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He said, “No, I don't want to talk with him about it. But I think he knows my intention to find something for him. I wish you'd talk with him, Frances, and see what it is he really wants.”

“Now,” he said, “I'll tell you one thing: Henry can have anything he really wants except State. He cannot have State. I can't have that. He can have anything he wants except State.”

I said, “I think--I don't know, but I have an idea that Henry may have cast his eyes on State.”

“I can't help that,” he said. “ he can have anything be wants except State. You have a talk with him, and see how the land lies and what he's thinking about.”

So I made an appointment to see Wallace, and I said to him that “The President was very disturbed about this situation which has come about through politics, and he wants to tie you closely into the Administration and continue you in office, and to continue you in a useful and contributing function and role. He has said to me--he has asked me to talk with you and find out what is in your mind, and he has said to me only this: ‘Henry can having anything he wants except State'”.

I began my conversation with that, so that he would know that that was ruled out. He was a little surprised, and he said, “Why is that?”





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