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A Day With Dulles in Washington
The article profiles John Foster Dulles, age seventy, as he runs a full day at the State Department. He arrives at 8:15, reviews memos, dictation, and briefs Mildred Asbjornson before daily staff conference. Morning includes meetings with foreign ambassadors and diplomats, lunch alone, then dictation, notes, more meetings, and calls. He may be visited by Senate Foreign Relations Committee members or briefed on a Security Council meeting before leaving around 6:30 or 7.
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