Yesterday the president was kind enough to invite me to his farm where I met his wonderful grandchildren. I established direct contact with those wonderful grandchildren of his, and we held a conference with them as to whether they should accompany their grandfather to our country, and if so, when. At that conference with the president's grandchildren, they and I reached a unanimous decision that they certainly should come with the president. The questions of time arose, and I took it upon myself to suggest that perhaps springtime would be the best time of the year for a visit like that because everything is in flower then. The weather is warm.
Nothing is frozen up.
So there is no point in looking for fleas where fleas do not exist. If I have revealed something which I should not have revealed, I ask the president to excuse me. I'm sure that my grandchildren would approve of this action of mine and therefore there is agreement both among the grandchildren and among the grandfathers. After the Gettysburg visit, good will remained for a time as Khrushchev finally agreed to remove the time limit on the Berlin Ultimatum, thereby nullifying it. Eisenhower then agreed to Khrushchev's desire for a summit conference with Great Britain and France to discuss Berlin and other issues.