Word: highest-up
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Dates: during 1963-1963
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...desk when the cable with the Harriman approval came in. The State Department deskman had no one to call but a Pentagon deskman-who apparently did not realize the cable's contents warranted bothering a higher-up. And among the many Pentagon officials enraged by it was the highest-up: Defense Secretary McNamara. Summarizing McNamara's reaction, a Defense official said: "While it lasted, it was an atomic blast...