![KENNEDY, John F. (1917-1963). Autograph notes, as President-elect, of Kennedy's White House meeting with President Dwight Eisenhower, n.d. [6 December 1960]. 4 pages, 4to, on American Airlines stationery, with later typed transcription on White House stationery.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2007/NYR/2007_NYR_01840_0155_000(020219).jpg?w=1)
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KENNEDY, John F. (1917-1963). Autograph notes, as President-elect, of Kennedy's White House meeting with President Dwight Eisenhower, n.d. [6 December 1960]. 4 pages, 4to, on American Airlines stationery, with later typed transcription on White House stationery.
"I ASKED HIM WHAT HE DID WITH PAPERS HE HAD TO READ OR STUDY. HIS ANSWER WAS VAGUE."
Fascinating notes from Kennedy's transition into the White House, and his first face-to-face meeting with the outgoing President, Dwight Eisenhower, on 6 December 1960. JFK's notes, titled simply: "E. K." ("Eisenhower-Kennedy") were written as he flew back to New York that night on American Airlines. The account, written in telegraphic phrases, starts with Ike showing Kennedy the White House pool and discussing the history of the Oval Office, dating back to Teddy Roosevelt. Kennedy commented on Ike's clean desk: "He later says he likes it that way. I asked him what he did with papers he had to read or study. His answer was vague." Then they got down to more serious matters, such as the ongoing crisis in Berlin, where Khrushchev was threatening to take over all of the city. JFK's tantalizing comment is "Baloney," and it's unclear whether he's referring to Ike's or Khrushchev's position on the issue! "Was glad to see my stand in campaign. Must make it clear we will fight. Think who does not want war will not push to extreme." Berlin, of course, would be one of the hottest flash points in JFK's first year, and the site of his famous 1963 declaration of solidarity with the people of that beleaguered city.
Kennedy notes Eisenhower's "very vigorous...opposition" to the admission of Red China into the United Nations. He told JFK "he would never criticize President U. S. in foreign policy," but he made an exception "on this question of admission of Red China." Domestic matters, Ike further said, were also fair game. The President then gave some pointers on the key world leaders: France, he reminded Kennedy, was no longer a great power, but DeGaulle still thought so. Ike thought the French leader "medieval" in his assertion that "only Frenchmen can defend the soil of France." In Germany, "Adenauer was wonderful," but Ike warns against trying to discuss "high finance" with him "as he doesn't understand it." Near the end of their talk, Eisenhower "warned me against being dominated too much by the Congress. Said he had trouble first term...Did not mention campaign except for Mrs. Nixon."
"I ASKED HIM WHAT HE DID WITH PAPERS HE HAD TO READ OR STUDY. HIS ANSWER WAS VAGUE."
Fascinating notes from Kennedy's transition into the White House, and his first face-to-face meeting with the outgoing President, Dwight Eisenhower, on 6 December 1960. JFK's notes, titled simply: "E. K." ("Eisenhower-Kennedy") were written as he flew back to New York that night on American Airlines. The account, written in telegraphic phrases, starts with Ike showing Kennedy the White House pool and discussing the history of the Oval Office, dating back to Teddy Roosevelt. Kennedy commented on Ike's clean desk: "He later says he likes it that way. I asked him what he did with papers he had to read or study. His answer was vague." Then they got down to more serious matters, such as the ongoing crisis in Berlin, where Khrushchev was threatening to take over all of the city. JFK's tantalizing comment is "Baloney," and it's unclear whether he's referring to Ike's or Khrushchev's position on the issue! "Was glad to see my stand in campaign. Must make it clear we will fight. Think who does not want war will not push to extreme." Berlin, of course, would be one of the hottest flash points in JFK's first year, and the site of his famous 1963 declaration of solidarity with the people of that beleaguered city.
Kennedy notes Eisenhower's "very vigorous...opposition" to the admission of Red China into the United Nations. He told JFK "he would never criticize President U. S. in foreign policy," but he made an exception "on this question of admission of Red China." Domestic matters, Ike further said, were also fair game. The President then gave some pointers on the key world leaders: France, he reminded Kennedy, was no longer a great power, but DeGaulle still thought so. Ike thought the French leader "medieval" in his assertion that "only Frenchmen can defend the soil of France." In Germany, "Adenauer was wonderful," but Ike warns against trying to discuss "high finance" with him "as he doesn't understand it." Near the end of their talk, Eisenhower "warned me against being dominated too much by the Congress. Said he had trouble first term...Did not mention campaign except for Mrs. Nixon."