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Best.-Nr. 30521971. Very Good. Contents Summary: By a vote of 254 to 158 the House rejected the Nedzi-Whalen Amendment that would have prohibited the use of funds to be used in Southeast Asia particularly Vietnam after the end of 1971. It was created by opponents of the Vietnam War who supported the reduction of the military budget and a timetable of American forces in Vietnam. Nixon states that these proposals jeopardize the progress of American withdrawal. Typed Typed Letter Signed ‘RN’ in black ink. One Page 6 ¾” x 8 7/8”. Blind stamped of official seal ‘THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON’. Dated: June 24 1971. Slightly toned. Back stained from glue application. Very Good. Dated: June 24 Letter in full: "June 24 1971 Dear Roy: During consideration of the military procurement bill for the coming fiscal year a number of amendments were proposed seeking to legislate a deadline for American involvement in Indochina. The debate centered on the Nedzi-Whalen amendment which the House rejected June 17th by a vote of 254 to 158. This action by the House of Representatives helped materially to strengthen the efforts of this Administration to achieve a cease-fire the release of American prisoners and the negotiation of a just peace. I appreciate very much your vote and those cast by 253 of your colleagues. While we continue to reduce American forces in Indochina various proposals may be advanced in Congress similar to Nedzi-Whalen. Their adoption would seriously jeopardize the progress we are making in ending American involvement in Vietnam and in achieving a just peace. I look forward to working with you in the months ahead so that together we might increase the chances not only of ending this war but also of ensuring that other Americans will not have to fight other wars in the future. Sincerely RN Honorable Roy A. Taylor House of Representatives Washington D.C. unknown
Best.-Nr. 528414Louisville Kentucky: White Fields Press 1994. Unbound. Fine. Broadside. Illustrated with a portrait of Thompson by Christopher Felver. Measuring 15" x 35". Fine. Copy number 1 of 45 numbered copies Signed "HST" by Thompson. Thompson's jeremiad against Nixon first appearing in Rolling Stone upon the occasion of the latter's death here issued as #19 in the Published in Heaven Poster Series. OCLC locates only two copies. White Fields Press unknown
Best.-Nr. 528414Louisville Kentucky: White Fields Press 1994. Unbound. Fine. Broadside. Illustrated with a portrait of Thompson by Christopher Felver. Measuring 15" x 35". Fine. Copy number 1 of 45 numbered copies Signed "HST" by Thompson. Thompson's jeremiad against Nixon first appearing in Rolling Stone upon the occasion of the latter's death here issued as #19 in the Published in Heaven Poster Series. OCLC locates only two copies. White Fields Press unknown books
Best.-Nr. 1378New York: Arbor House 1985. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 240 PP. Signed and inscribed to General "Jimmy" Doolittle by President Richard Nixon directly on the half title-page. Signed "To General James Doolittle with appreciation for his years of dedicated service to the nation - far beyond the call of duty Love Richard Nixon 4-11-85." First printing copy with full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $14.95 intact on front flap of DJ. General James "Jimmy" Doolittle was a career officer in the US Air Corps and Air Force. His service to the country began as a flight and gunnery instructor during WWI and continued through the WWII years. He is most widely recognized as the leader and namesake of the famous "Doolittle Raiders" of 1942. This raid of 16 B-25 bombers was the first air attack on the Japanese after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in late 1941. Doolittle was the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom among many other accolades. His is one of the most widely recognized names in United States military history. An association copy of this magnitude is a true rarity. Arbor House hardcover
Best.-Nr. 194657Washington DC: Washington National Monument Association 1973. From the 37th to the 39th President Presentation copy from President Richard Nixon to Jimmy Carter with the presentation bookplate on the recto of the front free endpaper: "This copy of G. Washington: Man and Monument is presented to Jimmy Carter The White House Washington D.C. January 1974 Richard Nixon" signature possibly autopen. Carter's posthumous stamp "from the library of Jimmy Carter" is on the verso. Freidel was a leading political historian; Aikman later worked with the Carters on the revised edition of The Living White House. Their book combines a brief biography of Washington with a history of the construction of the Washington Monument. This is the second edition following the first of 1965. The publisher was an affiliate of the Washington National Monument Society. Nixon was ex officio president of the Society and Carter as Governor of Georgia one of its ex officio vice-presidents: the Society's 1859 charter designated the President of the United States as president and the state governors as vice-presidents. Carter's ink stamp was added ahead of its inclusion in the posthumous sale of Carter's library at Christie's with proceeds benefiting the Carter Family Foundation. Octavo. Original black cloth front cover lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Chip to unclipped jacket some wear: a fine copy in very good jacket. hardcover
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1959Best.-Nr. 884698Washington D.C. 1959. To columnist and television reporter of Meet the Press Lawrence E. Spivak on Vice Presidential stationery with a 5 page memo carbon unsigned describing his recent meeting with Fidel Castro. Nixon admires Castro's charisma and bravery here in this memorandum summarizing his discussion with the Cuban leader on April 19 1959. Nixon characterizes him as having" those indefinable qualities which make him a leader of men." But there was also much that disturbed him. Everything that Castro was doing from suspending elections to the executions of political opponents he justified as carrying out "the will of the people." Nixon says: "this almost slavish subservience to prevailing majority opinion - the voice of the mob - rather than his naive attitude toward Communism and his obvious lack of understanding of even the most elementary economic principles which concerned me most in evaluating what kind of a leader he might eventually turn out to be." In his conclusion Nixon says that because Castro has "the power to lead.we have no choice but at least to try to orient him in the right direction." Together 6 pages attached memo on carbons with some small glue remnant on the lower left corners fifth page of memo laid down with some glue residue showing. An historically important set of documents. 4to. unknown
1986Best.-Nr. 941029/08/1986. ""Too much of the debate has focused only on the possibilities of developing a one hundred percent leak-proof population defense which even the strongest proponents agree could not be developed until next century."" President Nixon made his mark in the area of foreign policy. Although he had made his own career as a militant opponent of Communism Nixon saw opportunities to reduce the temperature of the Cold War by improving relations with the Soviet Union. One of these was the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks negotiations which were a series of meetings beginning in Helsinki that lasted from November 17 1969 until May 1972. After a long deadlock the first results of SALT I came in May 1971 when an agreement was reached over anti-ballistic missiles systems. Further discussion brought the negotiations to an end in Moscow on May 26 1972 when Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev signed both the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the Interim Agreement Between The United States of America and The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Certain Measures With Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. These served to slow the growth in nuclear weapons and halt extensive proliferation. A premise of the Cold War mutually assured destruction meant simply that neither the US nor the USSR would attack the other because it would ensure that both would be obliterated. You could get the first shot in but unless you wiped out the entire capacity of the other side in one blow you would ensure your own demise. In 1969 Nixon announced an anti-ballistic missile defense system called Safeguard which aimed to protect the deterrent nuclear force of the United States its missile fields to maintain that deterrent capacity. This happened at the same time as the country was publicly debating the possibility of protecting entire US cities in a shield the technology of which did not exist. Safeguard never fully operated at its intended capacity and in fact was shut down soon after it launched. Ronald Reagan was not an active proponent of mutually assured destruction MAD. In 1983 he proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative SDI to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons. The initiative focused on strategic defense rather than the prior strategic offense doctrine of MAD. It was dubbed ""Star Wars"" by critics. The goal was to neutralize the Soviets' nuclear capacity regardless of the success of ongoing negotiations. The Soviets strongly opposed the Strategic Defense Initiative as they could not afford to match the U.S. in this area and they felt that if successful the concept of mutually assured destruction would be lost and the U.S. would be in a dominant position. In November of 1985 Gorbachev and Reagan were to meet in Geneva for a major summit. Both the Soviet Union and the United States were seeking to cut the number of nuclear weapons with the Soviets seeking to halve the number of nuclear-equipped bombers and missiles and the U.S. desiring to ensure that neither side gained a first-strike advantage and to protect rights to the Strategic Defense Initiative. These ideas of arms limitations and strategic defense were the cornerstones to the Cold War negotiations between the two global powers in a bi-polar world. One of those who joined the debate was U.S. Grant Sharp a 4-star admiral who was Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet and of US Pacific Command including during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. He wrote a piece in the San Diego papers which advocated the protection of US-based counter-force assets which touched on a subject central to Nixon's presidency and close to his heart missiles that would serve as a first-strike deterrent. Typed letter signed August 29 1986 New York City to Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp. ""Through our mutual friend Bill Stover I have just learned of Mrs. Sharp's passing and I want to take this opportunity to express my deepest sympathy. You can take comfort in the fact that she was by your side for over fifty-six years as you traveled all over the world during your career of outstanding service in the United States Navy. Mrs. Nixon joins me in extending our best wishes to you and your family. Sincerely Richard Nixon. ""P.S. I also want to you that I thought your column on SDI which appeared in the San Diego Union was right on target. Too much of the debate has focused only on the possibilities of developing a one hundred percent leak-proof population defense which even the strongest proponents agree could not be developed until next century. On the other hand a defense of our counter-force missile silos which presently are vulnerable to a first strike from Soviet Union's SS-18s could be deployed in the near future. Unless the Soviet Union agrees to offensive cuts which would remove its first-strike capability we have no choice but to go forward with an SDI program which would deny them that capacity."" unknown
1986Best.-Nr. 941029/08/1986. ""Too much of the debate has focused only on the possibilities of developing a one hundred percent leak-proof population defense which even the strongest proponents agree could not be developed until next century."" President Nixon made his mark in the area of foreign policy. Although he had made his own career as a militant opponent of Communism Nixon saw opportunities to reduce the temperature of the Cold War by improving relations with the Soviet Union. One of these was the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks negotiations which were a series of meetings beginning in Helsinki that lasted from November 17 1969 until May 1972. After a long deadlock the first results of SALT I came in May 1971 when an agreement was reached over anti-ballistic missiles systems. Further discussion brought the negotiations to an end in Moscow on May 26 1972 when Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev signed both the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the Interim Agreement Between The United States of America and The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Certain Measures With Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms. These served to slow the growth in nuclear weapons and halt extensive proliferation. A premise of the Cold War mutually assured destruction meant simply that neither the US nor the USSR would attack the other because it would ensure that both would be obliterated. You could get the first shot in but unless you wiped out the entire capacity of the other side in one blow you would ensure your own demise. In 1969 Nixon announced an anti-ballistic missile defense system called Safeguard which aimed to protect the deterrent nuclear force of the United States its missile fields to maintain that deterrent capacity. This happened at the same time as the country was publicly debating the possibility of protecting entire US cities in a shield the technology of which did not exist. Safeguard never fully operated at its intended capacity and in fact was shut down soon after it launched. Ronald Reagan was not an active proponent of mutually assured destruction MAD. In 1983 he proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative SDI to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons. The initiative focused on strategic defense rather than the prior strategic offense doctrine of MAD. It was dubbed ""Star Wars"" by critics. The goal was to neutralize the Soviets' nuclear capacity regardless of the success of ongoing negotiations. The Soviets strongly opposed the Strategic Defense Initiative as they could not afford to match the U.S. in this area and they felt that if successful the concept of mutually assured destruction would be lost and the U.S. would be in a dominant position. In November of 1985 Gorbachev and Reagan were to meet in Geneva for a major summit. Both the Soviet Union and the United States were seeking to cut the number of nuclear weapons with the Soviets seeking to halve the number of nuclear-equipped bombers and missiles and the U.S. desiring to ensure that neither side gained a first-strike advantage and to protect rights to the Strategic Defense Initiative. These ideas of arms limitations and strategic defense were the cornerstones to the Cold War negotiations between the two global powers in a bi-polar world. One of those who joined the debate was U.S. Grant Sharp a 4-star admiral who was Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet and of US Pacific Command including during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. He wrote a piece in the San Diego papers which advocated the protection of US-based counter-force assets which touched on a subject central to Nixon's presidency and close to his heart missiles that would serve as a first-strike deterrent. Typed letter signed August 29 1986 New York City to Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp. ""Through our mutual friend Bill Stover I have just learned of Mrs. Sharp's passing and I want to take this opportunity to express my deepest sympathy. You can take comfort in the fact that she was by your side for over fifty-six years as you traveled all over the world during your career of outstanding service in the United States Navy. Mrs. Nixon joins me in extending our best wishes to you and your family. Sincerely Richard Nixon. ""P.S. I also want to you that I thought your column on SDI which appeared in the San Diego Union was right on target. Too much of the debate has focused only on the possibilities of developing a one hundred percent leak-proof population defense which even the strongest proponents agree could not be developed until next century. On the other hand a defense of our counter-force missile silos which presently are vulnerable to a first strike from Soviet Union's SS-18s could be deployed in the near future. Unless the Soviet Union agrees to offensive cuts which would remove its first-strike capability we have no choice but to go forward with an SDI program which would deny them that capacity."" unknown books
Best.-Nr. 134249Typescript reproduction of the final paragraphs of Ford's 1974 Proclamation of Pardon granting a full and unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon his predecessor for any crimes that he might have committed against the United States as president. One page typescript. Signed and dated by Gerald Ford "Gerald Ford 11/5/79" and Richard Nixon. Accompanied by two glossy photographs signed by Ford. In fine condition. The signed pardon measures 7.5 by 5.5 inches. The photographs measure 8 inches by 10 inches. Exceptionally rare. Gerald Ford issued Proclamation 4311 on September 8 1974 granting a full and unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon his predecessor for any crimes that he might have committed against the United States as president. In particular the pardon covered Nixon's actions during the Watergate scandal. In a televised broadcast to the nation Ford who had succeeded to the presidency upon Nixon's resignation explained that he felt the pardon was in the best interests of the country and that the Nixon family's situation was "a tragedy in which we all have played a part. It could go on and on and on or someone must write the end to it. I have concluded that only I can do that and if I can I must." unknown
Best.-Nr. 195101New York: Warner Books 1982. From one leader to another First edition a superb presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title: "To Prime Minister Harold Wilson with warm regards from Richard Nixon 1982". Wilson was prime minister at both the beginning and the end of Nixon's presidency serving from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976. Despite their political differences the two men enjoyed cordial personal relations. Welcoming Wilson to Washington on 27 January 1970 Nixon called him "an old friend not only in government but as an old friend personally". Anglo-American relations improved during their first period in office together. Relations became more difficult under Wilson's successor Edward Heath who gave priority to British entry into the European Economic Community. Wilson continued to regard close relations with Washington as central to British foreign policy and his return to office in March 1974 brought renewed contact with Nixon. Following Nixon's disgrace after Watergate on a 1978 visit to the United Kingdom Wilson was happy to meet with Nixon who was at that time shunned both by the James Callaghan government and by Edward Heath. Leaders combines political portraits with Nixon's personal recollections of the statesmen he encountered during his career. It formed part of the series of books interviews and foreign-policy interventions through which he sought to rebuild his public reputation after Watergate. Wilson's library was dispersed by auction in 2019. Octavo. Original black quarter cloth blue paper-covered sides spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Housed in a black cloth flat-back box by the Chelsea Bindery. Note in Wilson's hand "258" to rear blank and to rear flap of jacket presumably referencing the page detailing De Gasperi and the 1982 Polish demonstrations. A little light soiling to top edge and thumbing to book; unclipped jacket with some wear at extremities: a very good copy in very good jacket. hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 019025New York: Warner Books 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with a closed tear and crease at the rear. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Nixon as usual for this book on a tipped-in publisher's bookplate. This copy however is INSCRIBED to Barry Goldwater. Barry Goldwater a five-term United States Senator from Arizona 1953-1965 1969-1987 and the Republican Party's nominee for President in the 1964 election is the politician most often credited for sparking the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. His landslide defeat to Lyndon Johnson which also brought down many other Republican candidates opened the door for Johnson and a Congress dominated by Democrats to pass the Great Society programs. Goldwater returned to the Senate in 1969 but his role as a leader of the conservative movement had been transferred to Ronald Reagan. In 1974 Goldwater successfully urged President Richard Nixon whom he called "the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life" to resign at the height of the Watergate scandal. Goldwater retired in 1987 and was succeeded in office by John McCain. Acquired from the Goldwater family. Warner Books hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 88223/1/57. On October 23 1956 a student demonstration against the Soviet-dominated regime in Hungary became the first serious challenge to Communist authority since the Soviet Union drove the Nazis out and occupied Eastern Europe at the end of World War II. The demonstrators marched to the Parliament building in Budapest where Hungarian State Security Police detained a group of them who attempted to enter the radio building to broadcast the students_ demands. The police then fired on a group of demonstrators who demanded their release and killed a student. When demonstrators wrapped the body in a flag and paraded it in central Budapest violence erupted and news of the event provoked unrest throughout the country. The pro-Soviet government collapsed and a new government disbanded the State Security Police and announced its intention to withdraw from the Soviet-run Warsaw Pact and to hold free elections. The Hungarian Revolt was one of the crucial events of the Cold War On October 31 the Moscow newspaper “Pravda” stated that the Soviet government was “prepared to enter into the appropriate negotiations with the government of the Hungarian People’s Republic and other members of the Warsaw Treaty on the question of the presence of Soviet troops on the territory of Hungary.” That same day though unwilling to appear weak to the United States Soviet leaders reversed course and decided to take military action to crush the rebellion. In the early morning hours of November 4 Soviet troops invaded Hungary. The free Hungarian government fled and by November 7 the Soviets installed János Kádár as the new Prime Minister. In six days the Soviet military completely crushed the revolution. More than 2500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet soldiers were killed. By January the new Soviet puppet government had suppressed the opposition. However meanwhile large numbers of Hungarians were fleeing the country mostly headed for Austria. This unfolding drama received hour-by-hour press coverage throughout the world with film footage appearing every evening on the news in the U.S. and elsewhere. The invasion with its graphic depiction of Soviet tanks on the city streets in Hungary clashing with demonstrators destroyed the Soviet argument that Eastern Europe was voluntarily within the Soviet sphere. It also confirmed to those in the West that there was a real Cold War at hand and that the Soviets were the aggressors as they could only hold their people by force. Strong anti-Communists like Richard M. Nixon then Vice President in the Eisenhower Administration seemed confirmed in their judgments. By the time Hungary’s borders were sealed 200000 refugees had fled the country. Of those approximately 180000 went to Austria and another 20000 went to Yugoslavia. The refugees needed care and resettlement and this required a massive effort led by the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 37 nations on five continents accepted refugees with the plurality - 40000 - going to the United States. Llewellyn E. Thompson was U.S. Ambassador to Austria so to him fell the main responsibility for managing the American effort to care for them and arrange their resettlement. Lewellyn Thompson was one of the most important American diplomats of the 20th Century. After two years at his post in Vienna he would become the United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War serving two separate tours in the administrations of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and then acting as advisor to Richard M. Nixon. Few Ambassadors faced as many crises as Thompson did in Moscow - the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance aircraft over Russia the great confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union over Berlin and the building of the Berlin Wall very difficult summits between Soviet Premier Khruschev and Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy the August 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and tensions over the Vietnam War. But there were also steps toward better relations. At Thompson's suggestion Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet leader to visit the U.S. in 1959. Thompson helped arrange and was present for the 1967 summit in the U.S. between President Johnson and Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro New Jersey after the Six-Day War in the Middle East exacerbated tensions. Also in 1967 the Soviet Union and U.S. agreed to begin cooperation in space with the joint Soyuz-Apollo program. The first treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was signed on July 1 1968. Thompson’s stint as Ambassador to the Soviet Union began in 1957 when President Eisenhower appointed him to the post. President Kennedy reappointed him in 1961 which was a tribute to Thompson as new presidents usually name their people to the top diplomatic posts. He ended his first tour in Moscow in 1962 when President Kennedy brought him home to Washington to become his Ambassador-at-Large as a member of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council advising the President on Soviet affairs. Shortly after returning to Washington Thompson provided President Kennedy with advice that was crucial to avoiding nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Johnson reappointed him to the ambassadorship to Moscow in 1967 and he served until 1969. He came out of retirement to advise President Nixon on the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty SALT negotiations with the Soviet Union and represented the United States in the SALT talks from 1969 until his death in 1972. He thus was able to provide valuable insight into Soviet thought to four American presidents. Secretary of State William P. Rogers called him “one of the outstanding diplomats of his generation.” From December 18-24 1956 Nixon traveled to Austria to get first hand accounts from Hungarian refugees and inspect their conditions and aid requirements. Thompson aided him during that trip and Nixon was grateful. “You can be proud of the magnificent job being done under your able direction to discharge American responsibility in meeting the needs of the Hungarian refugees in Austria."" Typed Letter Signed on Office of the Vice President letthead Washington January 3 1957 to Thompson. “This is just a note to tell you how deeply I appreciated the generous hospitality which you and Mrs. Thompson extended to me and the members of my party during my recent visit to Austria. Due to your efforts and those of your staff I was able to accomplish my inspection mission in a limited period of time and I am grateful for the many courtesies which were extended to me. “You can be proud of the magnificent job being done under your able direction to discharge American responsibility in meeting the needs of the Hungarian refugees in Austria. This compliment is meant for you and your permanent staff of all nationalities and agencies as well as those who have come from other countries on short notice to meet the need for additional help the wives and families who have been working long hours as volunteers to relieve hardship and the hundreds of American and international relief agency workers. All of you have shown a wonderful spirit of dedication in rendering public service in the highest American tradition and I was highly pleased to find this same devotion to duty and deep interest in the refugee problem reflected among American personnel when we stopped in Munich in Prestwick and in Iceland. “It was a pleasure for me to report to the President on your splendid activities and I know he would want to join me in saying – “well done keep up the good work.” ""Mrs. Nixon joins me in sending our very best wishes for the New Year.” The accompanying envelope which is still present bears Nixon_s printed free frank. It was not mailed and therefore evidently was delivered by diplomatic pouch. This letter comes directly from the Thompson descendants. unknown
Best.-Nr. 88223/1/57. On October 23 1956 a student demonstration against the Soviet-dominated regime in Hungary became the first serious challenge to Communist authority since the Soviet Union drove the Nazis out and occupied Eastern Europe at the end of World War II. The demonstrators marched to the Parliament building in Budapest where Hungarian State Security Police detained a group of them who attempted to enter the radio building to broadcast the students_ demands. The police then fired on a group of demonstrators who demanded their release and killed a student. When demonstrators wrapped the body in a flag and paraded it in central Budapest violence erupted and news of the event provoked unrest throughout the country. The pro-Soviet government collapsed and a new government disbanded the State Security Police and announced its intention to withdraw from the Soviet-run Warsaw Pact and to hold free elections. The Hungarian Revolt was one of the crucial events of the Cold War On October 31 the Moscow newspaper “Pravda” stated that the Soviet government was “prepared to enter into the appropriate negotiations with the government of the Hungarian People’s Republic and other members of the Warsaw Treaty on the question of the presence of Soviet troops on the territory of Hungary.” That same day though unwilling to appear weak to the United States Soviet leaders reversed course and decided to take military action to crush the rebellion. In the early morning hours of November 4 Soviet troops invaded Hungary. The free Hungarian government fled and by November 7 the Soviets installed János Kádár as the new Prime Minister. In six days the Soviet military completely crushed the revolution. More than 2500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet soldiers were killed. By January the new Soviet puppet government had suppressed the opposition. However meanwhile large numbers of Hungarians were fleeing the country mostly headed for Austria. This unfolding drama received hour-by-hour press coverage throughout the world with film footage appearing every evening on the news in the U.S. and elsewhere. The invasion with its graphic depiction of Soviet tanks on the city streets in Hungary clashing with demonstrators destroyed the Soviet argument that Eastern Europe was voluntarily within the Soviet sphere. It also confirmed to those in the West that there was a real Cold War at hand and that the Soviets were the aggressors as they could only hold their people by force. Strong anti-Communists like Richard M. Nixon then Vice President in the Eisenhower Administration seemed confirmed in their judgments. By the time Hungary’s borders were sealed 200000 refugees had fled the country. Of those approximately 180000 went to Austria and another 20000 went to Yugoslavia. The refugees needed care and resettlement and this required a massive effort led by the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 37 nations on five continents accepted refugees with the plurality - 40000 - going to the United States. Llewellyn E. Thompson was U.S. Ambassador to Austria so to him fell the main responsibility for managing the American effort to care for them and arrange their resettlement. Lewellyn Thompson was one of the most important American diplomats of the 20th Century. After two years at his post in Vienna he would become the United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War serving two separate tours in the administrations of Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and then acting as advisor to Richard M. Nixon. Few Ambassadors faced as many crises as Thompson did in Moscow - the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance aircraft over Russia the great confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union over Berlin and the building of the Berlin Wall very difficult summits between Soviet Premier Khruschev and Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy the August 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and tensions over the Vietnam War. But there were also steps toward better relations. At Thompson's suggestion Nikita Khrushchev became the first Soviet leader to visit the U.S. in 1959. Thompson helped arrange and was present for the 1967 summit in the U.S. between President Johnson and Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro New Jersey after the Six-Day War in the Middle East exacerbated tensions. Also in 1967 the Soviet Union and U.S. agreed to begin cooperation in space with the joint Soyuz-Apollo program. The first treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was signed on July 1 1968. Thompson’s stint as Ambassador to the Soviet Union began in 1957 when President Eisenhower appointed him to the post. President Kennedy reappointed him in 1961 which was a tribute to Thompson as new presidents usually name their people to the top diplomatic posts. He ended his first tour in Moscow in 1962 when President Kennedy brought him home to Washington to become his Ambassador-at-Large as a member of the Executive Committee of the National Security Council advising the President on Soviet affairs. Shortly after returning to Washington Thompson provided President Kennedy with advice that was crucial to avoiding nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. President Johnson reappointed him to the ambassadorship to Moscow in 1967 and he served until 1969. He came out of retirement to advise President Nixon on the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty SALT negotiations with the Soviet Union and represented the United States in the SALT talks from 1969 until his death in 1972. He thus was able to provide valuable insight into Soviet thought to four American presidents. Secretary of State William P. Rogers called him “one of the outstanding diplomats of his generation.” From December 18-24 1956 Nixon traveled to Austria to get first hand accounts from Hungarian refugees and inspect their conditions and aid requirements. Thompson aided him during that trip and Nixon was grateful. “You can be proud of the magnificent job being done under your able direction to discharge American responsibility in meeting the needs of the Hungarian refugees in Austria."" Typed Letter Signed on Office of the Vice President letthead Washington January 3 1957 to Thompson. “This is just a note to tell you how deeply I appreciated the generous hospitality which you and Mrs. Thompson extended to me and the members of my party during my recent visit to Austria. Due to your efforts and those of your staff I was able to accomplish my inspection mission in a limited period of time and I am grateful for the many courtesies which were extended to me. “You can be proud of the magnificent job being done under your able direction to discharge American responsibility in meeting the needs of the Hungarian refugees in Austria. This compliment is meant for you and your permanent staff of all nationalities and agencies as well as those who have come from other countries on short notice to meet the need for additional help the wives and families who have been working long hours as volunteers to relieve hardship and the hundreds of American and international relief agency workers. All of you have shown a wonderful spirit of dedication in rendering public service in the highest American tradition and I was highly pleased to find this same devotion to duty and deep interest in the refugee problem reflected among American personnel when we stopped in Munich in Prestwick and in Iceland. “It was a pleasure for me to report to the President on your splendid activities and I know he would want to join me in saying – “well done keep up the good work.” ""Mrs. Nixon joins me in sending our very best wishes for the New Year.” The accompanying envelope which is still present bears Nixon_s printed free frank. It was not mailed and therefore evidently was delivered by diplomatic pouch. This letter comes directly from the Thompson descendants. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 190685Norwalk Connecticut Easton Press 1988. The 38th President's copy of the 37th President's memoirs First Easton Press edition signed as issued with a superb provenance: the copy of Nixon's successor as President Gerald Ford with his bookplate on the front pastedown. It is no exaggeration to say that each was the most important man in the other's life - Nixon appointing Ford as Vice President resulted in Ford becoming President and Ford's pardoning of Nixon saved him from an ignominious trial and potential prison term. Their relationship was of profound consequence in American history. Nixon's memoirs charts his life from his childhood to his leaving the White House and defends his presidency and his actions in Watergate. Ford plays a central role throughout the book. The pair were friends from early in their political careers. This combined with Ford's bipartisan support in Congress led to Nixon choosing him as Vice President and consequently placing him in the White House upon his resignation. Ford's pardon of Nixon may have ended "the long national nightmare" but also tanked Ford's own popularity and led to his defeat in the 1976 presidential election. Repeatedly in his memoirs Nixon commends Ford's loyalty character and ability. Octavo. Original blue bonded leather spine lettered in gilt patterned endpapers gilt edges. Housed in a blue quarter morocco box by the Chelsea Bindery. Two publisher's prospectuses loosely inserted. Slight rubbing to spine else a fine copy. hardcover
1980Best.-Nr. 019025New York: Warner Books 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with a closed tear and crease at the rear. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Nixon as usual for this book on a tipped-in publisher's bookplate. This copy however is INSCRIBED to Barry Goldwater. Barry Goldwater a five-term United States Senator from Arizona 1953-1965 1969-1987 and the Republican Party's nominee for President in the 1964 election is the politician most often credited for sparking the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. His landslide defeat to Lyndon Johnson which also brought down many other Republican candidates opened the door for Johnson and a Congress dominated by Democrats to pass the Great Society programs. Goldwater returned to the Senate in 1969 but his role as a leader of the conservative movement had been transferred to Ronald Reagan. In 1974 Goldwater successfully urged President Richard Nixon whom he called "the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life" to resign at the height of the Watergate scandal. Goldwater retired in 1987 and was succeeded in office by John McCain. Acquired from the Goldwater family. Warner Books hardcover
Best.-Nr. 152845Washington 1974. Rare large Official White House color photograph of President Richard Nixon and his cabinet signed by the President Vice President Gerald Ford and sixteen members of his cabinet. The full-length group portrait taken by a White House photographer shows the President and his cabinet standing in a row in the Oval Office each having signed vertically in the image above his or her portrait. Those signing are President Richard Nixon Vice President Gerald Ford Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger Attorney General William B. Saxbe Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan Secretary of Health Education and Welfare Caspar Weinberger Secretary of Housing and Urban Development James T. Lynn Secretary of Transportation Claude Brinegar Budget Director Roy Ash Counselors Bryce Harlow Melvin Laird and Anne L. Armstrong and United Nations Ambassador John A. Scali lacking only the signature of Postmaster General E. T. Klassen. Triple matted and framed. In near fine condition with some fading to the signatures of Ford Dent and Ash some fading to the image a few scattered minor creases. The entire piece measures 21 inches by 17 inches. A remarkable record of the Nixon cabinet in the final months of his presidency uniting the signatures of the president his future successor and his cabinet on a single official White House image. Richard Nixon 1913-1994 the thirty-seventh President of the United States assembled this cabinet in the final embattled period of his presidency as the Watergate scandal closed in around him. The photograph is doubly historic for including Vice President Gerald Ford whom Nixon had appointed to replace the disgraced Spiro Agnew in December 1973 and who would succeed to the presidency upon Nixon’s resignation in August 1974 becoming the only person ever to serve as president without having been elected to either the presidency or the vice presidency. Among the signers are Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger and Treasury Secretary George Shultz figures who shaped American policy through one of the most turbulent chapters in the nation’s modern history. unknown
1945Best.-Nr. 148763Germany: Bad Nauheim November 11 1945. Rare original dinner menu from George S. Patton's 60th birthday celebration at the Spa Hotel in Bad Nauheim Germany on November 11 1945. Octavo featuring colorful hand-decorated double ruled borders four-star rank and unit insignia designs. Boldly signed under the four-star rank insignia by Patton "G. S. Patton Jr." Additionally signed by eighteen attendees including: Robert B. Patterson recently elevated to Secretary of War; Hobart R. Gay Patton's Chief-of Staff; Paul D. Harkins deputy Chief-of-Staff and later Vietnam-era commander; Geoffrey Keyes; and Thomas H. Nixon. In near fine condition. General George S. Patton’s 60th birthday celebration was a day-long event that served both as a reunion with fellow veterans of the Third and Seventh Armies and as a farewell before his planned departure for the United States on December 10 1945. The occasion offered a brief moment of joy amid the turbulence of Patton’s final months. In September just weeks earlier he had been relieved of his positions as commander of the Third Army and military governor of Bavaria by General Eisenhower following controversial remarks in which he compared former Nazi Party members to Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Reassigned to lead the Fifteenth Army a unit tasked with compiling the official history of the war Patton found little satisfaction in the new role. He disagreed with American denazification efforts and believed U.S. forces should remain strong in Europe to counter any future threat from the Soviet Union. With no reassignment to the Pacific forthcoming Patton hoped simply to return home—a journey he would never complete. On December 9 a truck collided with his jeep resulting in a broken neck and paralysis; he died in a hospital in Heidelberg on December 21 1945. Bad Nauheim unknown
Best.-Nr. 05543London: William Holland 1797. A Medley of Characters A Wonderful 'Frieze' by John Colley Nixon NIXON John Colley A Medley of Characters. Drawn by J. Nixon engraved by Ziegler. London: William Holland 31 January 1797. Oblong quarto 28 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches; 276 x 723 mm. Large landscape hand-colored aquatint engraving on four sheets. Total size 10 3/4 x 114 inches; 277 x 2892 mm. Four numbered sheets all with "Drawn by J. Nixon Esq.r' / A Medley of Characters / Engraved by Ziegler / London Pub. by Willm. Holland Cockspur Street". Small closed tear to blank margin of first plate not affecting image; neatly repaired 3 1/8 inch tear to lower right hand edge just touching image otherwise an excellent complete suite of this exceptionally rare panorama showing John Nixon's gentle satire. Chemised in a quarter black morocco clamshell case measuring 12 x 30 inches; 305 x 762 mm. spine with five raised bands ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. This panorama works as a kind of frieze showing fifty-six characters including "A Whip Seller in Belfast"; "Ascot Heath Races"; "Enfield Races"; "An Irishman coming from Market"; "At a sale of Pictures" and "At a Concert". This is a rare survival of such material particularly given that the large landscape format would not have lent it readily to being stored in an album or chest options for smaller varieties of popular prints but instead to immediate display. The form was an innovation by Henry Bunbury whose landscape satire Long Minuet of 1787 proved very popular; this print is one of several which derives directly from it. Bunbury himself must have thought the print significant since he is pictured completing it in his portrait by Lawrence. Although the prints may date to around 1797 as suggested by William A. Gordon in his British Caricature no. BC-3 his example gives the place of publication as Oxford Street - our example with the place as Cockspur street most likely dates to around 1802 when Holland is documented as being at Cockspur street. OCLC & KVK locate no examples in libraries and institutions worldwide. Plate 1. "A Stick & Whip Seller in Belfast/Ascot Heath Races June 1791/Enfield Races Aug. 1791" 5 images 10 figures Plate 2. " 10 images 25 figures Plate 3. "An Irishman coming from Market" 9 images 11 figures Plate 4. " At a sale of Pictures / At a Concert" 9 images 10 figures John Colley Nixon ca. 1750 - 1818. "Nixon was a wealthy amateur caricaturist who flourished in the 1780s and 1790s. He was a close friend of Thomas Rowlandson and regularly socialized with his circle including Henry Angelo the actor Jack bannister JohnWolcot Peter Pindar and the well-known art collector Matthew Mitchell." He signed himself 'Esq.r' signaling his claim to middle-class gentility. He was a merchant of successful Irish mercantile stock yet with strong links to artistic and fashionable circles. His brothers Robert and James also dabbled in art and he exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1781-1813. His friends included the topographer and satirist Captain Francis Grose who accompanied him on one of the frequent trips to Ireland in which he combined business and the pleasures of sketching as he traveled. Like Grose he turned his hand also to a variety of genres illustrating Sterne's Tristram Shandy and turning particularly to topography informed by extensive travels in Britain and on the Continent. His work features in the series Seats of the Nobility and Gentry and he illustrated travel books such as Thomas Pennant's Journey from London to the Isle of Wight. He developed strong ties with that island and would eventually die in Ryde. William Holland fl. c. 1759-1815 published many of Nixon's satirical prints. Like other publishers such as Boydell Holland publicized his wares by mounting them as a kind of exhibition at his premises. Though this is a very innocent print Holland was not averse to taking risks: he was briefly imprisoned in 1793 for publishing a pamphlet by Thomas Paine and it has been suggested that he also published under the pseudonyms Paddy Whack and Jacob Douce. Gordon. British Caricature BC-3. Oxford Street 1797. London: William Holland, 1797 unknown
Best.-Nr. 05543London: William Holland 1797. A Medley of Characters A Wonderful 'Frieze' by John Colley Nixon NIXON John Colley A Medley of Characters. Drawn by J. Nixon engraved by Ziegler. London: William Holland 31 January 1797. Oblong quarto 28 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches; 276 x 723 mm. Large landscape hand-colored aquatint engraving on four sheets. Total size 10 3/4 x 114 inches; 277 x 2892 mm. Four numbered sheets all with "Drawn by J. Nixon Esq.r' / A Medley of Characters / Engraved by Ziegler / London Pub. by Willm. Holland Cockspur Street". Small closed tear to blank margin of first plate not affecting image; neatly repaired 3 1/8 inch tear to lower right hand edge just touching image otherwise an excellent complete suite of this exceptionally rare panorama showing John Nixon's gentle satire. Chemised in a quarter black morocco clamshell case measuring 12 x 30 inches; 305 x 762 mm. spine with five raised bands ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. This panorama works as a kind of frieze showing fifty-six characters including "A Whip Seller in Belfast"; "Ascot Heath Races"; "Enfield Races"; "An Irishman coming from Market"; "At a sale of Pictures" and "At a Concert". This is a rare survival of such material particularly given that the large landscape format would not have lent it readily to being stored in an album or chest options for smaller varieties of popular prints but instead to immediate display. The form was an innovation by Henry Bunbury whose landscape satire Long Minuet of 1787 proved very popular; this print is one of several which derives directly from it. Bunbury himself must have thought the print significant since he is pictured completing it in his portrait by Lawrence. Although the prints may date to around 1797 as suggested by William A. Gordon in his British Caricature no. BC-3 his example gives the place of publication as Oxford Street - our example with the place as Cockspur street most likely dates to around 1802 when Holland is documented as being at Cockspur street. OCLC & KVK locate no examples in libraries and institutions worldwide. Plate 1. "A Stick & Whip Seller in Belfast/Ascot Heath Races June 1791/Enfield Races Aug. 1791" 5 images 10 figures Plate 2. " 10 images 25 figures Plate 3. "An Irishman coming from Market" 9 images 11 figures Plate 4. " At a sale of Pictures / At a Concert" 9 images 10 figures John Colley Nixon ca. 1750 - 1818. "Nixon was a wealthy amateur caricaturist who flourished in the 1780s and 1790s. He was a close friend of Thomas Rowlandson and regularly socialized with his circle including Henry Angelo the actor Jack bannister JohnWolcot Peter Pindar and the well-known art collector Matthew Mitchell." He signed himself 'Esq.r' signaling his claim to middle-class gentility. He was a merchant of successful Irish mercantile stock yet with strong links to artistic and fashionable circles. His brothers Robert and James also dabbled in art and he exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1781-1813. His friends included the topographer and satirist Captain Francis Grose who accompanied him on one of the frequent trips to Ireland in which he combined business and the pleasures of sketching as he traveled. Like Grose he turned his hand also to a variety of genres illustrating Sterne's Tristram Shandy and turning particularly to topography informed by extensive travels in Britain and on the Continent. His work features in the series Seats of the Nobility and Gentry and he illustrated travel books such as Thomas Pennant's Journey from London to the Isle of Wight. He developed strong ties with that island and would eventually die in Ryde. William Holland fl. c. 1759-1815 published many of Nixon's satirical prints. Like other publishers such as Boydell Holland publicized his wares by mounting them as a kind of exhibition at his premises. Though this is a very innocent print Holland was not averse to taking risks: he was briefly imprisoned in 1793 for publishing a pamphlet by Thomas Paine and it has been suggested that he also published under the pseudonyms Paddy Whack and Jacob Douce. Gordon. British Caricature BC-3. Oxford Street 1797. London: William Holland, 1797 unknown books
Best.-Nr. 142435New York: Great American Editions 1973. First edition of the first book to trace the history of and fully illustrate the grounds of the White House gardens. Oblong quarto original cloth pictorial endpapers illustrated with color plates by Harold Sterner. Association copy inscribed by Jacqueline Kennedy on the half-title page "For Grandma with love Jackie." The recipient Rose Kennedy was the matriarch of the Kennedy family: the wife of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. mother of John F. Kennedy and his eight siblings mother-in-law of Jacqueline Kennedy and grandmother of the children of John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy. She was a devout catholic and deeply embedded in the "lace curtain" Irish American community in Boston. After her son John was elected president in 1960 Rose "became a sort of quiet celebrity" and appeared on the International Best Dressed List. Most of her social activities consisted of involvement in charities and women's groups. Here Jackie refers to Rose and 'Grandma' as the book was given on her children's behalf to their grandmother. From the collection of Rose Kennedy. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. An exceptional association. The White House Gardens is the first book that traces both the history of the most famous gardens in the United States from the time of John Adams to the present and gives detailed illustrations on how they are planned and how they appear. Patricia Nixon states in the preface to the work: "This impressive volume is an artistic treasury . a comprehensive reference . a vital document. I invite you to experience the historic traditions which are so much a part of our national heritage." Great American Editions hardcover
Best.-Nr. 2145512/10/82. Nixon had himself played a key role in aiding the launch of the peace process mediating the Sinai I disengagement agreement between Egypt and Israel in 1974 Israel and Egypt with its Arab allies had been engaged in hostilities for three decades and this resulted in four wars in twenty four years. The hatreds in the region were fierce and the constant conflicts seemed interminable. The last of these the Yom Kippur War in October 1973 was launched by the Arabs as a surprise and they had initial successes before Israel emerged victorious. Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat’s own brother was killed in that war. No one foresaw peace as a possibility. But President Sadat saw the wars as a disastrous drag on the Egyptian economy and knew that they stood as a barrier to its receiving aid from the United States and many NATO countries. They also tended to throw the Middle East into the arms of the Russians whom Sadat distrusted. Sadat had no intention of allowing Egypt to become a Soviet satellite. Despite friction with his Syrian allies Sadat signed the Sinai I 1974 and Sinai II 1975 disengagement agreements with Israel which stated that the conflicts between the countries ""shall not be resolved by military force but by peaceful means” and led to the partial withdrawal of Israeli forces in the Sinai the creation of a U.N. buffer zone in their place and the implementation of multiple U.S. stations in the Sinai. The also secured for Egypt large foreign assistance commitments. The first of these agreements were mediated by President Richard M. Nixon and U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the second by President Gerald R. Ford and Kissinger who with thus played key roles in aiding the launch of the peace process. Jimmy Carter became President of the United States on January 20 1977. Israeli and Arab resistance was slowing Sadat’s hoped-for progress so on November 9 1977 Sadat made a stunning dramatic gesture one that left the world in shock: He would personally journey to Jerusalem to address the Israeli Knesset parliament to seek a permanent peace settlement between Israel and Egypt! The Israeli government led by Prime Minister Menachem Begin rose to the occasion and ignoring those who saw Sadat’s move as some kind of trick cordially invited him to address the Knesset in a message passed to Sadat via the US ambassador to Egypt. This was something of a surprise as Begin had a reputation as a hard-liner and some expected him to reject Sadat’s overture. On November 19 1977 Sadat arrived for the groundbreaking three-day visit which launched the first peace process between Israel and an Arab state. He met with Begin and spoke before Israel’s parliament as the world looked on in utter disbelief and glued to the television. The astonished approving reaction of ordinary Israelis and Egyptians who watched Sadat and Begin on live television was itself of importance. The sight of the two leaders facing each other in open honest debate changed attitudes at the street levels of both countries. Much of the change came from Sadat's choice of words. “The October War” he said “should be the last war.” The visit was however met with outrage in much of the Arab world. Despite this Sadat continued to pursue peace with Israel. However a reciprocal visit by Begin was unsuccessful and no progress was made toward peace. Then Rosalynn Carter the U.S. first lady suggested to her husband President Carter that he invite Sadat and Begin to Camp David where the relative privacy and seclusion might provide a setting for a breakthrough. Both Sadat and Begin trusted the United States to be an honest broker and the two leaders accepted Carter’s invitation. The summit began on September 5 1978 and lasted for 13 days. Carter preferred that the three men work together in private sessions in a small office at Aspen his cabin at Camp David. Carter compiled a document that encompassed a resolution of the major issues presented the proposals to each leader in separate meetings assessed their comments and redrafted the manuscript some two dozen times shuttling the manuscript back and forth for their review. The Camp David Accords signed on September 17 were the first peace agreement between the state of Israel and one of its Arab neighbors and laid the groundwork for diplomatic and commercial relations. In a ceremony at the White House on March 26 1979 Sadat and Begin signed the historic peace treaty; it was considered the diplomatic triumph of the the era. President Carter oversaw the signing and untold millions watched on television. The peace treaty formally ended the state of war that had existed between the two countries. Israel agreed to fully withdraw from Sinai and Egypt promised to establish normal diplomatic relations between the two countries and open the Suez Canal to Israeli ships which until then had been banned from the waterway. These provisions were duly carried out. Sadat was vilified for this in many Arab quarters and Egypt was expelled from the Arab League but Sadat was determined to end hostilities and move into a better future. He was well aware that his courage might well cost him his life as he received death threats and some predicted his assassination. For their achievement Sadat and Begin were jointly awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Peace. Then on October 6 1981 extremists assassinated Sadat in Cairo. He is widely recognized today as a martyr to peace and when we hear the phrase “blessed are the peacemakers” his image immediately springs to mind. Despite the tragedy the peace process continued without Sadat and in 1982 Egypt formally established diplomatic relations with Israel. This led to among many other benefits increased tourism in the region. Nixon who with Kissinger got this process going wrote this letter to Mrs. Sadat saying her husband is immortal. Typed letter signed on Nixon’s letterhead October 12 1982 with salutation in his hand to Sadat’s widow Jihan el-Sadat on the occasion of the honoring of President Sadat by the American Society of Travel Agents as Sadat’s efforts for peace did so much for tourism the region. He was to be awarded its 1st International Peace and Tourism Award. “I am honored to join in this tribute to Egypt’s great President and also to you his great First Lady. “Men are mortal but the spirit of a man of peace is immortal because it lives on in the millions he has inspired. President Sadat was such a man. In the year since his voice was silenced events in the Middle East have only proven the wisdom of the strong measured deliberate way he sought peace. The impact of his loss is incalculably great; but so too is the gift of his example.” Donald Reynolds was executive director of the American Tourism Society later the American Society of Travel Agents. Under his leadership ATSA facilitated travel to Russia and the newly independent republics of the USSR and later expanded its outreach to the Middle East. His efforts in Egypt brought him in contact with Mrs. Sadat and they became friends. She gave this letter to him and we obtained it from his heirs. It has never before been offered for sale. unknown
Best.-Nr. 2145512/10/82. Nixon had himself played a key role in aiding the launch of the peace process mediating the Sinai I disengagement agreement between Egypt and Israel in 1974 Israel and Egypt with its Arab allies had been engaged in hostilities for three decades and this resulted in four wars in twenty four years. The hatreds in the region were fierce and the constant conflicts seemed interminable. The last of these the Yom Kippur War in October 1973 was launched by the Arabs as a surprise and they had initial successes before Israel emerged victorious. Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat’s own brother was killed in that war. No one foresaw peace as a possibility. But President Sadat saw the wars as a disastrous drag on the Egyptian economy and knew that they stood as a barrier to its receiving aid from the United States and many NATO countries. They also tended to throw the Middle East into the arms of the Russians whom Sadat distrusted. Sadat had no intention of allowing Egypt to become a Soviet satellite. Despite friction with his Syrian allies Sadat signed the Sinai I 1974 and Sinai II 1975 disengagement agreements with Israel which stated that the conflicts between the countries ""shall not be resolved by military force but by peaceful means” and led to the partial withdrawal of Israeli forces in the Sinai the creation of a U.N. buffer zone in their place and the implementation of multiple U.S. stations in the Sinai. The also secured for Egypt large foreign assistance commitments. The first of these agreements were mediated by President Richard M. Nixon and U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the second by President Gerald R. Ford and Kissinger who with thus played key roles in aiding the launch of the peace process. Jimmy Carter became President of the United States on January 20 1977. Israeli and Arab resistance was slowing Sadat’s hoped-for progress so on November 9 1977 Sadat made a stunning dramatic gesture one that left the world in shock: He would personally journey to Jerusalem to address the Israeli Knesset parliament to seek a permanent peace settlement between Israel and Egypt! The Israeli government led by Prime Minister Menachem Begin rose to the occasion and ignoring those who saw Sadat’s move as some kind of trick cordially invited him to address the Knesset in a message passed to Sadat via the US ambassador to Egypt. This was something of a surprise as Begin had a reputation as a hard-liner and some expected him to reject Sadat’s overture. On November 19 1977 Sadat arrived for the groundbreaking three-day visit which launched the first peace process between Israel and an Arab state. He met with Begin and spoke before Israel’s parliament as the world looked on in utter disbelief and glued to the television. The astonished approving reaction of ordinary Israelis and Egyptians who watched Sadat and Begin on live television was itself of importance. The sight of the two leaders facing each other in open honest debate changed attitudes at the street levels of both countries. Much of the change came from Sadat's choice of words. “The October War” he said “should be the last war.” The visit was however met with outrage in much of the Arab world. Despite this Sadat continued to pursue peace with Israel. However a reciprocal visit by Begin was unsuccessful and no progress was made toward peace. Then Rosalynn Carter the U.S. first lady suggested to her husband President Carter that he invite Sadat and Begin to Camp David where the relative privacy and seclusion might provide a setting for a breakthrough. Both Sadat and Begin trusted the United States to be an honest broker and the two leaders accepted Carter’s invitation. The summit began on September 5 1978 and lasted for 13 days. Carter preferred that the three men work together in private sessions in a small office at Aspen his cabin at Camp David. Carter compiled a document that encompassed a resolution of the major issues presented the proposals to each leader in separate meetings assessed their comments and redrafted the manuscript some two dozen times shuttling the manuscript back and forth for their review. The Camp David Accords signed on September 17 were the first peace agreement between the state of Israel and one of its Arab neighbors and laid the groundwork for diplomatic and commercial relations. In a ceremony at the White House on March 26 1979 Sadat and Begin signed the historic peace treaty; it was considered the diplomatic triumph of the the era. President Carter oversaw the signing and untold millions watched on television. The peace treaty formally ended the state of war that had existed between the two countries. Israel agreed to fully withdraw from Sinai and Egypt promised to establish normal diplomatic relations between the two countries and open the Suez Canal to Israeli ships which until then had been banned from the waterway. These provisions were duly carried out. Sadat was vilified for this in many Arab quarters and Egypt was expelled from the Arab League but Sadat was determined to end hostilities and move into a better future. He was well aware that his courage might well cost him his life as he received death threats and some predicted his assassination. For their achievement Sadat and Begin were jointly awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Peace. Then on October 6 1981 extremists assassinated Sadat in Cairo. He is widely recognized today as a martyr to peace and when we hear the phrase “blessed are the peacemakers” his image immediately springs to mind. Despite the tragedy the peace process continued without Sadat and in 1982 Egypt formally established diplomatic relations with Israel. This led to among many other benefits increased tourism in the region. Nixon who with Kissinger got this process going wrote this letter to Mrs. Sadat saying her husband is immortal. Typed letter signed on Nixon’s letterhead October 12 1982 with salutation in his hand to Sadat’s widow Jihan el-Sadat on the occasion of the honoring of President Sadat by the American Society of Travel Agents as Sadat’s efforts for peace did so much for tourism the region. He was to be awarded its 1st International Peace and Tourism Award. “I am honored to join in this tribute to Egypt’s great President and also to you his great First Lady. “Men are mortal but the spirit of a man of peace is immortal because it lives on in the millions he has inspired. President Sadat was such a man. In the year since his voice was silenced events in the Middle East have only proven the wisdom of the strong measured deliberate way he sought peace. The impact of his loss is incalculably great; but so too is the gift of his example.” Donald Reynolds was executive director of the American Tourism Society later the American Society of Travel Agents. Under his leadership ATSA facilitated travel to Russia and the newly independent republics of the USSR and later expanded its outreach to the Middle East. His efforts in Egypt brought him in contact with Mrs. Sadat and they became friends. She gave this letter to him and we obtained it from his heirs. It has never before been offered for sale. unknown books
