Sir Edward Grey, Sir Anthony Eden, Ernest Bevin, Alec Douglas-Hume - and Robin Cook!

BBC: News | UK Politics | John Maples speech in full

While America was still considering a wide range of options, including leaving Berlin, Ernest Bevin, the British foreign secretary, declared that the British government intended to stay put.

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Nor was Ernest Bevin, the foreign secretary.

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