Presidential Correspondence, lot 66 D 204, “Churchill Correspondence with Eisenhower”
Prime Minister Churchill to President Eisenhower 1
My Dear Friend: You will have seen the messages which Anthony sent Foster last night on his talks in Bonn.2 Anthony found Adenauer in fairly good health and as quick as ever, though aged since their last meeting. Adenauer much liked the Brussels Treaty idea which he described as a most happy thought and psychologically valuable as providing a focus for European policies and keeping alive German youth’s faith in the European idea. It was also important he thought to devise means of saving Mendes-France’s plight.
We must now see how the talks in Paris go, but on present form it looks as if there will be plenty to discuss with Foster if, as we hope, he can pay us a visit.
Kind regards,
- According to a memorandum attached to the source text, Churchill’s message to President Eisenhower was delivered to the White House on Sept. 14. The White House staff sent a copy of the message to the Department of State the same day.↩
- This is a reference to Eden’s letter to Dulles of Sept. 13, p. 1184.↩