<--PREV Doc #445  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #447 Document #446; October 2, 1953 To Edward John Bermingham Series: EM, AWF, Name 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"   Dear Ed: I share your high opinion of Barry Goldwater--in fact, I am counting heavily upon him for the future.1 As to his services as an interpreter when I meet President Cortines, you are raising the whole question of protocol and procedure--all so dear to the hearts of the diplomats. I shall nevertheless mention the matter to Foster Dulles to see whether it is feasible to do such a thing. Thank you very much for your suggestion.2 As ever 1 In a letter of September 27 (AWF/N) Bermingham had suggested that Arizona's Senator Barry Goldwater serve as Eisenhower's interpreter when he met with Mexican President Ruiz Cortines at the Falcon Dam dedication on October 19 (see no. 214). Goldwater, said Bermingham, spoke Spanish fluently and was admired by the Mexican people. Bermingham also enclosed a letter from Mexican business leader Antonio Bermudez, who was interested in selling natural gas (see no. 285). 2 Eisenhower told Dulles of Bermingham's suggestion in a note of October 2 (AWF/D-H). There is no reply from Dulles in AWF, and Goldwater would not interpret for Eisenhower at the dedication (see Blanchard to Belton, Oct. 24, 1953, AWF/D; New York Times, Oct. 20, 1953). Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Edward John Bermingham, 2 October 1953. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 446. 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/446.cfm <--PREV Doc #445  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #447

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