Presidential Papers, Doc#145 To Perle Skirvin Mesta, 10 April 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Document #145; April 10, 1953
To Perle Skirvin Mesta
Series: EM, AWF, International Series
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XIV - The Presidency: The Middle Way
Part I: Charting a New Course; January 1953 to April 1953
Chapter 2: "A number of misunderstandings": Party and International Struggles

 

Dear Perle:1 I am accepting your resignation, tendered in your letter of January 20th, to be effective April 13, 1953.2

I deeply appreciate the manner in which you have carried out your duties and represented our Government as American Minister in Luxembourg since your appointment in 1949.

With best wishes for the future, and warm personal regard,3 Sincerely

1 Mesta, a renowned Washington, D.C., hostess and friend of Mamie Eisenhower, had been appointed by President Truman in 1949 as the first U.S. ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (for background see Eisenhower Papers, vols. X-XIII).

2 In his reply of February 9 (AWF/N) to Mesta's resignation (not in EM), Eisenhower had explained that those appointed by the previous administration were expected to resign in order to bring a "fresh approach to our foreign problems."

3 Eisenhower made a number of changes on Secretary of State Dulles's draft of this letter. He apparently considered making this letter warmer and more personal in nature, but he finally decided to send the relatively impersonal version printed above.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Perle Skirvin Mesta, 10 April 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 145. World Wide Web facsimile by The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission of the print edition; Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/first-term/documents/145.cfm

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