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THE FOREIGN SERVICE
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Bette
19-a
American Embassy,
Personal and
Can fidential
8.
THEREOF
Brussels, Belgium,
January 15, 1951.
ARCHIVES SERVICE" RECORDS 'NATIONAL AND
Dear Luke:
You may remember that the last evening the Secre-
tary and you were here, he mentioned the possibility
that Bohlen might be considered for assignment as Pol-
itical Adviser to General Eisenhower. This came up in
connection, I believe, with your reference to Hummelsine's
phone call to Bohlen to return to Washington regarding
the Counselor position.
When General Eisenhower was in Brussels the other
day he talked to me about a number of things and referred
to our association during the war days saying that when
he took this job he thought of me in connection with
"diplomatic and political work" which would be develop-
ing, asking me how I felt about it.
The best reply I could formulate on the spur of the
moment was the suggestion that I happened to hear from
the Secretary while he was in Brussels that Chip Bohlen
was under consideration for such an assignment. General
Eisenhower made no further comment and the matter rested
there.
I hope the Secretary will not regard my reference to
our conversation as an indiscretion. It seemed at the
moment the right thing to say.
All the best to the Secretary and yourself.
Yours,
Bit
Robert Murphy
Lucius D. Battle, Esq.
,
Office of the Secretary of State,
Washington, D. C.
U. S. A.
CONFIDEN TIAL
DECLASSIFIED
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 3-16-76 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter,
By NLT He NARS Date 6-16-76