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Message from Clark Clifford to President Harry S. Truman
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Message from Clark Clifford to President Harry S. Truman
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[10-e3-48]
WHITE HOUSE SIGNAL DETACHMENT
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
DECLASSIFIED
WTE V WHW
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973,
WHITE TWO TWO SEVEN
By NLT- HC , NARS Date $2675
SECRET
DTG : 231805Z
FROM: MR. CLIFFORD
TO : THE PRESIDENT
AFTER READING STATEMENT OF DEWEY ON ISRAEL, I CONTACTED
LOVETT AND HAVE SPENT MOST OF MORNING WITH HIM. I EXPLAINED TO
HIM THAT YOUR INTEGRITY HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY DEWEY WHOSE PURPOSE
IS TO INFER THAT YOU HAVE RENEGED ON DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. I
SUGGESTED TO LOVETT THAT BY REASON OF DEWEY'S ACTION, YOU HAD NO
ALTERNATIVE BUT TO REAFFIRM YOUR SUPPORT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PLAT-
FORM. LOVETT AGREES COMPLETELY. I SUGGESTED TO HIM THAT YOU
WOULD HAVE TO GIVE OUT STATEMENT CLEARLY STATING YOUR POSITION
ON ISRAEL. LOVETT AGREES. HE SENT MARSHALL A CABLE STATING
IN SUBSTANCE THAT DEWEY HAS VIOLATED BIPARTISAN APPROACH ON ISRAEL.
AND THAT LOVETT FELLS THAT PRESIDENT HAS TO REAFFIRM HIS SUPPORT
OF DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM. I AM WORKING ON A STATEMENT ON ISRAEL
NOW AND WILL HAVE IT READY TO SUBMIT TO YOU ON SUNDAY MORNING.
I CONSIDER DEWEY'S ACTION A SERIOUS ERROR ON HIS PART AND THE BEST
THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO US TO DATE. AFFECTIONATE REGARDS.
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