Brains Are No Substitute For Judgement.

A Memorandum Is Written Not To Inform The Reader But To Protect The Writer.

Like Apples In A Barrel Infected By One Rotten One, The Corruption Of Greece Would Infect Iran And All To The East. It Would Also Carry Infection To Africa Through Asia Minor And Egypt, And To Europe Through Italy And France, Already Threatened By The Strongest Domestic Communist Parties In Western Europe. The Soviet Union Was Playing One Of The Greatest Gambles In History At Minimal Cost. It Did Not Need To Will All The Possibilities. Even One Or Two Offered Immense Gains. We And We Alone Were In A Position To Break Up The Play.

I Doubt Very Much If A Man Whose Main Literary Interests Were In Works By Mr. Zane Grey, Admirable As They May Be, Is Particularly Equipped To Be The Chief Executive Of This Country, Particularly Where Indian Affairs Are Concerned.

We Have Actively Sought And Are Actively Seeking To Make The United Nations An Effective Instrument Of International Cooperation.

I Have A Curious And Apprehensive Feeling As I Watch Jfk That He Is Sort Of An Indian Snake Charmer.