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...second most stupid blunder since the appointment of Dean Acheson...
...Acheson: "We usually talk about the rulers of the Soviet Union as though they were always well-informed, cool-headed and calculating. [But Soviet leaders] may be blinded to actual conditions in the outside world by the rigidity of their theory. And, what is even more dangerous . . . they are subject to becoming rattled...
...Acheson: "The major purpose of the Soviet strategy . . . appears to be to isolate us, to weaken the moral strength of our position, to break apart our ties and our allies, and to prevent us from moving ahead together to build the strength on which our safety depends...
...moment Douglas MacArthur entered the House chamber, Dean Acheson hung his black Homburg on the rack outside the President's door. After a 20-minute huddle with the President over foreign policy, he left. Then, as if to make it pointedly clear that he was not watching his TV set, Harry Truman emerged, climbed into his car ten minutes earlier than usual and drove to Blair House for lunch. Whether he sneaked a peek at television there was a well-kept secret. (Acheson succumbed to temptation, caught the tail end of MacArthur's speech...
...noisy Joe McCarthy off the Appropriations Committee, where he can make trouble on State Department requests for money. Probable Republican choice to succeed Vandenberg on the powerful Foreign Relations Committee: Owen Brewster of Maine, no isolationist but an outspoken enemy of the Administration and of Secretary of State Dean Acheson...