Office of the Historian

88. Letter From Secretary of State Dulles to Secretary-General Hammarskjöld1

Washington, September 27, 1957.

Dear Mr. Secretary-General: It is indeed significant that the General Assembly by its unanimous vote has acknowledged your valuable contribution to the United Nations during the past five years. This action is eloquent testimony to your skill and to the high regard in which you are held by the members of the United Nations.

Your responsibilities as Secretary-General have been great and your burden as a representative of the General Assembly has been heavy. The General Assembly placed upon you an unprecedented task this past year in charging you with responsibility for implementing various aspects of its resolutions concerning the Middle East.

The United Nations is fortunate in having a Secretary-General who has clearly demonstrated, both here and in missions abroad, his impartiality, his diplomacy, and his devotion to the cause of international peace and security.

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I send you my heartiest congratulations on your reappointment. Sincerely yours,

John Foster Dulles2
  1. Source: USUN Files, IO, SYG. a handwritten notation on the source text indicates that this letter was delivered to the Secretary-General personally by Cook, and that a telegram confirming this fact was sent to the Department on October 1.↩
  2. Printed from a copy that bears this stamped signature.↩