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Churchill to Eisenhower, April 1955

Tags:AgingDwight D. EisenhowerLeadership/statesmanshipPoliticsPost-warWinston S Churchill

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Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, London © Sue Lowry & Magellan PR

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The Final Decline

The Long Sunset

Churchill painting in his later years

Retirement – Early Days

Aging

Time passes swiftly

Never to take strong drink before lunch

If I stay on

Weary of a task

Concentrated more on self-expression

January 1, 1970

Churchill wrote to Eisenhower in the final days of office (the letter is dated ‘April’; he resigned on 5 April) saying that he hoped he might still be able to ‘serve’ the cause of Anglo-American cooperation and the battle against Communism.

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