<--PREV Doc #1452  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1454 Document #1453; June 3, 1955 To Carlos Castillo Armas Series: EM, AWF, International Series The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVI - The Presidency: The Middle Way Part VIII: Toward "statesmanship of a high order"; June 1955 to November 1955 Chapter 16: Summitry at Geneva   Dear Mr. President: I was extremely gratified to receive your letter of May ninth commending the services of Ambassador Norman Armour.1 It was with much regret that I learned from Mr. Armour that he felt the time had come for him to relinquish his duties.2 I was pleased, however, by his assurance that the initial steps of the economic program in Guatemala were well under way. I recognize, of course, that much remains to be done in order to carry out successfully the plans your government developed during these past critically important months for overcoming the economic emergency brought about by Communist intervention in Guatemala.3 I assure you that in the devoted effort of your Government to improve the welfare of the people of Guatemala, you can count on the same friendly cooperation of the United States as was manifested by Ambassador Armour with such distinction and wisdom.4 Sincerely 1 The letter from the Guatemalan President is not in AWF. 2 Norman Armour had left this ambassadorial post on May 9. He would become Adviser for Political and Security Affairs to the United States Mission at the United Nations (State, Foreign Relations, 1955-1957, vol. VII, American Republics: Central and South America, p. 79; and New York Times, May 7, 1955). 3 For background on the political turmoil in Guatemala and the country's economic program see nos. 965 and 1279. 4 In September the United States would announce a $15 million economic aid program for Guatemala, in addition to an $8 million contribution to the Inter-American Highway. President Castillo Armas would pay a courtesy visit to the United States in November (see Eisenhower to Castillo Armas, Oct. 24, 1955, and Hoover to Eisenhower, Nov. 4, 1955, AWF/I). Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Carlos Castillo Armas, 3 June 1955. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1453. 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/1453.cfm <--PREV Doc #1452  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1454

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