The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War

Stephen Kinzer

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Joseph Dulles flees Ireland for South Carolina pp. 23-27
The first American member of this extraordinary Scots-Irish family, Joseph Dulles, fled Ireland in 1778 to escape anti-Protestant repression…
Edith Foster and Allen Macy Dulles Marry pp. 23-27
When the family returned home in the summer of 1885, Edith found her suitor as ardent as ever. They were married the following January.
Birth of John Foster Dulles pp. 23-27
On February 25, 1888, she gave birth there to her first child and named him after her father: John Foster Dulles.
Birth of Allen Welsh Dulles pp. 23-27
Five years later, on April 7, 1893, came a second son, Allen Welsh Dulles.
Howard Baskerville killed in Iran pp. 28-31
On April 20, 1909, he was killed in battle, becoming the first and only American martyr to the
John Foster Dulles joins Sullivan & Cromwell pp. 32-35
in the autumn of 1911 Foster joined Sullivan & Cromwell as a clerk. His starting salary was $12.50 per week, which his grandfather generousl…
John Foster Dulles Weds Janet Avery pp. 32-35
The two were married in Auburn on June 26, 1912.
Allen Dulles Graduates from Princeton pp. 32-35
Soon after graduating from Princeton in 1914, he departed for Ewing Christian College in central India.
Allen Dulles posted to Bern for wartime intelligence pp. 36-39
In the spring of 1917, as the United States prepared to declare war on Germany and Austria-Hungary, Allie was transferred to the Swiss capit…
Death of John Foster Dulles pp. 13-19
When John Foster Dulles died on May 24, 1959, a bereft nation mourned more intensely than it had since the death of Franklin Roosevelt fourt…
Dulles International Airport dedicated pp. 13-19
On November 17, 1962, with both Eisenhower and Allen Dulles watching, he presided over the official opening of Dulles International Airport.
Dulles's first speech as Secretary of State pp. 143-146
In his first speech as secretary of state, delivered on January 27, 1953, on national television, he dramatically unveiled a map of the worl…
Mossadegh appeals to Eisenhower over oil pp. 143-146
In January 1953 Mossadegh sent Eisenhower a message asking the new president to help Iranians regain their “natural and elementary rights,”…
British Intelligence Chief Arrives in Washington pp. 143-146
“On February 18, 1953, the newly installed chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service arrived in Washington,” the intelligence histori…
CIA Growth and Expansion pp. 147-150
By 1953 the CIA had become a truly global organization, six times larger than when it was founded in 1947.
Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg pp. 147-150
His refusal to pardon the convicted atomic spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed on June 19, 1953, tough- ened his image, but…
CIA and Britain plan Mossadeq's overthrow in Iran pp. 151-154
On March 4, 1953, the National Security Council met to consider overthrowing Mossadegh.
House subcommittee questions Dulles on CIA operations pp. 151-154
In the spring of 1953 a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee summoned Allen, Frank Wisner—who as deputy director for plans was…
Eisenhower announces $7.4 billion tax cut pp. 151-154
In 1954 he announced a $7.4 billion tax cut.
East Berlin workers' uprising pp. 155-158
On June 16, 1953, several thousand construction workers in East Berlin walked off their jobs rather than accept new government work rules.
Allen Dulles visits Iran to meet the Shah pp. 159-163
In 1949 Allen had traveled to Iran for meetings with the shah and his courtiers aimed at securing the ill-fated OCI contract.
Foster Dulles Adjusts Cold War Vision pp. 168-171
After Churchill declared in 1946 that an “Iron Curtain” had descended across the continent, Foster adjusted his vision to mean Western Europ…
CIA Guatemala Coup Planning pp. 172-175
During the year that stretched from mid-1953 to mid-1954, Allen was occupied most intently with the plot against Arbenz.
Guatemala Coup as Foreign Policy Debacle pp. 172-175
56 THE BROTHERS intelligence, but would also lead to one of the great foreign policy debacles of the Eisenhower era.
Guantanamo Bay Used as Training Base pp. 176-179
” During World War II it had been used as a training base for Navy Seabees, then as a secret jail for prisoners of war.
Eisenhower Administration Foreign Policy pp. 180-183
” President Eisenhower THE MOST FORTHRIGHT PRO-COMMUNIST 167 said at a press conference that it was “designed to protect, and not to impair,…
CIA Propaganda Campaign in Guatemala pp. 184-187
Fake radio broadcasts would reach only those who owned radios—about one of every fifty.
Legacy of the 1954 Guatemala coup pp. 184-187
False or misleading articles in the press would be of limited value since most Guatemalans were illiterate.
Press Describes Dulles Brothers Roles pp. 188-192
72 THE BROTHERS internal affairs of other countries, but his brother Allen is more enterpris- ing,” Reston wrote.
Jacobo Arbenz forced from power in Guatemala pp. 193-200
The hopes of thousands of miserable people went with him wherever he moved.
Death of John Foster Dulles pp. 201-208
When he died in 1959, the nation was grief-stricken.
Eisenhower Oversight of CIA pp. 209-212
” Eisenhower may have been dazzled, but he was not blinded.
Ngo Dinh Diem appointed to lead South Vietnam pp. 217-220
This was the first of many impossible tasks the United States set out to achieve in Vietnam.
Bandung Conference pp. 226-229
Never before had leaders of so many former colonies— their countries had 1.6 billion inhabitants, more than half of humanity— gathered to se…
Foster Dulles as Active Secretary of State pp. 234-237
” During four years as a highly active secretary of state, Foster had become accustomed to being feted by world leaders.
U-2 Capabilities Demonstrated pp. 238-242
Theplane he developed with Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, the U-2, was able to take detailed photographs from seventy thousand feet, beyond…
Dulles Brothers' Anticolonial Past pp. 243-246
Both had been anticolonial firebrands, rose to power in the years after World War II, emerged as global leaders at the Bandung Conference of…
Suez Crisis Tensions Rise pp. 247-251
224 THE BROTHERS “If that colonel of yours pushes us too far,” he vowed, “we'll break him in half!” This bravado faded after the British-led…
Indonesia Crisis Threatens Foreign Policy pp. 256-259
“This situation is ruining our foreign policy,” he told Eisenhower.
Foster Dulles Family Trip pp. 260-263
Janet took the chance to travel to Minster to see their son, Avery, who was studying at a Jesuit seminary there.
Lebanon crisis of 1958 pp. 264-267
The disaster came just weeks after Foster and his boss had made their misleading public statements, and days after the New York Times had pr…
Indonesian political crisis of 1965 pp. 268-272
Archipelago produced three winners: Sukarno, the Indonesian army, and the PKI. All believed they had won the right to more power.
Special Group as Eisenhower's Proxy pp. 273-276
But in the end, its actions—its decisions, its approvals—were taken on behalf of the President, with his knowledge and approval.
US troops sent to Cuba against Spanish rule pp. 305-309
In 1898 President William McKinley sent American troops to Cuba to help rebels overthrow Spanish rule.
Kennedy elected president, retains Allen Dulles pp. 305-309
Less than forty-eight hours after narrowly winning the presidency on November 8, 1960, John F. Kennedy emerged from his waterfront home in H…
Hungarian uprising crushed despite CIA hopes pp. 297-300
When his Hungarian operatives launched their uprising in 1956, he sent Allen a stream of cables demanding help.
Eisenhower lays the CIA headquarters cornerstone pp. 297-300
Eisenhower laid the ceremonial cornerstone on November 3, 1959.
NSC weighs military action over the Congo pp. 289-292
On August 1, Timberlake addressed the National Security Council.
Devlin warns of Communist takeover threat in Congo pp. 289-292
On August 18 Devlin cabled an urgent warning to Allen.
Kasavubu dismisses Prime Minister Lumumba pp. 293-296
Early on the evening of September 5, President Kasavubu arrived at Radio Leo, the main station in Leopoldville, and gave the station manager…
Mobutu seizes power in the Congo pp. 293-296
Mobutu struck on September 14.
Lumumba escapes house arrest in Leopoldville pp. 301-304
A tropical rainstorm engulfed Leopoldville on the night of November 27, 1960, as the Congolese drama entered its final phase.
Allen Dulles briefs Senator Kennedy on CIA operations pp. 314-318
Allen stepped out of a courier plane on July 23, 1960, and into a car that took him to Hyannis Port, where he had come to brief Senator Kenn…
Allen Dulles meets with American business executives about Cuba pp. 319-322
During the 21 December 1960 meeting of the Special Group, Allen Dulles briefed the attendees on a meeting that he had participated in the pr…
Bay of Pigs invasion fails in Cuba pp. 323-327
Before dawn on April 17, the exile force, about fourteen hundred strong, waded ashore at the Bay of Pigs.
CIA Langley headquarters dedicated; Dulles honored pp. 323-327
Kennedy allowed Allen to remain in office until a dedication ceremony could be held at the new Langley headquarters. It was set for November…
Three civil rights workers vanish in Mississippi pp. 328-331
On June 20, 1964, three civil rights workers disappeared in Mississippi.
Allen Dulles dies at Walter Reed pp. 328-331
He died there just before midnight on January 29, 1969, of influenza complicated by pneumonia.