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KENNEDY, John F. Draft typed letter signed ("J. K."), as President, WITH EXTENSIVE AUTOGRAPH ADDITIONS, to William Randolph Hearst, Jr., Washington, D. C., 30 October 1963. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, over 30 words in Kennedy's hand, and a stenographer's pencil notations.
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KENNEDY, John F. Draft typed letter signed ("J. K."), as President, WITH EXTENSIVE AUTOGRAPH ADDITIONS, to William Randolph Hearst, Jr., Washington, D. C., 30 October 1963. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery, over 30 words in Kennedy's hand, and a stenographer's pencil notations.
"PRESIDENT EISENHOWER WAS DOING WHAT I WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO--TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF THE U. S."
THREE WEEKS BEFORE HIS DEATH, KENNEDY WRITES ABOUT KHRUSHCHEV, EISENHOWER AND TITO. After taking a shot from the Hearst press about meeting with the Yugoslavian communist leader, Josip Broz Tito, Kennedy writes: "I could not resist answering your letter of October 23rd. President Eisenhower did meet with Chairman Khrushchev and President Tito on both their first visits to the United States during his administration." Eisenhower met with both leaders, JFK points out, in 1959 and 1960 respectively. Ike gave a state dinner for Khrushchev in 1959 and the Russian leader "spent two days with President Eisenhower at Camp David." Ike didn't meet with Khrushchev on his subsequent visits, "but it is also true that he did meet with them both on the occasion of their first visits to this country." Kennedy then strikes out the typed sentence that reads: "This is President Tito's first visit to the United States since I have been President." In its place he pens this new text: "As for Tito, he was invited by President Eisenhower for a visit to Washington in 1957. Public outcry caused its cancellation. President Eisenhower was doing what I was attempting to do--to advance the interests of the U. S."
"PRESIDENT EISENHOWER WAS DOING WHAT I WAS ATTEMPTING TO DO--TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF THE U. S."
THREE WEEKS BEFORE HIS DEATH, KENNEDY WRITES ABOUT KHRUSHCHEV, EISENHOWER AND TITO. After taking a shot from the Hearst press about meeting with the Yugoslavian communist leader, Josip Broz Tito, Kennedy writes: "I could not resist answering your letter of October 23rd. President Eisenhower did meet with Chairman Khrushchev and President Tito on both their first visits to the United States during his administration." Eisenhower met with both leaders, JFK points out, in 1959 and 1960 respectively. Ike gave a state dinner for Khrushchev in 1959 and the Russian leader "spent two days with President Eisenhower at Camp David." Ike didn't meet with Khrushchev on his subsequent visits, "but it is also true that he did meet with them both on the occasion of their first visits to this country." Kennedy then strikes out the typed sentence that reads: "This is President Tito's first visit to the United States since I have been President." In its place he pens this new text: "As for Tito, he was invited by President Eisenhower for a visit to Washington in 1957. Public outcry caused its cancellation. President Eisenhower was doing what I was attempting to do--to advance the interests of the U. S."