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In Robert Caro’s magisterial series on Johnson, he points out that Johnson - close to Truman - saw the grief Truman took for “appearing soft on Communism” before coming around to the positions for which he is now known. and vowed never to be seen in the same light.

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My guess is that Truman allowed Dean Acheson to speak for him. Interesting thesis to cross JFK papers with Venona and Mitrokhin.

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