Henry Kissinger Donates Papers to Yale
Arguably, he is one of the most important American diplomats of the 20th century, the man who helped broker an end to the Vietnam War and set policy with the Soviet Union. Although Vietnam eventually fell to the communists, the Soviet Union later dissolved. That man is Henry Kissinger who, at 88 is still be called on to settle disputes, most recently to help reform FIFA, the international governing body for futbol or soccer.
On Tuesday, Kissinger announced that he was donating his papers to Yale University. The New Haven, Conn. school accepted, and plans to add Kissinger’s documents to its archives of 20th century American leaders. Yale holds diplomatic papers from some of the more renowned people of the past century including Cyrus Vance, Henry Stimson and Edward House.