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Died. Husseyin Ragip Baydur, 65, Turkish Ambassador to Britain, onetime Ambassador to the U.S. (1945-48) and Turkish delegate to the U.N. General Assembly (1946-47); in London. A strong advocate of closer ties with the U.S., Baydur played an important part in Turkey's flat rejection of Russia's demands for joint control of the Dardanelles...
Everyone agreed that the new Russian attitude was wonderful, and spoke quietly so as not to disturb it. Even Turkey's Huseyin Ragip Baydur only indirectly referred to Russian demands on the Dardanelles by growling that "arms and military might are powerful [but] world opinion is far more important...
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