Word: smith
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Smith, however, still following his instructions, added one casual, friendly thought. He said: "As far as the U.S. is concerned, the door is always open for full discussion and the composing of our differences...
Talking Turkey. "Beedle" Smith had called to talk turkey with Molotov. In a full statement of the U.S. position, he told the Soviet Foreign Minister that the U.S. is economically sound of heart & limb; that it is by no means paralyzed in its international activities by the upcoming presidential campaign; that a united U.S. people are just as determined as ever to oppose Soviet aggression and the spread of Communist ideas; and that if Moscow is beginning to think anything else, it is listening too hard to Henry Wallace-and swallowing its own propaganda...
...Smith was acting on explicit instructions from the State Department, which had decided that Russia might be making some grievous miscalculations. Hitler's error in thinking his opponents were "worms" had plunged him into World War II. Smith's conversation with Molotov was a warning not to make the same mistake...
Tart Rebuttal. The Kremlin thought this over for several days, then invited Smith back to receive Molotov's reply. After a self-righteous rehash of Soviet policies and a charge that the U.S. was to blame for everything wrong with the world, Molotov leaped delightedly through the "open door...
Unctuously he declared: "The Soviet government views favorably the desire of the government of the U.S. to improve these relations . . . and agrees to the proposal to proceed ... to a discussion and settlement of the differences existing between us." Smith delivered a tart rebuttal, sent complete texts of the conversations to Washington, and went off fishing in Normandy...