Presidential Papers, Doc#436 To John Foster Dulles, 28 September 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower

Document #436; September 28, 1953
To John Foster Dulles
Series: EM, AWF, Administration Series

The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XIV - The Presidency: The Middle Way
Part III: The Space Age Begins; October 1957 to January 1958
Chapter 6: Building strength when there is "no perfect answer"

 

Memorandum to the Secretary of State: Under date of July 31st or thereabouts, our records would indicate I handed the original of the enclosed draft to you.1

Please inform whether any action was ever taken.2

1 For background on Eisenhower's proposal to use military forces to rebuild South Korea see no. 358.

2 We have been unable to locate a response. Dulles probably referred the question to Secretary of Defense Wilson. For developments see no. 440.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To John Foster Dulles, 28 September 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 436. 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/436.cfm

 


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