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...basic cold-war policies. Forewarned by London press leaks and by its own intelligence from Western Europe, the U.S. was partly forearmed; soon after Macmillan landed he was deliberately whisked away from the pressures and pressagentry temptations of Washington to the quiet of President Eisenhower's Catoctin Mountain hideaway, Camp David. There Old Friends Eisenhower and Macmillan (a political adviser on General Ike's staff during the North African campaign in World War II) explored the road to the summit...
Long a close-kept secret both as to precise location and physical description, Camp David last week was briefly opened to newsmen for a rare look. Its 184 acres on the east slope of Catoctin Mountain are surrounded by a 12-ft. barbed-wire fence, with Marine sentries endlessly pacing the perimeter-at night just inside a ring of blazing spotlights. Gravel walks wind amid wild cherry and red oak trees to converge on the President's rustic-timber one-story cottage, named "Aspen" by Mamie Eisenhower. Leaning against one wall stood Dwight Eisenhower's red and blue...
...called for Deputy Under Secretary of State Robert Murphy, Deputy Defense Secretary Donald Quarles, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman John McCone and Science Adviser James Killian to attend next morning. Between conferences and dinner sessions, Ike and Macmillan drove together along winding roads and across mountain freshets through the Catoctin forests...
Twice during the week Ike motored through the frosty Catoctin Mountains to Camp David to confer with his Cabinet and other officials. There were many pressing items on the agenda: reconciling the needs of Defense Secretary Wilson's military establishment with the economies of Treasury Secretary Humphrey's all-but-balanced budget, the simmering farm problem of Agriculture Secretary Benson, the changing international situation, the State of the Union message. At one of the Camp David meetings, the discussions went on for so long that Presidential Physician Howard Snyder finally stalked into the conference room and ordered...
...moved into the mailroom. Ike's Sherman Adams and staff will work on the second floor, confining presidential business to the post office and respecting Ike's passion for privacy on the farm. Facilities for Cabinet and National Security Council meetings are at Ike's Catoctin Mountain retreat at Camp David, Md., 20 miles away...