Kissinger talks of path to world peace

May 13, 2007

"VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The international community needs farsighted individuals and institutions capable of promoting values that will increase dialogue, justice and peace, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said recently.

The almost 84-year-old professor said he agreed to come to the Vatican and address the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences because he was interested in a philosophical discussion of the nature of international relations.

However, meeting reporters April 28 in the Vatican Gardens, Kissinger also spoke about the importance of preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, the importance of dialogue for peace in the Middle East, the complexity of the situation in Iraq and the need for a bipartisan U.S. foreign policy.

Today politicians in every country are under pressure to deal with immediate problems, “but the way you make history is to set your sights higher and look more into the distant future,” he told reporters.

Kissinger, who had a private meeting with Pope Benedict in September, said, “As a student of philosophy and of history, I have been very interested in the contribution to the continuity of our values by the Catholic Church,” especially in a way that “emphasizes reason and dialogue and community.”

Although he is not a Catholic, he said he shared the Vatican’s conviction that in international relations “contributions can be made by values to the continuity and survival of our civilization.”"

https://catholicleader.com.au/news/kissinger-talks-of-path-to-world-peace_42914

Wikileaks’ Latest Release Is a Public Record Archive

APRIL 08, 20133:17 PM

"Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger attends a a session of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013

Photo by Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

Wikileaks released a searchable database of over 1.7 million diplomatic cables from the years 1973 to 1976 today. Because so many of them — over 200,000 — are connected to former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the collection is being informally dubbed the “Kissinger Cables.” But unlike previous Wikileaks document collections, this release isn’t a whistleblower leak. Instead, it’s the result of an effort to obtain and organize public documents obtained from the National Archives and Record Administration.

So, what’s in them? The findings, so far, are more interesting than they are damning. In that light, the “Kissinger Cables,” officially called “PlusD,” seem most notable as a well-organized, historical archive of the scope, tone, and depth of U.S. diplomacy around the world. The new collection, which does not include Top Secret cables, is searchable with Wikileaks’s 2010 “Cablegate” release."

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2013/04/wikileaks-kissinger-cables-on-the-vatican-margaret-thatcher-joni-mitchell-and-freedom-of-information.html

Pope and Kissinger Discuss the Mideast

July 7, 1974

"ROME, July 6—Secretary of State Kissinger briefed Pope Paul VI on the recent AmericanSoviet summit talks in Moscow and discussed Middle East problems with the Pope during 70‐minute audience in the Vatican today.

The future status of Jerusalem and proposals for creation of a Palestinian state were major topics, Vatican sources indicated.

Pope Paul reportedly urged international guarantees for the rights of Christians and Moslems in Jerusalem, which Israel holds. But he apparently did not press the old Vatican demand for formal internationalization of the city as a territorial entity separate from Israel, Jordan and a proposed Palestinian state.

A Vatican spokesman, Federico Alessandrini, said merely that the Pope in his talk with Mr. Kissinger had “stated some views of the Holy See, and encouraged the United States Government to persist in its commitment for peace despite its numerous and grave difficulties.”"

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/07/archives/pope-and-kissinger-discuss-the-mideast-kissinger-pope-discuss.html