorts
and hosts to these leaders and specialists.
Many national leaders of other countries
today are former grantees of the Educational
and Cultural Exchange Program. Among them
have been 8 Prime Ministers; 5 Presidents; I
Chancellor; I Governor General; and 209
Cabinet Ministers from 64 countries throughout
the world.
For further information regarding the Inter-
national Visitor Program, call [phone].
TRAVEL PROGRAM
Each year the World Affairs Council con-
ducts a series of Diplomatic Tours and members
are invited to participate. The trips are
fully-escorted and include private Diplomatic
Briefings by United States Ambassadors and
other high-ranking officials in U.S. embassies
and by members of the Foreign Ministries in
the major nations visited.
World Affairs Council Diplomatic Tours are
limited in size and operated on a deluxe basis.
Careful attention is given to insure a balanced
itinerary which combines special sight-seeing
opportunities with ample free time to shop,
rest, or pursue personal interests.
Additional information concerning the travel
program is available through the Council office
in Los Angeles.
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In keeping with its policy of disseminating
factual information on international Affairs the
Council has brought many of the world's
leading statesmen, scientists, explorers and
public figures to Los Angeles and to the
Council's platform. Members and their guests
have the opportunity to personally hear them
address Council luncheon or dinner meetings
and to participate in ensuing question periods.
Included among the speakers have been:
honorable Richard M. Nixon
Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson
Honorable John F. Kennedy
Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey
Secretary of State William P. Rogers
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
Prime Minister Nehru
Prime Minister Golda Moir of Israel
Chancellor Willy Brandt
Chairman Nikita S. Khrushchev
President Tito of Yugoslavia
President Echeverria of Mexico
King Hussein of Jordan
President Marcos of The Philippines
The Shah of Iran
Prince Juan Carlos of Spain
Senator Barry Goldwater
Senator J. William Fulbright
Congressman Wilbur D. Mills
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson
Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge
King Frederick IX of Denmark
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
King Baudouin of Belgium
Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce
Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
President Saragat of Italy
Governor George Romney
Governor Averell Harriman
The Honorable John Connally
The Apollo X V I Astronauts
Senator Charles Percy
Dr. Jane van Lawick-Goodall
Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
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nes,
William H. Burgess, Vice President
Henry T. Mudd, Vice President
William French Smith, Vice President
John V. Vaughn, Vice President and Treasurer
Mrs. Herbert Nootbaar, Secretary
Edmonde A. Haddad, Executive Director
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mrs. Howard Ahmanson
Sigmund Arywitz, Executive Secretary/Treasurer,
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
J.L. Atwood, Senior Consultant and Director,
North American Rockwell Corpora-Ton
R. Stanton Avery, Chairman of the Board,
A very Products Corporation
Thornton F. Bradshaw, re dent,
Atlantic Richfield Corporation
Dr. Harold Brown, President,
California Institute of Technology
William H. Burgess
Edward W. Carter, Chairman of the Board,
Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc.
Victor M. Carter, Industrialist
Reverend Charles S. Casassa, S.J.,C'hancellor,
Loyola University_
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Los Angeles, DirectorEx Officio
Chairman of the International Forum, L.A.W.A.C.,
Director Lx Officio
Mrs. Otis Chandler -s o -?/
Mrs. Thurmond Clarke
Mrs. E. Avery Crary
James E. Cross, O'Melveny & Myers
John A_ Despot
Dr. Glenn S. Duke, CIl
e California State University and Colleges
Robert E. Early, Executive Director,
Farmers Insurance Group
Walter B. Gerken President,
Paci is Mutua ,i a nsurance Company
Dr. Ivan A. Getting, President
Aero n~ a Corporation
Dr. Richard C. Gilman, President,
Occidental College -'
Dr _ Armand Ilammer, Chairran of the Board,
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Fred L. Hartley, President,
Union Oil Company o California
Daniel J. Ilaughton, Chairman of the Board,
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
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Norman O. Ilouston, Chairman of the Board,
Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mrs. Austin Ilutson
Thomas V. Jones, President & Chairman of the Board,
Northrop Corl oraiT
Arthur F. Kelly, President
Western Airlines
James F. Kenney, Vice President - Southern California,
The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company
Frederick G. Larkin, Chairman of the Board,
Security Pacific National Bank
Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin, Wilshire Boulevard Temple
The Honorable Tom Bradley
Mayor, City of Los Angeles
Harold C. McClellan, Chairman,
The Management Council
John A. McConc
C.J. Medberry 111, Chairman of the Board,
Bank of America NT & SA
I lenry T. Mudd, Chairman of the Board,
Cyprus Mines Corporation
Dr. IFranklin D. Murphy, Chairman of the Board,
Times-Mirror Company
Dr. Julian Nava, Member,
Los Angeles Board of Education
Mrs. Herbert Nootbaar
Dr. W.l I. Pickering, Director,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dr. Joseph B. Platt, President,
Harvey Mudd College
President of the Los Angeles City Council,
Director Ex Officio
Walter Ralphs, Jr., Investments
Dr. Simon Ramo, Chairman of the Executive Committee.
TRW lnc.
William French Smith
Gibson, Dunn & Crrtcher
Charles B. Thornton, Chairman of the Board,
Litton Industries, n-.
Dr. Norman Topping, J'haiicellor,
University of Soothe rn California
Edward E. Tuttle, Tuttle & Taylor
John V. Vaughn, Vice Chairman of the Board,
Crocker National Bank
E.E. Wall, Regional Vice President,
Standard Oil Company of California
Lew Wasserman, Chairman of the Board & Chief Exec. Officer.
MCA, Inc.
Dr. Charles F. Young, Chancellor,
University of California, Los Angeles
DIRECTORS EMERITUS
Mrs. Elmer Belt
I Dr. Robert J. Bernard
Harry L. Dunn
Preston }lotchkns
Mrs. Valley Knudsen
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Now in its twentieth year, the Los Angeles
World Affairs Council is a community educa-
tional organization, non-partisan and non-pro-
fit, with a membership of nearly 7,000
representative citizens of this area. Its purpose
is to give its members and their guests the
opportunity to learn and discuss the facts and
issues shaping American foreign and defense
policy and related issues. Its belief is that an
informed public opinion is the democratic basis
for sound national policy and that public
understanding of the dynamics of international
relations is essential to the formation of such a
policy.
The Council takes no political stand, and
never advocates any specific policy or action. It
seeks to present all sides of complicated policy
questions. Since its organization in 1953, the
Council has remained independent of any other
organization local, national or international.
Council policy is established by a board of
directors of well-known Southern California
citizens, and its activities are carried out
through the cooperation of its directors, mem-
bers, and staff. The Council derives its financial
support from its members, both individual and
organizational. All who are interested are
invited to join and to participate in its
activities.
The Meaning of Membership:
Membership means being a part of one of
the most prestigious citizens' organizations in
the nation.
Membership in the Council and the con-
tribution of annual membership clues, is a
contribution to the cultural vitality of Southern
California. By joining and supporting the
Council, local residents make it possible for
the community to receive the leading, figures of
our time, and to provide them with a dis-
tinguished forum to discuss the major issues
confronting the world. Through membership in
the Council, citizens give their private assistance
to a voluntary effort to furnish a wide spectrum
of information to all interested people, without
bias, endorsement of any policy or viewpoint,
or support of any particular individual.
Membership has its personal rewards: the
opportunity to receive invitations to hear
first-hand the leaders of the world, to meet and
personally host distinguished foreign visitors
and to participate in special Diplomatic Tours
overseas.
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The International Forum is an additional
activity available to all younger members of the
Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
The International Forum meets from time to
time to hear prominent speakers on inter-
national subjects.
The meetings are more informal than the
regular meetings of the Los Angeles World
Affairs Council. The speaker is limited to a 15
to 20 minute presentation which leaves time for
an extensive question -- and - answer period
and allows for more give and take between the
audience and the speaker.
To facilitate meaningful discussion, attend-
ance is limited to no more than 75 participants.
Meetings may be scheduled for breakfast,
lunch, or cocktails.
REGIONAL DIVISION.
In order L- better serve the wide geo-
graphical area of Southern California, the Los
Angeles World Affairs Council has joined with
prominent citizens of the Orange County area
to form an area council. This regional
organization presents major speakers at dinner
meetings for its membership.
World Affairs Council of Orange County:
The World Affairs Council of Orange
County, a division of the Los Angeles World
Affairs Council, holds regular meetings in the
major centers of that important area of
Southern California. Many speakers appearing
on the Los Angeles podium also address the
Orange County Council, as well as statesmen
invited especially for that council. It is led by a
distinguished group of Orange County residents
and guided and supported by the Board of
Directors of the Los Angeles Council. Member-
ship information may be obtained by con-
tacting the Los Angeles office, or the Orange
County office: [phone].
World Affairs Council on the Air:
All Council programs are broadcast over
KUSC-FM (91.5 megacycles). These programs are
aired at 6 p.m. the same day of the Council meet-
ing. KUSC is affiliated with the National Public
Radio Network which serves 165 radio stations
coast to coast.
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The
Officers & Directors
of the
Los Angeles
World Affairs Council
take Pleasure
In Extending to You
their Cordial Invitation
to Membership
?.S.V.P.
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