TLS, one page, 6.25 x 8.75, personal letterhead, November 1, 1961. Letter to Mr. Brown about Charles Douglas Jackson. In full: “I first met C. D. Jackson when he was serving in the Psychological Warfare Branch of the Allied Forces Headquarters in Algiers during the early days of World War II. Since that time we have been warm friends, and during the first two years of my Administration he was in charge of what has come to be known as the ‘cold war’ strategy of this country. To all his public, official and business responsibilities, C. D. Brings a high degree of intelligence and an acute awareness of all the aspects of the problems that confront him. He sees in every such responsibility challenge and excitement, and transmits to others his enthusiasm and sense of urgency. He relentlessly pursues every new approach to the great problems of our times. Throughout the years he has devoted his great talents and energies to the good of the community and our country, to the lasting benefit of us all. That he is now helping promote the Health for Peace concept, through his association with the Children’s Asthma Research Institute and Hospital, augurs well for this important part of the overall People to People program, a program which C. D. And I believe, as do many other people, is one practical way toward achieving the peace, with justice and in freedom, that the whole world so desperately seeks and without which our civilization is doomed." In fine condition, possibly slightly trimmed from a larger size, with a thin strip of toning along right edge.
Jackson was an expert on psychological warfare who served in the Office of Strategic Services in World War II and later as Special Assistant to the President during the Eisenhower administration. As part of his Cold War strategies, Jackson brought his “high degree of intelligence and an acute awareness of all the aspects of the problems” to counsel Ike on the various personalities involved in anti-Communism movement of the 1950s—particularly Senator Joseph McCarthy—a man whom Jackson saw as self-serving and unstable. Both Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon must have relied heavily on the general’s insight, particularly when McCarthy launched attacks against the president and vice president about not doing enough to stop the spread of Communism in the United States. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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