SHARP at 9 a.m., Jan. 22, 1953, John Foster Dulles showed up for work in his fifth-floor office at the State Department, a tall, austere-looking man, eyes wary, mouth turned down at the corners ...

Already he was ailing with cancer, but his voice was strong, his speech direct. John Foster Dulles: "We have reconfirmed the unity and firmness of our position, the position expressed in the Joint ...