THE NATIONS: Gong for the Third Round

When U.S. Ambassador Bedell Smith left the Kremlin one night last week, he said to newsmen: "Molotov, three hours. No Stalin. No comment." The reporters then turned to Frank Roberts of Britain. "You heard him, didn't you?" said Roberts. "No comment." Yves Chatigneau of France smiled, said nothing.

While the world waited for something more solid than speculation to come out of the most hush-hush series of conferences since the war, there were certain facts and probabilities to keep in mind. One was that the Kremlin would probably ot be willing to lift...

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