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Acheson, Dean (Gooderham)

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Acheson, Dean (Gooderham) (1893–1971) US politician. He served as Assistant Secretary of State, Under-Secretary, and Secretary of State 1949–53, urging international control of nuclear power in the Acheson-Lilienthal Report of 1946, formulating plans for NATO (NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION), implementing the MARSHALL PLAN, and the TRUMAN Doctrine of US support for nations threatened by communism.

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