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...Yugoslavia's steel industry. The next would probably be a World Bank loan. Johnson and his military advisers, who see no point in helping a potential enemy and believe that a Communist is a Communist, had fought for months against the idea. But Secretary of State Dean Acheson argued that doing Dictator Tito a few favors was one way to keep Belgrade and Moscow at arm's length...
Besides, said Acheson, after he had gotten Harry Truman's backing for the project, the mill could not possibly be delivered before another year; by that time the U.S. would have a better idea just how lasting was Tito's falling out with the Kremlin. On that basis, Johnson reluctantly agreed...
Announced Acheson: "I want to open the press conference this morning by replying to a question from . . . Mr. Lincoln White. After our last conference, Mr. White asked me whether certain answers [I gave] were inspired by the advice of [the Duchess in Alice in Wonderland], who said...
Everybody in the room knew what Acheson was talking about. The week before, at a press conference on the China white paper (TIME, Aug. 15), the Secretary had been as short-tempered as a snapping turtle, and he had snapped at reporters who were cautiously double-checking to make sure they had their facts straight...
Last week, Secretary Acheson mended his diplomatic manners. Said he: "Mr. White's question was whether ... I was following [the Duchess'] admonition, and whether I intend to continue to follow it in the future. The implication was that he hoped to God that was not the case. I have advised him that any similarity between my answers to any living person, and Mr. Lewis Carroll's advice, was purely coincidental and highly regrettable...