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...world witnessed the most dramatic proof yet of a remarkable change in U.S. policy in Korea. The U.S. now seemed prepared to fight a MacArthur war, instead of the cautious war once advocated by Dean Acheson and George Marshall...
Throughout the investigation of Communists in Government, Truman, Acheson & Co. gave the impression that they thought the whole thing was nonsense. Truman called the Hiss case "a red herring." To this day, neither Truman nor Acheson has ever expressed a sense of outrage over Reds in Washington comparable to the indignation that Truman last week poured on Joe McCarthy...
...Hiss case and other revelations made around that time, it did not think that all the accusations about Communism were nonsense. It expected some housecleaning-or at least an official admission that the house had been a bit dirty. Truman stubbornly continued to resist such suggestions. When Acheson made his smug statement on Hiss, he set up the pins for McCarthy...
...Secretary of State Acheson "did not always frankly and fully reveal the information requested of him." The record indicates that "under his guidance, the objective of American foreign policy has been primarily to conciliate certain of our associates in the United Nations, rather than to advance the security...
...than ratify. Radio Peking let forth a blast by Foreign Minister Chou Enlai. Just to make sure it would reach home to a land which does not recognize Red China diplomatically, Chou cabled his message, in plain, uncoded English and delivered by Western Union, to Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Gist of Chou's remarks...