TE - come on, man. The reactionaries have been beating the "evil state department traitors" since at least the 1940s.
A mere 40 years, Mikey?
Come on, man - that leaves out the period 1945-1963 which reactionaries like you really shouldn't neglect. It contains such rich material as who lost China and the Communists running rampant through the Truman Administration - and Ike is pretty suspect too, when you get right down do it.
The problem I have with that whole line of "thought" is that if it were remotely correct, we wouldn't be where we are today. I personally have been hearing that shit since the 1960s - back when folks of your stripe were prediciting that the eeeeeeeevil state department lifers would sabotage American efforts to prevail in the Cold War. Same shit, different fucking decade...