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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
In June 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for conspiracy to commit espionage under the U.S. Espionage Act of 1917. Members of the communist party, the Rosenbergs were convicted of passing secret information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union in 1945. Their case remains a cause celebre today, with claims it was the result of Cold War hysteria. Their guilt has been confirmed by Soviet documents made available after the fall of communism.
One of the first decisions facing newly elected President Eisenhower was whether to grant executive clemency to the Rosenbergs. 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…”
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Memorandum, Edward O'Connor to Admiral Kirk, regarding possibility of Rosenberg case carrying over into Eisenhower Administration, January 7, 1953
Application for Executive Clemency, denied by President Eisenhower, January 10, 1953
Memorandum, Kirk to Smith re: foreign response to Rosenberg case, January 16, 1953
Letter, Tom Stephens to Attorney General Herbert Brownell and Draft Presidential Statement by the Psychological Strategy Board, January 30, 1953
Press Release, February 11, 1953
Minutes of Cabinet Meeting, President Eisenhower's view of case, February 12, 1953 (page 3 only)
Memoranda, Hopkins to Stephens re: public response to President's action in Rosenberg case, February 12, 1953
Letter, C.D. Jackson to Herbert Brownell, February 23, 1953
Memoranda for file regarding Michael Rosenberg's note to President Eisenhower, February 27, 1953
Memorandum, Korns to Craig regarding communism and Rosenberg case, March 3, 1953
Telegram, Ambassador Douglas Dillon to President regarding foreign response to Rosenberg case (and reply), May 20, 1953
Flyer, clemency rally announcement (includes Michael Rosenberg's letter to President Eisenhower), no date
Memoranda for file from C.D. Jackson, May 27, 1953
Memorandum, Taquey to Johnson re: influencing foreign response to Rosenberg case, May 29, 1953
Memorandum, report of interview with the Rosenbergs, James Bennett (Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons) to Herbert Brownell, June 5, 1953
Letter, Clyde Miller to President Eisenhower urging clemency for the Rosenbergs, June 8, 1953
Letter, President Eisenhower's response to Clyde Miller, June 10, 1953
Memoranda of Telephone Conversation between Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Attorney General Herbert Brownell re: foreign response to Rosenberg case, June 12, 1953
Memoranda of Telephone Conversation between John Foster Dulles and Herbert Brownell re: Justice Douglas' stay of execution, June 16, 1953
Telegram, Sophie Rosenberg to Mamie Eisenhower, June 16, 1953
Typescript copy of letter, Ethel Rosenberg to President Eisenhower, June 16, 1953
Telegram, Michael Rosenberg to President Eisenhower, June 17, 1953
Letter, Herbert Brownell to President Eisenhower regarding petition for executive clemency, June 17, 1953
Letter, C.C. Burlingham to President Eisenhower, June 17, 1953
Memoranda of Telephone Conversation between Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and CIA director Allen Dulles regarding Justice Douglas' stay of execution, June 17, 1953
Commutation of Sentence of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Attorney General, no date, pages one thru six of seventeen
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