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...Russias, white shirt fronts gathered in rigid radiance and evening gowns swayed scented attendance: Foreign Minister Molotov was giving a banquet for his fellow peacemakers. The dinner (caviar, pheasant, ice cream) was almost frugal by official Soviet standards, and the toasts were grimly optimistic. Said Ernie Bevin as he proffered his glass: "We four must not let the people of today or tomorrow say there were men who had a chance to save the world and muffed...
Although not mentioning communism by name, Bevin declared that the British "do not believe Germany should merely change from the Nazi party to another party, nor Nazi ideology to some other ideology...
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin earlier had submitted a similar proposal but in much greater detail, and warned Russia that Britain would not stand for any "one party" system in Germany...
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin replied curtly that he could not accept a proposal where one power blocked all negotiations until it gets its way on one point...
...people, except for a brief period at remote Yalta." His blue eyes twinkled at the word "remote," as though it could be taken to mean not only Yalta's distance in time & space, but also the remoteness of Yalta's mood of fatuous confidence. That afternoon, Ernie Bevin, 66 that day, dropped in on Molotov, who had turned 57 on the same day; the double birthday party was not festive...