TLS signed “Dick Nixon,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 15, 1966. Letter to Bob Clark, a television reporter and White House Correspondent for ABC News, in full: "After some of my campaigns in the United States and my trips abroad, it has been my custom to set up an informal organization composed of those who accompanied me and those who had the chore of covering my activities for the press, television and radio. The organizations have no initiation fee, no dues and no meetings. But I have usually presented to each member a small memento as a reminder of the journey. Your presence on the campaign trip this year officially makes you one of the 'Birdwatchers of 1966.' Since inflation was the major domestic issue, I thought that an inflation-proof coin would be an appropriate memento to present to members of the organization. In selecting a coin, I recalled that when I was in London in August, a friend gave me one of the new Churchill Commemorative Crowns. He told me to carry it as a reminder of the statement Sir Winston made with regard to the Munich settlement in 1939: 'The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion.' As one of the 'Birdwatchers of 1966,' you had to hear me discuss this principle ad infinitum as it applied to Vietnam. I thought consequently, you might like to have one of the Churchill Crowns and am sending it to you under separate cover." Includes the referenced Churchill Crown, encased in a 4.25 x 4.25 x 1.25 Lucite display with printed inscription: "Robert Clark, Charter Member, Bird Watchers of 1966, from Richard Nixon, Nov. 8th 1966." In overall fine condition.
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