what does it really mean?

[laura]

Help from native English people needed.....

I found this phrase in a book of European History.

"The ambassador spoke to Marshall from a script worthy of Acheson himself".
Would someone kindly help me to decipher the meaning of it?
Was the ambassador reading a script or what?

Thanks a lot!!!

[ANTHOS]

The key point is that what the ambassador was saying was based on a script (presumably the ambassador was not saying what he/she really felt or thought). Maybe (probably) he had it in front of him, maybe he had rehearsed it and it was in his mind.

Also, the script is particularly outstanding from a certain aspect (eloquence / logic / elegance etc), so much so that it could have been written by Acheson (but was not)

Hope this makes sense.

Andreas

[laura]

thanks!

Very clear!!!! I had understood the phrase the same way, but needed someone to give me more explanations on it.

BYE