Presidential Papers, Doc#29 To John Foster Dulles, 6 February 1957. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Document #29; February 6, 1957
To John Foster Dulles
Series: EM, AWF, Dulles-Herter Series
The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XVIII - The Presidency: Keeping the Peace
Part I: A New Beginning, Old Problems; January 1957 to May 1957
Chapter 1: The Mideast and the Eisenhower Doctrine

 

Dear Foster: I should like to reply to the attached letter from the President of Lebanon in a sympathetic vein.1 Would you pass it down to some staff officer who could whip up a draft? While I should like to generalize a bit on our readiness and anxiety to help, I don't, of course, want to be specific or say anything that might tie our hands later.2 As ever

1 Dr. Charles Malik, Lebanese Foreign Minister, had delivered President Camille Nimr Chamoun's letter to Eisenhower earlier on this same day. Chamoun emphasized the close relationship between Lebanon and the United States and commended Eisenhower for his firm stand during the Suez crisis. "I believe the United States commands now a position of moral authority which is the envy of friend and foe alike," Chamoun wrote. "In the development of the Near East the United States is virtually now an arbiter" (Chamoun to Eisenhower, Jan. 1, 1957, AWF/I: Lebanon).

2 In his February 11 answer Eisenhower would thank Chamoun for support of U.S. policies in the Middle East and express optimism for peace in the area (State, Foreign Relations, 1955 - 1957, vol. XIII, Near East: Jordan-Yemen, p. 207). For developments see no. 124.

Bibliographic reference to this document:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. To John Foster Dulles, 6 February 1957. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, ed. L. Galambos and D. van Ee, doc. 29. 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/29.cfm

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