Letter from Philip C. Jessup to Secretary of State Dean Acheson

ge you 567 UNITED STATES DELEGATION SECHE TO THE 315 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS December 11, 1951 Hotel Astoria 131, Avenue des Champs-Elysées Paris (8e) France Confidential and Porsonal - Iyas only Dear Dean: Senator Austin came in to the office a minute this morning and asked me to come up to see him which I did. He recognized very frankly that he had been ill and that for a day or two had been unable to deal at all with decisions on current problems. He also recognized that as a result of his illness he had not yet recovered his ability to arrive quickly at nec- essary decisions; in other words, that he had slowed down. I think he knows in a general way but perhaps not in detail that there seems to have been a clot which, as I understand it, lodged in the brain and caused a temporary interruption. They treated him with anti-coagulants and the immediate difficulty, I gather, has been removed. He seems to be perfectly lucid and calm and told me that he had definitely decided that he should disregard all work of any kind for the present and should go back to New York and get a full rest before resuming his duties. He asked particularly that I should write you and tell you all this saying that he wanted you to know just what had happened and what his present situation is. He explained that in deciding upon a complete rest he had agreed also to eliminate writing any letters, which was an added reason why he wanted me to write you on his behalf. He wanted to thank you for your letter and also for what Alice wrote. He spoke very apprecia- tively of a telegram and a letter from the President in which he said the President in his usual way stood absolutely firmly behind him, as he always had. I think The Honorable Dean Acheson, Secretary of State, Washington. DECLASSIFIEO 8.0. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) STATE LTR. 5.1276 OSD letter, May 3, 107% 3-16-77 SECRET PROTECT wur 77-44 NARS Date 3:2/:27