n. i THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 21 February 2003 Dear Bono, Your voice has not only brought enjoyment to millions of people; it has spoken up on behalf of those people who need it most, and it has been heard by those who most need to hear it. It has drawn attention in the world's richest countries to debt, poverty and AIDS in the world's poorest countries. It has thereby helped increase the chances for millions of people to build better lives. That is why I consider myself fortunate to count you as an ally and a friend. And that is why I am delighted to extend my warmest congratulations to you on being named the Musi Cares Person of the Year for 2003. This recognition is more than richly deserved. After all, ever since you started your drop-the-debt-campaign, many, many people — myself included — have been indebted to you. Yours sincerely, JCofrA. Annan Bono Dublin !UOi DEC 31 a«B UNITED NATIONS HB NATIONS UNIES CO«TAU AODflBSS ADBRS0B POSTALE. UNITttD NATIONS, H.Y. IOOIT CABLK ADDRKM ADRCMI TILIOBArHIQUIr UNATION* NKWVOIIK EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE 9ECRETAAY.OKNCIIAL CABINET DU SECRETAIRE GENERAL RBFKHKNCKi 12 December 2002 Dear Ms. Kalev, Further to your letter of 30 October to the Secretary-General, I have pleasure in sending you a letter of commendation in honour of Bono, along with our best wishes for a successful event. Yours sincerely, Edward Mortimer irector of Communications Ms, Dorit Kalev Senior Project Coordinator MusiCares Santa Monica MusiCares* I PERSON OF October 30, 2002 THE YEAR UN Secretary General Kofi Annan Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General BOARD OF DIRECTORS Hank Neuberqer United Nations, S-378 Chairman New York, NY 10017 Linda Moran Wee President Paul Tsuchiya Secretary/ Treasurer Dear General Annan, Joe Benincasa Les Bider Leslie Ann Jones Miller London OjlSunday, Fgl^aj^jJ!^ Michael Melvoin Sidney Miller, Jr. Ne\^Ygjk and vyiN.be hejd atMadisonJJguare Garden. Phil Ramone ADVISORY COUNCIL Roger Ames One of the most prestigious events held during GRAMMY Week is the MusiCares Person of the Polly Anthony Jeff Ayeroff Year Tribute and we are extremely pleased to announce that.Bon.Qf. lead singer of the Irving Azoff Val Azzoli !. rock group U2, will b_e.bflaoxed...asJbe..2.QQ3 Person of the Year Martin Bandier Marilyn Bergman New York Marriott Marquis Hotel. Chris Blackwell Jay Boberg John Branca Tony Brown It is our hope that you will write a tetter of Commendajjanjfri honor of Bono that will be Allen Butler Pierre CosseUe pmrningntLyjJOsiiiQnejdi in Ihfi.fronfsectjpn of the evening's Tribute Journal. There is no Clive Davis Freddy DeMann doubt that your participation in our salute to Bono will be very meaningful to him. Tim DuBois Ahmet Ertegun Richard Foos David Foster Bono is being presented with this illustrious music industry award in recognition of his musical Tom Freston Joe Galante accomplishments and humanitarian endeavors. Over the years, he has been an active David Geffen Gary Gersh supporter of the international Jubilee 2000 Drop The Debt Campaign, which seeks to forgive David Glew Danny Goldberg the unpaid debts of the world's poorest countries. He has used his fame to focus media Don lenner Jimmy lovine attention on debt, poverty and AIDS in Africa and to get access to the world's most powerful Bob Jamieson Mel Karmazin politicians. This year, he helped lobby for an increase in overseas aid to Africa, which resulted Alain Levy Tommy LiPuma in an extra $5 billion a year in aid for poor countries. Bono also spent two weeks on a widely Roy Lott Bruce Lundvall publicized trip with U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Roland Lundy Jeff McClusky Ethiopia to make the case for more money for AIDS treatment and to fight poverty. Bono, along Leslie Moonves Doug Morris with Live Aid's Sir Bob Geldof, is currently involved in setting up a network called DATA Thomas Mottola Jim Ed Norman (Debt, AIDS, Trade in Africa) that will target the governments of wealthier nations to increase Guy Oseary Mo Ostin resources and improve their policies toward African countries. Richard Palmese Frances Preston Phil Quartararo Sylvia Rhone We look forward to receiving your Letter of Commendation in honor of Bono and if you have Fred Rosen Hilary Rosen any questions, please call me at 310-392-3777 ext. 345. Please make sure to send the original Al Schlesinger Jerry Shared letter in a large flat envelope no later than Friday, December 27. When \vriting the letter, Tom Silverman Ernie Singleton please date it February 21, 2003 and personally address it to Bono. Seymour Stein Howard Stringer James Stroud Jim Swindel Best regards, John Sykes Jonathan Tisch Steve Vining Lenny Waronker Strauss Zelnick Dorit Kalev PAST PERSON OF THE YEAR HONOREES Senior Project Coordinator Billy Joel Paul Simon Elton John Stevie Wonder Luciano Pavarotti Phil Collins Ouincy Jones Tony Bennett Gloria Estefan Natalie Cole Bonnie Raitt David Crosby 3402 PICO BOULEVARD. SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA 90405 TEL 310.392.3777 FAX 310.392.5148 THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 6 January 2003 Dear Lincoln, I write to thank you for sending me a copy of your article "The Triangular Foreign Policy Machine". This highly enlightening piece is not only an excellent guide to understanding the intricacies of the Beltway, past and present; it is also a thoroughly enjoyable read. Let me also take this opportunity to wish you a very happy New Year. Yours sincerely, Kofi A. Annan Professor Lincoln Bloomfield Center for International Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge EOSG/CENTRAL a-//,2, THE TRIANGULAR FOR POLICY MACHINE: AN ILLUSTRATED THUMBNAIL HISTORY BY LINCOLN BLOOMFIELD Every modern U.S. administration has itively encouraged two potent secretaries of evolved a special relationship among the state — the towering World War II Army Chief three top foreign policy figures — pres- of Staff General George C. Marshall, and the ident, secretary of state, and national formidably mustachioed—and brainy — Dean security adviser. The first part of the Acheson. By the way, according to a 1930s 21st century features a low-key presi- report, White House assistants were supposed dent catapulted into high-octane leader- to have a "passion for anonymity.1'Today this is a ship, a universally-admired secretary of joke. But who can name the first proto-National state, and an extraordinarily articulate Security Adviser (Sidney Souers)?This demon- national security adviser. Occasionally— strates an early Model B. as now — a vice-president or secretary Dwight Eisenhower, like Truman, was of defense plays a pivotal role. But, in brighter and more decisive than he appeared to general, the chemistry that dominates the naked eye. As a former army general, how- the drama is that of the core triangle. ever, he was accustomed to delegating authority. Professor Bloomfltld History provides an intriguing backdrop to the Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (though process as it unfolds in real time. not his successor, the gentlemanly Christian The history of this relationship is not long. Herter) was determined to dominate the for- The National Security Council and its staff were eign policy machinery, repelling all boarders invented in 1947, and the national security with his sharp bureaucratic cutlass. (His clout adviser (NSA) was formally hatched in 1953 was nicely illustrated when, as a junior State with the title of Assistant to the President for Department apparatchik, I had to move out so National Security Affairs. The NSA concept is top arms control negotiator (and presidential relatively new. But competitive behavior at the candidate) Harold Stassen could squeeze into top is not. Thomas Jefferson was at odds with my little office as part of his punishment for his .vice-president, Aaron Burr; Abraham upstaging Dulles in Geneva.) Again, does any- Lincoln often struggled with Tiis ambitious one know the names of Eisenhower's Model B secretary of state, William Seward; and Franklin NSAs? (Robert Cutler, Dillon Anderson, Roosevelt increasingly ignored his secretary of Gordon Gray). 1961 changed everything. A state and dealt directly with fellow Ivy-Leaguer great sucking sound was heard as both policy- Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles. making and information flowed unimpeded into The Beltway triangle conies in two models. John F. Kennedy's White House vortex. Under my Model A, activist presidents prefer a Secretary of State Dean Rusk let it be known tractable secretary of state, along with a potent that his goal was to "get foreign policy off the NSA to enforce the presidential will. front pages."That reflected Rusk's modesty and Conversely, Model B features a less assertive unencumbered personality. But it was clearly White House, a muscular secretary of state, and not the aim of either the new president or his a relatively invisible NSA. In short, reducing youthful staff. complexity to S(trong) vsW(eak): Ps = Ns + Harvard Dean McGeorge Bundy had been Sw, but Pw = Nw + Ss. How does this square recommended to Kennedy as perhaps the with the half-century record? Harry Truman was a simple man, but a better president than Uncoh P. Bloompeld is Professor of Political Science, comparisons with his outsize predecessor Emeritus, at MIT. He served in the State Department for Franklin D. Roosevelt made it seem. But eleven years, and later was Director of Global Issues at the because Truman lacked the usual Washington National Security Council. He is author or co-author of a quotient of affect, he not only tolerated but pos- dozen books on foreign affairs. FALL 2002 Jets! 20 brightest person in the United States, which State Department decided to set up its own may have been close to true.