LETTER TO MR. CHARLES B. WRIGHTSMAN FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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• Publication Date: November 14, 1956
• Content Type: LETTER

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14 November 1956
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Dear Charlie:
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Many thanks for your note of 31 October and
the PUNCH cartoon.
I went to New York last Monday to cast my vote,
to return to my office that same evening. Much
as I would enjoy being in Palm beach with you and Jayne
for a while, it looks as though a holiday isn't in the cards
for me just now.
I do appreciate your invitation, however, and
will let you know if things develop so that I can break away
from Washington.
Faithfully,
O/DCI/_ he (8 Nov 56)
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P> S, Yesterday I showed Foster your good letter of
7 November, enclosed with a letter to me of the same date.
was extremely grateful for your offer. In all probability
he will be going to Key west, very largely because it is
necessary for him to be whore he can have -4 secure and
frequent communication with Washington. He is nonetheless
very grateful to you.
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October 31, 1956
Mr. Allen W. Dulles
Main Post Office Box 1513
Washington 13, D. C.
We returned to Palm Beach last night and
found the climate to be delightful. After the present
crisis is past we hope that you can join us here for
a much needed rest.
The enclosed cartoon from the current issue
of PUNCH is amusing.
With kindest regards,
Sincerely,
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November 7, 1956.
Mr. Allen W. Dulles,
Main Post Office Box 1513,
Washington 13, D.C.
I am enclosing a letter to Foster, which
I would appreciate your delivering to him the next
time you go to the hospital.
We would like for Foster and Mrs. Dulles
to visit us for his convalescence, and I think that
our facilities would be good for him. You can, ex-
plain that it would be possible for him to arrive
without any publicity and he can have his meals
at any time and do exactly what pleases him. As
you know, we do no entertaining until New Year's
Eve.
We are flying to Palm Beach tomorrow
and would appreciate your letting us know if we
can assist Foster in any way.
Sincerely,
CBW/BEP
Encl.
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THE HUSTON POST
EDITORIAL PAGE
PAGE 10, SECTION 2
WEDNESDAY, NOV 7, 1956
Illness of John Foster Dulles
Comes as Shock To All Americans
All Americans, without regard to partisan
ronvictions, cannot but regret that, at the
most critical juncture in world affairs since
the Korean conflict, the country should be
deprived of the active services of its secre-
tary of state, John Foster Dulles.
Next to President Eisenhower, there is no
man in the government with greater under-
standing of the many complex and difficult
problems which beset the free world in these
perilous times or with greater experience in
dealing with them. Reports of his illness, at
a time when tensions in the Middle East and
Eastern Europe were erupting into bloodshed,
came as a distinct shock to all Americans
who has come to rely on his wisdom and his
calm judgment.
With President Eisenhower at the helm,
Secretary of State Dulles has during the past
four years been not only the chief imple-
menter but also one of the chief formulators
of this country's foreign policies in its con-
tinuing struggle for peace with honor and
justice for all. There is no man in Wash-
ington or elsewhere who has a firmer or more
informed grasp of all the situations which
imperil peace throughout the world. And
there is no member of the President's team
who has worked longer, harder and more
resolutely for the cause of peace and to avert
the catastrophe which a third world war
would inflict.
President Eisenhower has provided the
leadership and the guidance in this struggle
for peace and justice, and there is gratitude
for his continued availability to lead the na-
tion in the current crisis. But necessarily he
has had to rely heavily on his capable and
respected secretary of state to execute the
policies of the American government and for
information, assistance and advice in the
formulation of those policies.
Secretary Dulles' illness at this particular
time imposes a much greater load of respon-
sibility upon the President even though the
secretary may be available for occasional
consultation. His active service will be sorely
missed by both the President and the coun-
try. The nation hopes with the greatest sin-
cerity that his recovery will be quick and
complete for it has a no more valiant and
stalwart warrior for peace than John Foster
Dulles.
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