I Remain

The letter is typed on Secretary of State letterhead with an official seal. See also Dulles biography and a guide to research collections of his papers (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000522) as well as Walter's biography and a guide to research collections of his papers (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000108).

Dulles thanks Walter for sending greetings on the occasion of his birthday. He attempted to contact him by phone to express his "deep appreciation of your generous words." In his long diplomatic career Dulles served in the First World War, worked in Army Intelligence, and served as a representative to the United Nations, as a United States Senator, and as the Secretary of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959.