Word: molotovs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...blew the whistle was Russia's Molotov. Ever since he returned from Moscow ten days before, he had dropped his role of forbearing arbiter and become once again the familiar aggressive antagonist. Observers suspected that he had learned in Moscow the only thing he wanted to know: the U.S. was not going to intervene in Indo-China. Last week Molotov got confirmation from the highest sources. Secretary of State Dulles said that the U.S. "has no intention of dealing with the Indo-China situation unilaterally"; that it was up to the French, and that there were no plans...
...plenary session called at his request, Molotov bided his time while Bi dault argued, with an eye on Paris, that the conference had achieved "some appreciable results," notably its acceptance of the French plea to discuss a military cease-fire before going into the interminable difficulties of a political settlement. Then Molotov spoke...
...Progress? What progress?" cried a U.S. official. "If Molotov and the Communists stick to their proposals on a cease-fire commission, where the hell can we make progress...
...week long, to the plaudits of the British press, dapper Anthony Eden played old-world diplomat before the unmoved men of Communism. He dined Chou Enlai; he conferred privately with Molotov, warning him with the air of a man who would never do such a thing himself that if the Communists asked for too much, the U.S. might get mad and make Indo-China another "Korea." He seemed willing to nibble at the smallest bait. British trade delegations flew in to confer with Chou En-lai about increased British-Chinese trade, and the Foreign Office announced happily that the Chinese...
...League-of-Nations days. His friends picture him as the only real diplomat on the Western side. Is he not the only one who can lunch with the U.S.'s Bedell Smith or France's Bidault, yet take tea with Chou En-lai and dine with Molotov? The British newspapers are running over with enthusiasm for these exploits, without stopping to consider whether anything is gained by drinking tea with the Chinese Communists...