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Document 16609
DOUGLAS MacARTHUR. Important TLS: "D. Mac
A", 1p, 8x10¾. New York, 1961 May 22. To silent screen actress Corinne
Griffith, Beverly Hills. In part: "I have read with deep interest
the enclosures to your letter of May 19th. The references to the British are
substantially correct. I know nothing as to the participation of Mr. Rusk in my
relief from the Far East. Whatever may have been the voting record of
Eisenhower, his actions as President followed generally the policies of the
Democratic Party and his support in Congress was largely by the Democratic
leaders, Rayburn in the House and Johnson in the Senate. His election and
reelection were due largely to normally Democratic voters...." Lightly
creased. Light horizontal fold touches signature. Nicked at upper right edge at
horizontal fold. Fine condition. SAM RAYBURN was Speaker of the House;
LYNDON B. JOHNSON was Senate Majority Leader. Accompanied by a
printed excerpt from And Men Wept by Catherine Palfrey Baldwin, published
in 1954, one of the enclosures referred to by MacArthur. In part: "We
understand from a reliable source that the British Ambassador to Japan called
upon General MacArthur and told him, 'My country wants you to put Japan in the
sterling block,' to which General MacArthur replied 'No, in the United States
dollar block, so that she can trade with the United States.' A few days later
the Ambassador returned and again spoke to the General, this time his remark
was, 'I think I should tell you, General, that if you do not put Japan in the
sterling block my country is going to see that you are removed from Japan'...Soon
came the recall, the whole country was indignant, few knew the real reason and
only a few knew that the brief, recalling this great General, was written in the
State Department in Washington by Dean Rusk, the Rhodes scholar...Thus does
Britain run the affairs of this nation, Rhodes scholars are educated at Oxford
to return as ambassadors for Britain to this country." Lightly creased. Shaded
at perimeter. 3 file holes at blank left margin, tackhead-size stain at lower
blank margin. Overall, fine condition. DEAN RUSK had been President
Kennedy's Secretary of State for four months when Griffith sent her letter to
MacArthur. Two items.
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