From the start at San Francisco, the Russians left no doubt that they were out to wreck or delay the peace conference. Even before Conference President Dean Acheson finished his opening remarks from the stage of the gilt and red plush Opera House, Andrei Gromyko was demanding to be heard. Why, he wanted to know, had Red China not been invited? Calmly, Acheson declared that the Russian delegate was out of order. Two hours and eleven Red protests later, Gromyko's chance for a filibuster was gone. The conference had adopted a rule limiting...
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