Eisenhower: “To think that in this we were just trying to score a propaganda point, well, to my mind it's just--almost silly to talk…”

I would say this: it should not be an issue.

My heart will always be filled with admiration for you.

People must meet and understand other people, and so doing make it ever more difficult for governments, responding to false prides or even worse, personal ambitions, to sustain dictatorships.

You are representing America, and you are not doing it in the style that is described in very exaggerated fashion in 'The Ugly American.'