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...gave Jimmy Byrnes the most bother when he was Secretary of State were 1) V. M. Molotov, 2) Henry Wallace. In a book published this week, ex-Secretary of State Byrnes tells the story of the diplomatic struggle in which he took part, from Yalta (January 1945) to the New York conference of Foreign Ministers (November 1946). Written* from records and from onetime court reporter Byrnes's shorthand notes, Speaking Frankly (Harper, $3.50) is sometimes illuminating, sometimes frank. Byrnes admires Molotov. Towards Wallace he is bitter...
...Nyet, Nyet." Towards Molotov, Jimmy Byrnes's feelings were like those of a man confronted by a two-legged monolith...
...unlimited patience as well as a fine mind and tremendous energy. Any exhibition of impatience or bad temper by others gives him amusement. At such times it is interesting to watch his serious, solemn expression as he protests his innocence of any provocation." Molotov was a stickler for procedure. His favorite word was: "Nyet" ("No"), which Byrnes heard so often "I almost accept it as part of my own language. He can say in English, 'I agree,' but so seldom does he agree that his pronunciation isn't very good...
...Independent People's Republic of Outer Mongolia," which is entirely controlled by the Soviet Government, and that the two "independent republics" would then enter into a mutual-assistance pact. And it is not difficult to imagine that the Chinese ambassador in Moscow would then be summoned by Molotov and politely reminded that the Soviet Union has a mutual-assistance pact with the "People's Republic of Outer Mongolia." Therefore if the Chinese Government should attempt by arms to regain its province of Manchuria, and Outer Mongolia should go to the assistance of the "People's Republic...
...another reply, Foreign Minister Molotov charged the U.S. press with daily "lying and slanderous articles regarding the U.S.S.R. and its statesmen." The Russian Government, he said disingenuously, "cannot bear the responsibility for this or that article, and so much the more, cannot accept the protest you have made." Translated from the Russian, that could mean only one thing: Russia's rulers meant this one for the record...