Through his foresight, wisdom, and experience, he foresaw, during the course of World War II, the problems which would face the postwar world and the urgent need for a permanent, centralized intelligence function.
Eisenhower
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Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. A member of the Republican Party, he was born in Kansas and rose to prominence as a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II. Eisenhower served as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe, overseeing the successful D-Day invasion and the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control.
I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do declare and proclaim: That there exist with respect to the United States of Brazil the reciprocal conditions specified in sections 1 (e) and 9 (b) of the said title 17.
President Eisenhower expressed his personal interest in the success of these treaties on European integration, whose entry into effect will represent an important date for all the free world.
The first task of this new age is to ensure that this magnificent surge toward a better life goes forward in all these countries as rapidly and as safely as possible.
And to all people, everywhere--this final pledge: With you we look forward to and shall never cease to work for a world of peace, based on justice.
We would still have the question: how are they to settle their differences of interest among themselves?
The masters of international Communism are working constantly to tear down this kind of world.
Through the years we have helped new countries achieve political and economic strength.
One of the vital facts of this century is that dozens of new nations have come into being.
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of May 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is ordered as follows: