<--PREV Doc #1681  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1683 Document #1682; January 10, 1956 To Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Series: EM, AWF, Administration Series The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVI - The Presidency: The Middle Way Part IX: "Concerning my political intentions"; December 1955 to April 1956 Chapter 18: On "an almost normal schedule"   Dear Nelson: When I returned to my office yesterday morning, I found on my desk the round-up of world opinion on the aftermath of the Foreign Ministers Conference.1 As usual, it was interesting and enlightening. (Incidentally, I am delighted that these reports are to be continued through the cooperation of the State Department and the USIA.) If there is a proper opportunity, won't you please convey to those who worked with you on the preparation of these reports, my appreciation of their efforts?2 I shall hope to see you soon; meantime, I hope you are enjoying a little leisure and relief from the merry-go-round that is Washington. With warm personal regard, As ever 1 Eisenhower had been in Key West, Florida, since December 28. On the Foreign Ministers Conference held in Geneva (October 27-November 16, 1955) see no. 1623. Rockefeller had told Eisenhower that the predominant reactions were disappointment and the belief that "we're back where we were" before the summit meeting the preceding July. "However," Rockefeller wrote, "this is coupled with a belief that there is no threat of a general `hot war' within the next three or four years" (Rockefeller to Eisenhower, Dec. 30, 1955, AWF/A). 2 Rockefeller had reported that Lloyd Free, a public affairs specialist, and psychology professor Hadley Cantril had worked as consultants on the preparation of the report. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, 10 January 1956. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1682. 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/1682.cfm <--PREV Doc #1681  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1683

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