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Sevareid, Eric, 1912-1992

Arnold Eric Sevareid (1912-1992) was born in Velva, North Dakota. He was a CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977.

A Conversation with Dean Acheson (Eric Sevareid Interviews Dean Acheson)

Eric Sevareid interviews Dean Acheson, who talks about current and past issues. Subjects include the Marshall Mission to China; arms negotiations with the Soviet Union; Acheson's advice to Lyndon Johnson on the Vietnam War; the reasons for Truman's support for Israel; Acheson's relations with Truman; Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, and Kennedy; Dean Rusk, Joseph McCarthy, Alger Hiss; and Acheson's rating of recent world figures.