LETTER TO EUGENE HOLMAN FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01009A000500610020-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2013
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: February 18, 1958
• Content Type: LETTER

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18 February.1958
Eugene Holman, Esq.
Chairman of the Board
Standard Oil of New Jersey
30 Rockefeller Plasa
New York. New York
? Dear Gene:?
I appreciated your kind letter of 6 February, with the
enclosures. I was very much interested in Mrs. H. Maxey Smith's
comments. I had forgotten the Benjamin Franldin quotation about
"Let the mud dry; it is easier to brush, off." It is certainly a
good motto to remember these days. The part of the world where
Mrs. Smith's husband is working jamn a troubled state theyn-days,
and if you receive anything of particular interest from there, I
should certainly be glad to get it. As a matter of fact, we are
quite well informed as we have people in the neighborhood, and
possibly I can be of some help to you in that connection.
I trust that the Fulton Lewis business has not been too much
of a nuisance to you. It beems,to me that he is beginning to run out
of steam and certainly I would think that his pieces are boring enough
to tire any listener. - ?
As one of those who had a share in your involvement, I
feel a particular debt of gratitude for the stout attitude you have
taken. I am confident that all will come out all right in the end.
AWD/ji
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Sincerely,
SIGNED:
Allen W. .Dulles
Director
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