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Press Statement Richard
Boucher, Spokesman Washington, DC August 8,
2001
Former Secretary of State Kissinger Provides Department with
Documents
Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger this week provided the
Department of State with copies of approximately 10,000 pages of documents
from his years as Secretary. The documents, transcribed secretarial notes
of telephone conversations Secretary Kissinger had conducted from 1973 to
1976, complement other Department records from that period. Until last
week, there was only one set of these transcripts, housed at the Library
of Congress under a deed of gift made by Secretary Kissinger in late 1976
before leaving office.
The Department requested that Dr. Kissinger provide copies of the
telephone transcripts so that they could be included in the Department’s
records, and Dr. Kissinger agreed to that request. The National Security
Archive, a Washington, D.C.-based private organization, had written to the
Department earlier this year requesting that the Department and the
National Archives and Record Administration seek return of the materials
for declassification review and public disclosure. [End]
Released on August 9,
2001
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