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Document #1301; August 30, 1959
To Elizabeth II, Queen of England
Series: EM, AWF, International Series: Queen Elizabeth
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XX - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace
Part VII: Berlin and the Chance for a Summit; March 1959 to August 1959
Chapter 18: "These extremist approaches"

 

Dear Queen Elizabeth: As I think was quite evident to you, the trip to Balmoral was perfect in every respect, and provided precisely the relaxing twenty-four hours that I needed to break up the continuity of official appearances on this European swing.1 I cannot tell you how privileged and delighted I was to be with you, Prince Philip, and members of your lovely family.

I particularly appreciate the warm hospitality that you extended to me and my party.2 For all of us our visit was both memorable and enjoyable.

Here at Chequers the Prime Minister and I are having the kind of satisfying talks that are possible between good friends.3 All in all I can only say that every moment of my visit to Britain has served to re-emphasize the depth of my admiration and respect for you and the people of your country and to renew and refresh the real love I have for this Island.4 And, as I told both your mother and your sister, my wife and I are delighted about the coming "event," as is everyone in your Kingdom.5

With affectionate regard to you and all the members of your family, Sincerely

P.S. Many thanks for the grouse--we are having them tonight for dinner.6

1 The President had visited the Queen at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on August 28 and 29 (for background see nos. 1276, 1282, and 1285).

2 John S. D. Eisenhower, General Howard McC. Snyder, and Eisenhower’s orderly, Sergeant John Moaney, had accompanied the President to Balmoral (see John S. D. Eisenhower, Strictly Personal, pp. 237 - 38, 243 - 48).

3 On the meeting at Chequers see no. 1285.

4 In his memoir, Waging Peace, the President would say he had been "happily overwhelmed" by the reception accorded his party (pp. 419 - 20; see also Smith, President’s Odyssey, pp. 52 - 58).

5 The Queen was expecting her third child in February (see no. 1282).

6 The Queen had sent five brace of grouse from Balmoral; see Smith, President’s Odyssey, p. 57.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 30 August 1959. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1301. 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/second-term/documents/1301.cfm

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