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Press Release, Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Benjamin V. Cohen
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 21, 1947
The Prosident has sent the following letter to the
Honorable Benjamin V. Cohen, accepting his resignation as Counselor
of the Department of State:
"July 21, 1947
"Dear Mr. Cohen:
I have received your letter of June twenty-fourth,
offering your resignation as Counselor of the Department of
State.
After consultation with Secretary Marshall I have
reluctantly decided that I must agree to accept your resignation,
to be effective on July thirty-first. I am glad to note that I
shall be able to call upon you again should I have need of your
services.
I know how highly Secretaries Byrnes and Marshall have
valued your assistance to them. I wish to add my own personal
appreciation of your services to the Department of State and to
your Government during these difficult years.
I wish you every success for the future.
NARA
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Very sincerely yours,
/s/ HARRY S. TRUMAN"
The text of Mr. Cohen's letter to the President follows:
"June 24, 1947
"My dear Mr. President:
I submit herewith my resignation as Counsclor of the
Department of State to become effective at your earliest conven-
ience.
You appointed me Counselor shortly after Mr. Byrnes
became Secretary of State. When Mr. Byrnes resigned, I submi tted
my resignation, but at Secretary Marshall's request I agreed to
stay on until after the Moscow Conference. It is now my wish,
after fourteen years of almost continuous Government service to
take a rest free from all official responsibility.
I want to thank you for the opportunity that you have
given me to serve with you and Secretary Byrnes and Secrotary
Marshall in this important period of transition from war to poace.
It has been an experience that I shall always cherish. I hope
that you and Secretary Marshall will feel free to call upon me
as a private citizen at any time you think I can be of help.
With deepest appreciation and respect,
Sincorely yours,
/s/ BENJAMIN V. COHEN*