UNCLASSIFIED C V 11 - J -rz i THE VHITE HOUSE - SHINGTON December 5 1962 • Dear Adlai This is just a note to tell you again how deeply I regret the unfortunate fuss which has arisen over the statements contained in the Saturday Evening Post article I think you know how greatly we have all admired your performance at the United Nations in general and during the Security Council debate and private negotiations connected with the Cuban crisis in particular Both of us are accustomed to receiving the slings and arrows of those in the press or elsewhere who delight in stirring needless controversy -- and I know you share my confidence that this furor will pass as have all the others The fact that Charley Bartlett was a co-author of this piece has made this particularly difficult for me -- perhaps you have had the same problem with personal friends in the newspaper profession In this particular case did not discuss the Cuban crisis or any of the events surrounding it with any newspapermen -- and I am certain that the quotations in the Saturday Evening Post article with respect to your role did not come from the White House as is clear from its obvious inaccuracies alone While I realized when Bartlett started this piece that everything controversial in his article would be laid at my door whether I talked to him or not I did not feel I could tell him or any other friend in the press what subject to write or not write about -However both of us have Duch more important matters to concern us and the continued success and significance of your role at the UN will soon wash out any doubts others may be trying to plant The Honorable Adlai E Steven United States Ambassador to the United Nations -' J r -i f• D- I '- _°' v--- __ UNCLASSIFIED