Word: ankara
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Resolute Spirit. First order of business amid this tumult was to accept a degree in political science from the University of Ankara. The citation praised Eisenhower as soldier and President, noted that he had served as president of Columbia University. Another honor: honorary membership in the Turkish War Veterans Association. Said Ike, as he accepted: "I know what kind of fighters the Turks are, so I appreciate this very much...
...dusk fell across Ankara, as smoke from thousands of homes laid a foglike pall over the city, Ike's mission moved toward a high point. He rode out of town again to lay a wreath at the Ataturk Mausoleum. There he shed his topcoat in the chill evening air, laid a wreath of white and red carnations, stood with head bowed. So many flashbulbs flashed in his face that he seemed a bit blinded. "Do you mind if I take your arm?" he said to a Turkish official as they walked away...
...Vinogradov's performance succeeds better in Paris than the quick-fading charm of his counterpart in Washington, "Smiling Mike" Menshikov, it is partly because Vinogradov is on excellent terms with President Charles de Gaulle. This goes back to 1944, when Vinogradov was ambassador in Ankara. There, one day, a representative of General Charles de Gaulle approached him and asked that Moscow recognize the French government in exile. Vinogradov not only passed on the request but urged Moscow to grant it. When De Gaulle visited Stalin a year later, it was Vinogradov who was specially recalled to make him feel...
...defense treaties with each. (Unlike Britain, which is a full partner, the U.S. has consistently refused formal membership in the pact for fear of stirring up new resentment in India, Israel and most of the Arab states.) With this encouragement, the pact members moved their headquarters from Baghdad to Ankara, and rustled up a new name: the Central Treaty Organization...
...this was pithily summed up in a letter written by Deputy Under Secretary of State Loy Henderson in answer to a request for information on the case from Michigan's Congressman Alvin Bentley. Wrote Henderson: "I would like to state categorically that our officers in the embassy in Ankara and the consulate in Izmir were deeply concerned about this case from the beginning and that they acted properly and with good judgment to safeguard the rights of the accused. In my opinion, [they] have lived up to the best traditions of the Foreign Service...