Dinner honoring Elie Wiesel by The National Committee on American Foreign Policy

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Dinner honoring Elie Wiesel by The National Committee on American Foreign Policy

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May 7, 1987

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Kissinger, Henry A.

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Cummings, Joanne Toor

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Kellogg, Frances L.

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Saltzman, Arnold A.

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Manshel, Warren D.

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Pickens, William III

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Morgenthau, Hans J.

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This document is a multi-page invitation and program for a dinner hosted by The National Committee on American Foreign Policy, held on May 7, 1987, at the St. Regis Roof in New York. The event honored Elie Wiesel, the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The document includes a biography of Elie Wiesel, detailing his early life in Romania, education at the Sorbonne, immigration to the United States, and his distinguished career as an author and professor, notably his writings on the Holocaust and his advocacy for human rights. It also lists the individuals and the organization inviting guests to the dinner, as well as the committee's leadership and founding information, established in 1974 to stimulate interest in American foreign policy.

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