The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Person

Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States (1953-1961)

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • DEF-1.1: On 17 January 1961 President Eisenhower said in his farewell address that the United States had been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions, and that "we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence" by the military-industrial complex.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 327 17 January 1961. Dwight D. Eisenhower (National Archives milestone document): Farewell Radio and Television Address to the American People
  • Exhibit 926 5 January 1961. U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian (Foreign Relations of the United States); source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records: Memorandum Prepared by Boggs, 5 January 1961: Discussion at the 473rd Meeting of the National Security Council (FRUS 1961-1963, Vols. VII-IX, Microfiche Supplement, Doc. 226)