TLS signed “Harry,” two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, December 22, 1959. Friendly letter to his former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, who wrote to Truman a week earlier. Acheson wrote that “When I was walking down 22nd Street to the office this morning, a small, elderly colored man accosted me and challenged me to say who he was. Of course I failed in this endeavor and he told me that he used to open the west door of the White House for me many times a week.” Truman writes, in part, “There seems to be tendency nowadays for everybody who was in sight of the White House at the time you and I were there to give the impression they were exceedingly interested in our welfare. Well, maybe they were.” Accompanied by a carbon of Acheson’s letter to Truman. In fine condition. R&R COA.
