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...letters, getting out of the way other routine but essential paperwork of his office. Through Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, he kept up with the international field. But the executive branch was not in the apple-pie shape Ike would like, e.g., he could see French Foreign Minister Pineau only briefly; the conference of American Presidents in Panama, postponed because of his illness, awaited rescheduling...
...Chairman Walter George of the Foreign Relations Committee, French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau last week walked into the Senate chamber to deliver a little speech saying how glad he was to be in the U.S. Already his text had been passed out to the press ("the honor you have done me, and through me to my country, by inviting me to say a few words . . ."). But Christian Pineau never got to the rostrum. The State Department had neglected to tell the secretary of the Senate that he was coming; there were only twelve Senators on the floor...
Unintentional as the slight was, it was a symbolic forerunner of a notable lack of enthusiasm on the part of the U.S. as Secretary of State Dulles and Pineau sat down in Foggy Bottom for informal discussions that stretched through three days. Net results...
Link Between Blocs. Barely had Pineau moved into the Foreign Ministry, however, when his penchant for negotiating with serpents asserted itself. Two hours after an announcement that he and Premier Mollet had accepted an invitation to Moscow (TIME, March 12), Pineau unleashed a stinging attack on France's Allies for their failure to come forth with a "policy of peace." Said Pineau: "I shall systematically orient French policy toward cultural exchanges between East and West." In another speech Pineau gave France an even stronger push toward neutralism. Said he: "We want to remain a link between the blocs without...
Though the concept of France as a "link" was promptly and publicly disavowed by Mollet, Pineau continued to plump for greater trust in Russia, with more fervor and eloquence than any other statesman in Western Europe. Last week, on the eve of his departure for the U.S. (his twelfth visit since the war, his first as Foreign Minister), Pineau said that it is wrong to wonder if Soviet leaders sincerely desire peace. "In diplomacy," he observed, "facts are more important than intentions." He went on to argue that the West must take immediate steps to "liquidate" the cold war. Then...