March 24, 2013
JFK LETTER TO GENERAL LUCIUS CLAY RELEASED 50 YEARS AGO
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) The White House released a letter written by President John F. Kennedy to United States Army General Lucius D. Clay* 50 years ago today, March 24, 1963.
*Lucius D. Clay, the son of Senator Alexander Stephens Clay, was born in Marietta, Georgia & graduated from West Point in 1918. By 1942, he was the youngest brigadier general in the army.
Clay succeeded Eisenhower as governor of occupied Germany in 1947 & led the Berlin Airlift the following year.
He was a close adviser of President Eisenhower & was instrumental in the National Highway Interstate System & was JFK's personal representative in Berlin in 1961 & 1962.
General Lucius D. Clay
The letter, dated March 22, 1963, came in response to a committee report** on U.S. military & economic assistance programs which General Clay chaired.
**The 25 page report published by the US State Dept. was officially titled "The Scope & Distribution of United States Military & Economic Assistance Programs."
JFK expressed his gratitude for the work of both General Clay as well as his committee.
The President wrote...
"The Committee's...support for properly administering mutual defense & development programs...is very heartening."
JFK expressed satisfaction in "increased emphasis on self-help, better definition of goals, reduction of balance of payments impact & increased emphasis on private investment."
The President went on to say that the recommendations of the committee would be applied.
JFK LETTER TO GENERAL LUCIUS CLAY RELEASED 50 YEARS AGO
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) The White House released a letter written by President John F. Kennedy to United States Army General Lucius D. Clay* 50 years ago today, March 24, 1963.
*Lucius D. Clay, the son of Senator Alexander Stephens Clay, was born in Marietta, Georgia & graduated from West Point in 1918. By 1942, he was the youngest brigadier general in the army.
Clay succeeded Eisenhower as governor of occupied Germany in 1947 & led the Berlin Airlift the following year.
He was a close adviser of President Eisenhower & was instrumental in the National Highway Interstate System & was JFK's personal representative in Berlin in 1961 & 1962.
General Lucius D. Clay
The letter, dated March 22, 1963, came in response to a committee report** on U.S. military & economic assistance programs which General Clay chaired.
**The 25 page report published by the US State Dept. was officially titled "The Scope & Distribution of United States Military & Economic Assistance Programs."
JFK expressed his gratitude for the work of both General Clay as well as his committee.
The President wrote...
"The Committee's...support for properly administering mutual defense & development programs...is very heartening."
JFK expressed satisfaction in "increased emphasis on self-help, better definition of goals, reduction of balance of payments impact & increased emphasis on private investment."
The President went on to say that the recommendations of the committee would be applied.
