Letter from Harry S. Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt

NST-134 THE WHITE HOUSE TRUMAN WASHINGTON fu February 26, 1952 Dear lfr. Roosevelt: I have read with interest and appreciation your summary report concerning the last meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. You did a fine job. I know that it must have been difficult to carry on with the staff problems you had, especially during a session where the problems up for discussion were tough to deal with. But I know that your leadership of the United States delegation was inspiring and I feel that what you did at Paris carried all of us further along the road to- wards peace. I think particularly of action taken on such problems as disarmament and collective security. As your letter makes clear, the General Assembly is invaluable in offering a forum for consultation and co- operation with other delegations. It gives us a chance to make our views widely known to other peoples, and vice versa. I think it speaks well for United States policies, and the way they were presented at Paris, that our position was sup- ported by the Assembly on almost all important items. I was especially interested in what you had to say regarding Arab aspirations and the trance-like state of mind in Western Europe concerning the Soviet nenace. We must continue steadfast and show the way to greater strength and realism. I thank you for all you have done. Very sincerely yours, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Park Sheraton Hotel, HaryJhurnam 56th Street and Seventh Avenue, New York, N. Y.