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Fighter. It was Sherman, commander of the Mediterranean fleet for two years before he became CNO, who first convinced the other members of the J.C.S. (who had never thought much about it), then convinced Dean Acheson's State Department, that Spain is an essential element of Europe's defense system. For Forrest Sherman, last week's negotiation was a personal triumph...
...British and French Foreign Offices protested to Washington against a deal with Franco. This time, however, there was no Washington talk (as there was last spring during the MacArthur crisis) of how the U.S. could not act without its allies. Acheson stood firm. France and Britain soon made it clear that their protests had been made for home consumption only...
...point that if Harry Truman did not want the job next year, Dwight Eisenhower might make a good coalition President. In a full-dress speech in the Senate, he demanded that the Administration pursue a resolute course in Asia (TIME, Jan. 22), and once he called Dean Acheson a war casualty who should be allowed to resign. Worst of all, Douglas had even got himself talked about as a possible presidential candidate...
...ambassador, he accused Davies & friends of being "favorable to Communism and against the policy of the U.S. in China," demanded Davies' dismissal. Davies was shifted to Moscow, where "Beedle" Smith regarded him as "a very loyal and very capable officer of sound judgment." As a member of Dean Acheson's policy planning group, he is a top specialist in China affairs...
Education: Groton, 1909; Yale, '13. Schoolmate at both: Dean Acheson...