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Landon Chronicles (1953): Kenneth on John Dulles and Douglas MacArthur's Conversation on Foreign Affairs (hour 79, clip 15)

 Digital Record
Identifier: LC79-15

Dates

  • Digitized: 1953

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Summary Note

Kenneth recalls a story in which John Dulles is to relay a new policy to the State Department. Upon noticing the incredible amount of people gathered, he commented to Douglas MacArthur that he couldn't comprehend why they might need this many people, explaining he could "run our foreign affairs with a staff of twelve!" (Length 2:29)