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December 1 Gettysburg. Visits country store. Visits with G. E. Allen.
2 Gettysburg. Returns to Washington. Appointments with S. Adams; General Goodpaster; Cabinet meeting. Practices golf. Appointments with Secretary Dulles; S. Adams; S. Adams and C. D. Dillon; Secretary Dulles; Secretary McElroy.
3 Washington. Appointments with General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty; General Persons; S. Adams; S. Adams and R. J. Saulnier (off the record); Secretary Dulles and Adlai E. Stevenson; bipartisan Legislative Leaders; Generals Persons and Goodpaster; General Persons; S. Adams; J. R. Killian; S. Adams; J. C. Hagerty; Vice-President Nixon; J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster; General Persons; S. Adams.
4 Washington. Appointments with General Goodpaster; General Cutler; J. C. Hagerty; General Persons; Attorney General Rogers and Judge Lawrence E. Walsh (off the record); Attorney General Rogers; Legislative Leaders; S. Adams; T. E. Stephens; Legislative Leaders; J. R. Killian.
5 Washington. Appointments with J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster; Secretary Dulles, U.S. Ambassador Heath (to Saudi Arabia), and J. C. Hagerty; National Security Council session; Secretary McElroy and General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster. To Gettysburg.
6 Gettysburg. Inspects farm with G. E. Allen. Dinner with Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Allen.
7 Gettysburg. Visits country store with General Snyder and G. E. Allen. Shoots crows. Dinner with Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Allen.
8 Gettysburg. Inspects farm with Chief West.
9 Gettysburg. Returns to Washington. Appointments with General Goodpaster and J. C. Hagerty.
10 Washington. Appointments with General Goodpaster; T. E. Stephens; J. C. Hagerty and General Goodpaster; Nuri Pasha al-Said (former Prime Minister, Iraq), W. M. Rountree, and Saleh Mahdi (Iraqi Embassy); General Goodpaster; Colonel Draper; General Goodpaster. Physical examination. Appointments with R. J. Saulnier; G. D. Morgan; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower; General Persons and J. C. Hagerty; General Goodpaster.
11 Washington. Appointments with Secretary Mitchell and S. Adams; S. Adams; Budget Director Brundage and M. H. Stans; W. J. Hopkins; S. Adams; Secretary Dulles, G. F. Reinhardt, G. Smith, C. B. Elbrick, and Generals Goodpaster and Cutler; Secretary Dulles; S. Adams; M. Kellogg (off the record); K. B. McCann and General Goodpaster; K. B. McCann.
12 Washington. Appointments with J. R. Killian, R. B. Perkins, L. G. Derthick, E. L. Richardson, Budget Director Brundage, S. Adams, and General Persons; National Security Council session; Secretary Dulles; Dr. M. S. Eisenhower; General Cutler; Secretary Weeks; J. H. Smith; S. Adams; G. D. Morgan; General Goodpaster. Lunch. Afternoon appointments with Dr. M. S. Eisenhower and K. B. McCann; K. B. McCann; S. Adams; Colonel Carruth, H. Wilkinson III, and G. M. Hauge; Major J. S. D. Eisenhower and K. B. McCann; K. B. McCann. Practices golf.
13 Washington. Appointments with General Goodpaster; R. J. Saulnier; Ambassador Chapman (from Ghana) and W. T. Buchanan. Records Christmas message for Armed Forces. Appointments with General Goodpaster; S. Adams; J. R. Killian and S. Adams; General Goodpaster, Captain Aurand, and H. R. McPhee; S. Adams; General Goodpaster; S. Adams and General Goodpaster; General Goodpaster; W. J. Hopkins. Airborne for Loring Air Force Base, Maine. Tours base. Hears speech by General Martin on Strategic Air Command. Airborne for Paris, France.
14 Paris, France. Attends Color and Honor Guard ceremonies at Orly Airport. Dinner at U.S. Embassy.
15 Paris, France. Attends services at American Cathedral with U.S. Ambassador and Mrs. Houghton, Major J. S. D. Eisenhower, and Secretary and Mrs. Dulles. Lunch with U.S. Ambassador and Mrs. Houghton, General and Mrs. Norstad, General and Mrs. Schuyler; General and Mrs. Burgess, and General Goodpaster. Visits Secretary and Mrs. McElroy. Appointment with Secretary Anderson. Dinner with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower, Secretary and Mrs. McElroy, and U.S. Ambassador and Mrs. Houghton.
16 Paris, France. Appointment with Prime Minister Macmillan. Attends opening session of Heads of Government meeting. Lunch at Embassy Residence. Attends plenary session. Dinner with U.S. Ambassador and Mrs. Houghton, Mrs. J. F. Dulles, and Major J. S. D. Eisenhower.
17 Paris, France. Appointments with Adone Zoli (Foreign Minister, Italy); Chancellor Adenauer. Visits SHAPE. Lunch at Embassy Residence. Attends plenary session. Attends dinner hosted by President Coty (France).
18 Paris, France. Appointments with President Constantin Karamanlis (Greece); President Adnan Menderes (Turkey). Attends luncheon hosted by President Coty. Appointment with Ambassador Andvord (from Norway). Attends plenary session. Dinner with Secretary and Mrs. Dulles, Ambassador and Mrs. Houghton, and Generals Snyder and Goodpaster.
19 Paris, France. Meets with Agricultural Society of France. Attends final session of meeting. Airborne for Washington.
20 Washington. Appointment with S. Adams. Witnesses swearing-in of Sumner G. Whittier as Administrator of Veterans Affairs. Appointments with Vice-President Nixon; R. K. Gray; Secretary Anderson, F. C. Scribner, Budget Director Brundage, M. H. Stans, and S. Adams.
21 Washington. Appointments with General Goodpaster; S. Adams; R. K. Gray; S. Adams; G. E. Allen. Practices golf. Appointments with General Goodpaster; S. Adams; J. C. Hagerty.
22 Washington. Attends services with Mrs. Eisenhower at National Presbyterian Church. Visits homes of Colonel and Mrs. Moore and General and Mrs. Gruenther.
23 Washington. Appointments with General Goodpaster; W. J. Hopkins; J. C. Hagerty; R. J. Saulnier; President U. Win Maung (Burma), Ambassador Win (from Burma), and W. T. Buchanan; General Goodpaster; Secretary Dulles; General Goodpaster; Secretary Anderson, Budget Director Brundage, R. J. Saulnier, and General Goodpaster; National Security Council session; J. C. Hagerty. Participates in Christmas Pageant of Peace with Mrs. Eisenhower. Makes television and radio report on NATO with Secretary Dulles.
24 Washington. Appointments with B. N. Harlow and Generals Persons and Goodpaster; G. D. Morgan; General Cutler and J. S. Lay. Dental appointment with Colonel Fairchild.
25 Washington. [Page missing.]
26 Washington. Appointments with General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty; W. A. Ruschmeyer and F. J. Donohue (off the record); C. Roberts; Secretary Dulles; General Persons; C. Roberts; General Persons; A. Larson; General Goodpaster; J. C. Hagerty, I. J. Martin, and E. A. McCabe; W. J. Hopkins.
27 Washington. Appointments with T. E. Stephens; L. A. Minnich; General Persons; J. C. Hagerty; G. D. Morgan and E. A. McCabe; Ambassador Morgenstierne (from Norway, retiring). To Gettysburg. Hunts with D. D. Eisenhower II. Inspects grounds with Chief West.
28 Gettysburg. Inspects farm with General Nevins. Skeet shooting with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower and D. D. Eisenhower II.
29 Gettysburg. Attends services with Mrs. Eisenhower at Presbyterian Church of Gettysburg. Visits Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Skeet shooting with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower, D. D. Eisenhower II, and Captain Trefry.
30 Gettysburg. Meets with Secretary Folsom. Visits Major J. S. D. Eisenhower. Practices golf with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower and D. D. Eisenhower II. Skeet shooting with Major J. S. D. Eisenhower, D. D. Eisenhower II, and Sergeant Moaney.
31 Gettysburg. Appointment with Budget Director Brundage, J. R. Killian, and M. H. Stans. Inspects Feaster farm. Tours grounds with Boris Timshenko. Hosts New Year's Eve party with Mrs. Eisenhower for General and Mrs. Nevins, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Allen, M. Allen, Mrs. M. Keane, and H. Brewer.
 

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