John Foster Dullies Retires . This historic photo , from June 1954 shows American Secretary of State , John Foster Dulles ( extreme left ) with other leaders of the West ; British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill , US President ' Ike ' Eisenhower and the then British Foreign Secretary , Anthony Eden , chatting together on the White House lawn . Now Dulles has retired , a victim of cancer at the the age of 71 . 20th April 1959