Eisenhower (76 page)

17
“I hope it does some good”: New York Times
, Aug. 14, 1958.

18
thirty cents an hour:
Whitman, June 16, 1958, entry, June 1958 (1) folder, box 10, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File. See also David Eisenhower,
Going Home
, p. 21.

19
“I thought the timing was wrong”:
Hauge, oral history interview, p. 84.

20
“Mostly all we did was pray”:
Whitman, Aug. 23, 1958, entry, Aug. 1958 (2) folder, box 10, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File.

21
Eisenhower hesitated:
Whitman, Sept. 4, telephone call logged in Diary entry, Sept. 1958 folder, box 10, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File.

22
“This man [Adams] has got to go or we are done”:
Whitman, Sept. 4, 1958, entry, Sept. 1958 folder, box 10, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File.

23
bought everyone there an ice cream:
Whitman, Sept. 17, 1958, entry, Sept. 1958 folder, box 10, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File.

24
“his devoted friend, Dwight D. Eisenhower”:
Hughes,
Ordeal of Power
, p. 269.

25
barely missing his heart: New York Times
, Sept. 21, 1958.

26
“hard cider to mellow bourbon”: Time
, Oct. 6, 1958.

27
chided Persons about it:
Whitman, Feb. 2, 1959, entry, Feb. 1959 (2) folder, box 10, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File.

28
“once more into the Boss’s orbit”:
John Eisenhower,
Strictly Personal
, p. 202.

29
“a national triumph”: New York Times
, Nov. 6, 1958.

30
“The faults of the Republican Party”:
DDE to Macmillan, Nov. 11, 1958, doc. 926, HP.

31
visited him in the hospital:
DDE to Hazlett, Feb. 20, 1957, doc. 41; Nov. 18, 1957, doc. 457; March 25, 1958, doc. 622; April 8, 1945, doc. 645, HP.

32
“I can never quite tell you”:
DDE to Elizabeth Hazlett, Nov. 3, 1958, doc. 920, HP.

33
“no one in the world”:
Taubman,
Khrushchev
, p. 397.

34
“bone in my throat”:
Ibid., p. 407.

35
as Eisenhower now imagined it:
Twenty-fourth Meeting of the NSC, July 28, 1948, Truman Library, at
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop
/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/documents/
index.php?documentdate=1948-07-28&documentid=6-1&
studycollectionid=&pagenumber=1
.

36
“Only madmen can go”:
Craig,
Destroying the Village
, p. 92.

37
“Hit the Russians”:
Ibid., pp. 93–94.

38
lurch into an error:
Memorandum of Conversation with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles, Nov. 30, 1958, in
FRUS
, vol. 8,
Berlin Crisis, 1958–1960
, p. 142.

39
would not risk annihilation:
See, among others, George A. Morgan of the Policy Planning Staff to the Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning (Smith), memo, Dec. 8, 1958, in
FRUS 1958–60
, vol. 8,
Berlin Crisis, 1958–59
, p. 158.

40
evacuate Britons to Canada and Australia:
See, among other sources, John Eisenhower’s
Strictly Personal
, p. 229.

41
joined their aides for dinner:
Memorandum of Conversation, March 20, 1959, in
FRUS 1958–60
, vol. 8,
Berlin Crisis, 1958–59
, pp. 520–21.

42
“It lasted three hours!”:
Macmillan,
Riding the Storm
, p. 645.

43
surgery to repair a hernia:
Conversation with Adenauer, Feb. 8, 1959, Memos of Conversation—General A Through D, box 1, General Correspondence and Memoranda Series, Dulles Papers.

44
“not good”:
Whitman, Feb. 13, 1959, entry, Feb. 1959 (2) folder, box 10, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File.

45
“He was
against
almost everything”:
Macmillan,
Riding the Storm
, p. 644. Also see Hoopes,
Devil and John Foster Dulles
, p. 478.

46
“I have rarely seen him shaken”:
Whitman, Feb. 14, 1959, entry, Feb. 1959 (1) folder, box 10, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File.

47
burst into tears:
Whitman, April 15 and 16, 1959, entries, April 1959 folder, box 10, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File.

CHAPTER
17:
THE FINAL MONTHS

  
1
ordered by the State Department:
Ann Whitman, Jan. 3, 1959, entry, Jan. 1959 (2) folder, box 10, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File.

  
2
rather his will to do so:
394th NSC Meeting, Jan. 22, 1959, box 11, NSC Series, Whitman File.

  
3
playing into Castro’s hand:
400th NSC Meeting, March 26, 1959, box 11, NSC Series, Whitman File.

  
4
“Can Castro Save Cuba?”: Saturday Evening Post
, Aug. 1, 1959.

  
5
“Castro’s executions of Batista henchmen”:
Ibid.

  
6
“proved himself to be vain”:
Pfau,
No Sacrifice Too Great
, p. 234.

  
7
“I have told you again and again”:
May 5, 1959, news conference, APP.

  
8
“When my conscience tells me”:
June 17, 1959, news conference, APP.

  
9
“I am losing a truly valuable associate”:
Statement by the President, June 19, 1959, APP.

10
“I salute you for the calm”:
DDE to Strauss, June 27, 1959, doc. 1215, HP.

11
“He thought it was a disgrace”:
Hagerty, oral history interview, pp. 521–22.

12
feeling that the nation’s flag:
Whitman, Jan. 3, 1959, entry, Jan. 1959 (2) folder, box 10, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File.

13
“with immense satisfaction”:
Taubman,
Khrushchev
, p. 416.

14
“happy as a lad”:
Whitman, Aug. 3, 1959, entry, Aug. 1959 (2) folder, box 11, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File.

15
“Would that the Vice President”: New York Times
, July 24, 1959.

16
“substantial views of the people in our country”:
Memorandum of Conversation, July 24, 1959, Central Files 033.1100-NI/7–2459, State Department, in
FRUS Eastern Europe Region, Soviet Union, Cyprus, 1958–60
, vol. 10, p. 338.

17
an exhibition of American life awaited them:
Ibid., pp. 342–45.

18
“You need to have goods to trade”: New York Times
, July 25, 1959.

19
“I don’t like it either”:
Ibid.

20
president declined comment:
Ibid.

21
“suggest that Khrushchev may outwit”: Los Angeles Times
, Sept. 1, 1959.

22
initially refrained from discussing the invitation:
Whitman, Aug. 3, 1959, entry, Aug. 1959 (2) folder, box 11, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File.

23
“complacently weakening our defenses”:
UPI, Sept. 6, 1959. 298
“a small Russian army”: Los Angeles Times
, Sept. 2, 1959.

24
unfurling his nation’s fifty-star flag:
Aug. 26, 1959, Presidential Appointment Books, DDEPL. See also President’s Remarks, Aug. 21, 1959, APP.

25
“We are all completely flabbergasted”: Los Angeles Times
, Sept. 6, 1959.

26
two pros from the club: USA 1
, April 1962 (newspaper clip is in DDEPL files).

27
retreated to the castle for the evening:
For Ike’s golf score, and his reaction to it, see DDE to Macmillan, Sept. 5, 1959, doc. 1305, HP.

28
“I assure you”:
President’s welcoming remarks, Sept. 15, 1959, APP.

29
“We have come to you”:
Nikita Khrushchev,
Khrushchev in America
, pp. 14–15.

30
roared their approval for Eisenhower:
Whitman, Sept. 15, 1959, entry, Sept. 1959 folder, box 11, ACW Diary Series, Whitman File.

31
other points of contention:
Memorandum of Conversation, Sept. 15, 1959, Lot 64 D 560, CF 1472, Conference Files, State Department, in
FRUS Eastern Europe Region, Soviet Union, Cyprus, 1958–60
, vol. 10, pp. 392–402. Also see Kistiakowsky,
Scientist at the White House
, p. 86.

32
“You say you don’t like violence”:
Memorandum of Conversation, Sept. 18, 1959, Lot 64 D 560, CF 1473, Conference Files, State Department, in
FRUS Eastern Europe Region, Soviet Union, Cyprus, 1958–60
, vol. 10, p. 418.

33
“The fact that you ask such questions”:
Khrushchev,
Khrushchev Speaks
, pp. 63 and 161. For a thorough summary of the trip from the perspective of the American ambassador to the Soviet Union, see
FRUS Eastern Europe Region, Soviet Union, Cyprus, 1958–60
, vol. 10, pp. 485–92.

34
“We do not agree”: Los Angeles Times
, Sept. 20, 1959.

35
“Khrushchev liked me”:
Taubman,
Khrushchev
, p. 430.

36
“the Red Army had failed”:
Memorandum of Conversation, Sept. 20, 1959, Lot 64 D 560, CF 1474, Conference Files, State Department, in
FRUS Eastern Europe Region, Soviet Union, Cyprus, 1958–60
, vol. 10, p. 433.

37
“Perhaps it would take less time to get back”: Los Angeles Times
, Sept. 20, 1959.

38
haggard Lodge after midnight:
Lodge to State Department, telegram, Sept. 20, 1959, 1:03 a.m., 033.61111/9–2059, Central Files, State Department, in
FRUS Eastern Europe Region, Soviet Union, Cyprus, 1958–60
, vol. 10, pp. 428–31.

39
“Hagerty Asks More Courtesy to Khrushchev”: Los Angeles Times
, Sept. 22, 1959.

40
retired at 11:45 p.m.:
Sept. 25, 1959, Presidential Appointment Books.

41
forced to resign:
Memorandum of Conversation, Sept. 26, 1959, 1:00 p.m., Lot 64 D 560, CF 1475, Conference Files, State Department, in
FRUS Eastern Europe Region, Soviet Union, Cyprus, 1958–60
, vol. 10, p. 466.