Word: bevins
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week when Britain's Bevin and Churchill adopted tactics of extreme tough ness (see below), tough Molotov was rela tively relaxed. His whole speech testified to the U.S.S.R.'s awareness of its limitations...
Churchill and Bevin had said that Russia should not have the atomic bomb now. Well, Molotov did not ask for it. He simply said that the Russians would get it for themselves...
Extraordinary preparations preceded the extraordinary speeches delivered in the House of Commons last week by Winston Churchill and Ernest Bevin. The leader of the Loyal Opposition, said knowing M.P.s, had sent a copy of his speech to the Foreign Secretary. Some members, noting the many similarities, suspected that Churchill, Bevin and Prime Minister Clement Attlee had broken all precedent by consulting beforehand...
Churchill on Russia. On speech day, the House had the casual air it reserves for weighty debates. When Winston Churchill entered, he was as pink and rubicund as ever. Bevin followed him, wiping the sweat from his flushed face...
...should fortify in every way our special and friendly connections with the United States." Bevin on Russia. Ernest Bevin had none of Churchill's solid polish; he was sometimes almost incoherent. But his meaning was as plain as a bulldog's face: "We will do nothing or allow any of our agents and diplomats to do anything to stir up hatred or to provoke or create a situation detrimental to Russia in the eastern countries. ... I am not a criminal if I want friendship with neighbors bordering on the British frontier. What am I doing wrong...