Letter from Harry S. Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt

HEFT THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON December 21, 1948 Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: I shall be delighted to see you on Thursday, January thirteenth, at twelve o'clock noon and shall look forward with keen anticipation to receiving from you a firsthand account of the deliberations in Paris in which you bore so important a part. I sincerely hope that you have not overtaxed your strength during the long succession of busy days. I have marveled at the poise and patience that you and the other members of our delegation have maintained in the face of the maddening technique of the Russians. Not only have they been deliberately non-cooperative but they have conducted themselves with a boorishness worthy of stable boys. I have observed with great satisfaction that you have put them in their place more than once. It will be most helpful to me to receive, in advance of your visit, a memorandum which can be the basis of our discussions. Although I am sending this to Washington Square, I assume you will go to Hyde Park for Christmas. I fly out to Independence tomorrow to join Mrs. Truman and Margaret. If they were here, they would add their good wishes to mine. May Christmas bring you and yours joy and happiness. Always sincordly, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Apartment 15-A, 29 Washington Square, West, New York 11, N. Y.