252. Editorial Note
In a letter to President Kennedy, December 27, 1962, Arthur H. Dean submitted his resignation as Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee at Geneva and as a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Seventeenth U.N. General Assembly. Both resignations were to be effective on December 31. Dean emphasized that he had decided to retire for personal reasons. On January 4, 1963, President Kennedy wrote Dean accepting his resignations “reluctantly” and “with great regret.” He went on to praise Dean for his “personal sacrifices” and the “key role you have played in this vital endeavor” of disarmament. The texts of Dean’s letter and the President’s reply were released to the press, but only the President’s letter is printed in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963, page 3.