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...South Carolina's Jimmy Byrnes had been Secretary of State just two months. There were some who still felt a little anxious about the U.S. being represented-and among all those experienced foreigners-by such a comparative neophyte. (Actually, only Molotov has had more experience; the Messrs. Bevin, Bidault and Wrang Shi-chieh are almost equally new to their tasks.) Although he had guided foreign policy bills through the Senate for F.D.R., Jimmy Byrnes's political life had largely been spent on domestic affairs. He had gone to Europe a dozen or so times, mostly for pleasure...
Digging In. As important as the statement on colonies was President Truman's action toward France. To the White House from San Francisco came youthful French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault and French Ambassador Henri Bonnet. After 30 minutes they left beaming...
Furthermore, the President told his visitors that he would welcome a meeting with General Charles de Gaulle. (This week Foreign Minister Bidault announced that such a meeting would take place "soon.") In sum, these moves represented the most ardent U.S. overture made to France since the liberation. Said a formal White House statement: "A strong France represents a gain to the world...
...statesmanlike Homburg, and Mrs. Kaiser stomped up the narrow isle of faces, and into the Opera House. Then came Commander and Mrs. Harold Stassen (with a pink rose corsage) ; Senator Vandenberg, smiling largely at the populace; Canada's Mackenzie King, prudently armed with an umbrella; Bidault of France, bareheaded as always and skipping smartly from car to door way; Lord Halifax, almost unnoticed in the flashy Arabians' wake; Anthony Eden, acknowledging handclaps and squeals with a wave, a smile. Noting them, and many others, the crowd stirred and incessantly asked: "Where are the Russians...
...more serious mood, French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault sprang a neat maneuver on Secretary Stettinius, got French accepted as an official language of the conference. Later, during long translations of English into French, the French fidgeted with the rest...