Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...China's Ambassador to the U.S., Wellington Koo, was extraordinarily frank (for a diplomat) in explaining why the U.S. had a special responsibility for supporting Chinese sovereignty over Manchuria. He called attention to the new Russian position in Northeast Asia, which had been greatly strengthened by acquisition of the Kurile Islands, occupation of northern Korea and half-ownership and control of Manchuria's principal railroad. Said...
...asset side of having a politician as Secretary of State in a time of crisis was Byrnes's handling of Henry Wallace's stab-in-the-back. One French diplomat who has watched Byrnes for a year made a point: "Never in our hearing did he utter a word of criticism of either his President or of Wallace. That showed me he was a loyal man-but also, which is perhaps better-that he was a damn smart politician. Politician is a word which has got a bad connotation in many parts of the world. But there...
From Hungary: Paul Auer is Hungary's Minister to Paris. He is an international lawyer of Europe-wide reputation, who turned diplomat a year ago. Between World Wars I & II, he was a frequent legal adviser to the French Government and acted for the U.S. legation in Switzerland on some cases with which the League of Nations was concerned. Long an advocate of international cooperation and of European federation, Lawyer Auer in 1936 offered a plan to strengthen the League of Nations by adding to it an economic and social council. The League did not adopt this idea...
Well-meaning Tom Connally would hardly be missed. He had only confused the foreigners with his Texas oratory. Said a U.S. diplomat in explanation: "As soon as Tom starts making a speech he thinks it's the Fourth of July...
...When a diplomat once asked Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin what his foreign policy really was, Bevin replied: "To go down to Victoria Station, get a railway ticket and go where the hell I like without a passport or anything else...