Acheson, Dean Gooderham

Japanese: アチソン（英語表記）Acheson， Dean Gooderham

Born April 11, 1893 in Middletown, Connecticut
Died October 12, 1971, Sunday Springs, Maryland. American politician. Graduated from Harvard Law School in 1918. Under Secretary of the Treasury in 1933, Assistant Secretary of State in 1941, Under Secretary of State from 1945 to 1947, and Secretary of State from 1949 to 1953. He was a major planner of foreign policy in the administration of H. Truman. Acheson placed emphasis on the economic recovery and security of Western Europe, and promoted the North Atlantic Treaty, while adopting a policy of liquidating aid to the Nationalist government of China. In January 1950, he spoke of America's defense line in the Pacific as a line connecting the Aleutians, Japan, Okinawa, and the Philippines, but this did not include South Korea, and was criticized by Republican politicians after the outbreak of the Korean War. He was the chief plenipotentiary of the United States at the time of the Treaty of Peace with Japan in 1951. After retiring from the position of Secretary of State, he returned to the legal profession, but was active as a foreign policy advisor to successive presidents. In 1970, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her memoir, "Present at the Creation," about her time as Secretary of State.

Acheson
Atchison

A city on the Missouri River in northeastern Kansas, USA. Founded in 1854 by supporters of slavery, the city was named after its leader, DR Atchison. The city developed after the railroad was built between Atchison and Topeka. Currently, it is a distribution center for various industrial products, grains, and livestock. Population 10,656 (1990).

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Japanese:

[生]1893.4.11. コネティカット，ミドルタウン
[没]1971.10.12. メリーランド，サンデースプリングス
アメリカの政治家。 1918年ハーバード大学大学院法科卒業。 33年財務次官，41年国務次官補，45～47年国務次官，49～53年国務長官。 H.トルーマン政権の対外政策の主要な立案者であった。アチソンは西ヨーロッパの経済復興と安全保障とを重視し，北大西洋条約を推進する一方，中国国民政府に対する援助政策は清算する方針をとった。 50年1月には，太平洋におけるアメリカの防衛線はアリューシャン－日本－沖縄－フィリピンを結ぶ線であると演説，南朝鮮を含めていなかったため，朝鮮戦争勃発後，共和党の政治家らから非難された。 51年対日講和条約の際のアメリカ首席全権。国務長官退官後法曹界にもどったが，歴代大統領の外交政策顧問として活躍。　国務長官時代の回想録"Present at the Creation"で 70年ピュリッツァー賞受賞。