The preposterous blackout on news of the President's movements was lifted to a merely annoying brownout. Early this week the White House announced that President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes had left Newport News by ship for the Big Three meeting in Potsdam. The news that the President was on his way over the now-pacific Atlantic was cautiously given out two days after he had sailed. (It was announced in Washington that if any flying were to be done, the President and Secretary of State Jimmy Byrnes would fly in separate...
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