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Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed "RN"

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Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed RN
<B>Richard Nixon Typed Letter Signed "</B></I><B><I>RN</B></I></B></I><B>."</B></I> One page, 6.75" x 9" on his personal letterhead, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, September 26, 1990 to William G. Hyland, Editor of <I>Foreign Affairs</B></I>. Adding "<I>Dear Bill</B></I>" in his own hand Nixon writes, "<I>In view of the incredibly naive appraisals of Gorbachev's proposed economic reforms which have appeared in most of the prestige media, I thought you might find it refreshing to see a more realistic analysis of recent developments in the Soviet Union. The memorandum was prepared by Monica Crowley, a recent Colgate graduate, who has joined my staff as a foreign policy consultant.</B></I>" Accompanied by Hyland's response together with Crowley's memorandum in which she takes Gorbachev to task on his reform attempts: "<I>...Gorbachev had the opportunity to choose between either free-markets or central planning. He did not. He is depending on hi style of leadership to carry him through this controversy. But he cannot apply a political solution to an economic crisis.</B></I>.." Light horizontal creases, staple holes at top left, else very fine condition.<BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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