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    "ocrText": "DUKE\nJanuary 6, 1969\nDear Mr. Ambassador:\nSenator Cooper has passed on to me your\nletter of November 12. I very much appreciate\nyour kind words about me, and your thoughtful\ncomments on the American political process.\nWith warm regards,\nSincerely,\nRichard Nixon\nThe Honorable\nAngier Biddle Duke\nAmerican Ambassador\nCopenhagen\nD - X\nSubject: Offer of support\nHAK\nsd\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nUNITED STATES MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS\n799 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA\nNew YORK, N. Y. 10017\nYUkon 6-2424\nDeent 11, 1465\nDer me\nU her l was in Bussell\nDuke / N may ) ashel\nVal 1 delven the ended lills\n+ yn l also 8m hu at\nthe falute of Cherchell dum m\nmondy very He made a sling P\nstateme for you at the dum\nun a loyal amenue who\nuned terne you will of the opiting am\nhas, will your life smill\nhandelment would he Baying it\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nLetter to President Elect from John Sherman Cooper, December 11, 1968\nDear Mr. President-Elect:\nWhen I was in Brussels Ambassador Duke (Norway) (HK comment: he means\nDenmark) asked that I deliver the enclosed letter to you. I also saw him\nat the Salute to Churchill Dinner on Monday evening. He made a strong\nstatement for you at the dinner. I consider him a loyal American who\nwould serve you well if the opportunity arose.\nYours sincerely,\nJohn Sherman Cooper\nPS If you could write him, saying I had delivered letter, it would\nbe appreciated.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nNovember 12, 1968\nDear Mr. President-elect:\nThe first thought of many of us serving\noverseas in this post-election period concerned\nour responsibilities and our opportunities in\ninterpreting the great events that are taking place\nat home. My statement to the Danish press on\nNovember 6 (copy attached) is an illustration in\nthis regard. Those of us who have closely\nfollowed your international policies with interest\nand understanding feel, I can assure you, the\nfullest measure of confidence in the leadership\nof those policies in your hands.\nAs one who came to appreciate your\nqualities at first-hand during the refugee crisis\nfollowing the Hungarian revolution, I have no\nhesitancy in responding positively to your words\nof last September setting forth the principle that\nyour administration would draw on the talents of\nall Americans regardless of Party affiliation.\nHaving served our government in one\ncapacity or another for seventeen years, I\nwholeheartedly offer my support, either in this\npost, another, or in private life. The needs and\ndangers during these times for our country are\ntoo many for narrow partisanship. My pro-forma\nresignation will shortly be forwarded to you, but\nif it is thought that I can be helpful here in the\ntransitional period or beyond, I would want you to\nknow that I wish to be of service to you and your\nadministration.\nWith every good wish, I am\nSincerely yours,\nanju Angier Biddle Duke\nAmbassador\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nStatement Made by Ambassador Duke, November 6, 1968, 6:00 p.m. GMT\nAmerican Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark\nOnce again, the United States has proved the\ndurability of the democratic process. Friends of freedom of\nchoice, of the Open Society, of the multi-party system, will\ntake heart today that some 60 million voters have expressed\nthemselves at the polls in an act which reflects the people's\ndecision.\nIn Richard Nixon, the American people have decided\nupon a man who has clearly demonstrated a proven record\nof responsibility in government and a talent for leadership\nduring significant years at the centre of executive power.\nHe is well-known as a widely experienced internationalist\nand a supporter of the liberal enlightenment which has\ncontinued within the United States since the 1930's.\nDanes can be confident that in the President-elect,\nEurope has a staunch friend, a supporter of NATO and an\nadmirer of Denmark who was the principal speaker at the\ncelebration at Rebild in 1962. He exemplifies that aspect\nof the American system which makes it possible to reach\nour highest elective office without a background of economic\nadvantages. His family was not affluent and he had to work\nhard for his education and his livelihood. He will require\nno apprentice period to learn his job as President and will,\nI am sure, move decisively to develop and carry out those\nprograms for economic security and peace which are\nessential to the welfare of people everywhere.\nI know him as a man of compassion and as a man\nwho can get things done.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library\nOR for RN sig does want not\nDecember 17, 1968\nto see.\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT ELECT\nFrom: Henry A. Kissinger HK\nSubject: Letter from Senator Cooper Transmitting Letter from\nAmbassador Duke\nSenator Cooper asked me to pass on the attached letter (Tab A)\nenclosing a letter from Ambassador Duke (now our Ambassador to Denmark).\nSince Cooper suggests that you acknowledge receipt of the Duke letter,\nI have attached a proposed reply at Tab B.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library"
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