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...step-up in military power and an increase of small-scale war arms are vital to the maintenance of United States leadership in the free world, and even to the survival of the West, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson said last night. Acheson spoke at the first annual William L. Clayton Lecture at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University...
...consequence of this all-out policy, Acheson felt, is, in effect, "liberty and death," since "the initiator will receive a retribution as great as the force he exercise." We must aim at "clarity of action" rather than attempt to keep the enemy guessing; for the latter policy might lead to terrible "misjudgment by our opponents...
...Acheson also sharply criticized the recent "drastic" reductions in Army power and the Navy's "disproportionate" concentration on atomic submarines and large carriers. He then asked whether Secretary of State Dulles' policy of "massive retaliation" is "credible," and answered his own question with a blunt...
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson will inaugurate the annual Clayton Lectures of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Dean Robert B. Stewart announced. Acheson will speak at Cohen Auditorium tonight at 7 p.m., following a reception at Alumni Hall...
...current series marks the opening of the twenty-fifth year of the Fletcher School. "For the public, Mr. Acheson's lectures may become a landmark in the serious consideration of American leadership in the world," Dean Stewart said...