My dear Mr. Chancellor: I share the regret expressed in your letter of July 13, 1953, at the refusal of the Soviet Government to admit the food which the United States Government offered the East German population in response to your…
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.
The plight of this elderly veteran provokes a spontaneous desire to lighten his burden.
Bonds of common purpose and common ideals can unite people, even when they come from the most distant and diverse places.
You know my concern and reluctance with respect to any measure which tends to hinder foreign trade.
I believe the full and economical development of natural resources is essential to economic growth and national security.
If there is any way to promote the cause of peace, there is no personal inconvenience or sacrifice that I wouldn't make that I can think of.
We may not. But in any country where a Communist Party is recognized, for them it is an internal situation.
We never agreed to the enslavement of peoples that has occurred, and that as long as that condition persists, we see a danger to freedom and to ourselves in the world.
So far as I know, there is not the slightest sign of a rift or break between Senator Taft and me.
I would certainly hate to see the general meaning and tone of the resolution changed, but so far as I know, there is no such purpose.
It is heartbreaking, particularly so for one who, like myself, had so much experience with the horror camps of World War II.





