John Foster Dulles (
February 25,
1888 -
May 24,
1959) was a statesman and anti-Communist who served as
secretary of state under President
Dwight D. Eisenhower from
1953-
59. He advocated support of the French in their war against the
Viet Minh in
Indochina and famously refused to shake the hand of
Zhou Enlai at the Geneva Conference in
1954.
Older brother of Allen Dulles, who directed the CIA.
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See also: Vietnam War