Ike Quits NATO: General to Return to U.S. by June 1st.
Ike Quits NATO: General to Return to U.S. by June 1st.
Ike Quits NATO: General to Return to U.S. by June 1st. Ike sends his request to be relieved of his post as commander in chief of Western Europe's armies. He explains what his status in the army would be should he be nominated at GOP convention. Dwight & his wife Mamie Eisenhower shakes hands with people greeting them in receiving line. Shots of Ike's letter. Large group of press photographers ready their cameras, snap photos of Eisenhower. Eisenhower, wearing glasses, speaks for the cameras: "I have not submitted my resignation from the American Army. I have forwarded a request that I be relieved from my current military assignment and placed on inactive status. If, however, I should, because of the current effort, be nominated this July to political office, I shall promptly submit to the President my resignation as an officer of the Army. From that point on, I would be as free to act and speak as any other citizen, without any of the limitations imposed by the traditions of the military establishment."