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PROPERTY FROM THE FORBES COLLECTION
KENNEDY, John F. Draft typed letter signed, in pencil (“Jack”) to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Washington, 21 December 1960. 1 page, 8vo, Senate stationery, several pencil corrections; paper-clip burn top left corner.
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KENNEDY, John F. Draft typed letter signed, in pencil (“Jack”) to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Washington, 21 December 1960. 1 page, 8vo, Senate stationery, several pencil corrections; paper-clip burn top left corner.
JFK DECLINES THE OFFER OF AIR FORCE ONE FROM OUTGOING PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, in this draft let requiring several corrections. “Thank you for your very generous thought in regard to the use of the plane,” Kennedy begins. “Fortunately, I have been able to use the same plane that carried us through the fall and as I do not plan to travel very much between now and the 20th of January I believe it will serve us very satisfactorily.” On another matter, he assures Eisenhower that “I shall make sure that …General Goodpasteur [sic] is not detained. General Andrew J. Goodpaster served as Ike’s liaison officer to the Defense Dept. and JFK was so impressed with him he wanted to keep him on after his inauguration. Goodpaster, however, had a field command waiting for him, leading the 8th Division in Germany, and Kennedy agreed to delay his departure only by a month or two.
JFK DECLINES THE OFFER OF AIR FORCE ONE FROM OUTGOING PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, in this draft let requiring several corrections. “Thank you for your very generous thought in regard to the use of the plane,” Kennedy begins. “Fortunately, I have been able to use the same plane that carried us through the fall and as I do not plan to travel very much between now and the 20th of January I believe it will serve us very satisfactorily.” On another matter, he assures Eisenhower that “I shall make sure that …General Goodpasteur [sic] is not detained. General Andrew J. Goodpaster served as Ike’s liaison officer to the Defense Dept. and JFK was so impressed with him he wanted to keep him on after his inauguration. Goodpaster, however, had a field command waiting for him, leading the 8th Division in Germany, and Kennedy agreed to delay his departure only by a month or two.