Word: molotovs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Snapped Byrnes: "It is obvious that the Soviet delegate does not intend to permit these invitations to be sent until he has satisfied the purpose, whatever it is, he has in mind." Molotov now attempted a diversion; he suggested that the Foreign Ministers discuss Germany while the Deputies worked over the rules of procedure...
Byrnes replied: "I have had General Clay waiting in Paris for the last week so that I could be ready to discuss Germany at any time. But the Soviet delegate refused. I for one do not intend to be forced by Mr. Molotov into a discussion of Germany. . . . The Soviet delegate kept us here last night until after midnight so he could get his reparations money. I propose that we sit until midnight tonight and see if we can do something for the peace of the world...
They stayed in session till 9 p.m., but reached no agreement on the rules or the invitations. Over & over again the next day Molotov said: "The Soviet delegation cannot agree to anything which will violate the Moscow Declaration and which will make the Peace Conference a shtampuyushchaya mashina [rubber stamp machine...
...fear that the Peace Conference will be a rubber stamp, let us leave it to the Conference to make its own rules. . . . Nowhere does it state, in the Moscow Declaration or anywhere else, that the Council of Foreign Ministers will establish the rules for the Peace Conference." Molotov came back with his sentence about the shtampuyushchaya...
Slow Peace. Non-Russian delegates were convinced by Molotov's manner that he had been reduced to a shtampuyushchaya mashina as a result of a telephonic bawling out from Moscow for being too soft at the July 4 night session. The Russians obviously wanted to delay the Peace Conference as long as possible because they knew that an overwhelming majority of the 21 nations opposed Russia's expansionist program. If the Conference had to be held, Russia wanted to tie it up with rules that would insure Russia against majority rule on the treaties...