Word: bevinism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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PARIS, February 27--Reliable reports said today that Foreign Minister Georges Bidault and Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin would sign a French-British alliance at some port along the French channel coast next Wednesday...
...Leverage. Palestine's position in the Middle East had some importance both in oil strategy and military strategy - though both were frequently exaggerated. Nevertheless, Ernest Bevin realized that Britain was paying too much for whatever advantages Palestine gave her. Policing Palestine was a drain in pounds sterling, a drain in manpower for troops. And Palestine was a drain on British prestige, for the Arabs blamed Britain for protecting Jews, and the Jews blamed Britain for shutting off immigration and applying harsh police measures against terrorists...
...Bevin's principal objective was to hold against Russia's new leverage there the Anglo-American position in the Middle East. In theory, that could be done through U.N. control of Palestine. But in practice, could...
...leading Labor Member of Parliament said that Bevin, facing critics in a Laborite caucus, blamed pressure of American Jews on the United States government for his failure to reach an agreed settlement in Palestine...
...pace of work had begun to tell on other Ministers. John Strachey (Food) had been down with flu. Sir Stafford Cripps (Trade) had been out with a chill. Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin was nursing his high blood pressure. At a cocktail party a friend told him that he looked well. Said Bevin: "I feel worse than I look." Clem Attlee, an early riser, toiled to the Churchillian hour of 2:30 a.m. to handle the extra work...