<--PREV Doc #938  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #940 Document #939; June 21, 1954 To Frances Payne Bolton Series: EM, AWF, Name Series The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XV - The Presidency: The Middle Way Part V: Maintaining "a united defense"; April 1954 to August 1954 Chapter 11: The "men in the Kremlin are not to be trusted"   Dear Frances: I cannot tell you how grateful I am for your letter. The sentiment it expresses is typical of the attitude toward public service I have come to expect of you. Your readiness to sacrifice your own desires in dedication to the country--and to the party as a mechanism through which to serve the country--is truly heart-warming.1 As quickly as Foster returns to town, I shall have an intimate talk with him about the whole matter.2 He will applaud the reasons for your decision and will await, as I shall, your reappraisal of your political situation and personal desires, which I understand you will be ready to give to me immediately after the November elections.3 Even should the Baghdad post not then appear to be the best or most available one in which to employ your great talents, I know that with your background of experience and knowledge in foreign affairs there will always be some place where you will fit perfectly and where its challenges will demand the best, even from one of your great qualifications.4 With warm regard, Sincerely 1 Congresswoman Bolton had recently told Eisenhower that she was very interested in the ambassadorship to Iraq (see no. 925). She had, however, reconsidered and decided to run for reelection. In her June 20 letter she had written, "You have been so gracious in the matter I presented to you recently! Only one word of suggestion that the 22nd District is of importance to you! This I appreciate more than I can express. I have spent this weekend in the District with the constant memory of your words, your voice, your expression when you so spoke. I am returned to Washington ready to put all my energies into keeping the District in your ranks, certain that I am the only one who can (AWF/N; see also Telephone conversation, Dulles and Byroade, June 22, 1954, Dulles Papers, Telephone Conversations). 2 Dulles would meet with Eisenhower the following day after returning from a weekend vacation. 3 Bolton would be reelected to the Twenty-second Ohio District on November 2. 4 On June 25 Eisenhower would nominate Waldemar J. Gallman, foreign service career officer and former Ambassador to the Union of South Africa, to be Ambassador to Iraq. For developments see no. 1361. Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Frances Payne Bolton, 21 June 1954. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 939. 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/939.cfm <--PREV Doc #938  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  First Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #940

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