Word: ambassadors
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...tall, lean Briton was going about the country last week with the grave air of a scholar at a county fair. In Washington, the discussions on the North Atlantic alliance were about to resume. But before he settled down to that problem, Sir Oliver Franks, ambassador to the U.S. and onetime professor of moral philosophy, thought it important to make a good-will tour of the U.S. Midwest...
...Received the resignation of Emmett O'Neal as ambassador to the Philippines...
...thing he wanted information about in a hurry was China. He called in Secretary of State George Marshall, talked with him for 25 minutes about what urgent assistance might properly be given to Chiang Kai-shek's government. Wise Wellington Koo, China's veteran ambassador, came in to plead for speed. Coming out of Harry Truman's office, Koo said that the President had given him some encouragement. With Oriental politeness, Koo added: "He is most au courant and most sympathetic...
...French Foreign Office spokesman blasted Law 75 as a fait accompli and "a brutal rebuff." Foreign Minister Schuman, who has much more understanding of the Anglo-U.S. position than most Frenchmen have, called in the British and U.S. ambassadors, handed them a protest. In Washington, French Ambassador Henri Bonnet protested to Under Secretary of State Robert Lovett. The French got a promise that the Clay-Robertson action would be immediately reviewed by Washington and London...
...London, U.S. Ambassador Lewis Douglas contributed to good Anglo-U.S. relations by bringing a touch of horse opera into Mayfair. A startled horse, ridden by a lady on her way to Rotten Row, began to rear and plunge in front of Douglas' car. Rancher Lew (he owns some wide acres in Arizona) jumped from his car, caught the ornery critter by the bridle, led it to the safety of the bridle path. Then, in true western hero style, he shyly left the scene without even asking the name of the rescued lady...