Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959

Shown leaving the White House after conferring with President Truman are Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left) and John Foster Dulles, GOP consultant on foreign policy.

Left to Right, leaving the White House following a meeting with President Truman are his top military and Defense Chiefs: General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff; John Foster Dulles, Foreign Policy Adviser; Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and General Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers (on podium), shakes hands with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who laid the cornerstone for the CIA's new 5 million dollar building. The present director, Allen Dulles, is on the right of the President, while Rev. Frederick Brown Harris, chaplain of the Senate, is on the platform behind Adm. Souers.

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (left) and Mutual Security Administrator Harold Stassen are boarding a plane at Washington Airport for a nine-day tour of seven European nations. Before leaving, Dulles reiterated that he was not going to make "new commitments" but gather information on the "common problems" facing the Atlantic community. From: Beth Gore

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, bare headed in a chill wind, stood on the rear steps of the main State Department Building to speak to several thousand employees assembled in a parking lot. He told them he always felt there is "no service one can render to his country that is higher or more valuable" than to be in the foreign service or the State Department. From: Beth Gore.