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Dwight D. Elsenhower Typed Letter Signed "Ike".

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Dwight D. Elsenhower Typed Letter Signed Ike .
<B>Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed</B></I> "<I>Ike</B></I>". One page, 4to, gold-embossed "DDE" stationery, Indio, California., April 13, 1968, to The Honorable Lewis L. Strauss. The letter reads: "Dear Lewis: I think that our two most recent letters must have crossed in the mail. I share your hope that we can- soon have a meeting to discuss political and, indeed, world affairs. You may have heard a man named Metropolitan Philip Saliba. He is an Archbishop of the Syrian Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of New York and North America. He and an assistant came to see me. They are both Arabs and vastly interested in the peaceful development of the Mid East. <B>The Archbishop himself was born in Lebanon and seems earnest in his effort to bring Jew and Arab together in some kind of better relationship.</B></I> I told him of your first memorandum about the plan for converting sea water to fresh in Israel and Egypt- possibly using the major part of the Jordan River flow for the benefit of Jordan- and for the distribution of power and pure water so produced, throughout the area. I told him that if he could help disseminate information throughout the Mid East that would flow from such a plan, he might be doing a great service to his people and, indeed, to the entire world. He has a plan for devising a political entity in the Palestine area which he wants to call the Holy Land. He is of the conviction that if these two plans could move forward together it would completely transform attitudes in the region. Having read his documents, I am enclosing them herewith. Please give my love to Alice and, of course, as always, all the best to yourself. As ever." Eisenhower's signature is written in bold, black ink. Very fine condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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