Word: cadogan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Before Hodgson intervened, Russia had the U.S. and Britain over a barrel. No one seriously believed that Franco was about to go on the warpath, and Gromyko had no constructive proposal on how to get rid of him. But if Stettinius and Cadogan voted tacit aid & comfort to Franco by defeating Gromyko, Russia could use that fact to advance her own ends, from Trieste to Tokyo. If the West continued to do nothing about Franco, it would in crease the chance that his successor will be more Communist than democratic...
When Gromyko spoke for the third time, his usually dry, level voice shook with anger. Fiercely, he called Stettinius a "troublemaker," charged the "most possible fuss" had been made of the matter. Britain's usually impassive Sir Alexander Cadogan, his face flushed with indignation and the Council chamber's oppressive heat, pointed out that the Iran matter would have been disposed of by a routine report on May 6. "If Russia hadn't brought it up today, this wouldn't have happened." Later, in the bar, Brazil's Pedro Leao Velloso remarked to Gromyko...
...Alexander Cadogan (rhymes with pa-DUG-in) was the guardian of the British Empire, a product of Eton and Oxford, a veteran of four decades in the diplomatic service. Cool, clipped, careful, the former Permanent Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs stayed in the background at open sessions. In closed sessions, he was most firm 'in holding the line against the Russians...
...think it would be a great mistake if any country could not have its complaint heard." Everyone in the room snapped to attention. Vishinsky was a picture of pallid, intense concern. Bevin warmed up throatily on Greece (which Russia had brought up to counteract talk about Iran). Sir Alexander Cadogan, Permanent Undersecretary in the Foreign Office, leaned forward and tried in vain to calm him. But Bevin ploughed on: "I am so tired of these charges by the Soviet Government in private assembly that no one will be happier than I to see that they are brought out into...
...mouse, Australia's rip-snorting Herbert Vere Evatt said that the Big Five interpretation was narrower than a version given previously by Sir Alexander Cadogan (rhymes with huggin'). Britain's Professor Charles Kingsley Webster said that Sir Alexander made a mistake because New Zealand's Peter Fraser caught him by surprise with a question. Fraser retorted that Cadogan had checked the transcript of the answer with him. Snapped Fraser to Webster: "Don't try to slide out by making misstatements. What you are doing is dishonest." U.S. Senator Tom Connally, who was presiding, got Fraser...