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...Quebec, Morgenthau and White had got the initials of Roosevelt and Churchill on the Morgenthau plan, designed to reduce Germany to a "pastoral" state. White noted that Prime Min ister Churchill first opposed the plan, then apparently came around to it, and that Churchill upbraided the reluctant Anthony Eden: "I don't want you running back to the War Cabinet trying to unsell this proposal before I get there." White also noted that Secretary Hull complained bitterly during this meeting against his former Under Secretary, Sumner Welles, who "seemed to be operating a second State Department." (Morgenthau and White...
...beating a retreat. Archbishop Makarios made known that he would be happy to settle for an unconditional British pledge of self-determination and prompt steps toward arranging it; enosis, if that is the will of the people, would come later. After much gulping and shooting of cuffs, Sir Anthony Eden's government took back Henry Hop-kinson's never, and three weeks ago accepted Cyprus' right to self-determination - but still would not say when. The U.S., ally and friend of all three nations involved, thought it expedient not to say in public what the State Department...
...Eden's new team is yet untried, its record still to be written. But last week the Tories got a clear warning. The latest public-opinion polls, by the Daily Express and by George Gallup for the News Chronicle, both show that Labor now leads the Tories in popular favor for the first time since the election...
Political Career: First elected to Parliament in 1945 from home constituency of the Wirral, near Liverpool, he won reputation as spirited young backbencher, specialized in economic affairs, was picked by Rab Butler as his chief assistant in formulating program which returned Tories to power in 1951. After election, Eden made him his righthand man in Foreign Office as Minister of State. For three years he headed British delegation to U.N. A great believer in private conversations and searcher for compromises, he used such phrases as "meeting the Russians halfway," and assiduously courted the Indians as a vehicle for compromise...
Views: Like Eden, who was his tutor. Lloyd is a dedicated believer in dogged negotiation. But he entertains no illusions about the Russians and is a generous defender of the U.S. Says he: "Provided our two countries stand together on essentials, there is no limit to what we can do for the world and for ourselves, but if we fall apart or if we are forced apart, there is no danger that might not befall us and the world...