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Document
#242; June 13, 1953
To Winston Spencer Churchill
Series:
EM, AWF, International Series: Churchill
; Category:
Cable 7938. Top secret
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume
XIV - The Presidency: The Middle Way
Part
II: Settling into "the long pull"; May 1953 to August 1953
Chapter
4: Striving for Unity
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Dear Winston: I am concerned about the continuing French Cabinet crisis.1 According to the best guess of my people and assuming that he will get his vote of investiture, Andre Marie cannot be expected to have his cabinet formed and functioning before the end of next week at best.2 This would give our French friends only a short week to take stock of their situation and to review their policies before joining us at Bermuda. I do not believe that this would contribute to the general lines of agreement which I hope will result from our talks. I therefore suggest that our Ambassadors inform the French Government that we fully appreciate their difficulties and propose to postpone our meeting at Bermuda by two weeks to give them ample time to settle their internal problem and to prepare for our meeting.3
I believe the French would appreciate this initiative on our part and that it should yield dividends when we meet.
When one takes into account the possibility that Andre Marie may fail in his attempt to form a government, the above course of action seems even more advisable.
Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Cable 7938. Top secret To Winston Spencer Churchill,
13 June 1953.
In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 242.
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/242.cfm
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