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146 DRAFT - 11/15/52 MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT and GENERAL EISENHOWER AND THEIR AIDES RECORDS A. Purpose of Meeting. 1. I have invited you gentlemen to meet with me here to establish the framework for full understanding of our problems and our purposes in the interin until January 20. 2. So far as our relations with other countries are concerned, I think it is important during this period to avoid needless differences between this Administration and its successor for several reasons. a) It will show the vorld national unity in foreign policy as far as politically possible. b) It vill help to maintain respect abroad for the power and influence of the United States. c) It will help to sustain the confidence of our allies and friends in the continuity of our foreign policy in so far as it is possible and proper to do so. d) It will lessen the opportunities for the Kremlin to divide the United States from its allies and friends. e) It will deter the Kremlin from precipitating a crisis on the basis of a misunderstanding of the unity and strength of purpose of the United States.