<--PREV Doc #1746  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1748 Document #1747; December 29, 1960 To Urbanus Edmund Baughman Series: EM, AWF, DDE Diaries Series The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XXI - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace Part X: Ending an Era; August 1960 to January 1961 Chapter 25: Farewells and Warnings   Dear Chief Baughman: Before I leave office I want to express to you the personal gratitude that Mrs. Eisenhower and I feel, as do John and Barbara, for the splendid service all members of the White House Detail of the United States Secret Service have given us these past eight years.1 Without the help of Jim Rowley and his assistants, we could not, of course, possibly have performed our official duties or, indeed, enjoyed any degree of private life.2 We are especially indebted to you for the efficiency with which you have supervised and directed the many activities of the White House Detail having to do with the protection and safety of the entire family, including most particularly our grandchildren.3 With warm personal regard, Sincerely 1 On the President’s esteem for the United States Secret Service Chief and his department see no. 711. 2 On this same day Eisenhower would write a second letter to Baughman, again expressing appreciation for the services of James J. Rowley, Head of the White House detail, and for Rowley’s principal subordinates, and the agent who served as Eisenhower’s personal bodyguard. On December 30 the President would thank each of the men directly and would write a third letter to Baughman acknowledging the unique tasks performed by his personal bodyguard. All correspondence is in AWF/D. 3 In 1953 four Secret Service agents were assigned to protect the Eisenhower grandchildren. By 1961 the "diaper detail" had grown to almost a dozen men (see John S. D. Eisenhower, Strictly Personal, pp. 170 - 72; Galambos and van Ee, The Middle Way, no. 246; no. 121 in these volumes; and Susan Eisenhower, Mrs. Ike, pp. 291 - 92). Bibliographic reference to this document: Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Urbanus Edmund Baughman, 29 December 1960. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 1747. 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/1747.cfm <--PREV Doc #1746  |  Memorial Commission Home Page  |  Second Term Table of Contents  |  Presidential Papers Home Page  |  Doc#  |  NEXT--> Doc #1748

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