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Defense Secretary Lovett, a Republican himself, waited until last week to announce that the U.S. could hardly fight a war under the present chaotic setup of his Defense Department. Secretary of State Acheson, for his part, bade farewell to the U.S. Foreign Service with a thinly veiled appeal to the Foreign Service to stay true to Acheson policies & principles, come what may. Harry Truman sent Congress a budget with a $9.9 billion deficit. He also wrote Ike a letter asking him to put 400,000 "temporary" Government employees on the permanent civil-service list. If Ike does, he freezes...
...hope that the U.S. could reach some sort of happy understanding with the Communists through negotiation, albeit warning that "the rulers of the Communist world will not change their basic objectives lightly or soon." Beyond that, he even foresaw the day of ultimate peace growing out of Truman-Acheson foreign policies (i.e., containment of Communism and devotion to collective security). "If the Commu nist rulers understand they cannot win by war, and if we frustrate their attempts to win by subversion." said he, "it is not too much to expect their world to change its character, moderate its aims, become...
Secretary of State Dean Acheson delivered his parting words last week to some 300 U.S. Foreign Service officers stationed in Washington...
...Acheson spoke in a warmly fraternal mood, working carefully toward a cold, hard point of impact. "You are men who for twelve years have been correcting my errors and guiding my footsteps," said he. Fondly he cited the fact that the U.S. Foreign Service has grown from 1,900 twelve years ago to 9,000 today. Two-thirds of U.S. diplomatic posts overseas are now headed by career Foreign Service officers. In the new Administration, he prophesied, "you can expect no monopoly on U.S. representation, but certainly you should have the majority. You alone have the combined knowledge...
Truman okayed Acheson's memo...