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...chief point of disagreement appeared to be Molotov's contention that the three-power conference should determine only how much help should be asked from the United States, while Bidault and Bevin believed that a comprehensive program for use of such help should first be presented...
...French official quoted British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin as saying "the case is hopeless," at the conclusion of his third session with George Bidault of France and Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov...
Despite the gloomy predictions of an adjournment at tomorrow's meeting, one remote possibility existed that the conference would continue. Both Bidault and Bevin agreed to consider further Molotov's proposed method of qualifying for American economic aid and to reply tomorrow...
...also made sense to invite the Russians into the great enterprise. Bevin and Bidault quickly saw that. So did Jean-Jacques Granier, 28, a Paris bank clerk currently on strike. Said he: "If the Russians want to come in, that's fine. If they don't, tant pis. That's their business. Ours is to take this chance-mais tout de suite." Although the Communist press grumbled at the Marshall plan, observers believed that even the majority of French Communist voters welcomed it and saw in it the one hope for a stable, peaceful Europe...
Economic conferences would start immediately. Moscow, after some-confusion, decided to pull up for a closer look. The Russians complained that they did not know what the Marshall plan meant-or what Bevin and Bidault had been up to-but they agreed to a British-French-Russian exploratory conference in Paris, this week...