Word: ambassador
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...arrival in Tokyo Charlie Porter was understandably hesitant about going on to Formosa. At his request, Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II made some discreet inquiries, assured Porter that he was still welcome. He was. Although Chiang was, unsurprisingly, too preoccupied to see him, the top officials of the Nationalist government turned out to greet Porter at a dinner at the home of the U.S. chargé d'affaires, on the day of his arrival. Sensing a certain "strain in the air," Porter opened the conversation jovially: "I suppose that if I convince you of my point of view...
Battle of the Embassy. Back in Japan, Porter got in a row with able U.S. Ambassador MacArthur at a private meeting. Calling in the press later, Porter charged, among other things, that MacArthur had attacked his position on Red China and had promised "to debate the issue back in the U.S." Not so, retorted MacArthur; he had never suggested a debate. "Porter said I was being unfriendly and uncooperative," said MacArthur. "He said, I will take care of you.' " Retorted Porter as he prepared to fly home: "I still say MacArthur challenged me to a public debate...
...President of Colombia, who pushed through a series of economic reforms, tried to mediate between Liberals and Conservatives in Colombia's bloody civil war but was forced into exile (1952) by Conservative mobs who burned his home; in London, where he was serving as ambassador after returning to favor...
Died. Dr. Sara Murray Jordan, 75, expert on digestive disorders (Good Food for Bad Stomachs) who treated eminent but harassed patients (Columnist Westbrook Pegler, ex-Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy and his son Senator John); in Boston...
...economic screws again, Rosenthal reported that trend with equal accuracy. Filing stories that the heavily censored Polish press dared not print, Rosenthal disclosed that the Soviet Union was sending meat to Poland to meet the food shortage. He wrote a complete account of the denunciation by the Soviet Ambassador to Poland of the Polish press for its admiration of Western literature, films and art. He described in detail both the chilly welcome given to visiting Premier Nikita Khrushchev in July and the tumultuous greeting awarded U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon a week later. A fortnight ago, Rosenthal described Polish Communist...