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Things settled down but there were still plenty of chores to be done, and a lot of wires to be pulled. George managed the ticklish task of easing Secretary of State Ed Stettinius out to make room for Jimmy Byrnes. There was muttering around Washington over George's unofficial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The Regular Guys | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

Actually, this assessment of Big Four intentions was too harsh. The Foreign Ministers had not served up a ready-made peace, but a set of treaty sketches with 26 questions still left wide open, including many major issues such as internationalization of the Danube. When Jimmy Byrnes snapped: "Those who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: The Facts of Life | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

Revolt of the Meek. On the surface the Big Four presented the extraordinary spectacle of unity in the face of the small powers' rebellion. Actually, the cleavage between Russia and the West was as deep as ever. Evatt was not only fighting for the little nations but also against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONFERENCES: The Facts of Life | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

Faces to the West. At last week's meeting of the Allied Control Council for Germany, Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky, the Russian representative, said he feared the proposal for economic unity would have the effect of continuing the division of Germany among the great powers. He implied that Anglo-U...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Tragic Victory | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

Jimmy Byrnes, in a memorable phrase last February, denounced Russia's "unilateral gnawing away at the status quo." The Abadan strike and related developments were reminders to the West that in large parts of the world the economic and social status quo could not be preserved indefinitely and that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Weather from the North | 8/12/1946 | See Source »

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