Presidential Papers, Doc#275 To Christian Archibald Herter, 6 August 1957. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower

Document #275; August 6, 1957
To Christian Archibald Herter
Series: EM, AWF, Administration Series

The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVIII - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace
Part II: Civil Rights; June 1957 to September 1957
Chapter 4: "Logic and reason must operate gradually"

 

Dear Chris: I have no objection whatsoever to your telling Professor Kissinger of my interest in the thesis he propounds in his book, provided it is done on a confidential basis.1 I would prefer, however, to avoid any publicity. I make this last statement simply because I have frequently been embarrassed by press reports as to my "reading habits."2

With warm regard, As ever

1 For background see no. 263. Eisenhower was responding to Herter's August 3, 1957 (AWF/A), letter regarding Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy by Henry Kissinger. Herter had said that he was familiar with Kissinger's work, which he called "an extremely challenging book and one which I shall surely call to Foster's attention." Herter added that he had known Kissinger for many years and had asked Eisenhower's permission to tell Kissinger that the President was interested in his work.

2 Robert J. Donovan, for example, in Eisenhower: The Inside Story [New York, 1956], pp. 206 - 8, had commented on the President's taste for adventure novels set in the Old West.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To Christian Archibald Herter, 6 August 1957. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 275. 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/275.cfm

 


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