ALS as president, one page, 6.25 x 4.25, The President stationery card with embossed golden seal, January 22, 1990. Letter to Douglass Campbell, in full: "Many thanks for your support for our actions in Panama. Our troops did an outstanding job. Barbara joins me in sending our warmest best wishes for 1990." In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original White House mailing envelope, annotated in another hand. In the largest military action by the US since the Vietnam War, over 27,000 soldiers and 300 aircraft invaded Panama on December 20, 1989, during Operation Just Cause. The invasion was designed to safeguard lives of US citizens in Panama, defend democracy and human rights, combat drug trafficking, and protect the integrity of the Torrijos-Carter Treaties through the immediate deposition of de facto ruler Manuel Noriega. Bush remains exceptionally rare in handwritten letters as president, with this example particularly desirable given its connection to one of Bush’s most controversial actions.
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