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...Underwear. Jammed into quarters that were ludicrously small, with suitcases for desks, the specialists tried to get some order into a parley that had no agenda. Atomic Expert Strauss disappeared almost immediately with Sir Winston's friend and atomic adviser, Lord Cherwell. They went off "to buy some underwear," said an official with a smile...
...Foreign Ministers opened the formalities in the improvised conference room, amid the odors of fresh paint and the raucous crackle of heavy brown paper which Sir Winston personally ordered pasted over the glass in the doors. Before they even got to the matter of an agenda, someone mentioned Trieste. By the time they had finished that subject, two hours had passed, and it was time for the three leaders to join them...
...courtesy, Sir Winston nominated Ike to be chairman. First subject: Soviet Russia's intentions. Eisenhower invited Laniel to speak first. Laniel motioned to Georges Bidault to speak for him, then sat sucking on a balky cigarette. Russia, said Bidault, is stepping up its attempt to divide the allies; Moscow has of late been making particularly gracious gestures toward the French. He believed the new Soviet regime wanted time to consolidate and improve conditions inside Russia. Sir Winston sat slumped in his chair, head down, glasses at nose's end, seeming to nod only to straighten up when prodded...
...Eavesdropping. Thus acquainted with U.S. firmness, Sir Winston did not even bother to bring up his private dream of flying off to Moscow alone for a face-to-face meeting with Premier Malenkov-a meeting "at the summit." Instead, the discussion shifted to a specific subject: Russia's sudden assent to a Big Four Foreign Ministers' meeting on Germany and Austria. The British hoped for a quick Western acceptance and a quick note to Moscow, so the outside world would not get the notion that this was the only reason for the Bermuda get-together. Early January...
Pius XII (later, to Winston Churchill) : Tell my son Joseph he will meet my divisions in heaven...