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American political advisor served as White House Counsel in Washington DC, United States of America, 1946-1950; served as Chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board in Washington DC, United States of America, 1963-1968
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REEL 1 Recollections of period as White House Counsel in Washington DC, United States of America, 1946-1950: background to President Harry S Truman's invitation to Winston Churchill to speak at Fulton, Missouri, 3/1946; description of train journey from Washington DC to Fulton; President Harry S Truman's reaction to Winston Churchill's 'Iron Curtain' speech; preparation of Clifford-Elsey Report for President Harry S Truman and his response; President Harry S Truman's reaction to British withdrawal from aiding Greece and Turkey, 3/1946; reception to and preparation of President Harry S Truman's 'Truman Doctrine' speech; background to introduction of Marshall Plan; reaction of General George Marshall to recognition of state of Israel, 1948; President Harry S Truman's reaction to Berlin Blockade, 1948.
REEL 2 Continues: initial advice to send heavily armoured convoy to Berlin rejected by President Harry S Truman; effect of lifting of blockade, 1949; President Harry S Truman attitude towards McCarthyism; Joseph McCarthy's attacks on General George Marshall and Dean Acheson. Aspects of period as Chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board in Washington DC, United States of America, 1963-1968: his attitude towards sending American ground troops to South Vietnam, 1965; subsequent meeting with President Lyndon B Johnson at Camp David and president's decision to send troops to South Vietnam, 1965; question lack of military plan to win war in Vietnam; effect of North Vietnamese Tet Offensive on American popular opinion, 1/1968; change in views of presidential advisors after Tet Offensive, 1/1968.
REEL 3 Continues: reasons for President Lyndon B Johnson not seeking re-election, 1968; question of necessity of Cold War; question of worst moment of Cold War; importance of 'Truman Doctrine' to Cold War; effects of the Cold War; reputation of President Harry S Truman.