Word: dullesian
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...agression pact, however, does not seem an adequate answer to the disarmament impasse. While somewhat more substantial than the Dullesian criteria for Russian expressions of good-will (e.g., an end to the Soviet drive to "subvert independent countries"), the British idea cannot produce any lasting disarmament agreement by itself and may not even be sufficient as a first step...
Carried to an extreme, of course, the policy would set arbitrary itineraries for American travelers--shopping sprees in depressed areas, careful avoidance of neutralist or "immoral" nations. In its present phase the Dullesian doctrine entails only punitive measures--passport seizure--for those who defy passport restrictions...
...country to which he is assigned is his most important duty. It is this phase of his activities which has been most severely damaged. It is not, however, enough to blame McCarthyism for the decline in accurate reporting from the field. The blame lies also in the Dullesian personality and on the Secretary of State's attitude toward policy-making...
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