Word: alphands
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After You, Alphand. Unfortunately, the precedence business in Washington sometimes unleashes poor sports. France's Ambassador Herve Alphand, for example, "used to be a very reasonable man," says a fellow countryman, "but since De Gaulle . . ." It has been said that if Alphand feels slighted at a dinner, he grabs his chapeau and leaves. Once, at a dinner party given by "Scottie" Lanahan (daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald), Alphand discovered that Adlai Stevenson was scheduled to sit at the hostess' right. Alphand thought he ought to have that place of honor. After all, the French Ambassador outranks...
...Alphand said that the recent talks between U.S. Secretary of State Rusk and French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville "do not signify a change in the French mood." Both Parliament and the people are "strongly behind President de Gaulle's ambition that France have its own means to defend itself," he stated...
...Alphand asserted that the French do not discount the possibility of eventually achieving a comprehensive Western force similar to President Kennedy's Grand Design. But this will not come, he said, until "France can participate as an ally to the U.S. and not a satellite...
...question and answer period following Alphand's speech provided the audience with a great deal of amusement. Asked what France's policy was on nuclear testing, Alphand replied: "If the United States and Russia want to stop testing, we certainly will not object...
...highlights of the evening was the presence of Madame Alphand the Ambassador's stunning wife. Madame Alphand listened to her husband's speech silently from her seat in the second row. After the speech students pressed around her to ask her questions, before she slipped into the limousine with her husband...