Frankfurt, Germany, Oct. 15, 1948: John Foster Dulles, right, U.S. delegate to the United Nations, talks to reporters on his arrival at the Rhein-Main airport. Dulles, who would later serve as secretary of state in the Eisenhower administration, said the Soviet blockade of Berlin was one of the major issues facing the U.N.

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