LETTER TO MR. COWLES FROM ALLEN DULLES

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 23, 1957
• Content Type: LETTER

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Committee for Economic Development
444 Madison Avenue, New York 22, New York
Mr. Allen W. Dulles, Director
Central Intelligence Agency
2430 E Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Dulles:
October 16, 1957
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Don David, Al Neal and I all were delighted to learn fro
of your acceptance of our invitation to speak at CED's Trustees meeting on
November 21.
The topic which we would like to have you open up for consideration
throughout the rest of the day is "The Competitive Struggle between American
Enterprise and Soviet Communism. 11 Clarence Randall has agreed to follow
your presentation and the entire keynote session from 11:30 to 12:30 is allotted
to the two of you. What you say will be off -the -record. Our usual procedure
is to make a transcript of the
e
proc
edings which is kept confidential. No use
would be made of the transcript without specific authorisation.
The CED Trustees meeting will be held in the ballroom of the Mayflower.
The business session, to which you are also invited, begins at 9:45. The
keynote session which you will open, will begin promptly at 11:30. Trustees
are inviting guests individually and they will begin assembling at 11:15. All
of the invited guests will be top business leaders. The total audience will be
somewhere between 200 and 300.
At 12:30 we will break for lunch, at which Don David will speak.
From 2:30 until 5:00 we will have
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esentations by experts and die -
cussion by everyone on a series of topics tentatively titled: "Are the Soviets
Winning the Battle of Production? "
"A
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re
esearch and Technology the Soviet's
Secret Weapon? it, "Are Military Procurement and Production now a matter of
Soviet Enterprise vs American Bureaucracy? 11
The meeting will close with a rece
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p
on
beginning at 5:30. and enticements to relaxation,
Naturally, we would be pleased for you to stay for the whole day or
join in any parts of it that you can steal the time for.
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I trust that this will give you the general background you need. I
.believe you know many of the Trustees and their guests who will be present,
and I am sure you will find yourself among warm friends. In CED, informality
and free exchange of ideas are the general pattern of procedure, and I hope
therefore that you will find some pleasure in the experience. I know you will
make an important contribution toward focusing our attention on a critical
issue in which the nation's business leaders have a special responsibility.
Thank you again for your willingness to speak to us.
Sincerely,
/a/ Mike Cowles
Gardner Cowles
Vice Chairman
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