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Davies Irony Amid China Policy Shift and Family Reflections
John Paton Davies, once fired from the State Department, observes irony in Richard Nixon’s China outreach while recalling his own career, loyalty, and the Davies family's resilience. He notes the broad impact of his dismissal, their survival on a pension, a Peru furniture business, and a life defined by integrity and private strength.
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John Paton Davies
U.S
China
Washington
Mr. Webster
Megan Davies
Foreign Service
George C. Marshall
Asia
John Foster Dulles
Richard Nixon
Davies
Joseph Stillwell
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Russia
Peking
Moscow
Korea
Joe McCarthy
State Department
White House
Nixon
Deborah Davies
Eugene McCarthy
National Zoo
Debbie
William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Red China
John
John Davies
Averell Harriman
Germany
State Department Planning Council
South Korea
Lima
Peru
Davieses
Foreign Office
Harriman
McGeorge Bundy
Arthur Schlesinger
Walter Surrey
Johnson
State
Surrey
Mrs. Davies
Deborah
Jennifer
Megan
Washington, D.C