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Johnnie Walker, Red. The faint suggestion of a smile worked at the corners of Molotov's mouth as he left the third day's proceedings: Was he mistaken, or had Britain and France seemed not quite so anxious as the U.S. to shut him up and move on? At the delegates' bar, where Eden and Bidault sipped cocktails and Dulles munched a sandwich, Molotov confidently downed two shots of Johnnie Walker (Red Label...
...Three of the West, though, were still united in their resolve to cut through Molotov's tactics...
...When we adjourned yesterday evening," said Dulles next day, "I had a sense of complete recall to those days of 1945 when I gained a great admiration for Mr. Molotov's diplomatic skill. I am glad to see that he has not lost his touch. Yesterday Mr. Molotov produced out of the hat rabbits for all of us-peace in Korea, peace in Indo-China, an end to the armaments race . . . the ending of all tensions everywhere...
...Molotov has entertained us by an exhibition of his ability to make the preposterous seem plausible. However, we did not come here for entertainment." Molotov asked if the record could at least show that the conference did not reject a five-power meeting. Dulles snapped that the U.S. certainly did reject...
...speed matters," Molotov obligingly agreed. The Western foreign ministers reached at last for their portfolios on Germany and Austria. But Molotov smiled a polite smile. "I crave your indulgence. It so happens I have with me ... another resolution I wish to table." He laid it before the others. If words could mildew, it would have been a deep, miasmic green, for it was the old, empty Soviet proposal for a world-disarmament conference...