Acheson's law offices were strategically located a few blocks from the White House and he accomplished much out of office. He became an unofficial advisor to the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, for example, he was dispatched by Kennedy to France to brief French President Charles de Gaulle and gain his support for the United States blockade. Acheson so strongly opposed the final decision merely to blockade that he resigned from the executive committee.Douglas Brinkley, Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years, 1953-71 (1992).
Acheson's law offi!ces were strategically located a few blocks from the White House and he accomplished much out of office. He be.came an unofficial advisor to the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, f,or example, he was dispatched by Kennedy to France to brief French President Charles de Gaulle and gain his support for t:he United States blockade. Acheson so strongly opposed the final decision merely to blockade, that he resigned from the executive committee.Douglas Brinkley, Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years, 1953-71 (1992).