Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 to Lewis L. Strauss

GLC00162.21

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Type
Letters
Date
July 31, 1953
Author/Creator
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Title
to Lewis L. Strauss
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 13 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
Postwar Politics and the Cold War The Fifties

Eisenhower replies to a letter from Strauss written on the same page. Strauss informs that despite headlines about the atomic powered submarines, there was no security breach. States that the news came from a report made to Congress by Strauss' predecessor on 30 June 1953. Eisenhower replies, "The only question is: was the report, in this particular, wise and necessary?" Letter written on White House stationary.

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