LETTER TO MR. HENRY A. LAUGHLIN FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R003600120071-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2002
• Sequence Number: 71
• Publication Date: March 28, 1960
• Content Type: LETTER

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ag March 1960 -L
Mr. Henry A. Laughlin, President
Houghton Mifflin Company
2 Park Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Dear Henry:
It was very thoughtful of you to send me a copy
of #den'a Memoirs.
As you can well understand I have mixed feelings
about certain parts of this particular book. I doubt whether
the author's presentation of Suez will go down as "history,'.
Tragically# he is an embittered man and it might
have been bettor if he had written his book at a later date.
In the early 130. 1 got to know him extremely well when we
were together for many months in Geneva at the disarmament
discussions during the League of Nations days. Then I had a
high regard for him. Hs had many fine qualities. I always
felt that his declining health and other personal problems had
greatly affected his effectiveness during the late years. In
any event I appreciate your thought in sending me the book and
I have been reading it with interest.
Sincerely.
AWD/ji
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SIGNED
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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28 March 1960
Mr. Henry A. Zen, President
Houghton Miff Ila Company
2 Park Street
Boston. Massachusetts
Dear Henry:
It was very thoughtful of you to send me a copy
of Eden's Memoirs.
As you can well understand I have mixed feelings
about certain parts of this particular book. I doubt whether
the author's presentation of Sues will go down as "history".
Tragically* be is an embittered man and it might
have been better if he had written his bock at a later date.
In the early '30s I got to know him extremely well when we
were together for many months in Geneva at the disarmament
discussions during the League of Nations days. Then I had a
high regard for him. He had many fine qualities. I always
felt that his declining health and other personal problems had
greatly affected his effectiveness during the late years. In
any event I appreciate your thought in sending me the book and
I have been reading it with interest.
Sincerely,
AW D/ ji
I DCI w /book
I -.- AAB
(EX ,C Tm E
Allen W. Del e5
Director
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