Going back to Davies, at the time after the war that Davies was a member of the policy staff of the State Department, he had advised (this was under Dulles), that certain actions be taken, certain policies be pursued, which seemed alien to the simon-pure Communist haters.

The crime he did commit was that of practical, complicated, and nuanced thought. Though an ardent anti-communist, he also knew that Chiang's regime was bankrup…

... for Davies and Service, it was the end of two brilliant careers. For the country they served, it would have even darker implications because they were the …

I have known a great number of men.... I have known none who seemed more the whole man, none more finished a civilized product in all a man should be - in mode…

Because we believe in the free mind we are also fighting those who, in the name of anti-Communism, would assail the community of freedom itself.

In the usual (though certainly not in every) public decision on economic policy, the choice is between courses that are almost equally good or equally bad. It …

I recommended that we establish contact with [the Chinese communists]. We had established contact through a military mission there but that we did not ... we s…