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Jimmy Byrnes had gone home to Spartanburg, S.C., but at the call of President Truman he hurried back to Washington. Before he had been back twelve hours, politicos were tagging him as the man Harry Truman would lean on as adviser on foreign affairs (see INTERNATIONAL). Many of them were...
It seemed likely that Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch, frequent adviser to Franklin Roosevelt, would lose none of his influence at the top of the government, particularly in view of his close friendship with Jimmy Byrnes. And white-thatched Jesse Jones would be available for financial advice.
Jimmy Byrnes gave Truman a fast fill-in on the Russians, their reluctance to broaden the Polish Government on Yalta lines, and their decision to send a second-rate delegation to San Francisco. Forthwith, through regular State Department channels, President Truman sent a meaningful message to Stalin:
In any event, another man would be Harry Truman's principal adviser on foreign affairs. That man was Jimmy Byrnes (see U.S. AT WAR), whose responsibilities would include many other matters as well. A good deal was known about his world attitude. He was for Dumbarton Oaks, the Yalta...
The First Fruits. Truman told Stettinius and the Senate delegates, Connally and Vandenberg, to run their show-and run it well- at the San Francisco conference. Characteristically and instinctively, he decided that he had better stay away. Too much of U.S. diplomacy was buried with Mr. Roosevelt. Too much was...