In Geneva he wished “to conciliate, to understand, to be tolerant, to try to see the other fellow’s viewpoint.” Throwing aside his earlier caution, he now asserted that the Great Powers had a chance to take “the greatest step toward peace, toward future prosperity and tranquility that has ever been taken in the history of mankind.” With soaring rhetoric like this crackling across the national airwaves, no wonder Dulles was worried!
