![]() ![]() Memorandum, Taquey to Johnson re: influencing foreign response to Rosenberg case, Telegram, Ambassador Douglas Dillon to President regarding foreign response to Rosenberg case (and reply), įlyer, clemency rally announcement (includes Michael Rosenberg's letter to President Eisenhower), no date Memorandum, Korns to Craig regarding communism and Rosenberg case, Ma Memoranda for file regarding Michael Rosenberg's note to President Eisenhower, Febru Memo of telephone conversation between Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Press Secretary James Hagerty regarding story of Pope's intervention, Febru Memoranda, Hopkins to Stephens re: public response to President's action in Rosenberg case, Febru Minutes of Cabinet Meeting, President Eisenhower's view of case, Febru(page 3 only) Letter, Tom Stephens to Attorney General Herbert Brownell and Draft Presidential Statement by the Psychological Strategy Board, Janu Memorandum, Kirk to Smith re: foreign response to Rosenberg case, Janu Memorandum, Edward O'Connor to Admiral Kirk, regarding possibility of Rosenberg case carrying over into Eisenhower Administration, JanuĪpplication for Executive Clemency, denied by President Eisenhower, Janu Eisenhower declined stating: "The nature of the crime for which they have been found guilty and sentenced far exceeds that of the taking of the life of another citizen it involves the deliberate betrayal of the entire nation and could very well result in the death of many, many thousands of innocent citizens…" One of the first decisions facing newly elected President Eisenhower was whether to grant executive clemency to the Rosenbergs. Their guilt has been confirmed by Soviet documents made available after the fall of communism. Their case remains a cause celebre today, with claims it was the result of Cold War hysteria. Members of the communist party, the Rosenbergs were convicted of passing secret information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union in 1945. In June 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage under the U.S. ![]()
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