LETTER TO THE HONORABLE ALLEN W. DULLES FROM LEO CHERNE

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2003
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• Publication Date: December 14, 1959
• Content Type: LETTER

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December 14, 1959
The Honorable Allen W. Dulles,
Central Intelligence Agency
2430 E Street, North West
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Dulles:
Director
We are enclosing a list of those individuals who will be included
in Allan Nevins' "Living History of the Critical Years: 1935-1960".
Because your incisive leadership of the Central Intelligence Agency has
strengthened the West in its struggle for freedom, you have been named
as. one of the key individuals who have helped shape that history.
The presentation will be made at The Research Institute's Twenty-
Fifth Anniversary Dinner in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria.,
Wednesday evening, April 27, 1960, to which you are invited as an honored
guest. On that occasion we will commemorate the past 25 exciting years
of our country's, history and honor those like you who helped to shape
America's destiny during this, past quarter century.
It is appropriate for the Institute to emphasize this living history
-- rather than its own growth --because the heart of our work during
these years has been to analyse for the business community the great
crises, conflicts, growth, challenges and agony of our country.
More than 3000 of the nation's leading businessmen, labor leaders,
educators., press and communication. executives will be with us in the Ball-
room; and a national television and radio audience will. be tuned in to the
event. CBS Television has already indicated its interest in covering this
occasion. with a special live TV broadcast from the banquet hall. A similar
strong interest has been expressed to us by Time-LIFE.
The program of the evening will be a presentation of the honored
guests on the unusually dramatic dais. All of them have one thing in
common: their decisions, their actions, their lives, their particular role
in a specific event, conflict, period or crisis of these 25 years helped
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The flow of the history of our Republic is best seen in the sequence
of great issues, stirring controversies and differences which are the steps
on the ladder of growth of a free society. We are, of course, aware that
some of those who will be honored on this occasion have been in occasional
opposition to each other on isolated matters*
to celebrate histor and But since it is our purpose
y pay tribute to the American society, we will empha-
size the healthy rather than the tensely emotional aspects of these contro-
versies.
Each dais guest will be identified with the particular affirmative
contribution he has made to our history and to our country. The text which
will be used in introducing you and in highlighting your contribution to
America's growth will be submitted to you for comment and suggestion.
We enclose a list of those persons who like you, have been invited
as guests of honor on this occasion. We deeply hope that you will advise us
of your acceptance of this invitation for the evening of April 27, 1960.
With warm personal wishes.
Sincerely yours,
Leo Cherne
Executive Director
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