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    "ocrText": "J. 333305-M O N 0-State\nGalley 521\nUNCORRECTED GALLEY PROOF\nthat they would never agree to the right of the small powers to judge\nthe acts of the Great Powers, and in reply to an observation by\nMr. Bohlen concerning the opinion of American people he replied\nthat the American people should learn to obey their leaders. Mr.\nBohlen said that if Mr. Vyshinski would visit the United States he\nwould like to see him undertake to tell that to the American people.\nMr. Vyshinski replied that he would be glad to do so.)\nFollowing a toast by the Prime Minister to the proletariat masses\nof the world, there was considerable discussion about the rights of\npeople to govern themselves in relation to their leaders.\nTHE PRIME MINISTER said that although he was constantly being\n\"beaten up\" as a reactionary, he was the only representative present\nwho could be thrown out at any time by the universal suffrage of his\nown people and that personally he gloried in that danger.\nMARSHAL STALIN ironically remarked that the Prime Minister\nseemed to fear these elections, to which the PRIME MINISTER replied\nthat he not only did not fear them but that he was proud of the\nright of the British people to change their government at any time\nthey saw fit. He added that he felt that the three nations represented\nhere were moving toward the same goal by different methods.\nTHE PRIME MINISTER, referring to the rights of the small nations,\ngave a quotation which said: \"The eagle should permit the small\nbirds to sing and care not wherefor they sang.\"\nAfter Marshal Stalin and the President had departed the Prime\nMinister discussed with Mr. Eden and Mr. Stettinius further the\nvoting question in the Security Council. The PRIME MINISTER\nsaid that he was inclined to the Russian view on voting procedure\nbecause he felt that everything depended on the unity of the three\nGreat Powers and that without that the world would be subjected to\ninestimable catastrophe; anything that deserved [preserved?] that unity\nwould have his vote. MR EDEN took vigorous exception to the Prime\nMinister and pointed out that there would be no attraction or reason\nfor the small nations to join an organization based on that principle\nand that he personally believed it would find no support among the\nEnglish public. THE PRIME MINISTER said that he did not agree\nin the slightest with Mr. Eden because he was thinking of the realities\nof the international situation.\nIn reply to an inquiry of the Prime Minister in regard to the Amer-\nican proposal to the solution of the voting question, MR. BOHLEN\nremarked that the American proposal reminded him of the story of\nthe Southern planter who had given a bottle of whiskey to a Negro\nas a present. The next day he asked the Negro how he had liked\nthe whiskey, to which the Negro replied that it was perfect. The\nplanter asked what he meant, and the Negro said if it had been any\nbetter it would not have been given to him, and if it had been any\nworse he could not have drunk it.\nSoon thereafter the Prime Minister and Mr. Eden took their\ndeparture, obviously in disagreement on the voting procedure on the\nSecurity Council of the Dumbarton Oaks organization,"
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