Telegram from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Hamrick to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from William D. Hassett

This document relates to a gift shipment of dates from Sheikh Abdul Kadar Bashayan, a member of the Parliament of Iraq, to President Harry S. Truman. The Department of Agriculture inspected the shipment and found it to contain a plant disease and date stone beetles. The dates...

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December 13, 1948 grate My dear Mr. and Mrs. Hamrick: While the President is exceedingly grateful to your young sons for their kind thought of him, I regret to have to inform you that he does not at this time have any facilities for caring for pets. As you know, the White House is being repaired and during this period the President and his family are residing at the Blair House. Unhappily, it would not be possible X xpp79-00 to keep the little pup there and, knowing that your boys must be fond of hin even at this x 131 young age, we are venturing to reship the little dog to you tomorrow. In this way, he will be sure to find a good home of your own choosing. With all good wishes to you and your three young sons, I am Very sincerely yours, WILLIAM D. HASSETT Secretary to the President Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hamrick, Thomasville, x North Carolina. elb