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BYRD, RICHARD. 1888-1957. Typescript of "Record of Remarks in a 45-minute conversation with President Truman," May 14, 1945, primarily on democracy and preservation of freedom in relation to the veto power of the Security Council, 11 pp plus coversheet, bradbound at top. Truman's day book for May 14 notes "11:30 Byrd came in to tell me how to settle world peace...."
WITH: Typescript dictated to Truman's secretary on the veto power of the Big 5 in the World Organization, beginning "Dear Harry," 5 pp, with autograph addition to p 3, circa April 1945, with two additional autograph notes from Byrd affixed: "This is true whether or not [we] have world organization," and "It means that when we had to be able to stop aggression by reason and justice and law at the [illegible] table of arbitration, we may not even be able to investigate an act of aggression."
Provenance: Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr (1888-1957); by descent; sold to the present owner.
As World War 2 ground on, the world's great powers began meeting to determine what the emerging world would look like and to put in place a "world organization," the United Nations, at Dumbarton Oaks in September 1944, Yalta in early 1945, and then the world conference in San Francisco, April-June 1945. One of the primary sticking points throughout negotiations was the veto power of the Big 5 countries of the proposed Security Council, The U.S., Great Britain, Russia, China and France. These original typescripts, and accompanying autograph notes, capture Byrd's conversations with the President during a pivotal moment in the international talks.