Word: byrneses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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No Retreat. Whatever his formulas, Jimmy Byrnes was sticking to one objective: peace treaties must be made with the former Axis satellites this summer. But first the Trieste issue had to be settled. The Italian port on the Adriatic was a symbol of the struggle between Western democracy and Soviet...
Molotov finally offered a compromise-putting Trieste under dual Italo-Yugoslav sovereignty. But growing clashes between Italians and Slovenes in the city already showed how hopeless such a plan would be. When Byrnes turned it down, Molotov snapped: "If you mean that no compromise is possible, why not say so...
Molotov then announced that he agreed that France be given Tenda and Briga- two small Italian districts near the French border. Always quick to seize an opening, Byrnes asked: Why not talk now about the Dodecanese? The Russian interpreter was still translating this when Molotov agreed that the archipelago (which...
Point of Rest. Whether the champagne was buoyant enough to lift agreement from the bog of stubborn deadlock, none knew at week's end. But the attitude of both U.S. and Russian delegates indicated that at Byrnes's private dinner U.S. policy was expressed more firmly than it...
Trieste was the test. Byrnes had been stubborn on one point: the city would not be handed over to Tito. But at the meetings Byrnes showed great flexibility on details ; although opposed in general to internationalized cities (too much like Danzig), he was even willing to see Trieste put under...