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...Against participation) "Unattractive as this idea will be to Congress, it will realize that it has no alternative. Bevin and Bidault are strong enough to keep the requests within reason. If we get into this thing we will have to let the Eastern European countries in; that means they will be trading freely with Western Europe, and will be drawn out of our orbit. We must back away and try to save what we can-Eastern Europe...
...rebels, came out for Bevin's stand. In France, Socialist Premier Paul Ramadier's Cabinet was rescued from a crisis when dissident Socialists, irked by Russia's action, rallied to Ramadier. For the first time at a postwar international conference, France's Foreign Minister Georges Bidault got off the fence, spoke unequivocally on the side of the West...
Empty Chairs. Nations, like men, had to take sides. By the time Molotov's plane was nearing the Kremlin, Ernie Bevin once more met with Georges Bidault ("that dear little man," in Ernie's words). They issued invitations for a session to all European nations except Russia-though she was free to come in any time she chose-and Spain...
Would Eva go to Paris and London? There had been some loud reverberations. In Paris, Mmes. Auriol and Bidault had expressed their willingness to carry a welcome as far as a purely private tea party. Britain's press had warned of a frosty reception (the Royal Family will be in Scotland, obviating the possibility of a palace snub). The final decision would doubtless be made by Eva. She was as used to having her own way as she was to snubs...
During the first meeting around the brand-new green baize (the old cloth had been stolen by a souvenir hunter after last year's peace conference), Molotov sat and listened to Bevin and Bidault. They wanted to establish international commissions to Marshall-plan European recovery on a continental basis. Then, with instructions from the Kremlin, Molotov spoke...