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...been forced into taking his position. The day before he spoke, Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg had also made a speech calling for a more dynamic foreign policy (see below). Vandenberg's plea, applauded by the nation, was a clear challenge. Byrnes's fellow delegate to the UNO London conference had not even mentioned the fact that Byrnes was also there. The omission was almost contemptuous. Vandenberg had pointed to Stettinius, Vishinsky, Bevin (especially Bevin, who had so inspired the Senator that "my hat flew off"). Byrnes had given the delegation little or no guidance. Over the months...
Senator Arthur Vandenberg, home from the UNO conference in London, was well aware of the feelings of his fellow delegates, of gloom on the one hand, of trepidation on the other. He decided that it was past time for someone to speak...
India was ready for a spark. Drought wrote a warning of famine across the country; Russia at UNO had fanned the winds of Asiatic nationalism. A trivial incident at Bombay touched off the British Empire's worst rebellion since the great Sepoy Mutiny...
...since the Allied victory in Europe had Francisco Franco seemed so confident and cocky. The bitter Bevin-Vishinsky debate at UNO offered new life to his Government. British Laborites expressed sympathy for the Spanish Republic, looked with favor upon the monarchy. But Britain's Government preferred Franco to a renewal of civil war. Fighting might result in a radical republic, an extension of Russia's influence into the western Mediterranean...
...Canadian Press reported from London that Russia's Andrei Vishinsky was en route to Canada. It turned out to be Louis Rasminsky, a Bank of Canada official homeward bound from UNO...