CLARK M. CLIFFORD - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 131814
Sale Price $215.00
Reg. $260.00
CLARK M. CLIFFORD
5x7 color image of the key advisor to Democratic Presidents from
Truman to Carter.
Inscribed Photograph signed: "To Douglas G. Voegler/with best
wishes/Clark M. Clifford". Color, 5x7. Clark Clifford (1906-1998) was
White House Counsel to President Truman, and a key architect of
Truman's upset re-election victory in 1948. He advised Truman to promote
civil rights, even at the risk of splitting the Democratic Party, and to
recognize the new State of Israel, over the opposition of Secretary of State
George Marshal. Clifford played an important role in reconciling Truman to the
Presidential candidacy of John F. Kennedy, and was part of JFK's transition
team. He chaired the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under
Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. In 1968, Clifford replaced Robert
McNamara as Secretary of Defense. Initially regarded as a "hawk" who would
not share McNamara's growing reluctance to pursue the Vietnam War, Clifford
privately advised President Johnson to begin withdrawing US forces and begin
peace negotiations. Clifford served as President Carter's special emissary
to India in 1980. Clifford's reputation was sullied in the 1990s by his
profitable financial connections with the Bank of Credit and Commerce
International (BCCI), found to be involved in money laundering, bribery,
illicit arms transfers, and many other shady enterprises. Clifford pleaded
ignorance of these misdeeds, but might have been indicted if not for his failing
health. Fine condition.
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