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...served simultaneously in the Abwehr (Wehrmacht counterintelligence) and as a British secret-service contact. He was legal adviser to the Nazis' Lufthansa Airline and a secret anti-Nazi resistance worker. One memorable day ten years ago last week. Otto John landed at war-battered Tempelhof Airfield, where his brother, Hans, waited...
Today Leonard Cheshire, 36, has some 60 patients in three settlements and feels that he has found his life's work. He has taken over a group of houses on an abandoned airfield in Cornwall, some for incurables and others for mild mental cases. His original house is turned over to younger people who are seriously ill and have no one to look after them. Funds for their care are provided by the National Health Service, local authorities, and what Cheshire is able to raise...
...dusty sneakers and oversize camouflaged fatigues, the tired-looking air-force nurse stepped down from the hospital plane at Hanoi's Bachmai airfield. Two generals waited on the runway to greet her; a noisy throng of officers and friends closed in to cheer her, and a few reached through the crush just to touch...
...until last week did the Communists start releasing the wounded in sizable planeloads: by week's end 422 of a promised 858 were safe in Hanoi. Then came Genevieve de Galard. "I am quite well," she told the crowd at the airfield, "but I have nothing to say, and I have made up my mind about that." Then, still smiling, she was driven off into Hanoi for a medical check, a good meal and a quiet night's sleep...
...that air strikes would be impractical and might prejudice hope of a Geneva settlement, but that he would consult the Cabinet. He made a hurried trip back to London to be sure and was unanimously supported by the Cabinet and British military men. Bidault was anxiously waiting at Orly airfield when Eden got back from London. "Bidault looked as if he had been hit by something," said an eyewitness...