Word: molotovs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ales Bebler of Yugoslavia roused himself with a start, realized that he had been called on to vote on a clause in the Rumanian treaty. "No," he said, and looked at Molotov, bellwether of the Slav bloc. Molotov frowned. "I mean yes," said Bebler. Molotov frowned harder. "I mean I abstain," babbled the Yugoslav. Molotov smiled...
This might have been cause for some lingering hope; but immovable Mr. Molotov, in a final bitter blast, denounced the conference from stem to stern, and stated that his country would ignore the conference balloting when the Big Four came to grips on the final texts. It was inadmissible, Mr. Molotov said in effect, that the West should gang up on the Soviet group by a mere mustering of votes...
Possibly having in mind Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov's declaration that he would continue to fight some of the majority decisions of the Paris Peace Conference--such as that on on Triesto--Byrnes declared "No state should assume that it has a monopoly of virtue, or of wisdom. No state should ignore or vote the aggregate sentiments of mankind...
...brilliant student of languages, he was familiar with a dozen European tongues, and in 1942 he served as an interpreter at a White House conference between President Roosevelt and Molotov. In recent years he has been editor and manager of the "Slavonic and East European Review...
...Double Game. With exemplary skill, Communist propagandists in Austria played on every Austrian fear and vexation, made the most of every Allied slip. The Communist press rang with patriotic fervor and anti-Gruber denunciations over the Tyrol question. No mention was made of the fact that Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov had consistently opposed Austria's demands for South Tyrol...