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    "ocrText": "PRINCETON UNIVERSITY\nComments\nPRINCETON NEW JERSEY\nDepartment of Politics\nJuly 1, 1955\nMr. Dean G. Acheson\nS.\nCovington & Burling\nUnion Trust Building\nARCHIVES \"NATIONAL RECORDS AND\nWashington 5, D. C.\nus\nSERVICE\"\nDear Mr. Acheson:\nAmong the many matters of interest covered in your\nPrinceton Seminar of 1953-54, a number have a bearing on the\nimportant question of the relations of a Department Head or\nAssistant Head to the Chief Executive.\nOne of these matters which immediately comes to mind is\nthe system of communication and clearance which you established\nwhile Secretary of State to make sure that the President was\nfully informed when you were abroad at international conferences,\nand to make sure that you and the President were in accord in\nyour public statements on matters of foreign policy. This con-\ntribution to public administration is of such constitutional\nsignificance (using the term broadly) that it would be extremely\nuseful if presented in full in a published case study. This case\nstudy might center about the handling of conferences and clearance\nwith reference to one or more international conferences.\nA second somewhat different case study could be built\naround the handling of the issue which led to your withdrawal\nfrom the Treasury Department early in the New Deal.\nAn instructor at Princeton, Paul Tillett, would be\nquite competent to develop cases of this sort if you were willing\nto have him do so. He has had experience in historical research\nand he writes well. He is first-rate intellectually and is fully\nresponsible. Under separate cover I am sending you a copy of a\ncase study which he prepared covering the cancellation of air\nmail contracts in 1934. I hope very much that you will be\nagreeable to having some scholarly attention given to your\nexperience which bears on these important questions.\nWith very pleasant recollections of the 1953-54 Seminar,\nSincerely,\nGeorge a. Thabam\nGeorge A. Graham\nGAG:1h"
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