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Telegram to Senator Thurmond Saluting James F. Byrnes as a Great American.

April 16, 1955

The Honorable Strom Thurmond

c/o Aiken Chamber of Commerce

Aiken, South Carolina

Please give my warm greetings to your guest of honor, Jimmy Byrnes. I am fortunate to count him my good friend and with countless others salute him as a great American.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

Note: This telegram was sent in connection with a testimonial dinner given Mr. Byrnes by the Aiken Chamber of Commerce. It was released at Augusta, Ca.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, Telegram to Senator Thurmond Saluting James F. Byrnes as a Great American. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/234126

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