Word: acheson
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...there been no Berlin airlift, the U.S. would not now be in a position to capitalize upon East German unrest. Had there been no Marshall Plan, EDC would not even be a dream. But Dulles has not merely kept U.S. power in position to contain the enemy. Unlike Dean Acheson, he has also sought every opportunity to use that power actively against the Communists. Even in matters where Dulles and Acheson were in total agreement as to objectives, there was a difference between the two: Acheson acquired a brilliant grasp of the details involved; Dulles got things done...
...issue was ever settled by amilitary armistice; it is what is done after the armistice that counts. At the time of the Korean truce-signing, Illinois Senator Paul Douglas remarked wryly that if the truce "had been put through by Truman and Acheson, there would have been cries throughout the country to impeach them." Douglas was probably correct, but not in the sense that he intended. The U.S. had accepted a Korean armistice because it trusted Dwight Eisenhower to make the most of the uneasy peace to work out a firm approach to Communism in Asia-something that Truman...
McCarthy's threat to investigate the guarded activities of CIA came to a head when he demanded that CIAman William P. Bundy be fired. His reason: Bundy, a son-in-law of Dean Acheson, had reportedly contributed $400 to the Alger Hiss defense fund...
...Charles Murphy, went to work on a speech. As the visitor rode down the street one day, he spotted an old friend. It took several honks of the horn to get the man's eye, and then ex-President Harry Truman said to ex-Secretary of State Dean Acheson: "You're the hardest pickup I ever encountered...
...have more dramatically final victories to display four years from now. But regardless of their fortunes, they begin with an advantage over their predecessors: a solid foundation to build on. For this, the Republicans can thank the man they have attacked so wildly during the last four years, Dean Acheson...