Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Korea, Volume XV, Part 2

Eisenhower Library, James C. Hagerty papers

Hagerty Diary, July 26, 1954¹

[Extract]

[Washington, undated.]

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I also talked over with the President this morning Syngman Rhee’s visit to Washington. We agreed that the Vice President should welcome Rhee at the airport before the sound cameras and that there should be no sound at the White House, mainly because we did not know whether Rhee might try to sound off publicly in the presence of the President on Korea and thus embarrass the President. To play it safe we will have no sound when the President and Mrs. Eisenhower meet President and Mrs. Rhee—just photographs.

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1. Hagerty was Press Secretary to and a confidant of President Eisenhower.