Kissinger To Speak At East Asia Fundraiser

Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger '50 will return to Harvard Friday to address businessmen and Harvard Far East experts at a closed conference on multinational corporations in East Asia.

Senator Frank Church (D-Idaho), chairman of the Senate sub-committee on multinationals, will address the meeting on Thursday.

Morrison L. Edwards, development manager for the Program for Harvard and East Asia who is coordinating the conference, said yesterday the seminars are designed to bring together academic experts, "senior" American businessmen who have interests in the Far East, and government officials who affect American foreign policy.

"We hope to stimulate a flow of opinion" between the three groups, Edwards said.

Spokesmen for Kissinger and Church said yesterday the outside speakers have not determined their exact topics. Neither speaker plans to stay for all three days of panel discussions, the spokesmen said.

James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government, said yesterday he does not believe the Government Department plans to discuss with Kissinger his possible return to Harvard.

A substantial part of the endowment for the chair Kissinger occupied before he left the University in 1969 has been allocated to other faculty members, Wilson said.

"We had to stop waiting [for Kissinger's return] several years ago," he added.

Edwin O. Reischauer, University Professor, said yesterday the conference is part of the East Asian program's fund drive, an effort to contact that part of the business community that might contribute to the program.

Reischauer declined to disclose the size of the fee the 120 businessmen will pay to attend.

Although Kissinger had no involvement with the Far East while at Harvard, he has since been instrumental in determining American foreign policy there.

Church initiated recent investigations into the scandal concerning Lockheed's bribes to Japanese government officials, and is concerned with multinationals' influence on American foreign policy, his press secretary said yesterday.

Spokesmen for the New American Coalition and for the Campaign for a Democratic Foreign Policy said yesterday the groups may demonstrate against Kissinger's presence, although they have not yet confirmed their plans