Word: radford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That afternoon Admiral Arthur Radford flew in from the U.S., went straight from the airport to confer with Dulles, then met Eden and Bidault. At 4 o'clock the three Western ministers met for a final conference at the Quai d'Orsay. Bidault admitted frankly that the fall of Dienbienphu was a matter of days, if not hours. Bidault discussed the possibility of the U.S. and Britain sending planes or troops. Both Eden and Bidault agreed that the best answer was the Southeast Asia pact, which only two weeks ago they had both viewed with misgivings. But such...
...morning he met with Secretaries Dulles and Wilson and Admiral Radford to go over U.S. Indo-China strategy in preparation for the important talks in Washington this week with General Paul Ely, the French Chief of Staff. And at his press conference, the President had some thoughtful words on current problems...
...past several months a great deal has been said on both sides about the policy that has emerged from these promises. Dubbed the "New Look" in a speech by Admiral Arthur Radford last December, it has been hailed by many as a substantial innovation in defense policy. As if to stress the contrast with its Democratic predecessors, Senator Knowland wrote, "the doctrine is a departure from the policy of 'containment' which we have heretofore followed in recent years...
...course of some three month, the "New Look" seems to have run full circle. And although the "containment" name calling still goes on, the subsurface differences in defense policy between Administrations would seem immaterial, if they exist at all. In the course of the debate, Admiral Radford, speaking for the Administration, denied that the "New Look" meant dependence "on a single weapon or service." But the military budget for 1955 tells a somewhat different story. More than four billion dollars will be cut from Army and Navy appropriations; spending for the Air Force and atomic weapons will increase. Advocates...
...sell the new idea to the Americans. He found that U.S. airmen had already reached the same conclusion. But the Pentagon's soldiers and sailors were still too firmly wedded to the theory of "balanced forces." They gruffly turned Slessor down. Only when air-minded Admiral Arthur Radford became chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff did the U.S. adopt the New Look...