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All last week they were busy briefing their delegations, battening down their philosophies, packing planeloads of equipment for the Parley at the Summit.
Wearing a vest as usual, Dwight Eisenhower seemed to be the coolest person in the room. To a question implying that he "cannot refuse to run in 1956," he replied crisply: "That is a decision I have to reach for myself-some time." Asked if Congress should stay in session...
"Huuuuuuh, Huuuuuuh." When the Senate convenes, George enters the chamber and sits alongside Lyndon Johnson for a 20-minute briefing session on the day's agenda. Because of his heavy work load on his own committees, George does not overburden himself with details in other legislative fields. One recent...
But all wars, however total, must end, and by February 1945, when the Yaltamen convened, the military situation was so far advanced toward victory that the future could no longer be brushed aside. From the preconference cables, extending over seven months, Franklin Roosevelt seems to have had the greatest sense...
The briefing was little used at Yalta.