Dear Antoine, More significantly, he exhibited no such reluctance on 5 May 1959 when, in Washington aged 85, he managed to visit the hospital rooms of both Dulles (whom he had not liked when they were both in office) and Marshall. From Robert Pilpel, CHURCHILL IN AMERICA 1895-1961 (New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1976, 267):
"...after a solid night's sleep, Winston felt somewhat more lively, and the President took him over to Walter Reed Army Hospital to visit two of the 'old comrades.' John Foster Dulles was dying of cancer (he had less than three weeks to live, in fact) and George Catlett Marshall had been totally paralyzed by a stroke. Both men bore their afflictions with dignity, but for Eisenhower, who was still distressed over the deterioration in Churchill's general condition, the occasion was a bruisingly melancholy one. One correspondent observed that 'at times during the afternoon ... [the President] was plainly choked up,' and Churchill too, although not so fully alive to the pathos of the situation, was visibly moved." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ChurchillChat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
