Word: molotovs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After two weeks of vainly trying to settle the Berlin issue in Berlin, Germany's military governors passed the problem back to Moscow. For the eleventh time, the Western envoys went to call on Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov. The Russians had agreed "in principle" to lift the Berlin blockade; in practice, they refused to budge. It was obvious by now that the Russians were merely carrying on what T. S. Eliot once called "a tedious argument of insidious intent...
After the last Kremlin meeting, U.S. Ambassador Bedell Smith said: "The three Western envoys had a delightful hour and 30 minutes' talk with Mr. Molotov. I have no comment...
...other principals converged on Paris-from Washington came Secretary of State Marshall, from London Ernie Bevin, from Berlin General Lucius Clay. The visitors were joined by France's Foreign Minister Robert Schuman. The chief decision they would have to make was whether to continue the delightful talks with Molotov in Paris (if he should decide to come), or whether to throw the Berlin issue into the U.N. Assembly or Security Council for debate. Exposing the Russian blockade-and the why and what of the great Berlin airlift-to the world's view might be an effective move...
...British were known to be hesitant about breaking off the talks with Molotov. The key to the situation was the question of whether the airlift (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) could continue, throughout the winter, to feed, warm and hold Berlin. That crucial question General Clay answered last week with a clear yes. He said he was sure that the airlift could not only provide Western Berlin with its necessities but sustain its economic life at pre-blockade level. With the possible exception of two tough winter months, he was convinced that "Operation Vittles" could be extended to flying in raw materials...
...proposal to have one last fling at the colonies before the deadline. U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall agreed to negotiate but refused to attend in person. So last week in Paris the Big Four held a three-day conference on the Italian colonies. Moscow did not send Molotov, it sent the Foreign Office's No. 2 man, mercurial Andrei Vishinsky...