Byrnes Reports on Four-Power Paris Conference
1946
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This segment of a United News Newsreel shows Sec. Byrnes reports on the foreign ministers council.
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Text: BYRNES REPORTS ON FOUR-POWER PARIS CONFERENCE
Narrator: United States Secretary of State Byrnes reports on the Paris Four-Power Conference. Secretary of State James Byrnes: We did not reach agreement upon the treaties, nor upon the question of calling a peace conference, or our proposal for a four-power treaty for 25 years to keep Germany disarmed. Our problems are serious, but I am not discouraged. Our offensive to secure peace has only begun. But we must not forget that if we fail to cooperate in a peace which is indivisible, we may again find that we will have to cooperate in a war which is worldwide. Whether we like it or not, we live in one world.This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of War Information.
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39115Full Citation: 208-UN-208; Byrnes Reports on Four-Power Paris Conference; 1946; Motion Picture Films from United News Newsreels, 1942–1945; Records of the Office of War Information, Record Group 208; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/byrnes-reports-paris-conference, May 18, 2024]