In dealing with the Communists, remember that in their mind what is secret is serious, and what is public is merely propaganda.

- Charles E. Bohlen

You see, the Foreign Service of the United States has grown so unbelievably in the last twenty years, and the requirements for admission are so high,…

- Charles E. Bohlen

[N]ine-tenths of the people who are in the Home Service don't want to go abroad. They are people who live in Washington and have gotten acquainted wi…

- Charles E. Bohlen

A non-Communist premier with Communist ministers would be like a woman trying to stay half pregnant.

- Charles E. Bohlen