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...prospects were like the setting-somber. Dulles, Eden and Bidault went to see whether Russia was ready to live more peaceably and honestly with the democratic world. But they were privately afraid that Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov had come to make not peace but more mischief...
...opening session, France's small, sleepy-eyed Georges Bidault took the floor. "Clearly, our meeting should be devoted to European problems," said he. "We do not see why the fate of Austria should depend on that of Korea, why there should be established a link between the unification of Germany and a change in the international accords governing Communist China . . . Our debates should deal with concrete problems susceptible of quick solution...
...British asked for an advance huddle in Berlin of Dulles, Eden and Bidault a couple of days before the formal talks with Molotov begin...
...Fourth Republic-mounted the eight carpeted steps to the National Assembly's rostrum, put on gold-rimmed glasses and read a 45-minute speech. Purpose: to win a vote of confidence so that Laniel's government would stay alive and Laniel's Foreign Minister Georges Bidault could go to the Four-Power Conference in Berlin...
...darker with rage and indignation. In Lyon, citizens hung up a street banner reading: THE CONGRESS OF VERSAILLES IS A MOCKERY. FRENCHMEN OF ALL OPINIONS, SHOW DISAPPROVAL BY PUTTING YOUR FLAGS AT HALF-MAST. What had begun as a "glorious uncertainty" (in the words of mercurial Foreign Minister Georges Bidault) had degenerated into an inglorious ordeal. Although the presidency is supposed to be above politics, it was partisan politics that blocked a choice for so long...