Walter Bedell Smith served under Eisenhower as Chief of Staff during World War II. He was appointed as under-Secretary of State in the Eisenhower Administration. He also held the post of Director of the CIA and was a former Director of the American Committee for a United Europe. He was Dulles' right-hand man until August 1954, when he resigned but he continued as an unofficial adviser to Dulles and the President. As a friend of Monnet he had an input into supporting the American loan for the ECSC.

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