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    "ocrText": "COPY\nApril 2, 1958\nDear George:\nThis is just a note to thank you for\nyour letter of March 17.\nMarshall, Mr. George jPreston\nIt was thoughtful of you to comment\nso generously about my remarks at the Gridiron\ndinner, and I appreciated having an opportunity\nto visit with you.\nIncidentally, I was glad to note\nthat you have finally come up with a plan which\nwill bring you and Harry Wismer together!\nWith kind regards,\nCordially\nfolder\nD mm\nRichard Nixon\nMr. George Preston Marshall\nPro-Football, Incorporated\nThe Redskin Building\nNinth Street at H, N. W.\nWashington 1, D. C.\nX Gridiron dinner 3/15/58 pje:s rewriter per RN\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nOFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT\nWASHINGTON\nMarch 31, 1958\nDear George:\nThis is just a note to thank you\nfor your letter of March 17.\nIt was thoughtful of you to comment\nso generously about my remarks at the Gridiron\ndinner. I always enjoy those dinners and I hope\nthe other guests had as good a time as I did.\n4\nitwasa\npleasure\n0\nchance Dorrect\nIncidentally, as a negotiator you you\nare tops in my book!\nWith kind regards,\nCordially,\nRichard Nixon\nMr. George Preston Marshall\nPro-Football, Incorporated\nThe Redskin Building\nNinth Street at H, N. W.\nWashington 1, D. C.\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nCOPY\nMarch 31, 1958\nDear George:\nThis is just a note to thank you\nfor your letter of March 17.\nMarshall, George Preston\nIt was thoughtful of you to comment\nso generously about my remarks at the Gridiron\ndinner. I always enjoy those dinners and I hope\nthe other guests had as good a time as I did.\nIncidentally, as a negotiator you\nare tops in my bookl\nWith kind regards,\nCordially,\nRichard Nixon\nMr. George Preston Marshall\nPro-Football, Incorporated\nappearance file 3/15/58\nfolder\nThe Redskin Building\nNinth Street at H, N. W.\nWashington 1, D. C.\nR\npje:s\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\n3/29/58\nMAR 18 1958\ntype\nThe Redsking\nand\nPRO-FOOTBALL.I INC.\nOF THE\nTHE REDSKIN BUILDING\nNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE\nDISTRICT 7-6140\nNINTH STREET AT H N.W.\nWASHINGTON I, D.C.\nMarch 17, 1958\nThe Honorable Richard M. Nixon\nVice President of the United States\nUnited States Senate\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. President:\nI thought your speech Saturday night not only\nextremely well done but in excellent taste. I\nparticularly was pleased with your praise of Ben\nMcKelway, because I know it must have come from\nexperience and from the heart.\nAs to our discussion, I could negotiate with\nPaul Robeson. The signing of Robeson might make\neverybody happy, including Wismer.\nBest\nGov George Preston Marshall\nPersonal & Confidential\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum\nLast paragraph George Marshall\nIncidentally, I was glad to note that you have finally come up\nwith a plan which will bring you and Harry Wismer together !\nReproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum"
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