The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-12-30
Bvrnes Gives Truman
| Report On Conference
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held here.
Michael McDermott, state de.
partment press officer, relayed
word to reporters that no date had
been set but that the Russian and
British foreign secretaries had
agreed in Moscow to come to
Washington next.
Under an agreement reached at
Yalta among the late President
Roosevelt, Generalissimo Stain
and former Prime Minister
Churchill, quarterly meetings of
the foreign ministers were pro-
jected. If that schedule were fol-
lowed, the Washington get-together
would start around mid-March.
However, the three foreign minis
tiers probably will see one another
at the first meeting Of the United
Nations assembly in London next
month.
Cold Weather
The Williamsburg anchored last
night off Mount Vernon, Va, and
today the White House said it was
encountering cold, rainy weather
But in his cabin, the President
worked in comfort on a radio ad-
dress to the people on his legisla-
tive program, set for next Thurs
day night, and on a Estate of the
unino" message for Congress after
it reconveneS Jan. IA.
Byrnes made a radio speech last
October after another foreign
ministers conference in London.
Then he had little to report in the
way Of accomplishments.
This time he will be able to out
line agreements for control of
atomic power and on the governing
of Japan, China, Korea, Romania,
and Bulgaria worked out around a
conference table with Foreign
Secretary Bevin of Britain and
Foreign Commissar Motolov of
Russia.
AS he completed the 13,0OO-mile
return trip from Moscow, Byrnes
told reporters today:
1t was a most constructive con-
ference, and equally important
with the decisions reached is the
fact that relations were establish
ed which should make easier deci-
sions on other matters in the
future"
The secretary looked clipper
and talked in sprightly vein.
But he admitted he was weary
after the 11-day meeting in Mos
COW and return flight on which
his four-motored transport bucked
snow, wind and rain much of the
way.
The plane left Moscow's snow
blanketed airport Thursday morn
ing, it came back by way of Ma
Piles, Casablanca, the Azores and
New Foundland.
Noting that mot one member
of the party was sick for a day"
Byrnes remarked that I'VE had
good luck and are glad to be
home"
He said he would hold a news
conference as soon as possible, but
he was looking first for bit ri
rest and a chance to clean up.
"You fellows have had your
Christmas and I haven't" he told
II want to take off this
suit l have been wearing for more
than two weeks and get a haircut
and do lot of other things"
So he went straight to his apart
ment before going to his office in
the State Department.
His wife met him at the airport.
So did an applauding crowd which
included Undersecretary of State
Dean Acheson and Britain's am
bassador, the Earl of Halifax, and
numerous top state department
and government officials. Appar-
emily nobody was there from the
Russian embassy, however.
Trailing Byrnes out of the big
transport were those who were at
his side in MoscoW-Dr. James B.
president of Harvard uni
versity and an adv sor on atomic
energy; Benjamin V. Cohen, state
department. counsel: and Charles
foreign service officer who
has been chief translator at every
major conference with Russian of.
ficials for years.