Louis J. Halle, Jr. - Dean Rusk Correspondence 1961-1984

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Papers of Louis Joseph Halle, Accession #10603-o, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Summary

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English
Preferred citation:

Papers of Louis Joseph Halle, Accession #10603-o, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This addition to the papers of Louis J. Halleconsist of twenty-three items, 1961-1984, personal correspondence between friends and former colleagues, Louis J. Halle, Jr.and Dean Rusk(1909-1994), Secretary of State under John F. Kennedyand Lyndon B. Johnsonfrom 1961-1969. Much of the correspondence is of a social nature concerning recommendations, offers of hospitality, and thanks for copies of Halle's work, but several letters discuss policy and opinions about international relations.

These include: Louis Halle's opinion on the Vietnampolicy of the United States(1966 Aug 3, & 31; Dec 9); the containment policy concerning Communism and the liquidation of the Cold War (1966 Dec 9); Dean Rusk's discussion of his views on Vietnampolicy and the Cold War (1967 Sep 1); the fallacy of the concept of "world revolution" playing a role in Vietnamand the present state of the United State's commitment there, with a brief history of the escalation of American commitments to Vietnam, and the fragmentation of the world Communist movement (1967 Sep 9); Dean Rusk's note about the connection between National Atlantic Treaty Organizationand the Marshall Plan (1980 Feb 28); newsclippings of articles by Dean Ruskappearing in The Washington Post, "Rusk on Responsibility" and "Secretary of State is a Hazardous Occupation" (see 1982 Jul 22); Dean Rusk's concern over the doomsday talk regarding nuclear weapons (1984 Mar 12 & May 18); the possible use of nuclear weapons by third world powers (1984 Jul 5); and the tendency of the academic world to follow the accepted doctrine of a discipline rather than to welcome the insights of a practitioner (1984 Jul 15).

Acquisition information:
These letters were given to the University of VirginiaLibrary by Louis J. Halle, Jr., Geneva, Switzerland, through Brian Paul Menard, Charlottesville, Virginia, on September 24, 1994.
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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

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23 items