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[Letter] 1958 February 28, White House, Washington, D.C. [to] Francis E. Walter, Washington, D.C. / Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The letter is typed on official White House letterhead. See also Eisenhower's official White House biography (http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/de34.html); see also Walter's biography and a guide to research collections of his papers (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000108).
Eisenhower thanks Walter for his comments on "various of the problems that must be carefully weighed in connection with any possible conference with leaders of the Soviet Union." A lifelong military man, Eisenhower made his reputation as the Supreme Commander of troops invading France on D-Day, 1944 at the end of World War II. Postwar, he accepted an appointment as President of Columbia University, and then moved on to assume command over NATO forces assembled in 1951. In 1952 he ran for President, an office which he held for two terms (1953-61).
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[Letter] 1955 June 8, Washington D.C. [to] Francis E. Walter, Washington D.C. / Abba Eban.
The letter is typed on Embassy of Israel letterhead with official seal. See also Walter's biography and a guide to research collections of his papers (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000108).
Eban extends a cordial invitation on behalf of his government, urging Walter to visit Israel after he attends the I.C.E.M. conference in Geneva; Eban also extends the invitation to other members of the United States delegation. An Israeli statesman, diplomat, scholar, and persuasive speaker, Eban served as Israel's United Nations representative as well as ambassador to the United States at the time this letter was written.
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