Year 1948: In 1948 he served as the foreign policy adviser to
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In 1948 he served as the foreign policy adviser to the Republican presidential candidate, Governor Thomas Dewey of New York. Many assumed that he would become secretary of state when Dewey won, but after Dewey’s surprising loss to Truman he had to return to his law practice and bide his time. Allen, who rejoined the firm after the war, had dreamed of becoming Dewey’s ambassador to France, but that plan, too, was spoiled by the election result.
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