Truman Secretary of State

Usage examples of acheson.

A fire burned on the hearth after the fashion of Highland houses even in summer, and before it stood Mr Acheson Bandicott, with a small clean-shaven man, who was obviously the distinguished Professor in whose honour the feast was given, and Colonel Raden, a picturesque figure in kilt and velvet doublet, who seemed hard put to it to follow what was clearly a technical colloquy.

When Acheson later became assistant secretary of state, he immediately requested Donald Hiss as his assistant.

Berle again stepped in to remind Acheson that Chambers had identified Donald Hiss as a Soviet agent.

It is a sobering thought to realize that, as secretary of state, Acheson was very likely giving confidential State Department information to the legal defense team of a Soviet spy.

On February 9, 1950 - almost precisely two weeks after Acheson praised Hiss - McCarthy gave his Wheeling, West Virginia, speech.

After showing up to testify before HUAC with Dean Acheson at his side, Harvard-educated Currie fled to Colombia.

They went to Yale, played cricket, became Rhodes scholars, wrestled in the mud together at the Skull and Bones society, and went to parties where Dean Acheson was invariably a guest.

Truman instructed his secretary of state Dean Acheson not to attend a reception for Churchill a week later in New York.

Dean Acheson, gave a speech at the National Press Club writing off South Korea.

In The Best and the Brightest, David Halberstam argues that, contrary to public perception at the time, Truman and Acheson were aggressive anti-Communists.

However, it owns territory in the Rocky Mountains and Donald McCrae and Acheson advise disposal of this asset and the winding up of the company.

The firm of Donald McCrae and Acheson had their offices in an old brick building amongst a litter of oil companies.

I pulled myself to my feet and went through the door marked Donald McCrae and Acheson, Solicitors.

He seemed so darned worried I got out my pocket book and showed him the wire I had received from Acheson on the train.

Calgary, Acheson, will you kindly lodge all the documents relating to Stuart Campbell with the Bank of Canada together with a statement of any actions you have taken regarding his affairs without my knowledge.