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Dulles had gone to Berlin amid predictions that he had much to lose and little to gain. By his deft handling of European issues, and with the stout help of Britain's Eden, France's Bidault, he had exposed Russia's designs for Europe and brought Britain, France and the U.S. closer together in the face of these designs than they have been for years. But in Berlin's last hour, the Big Four had issued a communique setting up still another conference, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 26. There, with Communist China sitting in, they would...
Alarmed Squid. At this point, the West really put the unyielding Molotov on the spot. Bidault declared that France would give in to the Russians on all five disputed articles if only the conference could get to a peace treaty. Eden concurred, and Dulles was about to. That left no obstacle to signing the existing treaty. Flustered, Molotov retreated like an alarmed squid, throwing off black clouds of protests, protocol, and procedural double talk. "We must not get in a muddle," he protested...
Molotov ducked and wove, argued that the question of Trieste should be settled first. "We did not come here to discuss Iceland, Morocco, Gibraltar or Trieste, we came to discuss Austria," retorted Dulles. Four fruitless hours later, Bidault said: "We have conceded all we were ever asked to concede, and now we are confronted with heart-rending new proposals...
...recognition of the Red China regime. At the four "restricted" sessions with the West which were held to discuss Molotov's proposed five-power meeting including Communist China, he stubbornly demanded a full place for Red China as an equal partner. The West refused. Even France's Bidault, under heavy pressure for negotiations that might halt the wasting Indo-Chinese war, stood sturdily with his Western colleagues in demanding that any conference should be confined to specific issues. The West's proposal was for a Big Four meeting on Korea first. If this proved fruitful-and only...
...name: 1. Joseph Laniel. 4. Georges Bidault...