Mar 07, 2024 - Sale 2661

Sale 2661 - Lot 59

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(PRIME MINISTERS--UK.) MACMILLAN, HAROLD. Small archive of 4 Typed Letters Signed, to Admiral Lewis Strauss, apologizing for being unable to attend his address at the International Bank, expressing regret at being unable to meet him before his departure for India, explaining that he is writing an account of the negotiations for the reform of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ("McMahon Act"), and thanking him for remarks on his memoirs. Each with holograph salutation and closing. Each 1 page, 4to or 8vo, "British Embassy" or "10 Downing Street" or personal stationery; one with punch hole in upper left corner, horizontal fold. (SFC) Vp, 1956-72

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19 June 1969: ". . . I have been thinking of you because I am now engaged in writing the story of the Washington Conference in October 1957 and in making a tribute for the valuable advice throughout the negotiations for the repeal of the McMahon Act. . . ."
With--Three typed letters, each to Strauss: Helen Keller. Signed by secretary, thanking for donation • Harold MacMillan. Signed by secretary, sending thanks • Archduke Felix of Austria. Signed "Felix of Austria," inviting him to visit him in Mexico. Each 1 page, 4to. New York, 26 February 1929; Washington, 12 October 1959; [San Ángel], 4 August 1966.