Presidential Papers, Doc#969 Eyes only To John Foster Dulles, 8 July 1954. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Document #969; July 8, 1954
To John Foster Dulles
Series: EM, AWF, Dulles-Herter Series ; Category: Eyes only
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"

 

Memorandum for the Secretary of State: Herewith a copy of a document brought to me this noon by Senator Knowland. This language is to be introduced in the Congress as an amendment to the MSA bill.1

I told him that I saw no objection to the action or to the language because I could not detect in it any attempt on the part of the Congress to attempt to invade the rights and responsibilities of the Executive. I told him, however, that on no account did I want to be known as a sponsor of this kind of legislation.2

1 The proposed amendment to the Mutual Security Authorization for 1955 (H.R. 9678) stated that Congress reiterated its opposition to the seating of Communist China in the United Nations and requested that if this were to occur, the President would inform Congress of the implications of this action for the foreign policy of the United States (AWF/D-H). The Senate would pass the bill, with this provision, on August 3 and Eisenhower would sign it on August 26 (Congressional Quarterly Almanac, vol. X, 1954, pp. 275, 280, 295). For Eisenhower's views on the issue see no. 968.

2 For developments see no. 1096.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eyes only To John Foster Dulles, 8 July 1954. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 969. 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/969.cfm

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