Word: achesonism
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...Dean Acheson last night advocated eventual termination of American support of the government of Chiang Kai-Shek and acceptance of the Red Chinese government in the United Nations. He said that "a possible loss of prestige accompanying this action should not inhibit a policy change if continuation of the policy is likely to involve an even greater loss...
...press conference before his first lecture, Acheson took the same stand on recognition of Red China and its admission to the United Nations. Last night he said that fixed positions of foreign policy determined by domestic political pressures, such as the China lobby, had too often forced America into inflexible and unrealistic positions...
...Acheson, who had formerly defended the Truman Administration's policy of non-recognition, commented that America, which had once thought of China only in romantic terms, now saw it "as a more powerful and dangerous enemy than it really...
...Acheson defined the "central problem of world power" as the United States' need to lead "a group of free nations by method of free association...
...Acheson will conclude his lecture series with an address in Cohen Auditorium at Tufts tonight...