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...troop census was still under discussion. Shawcross had taunted Russia's Molotov because of Russia's reluctance to include a census of home troops. Molotov taunted Sir Hartley with Britain's unwillingness to include information on armaments - all armaments. When the Russian was through, the Briton rushed to the rostrum. Cried he: "I accept the challenge! I think this is going to be a historic occasion...
Molotov, catching the full implications of the Briton's proposal, accepted "in principle...
...interest as Britain in 1) keeping the Russians out, and 2) getting the oil out. The British see the Palestine problem against the background of the larger U.S.-British objective of playing along with the Middle East Arabs. When President Truman flayed Britain on the Palestine issue, one angry Briton said: "He has sold your oil for a mess of New York votes...
Among the dimly lit midnight blue and rose appointments of London's newest and most expensive nightclub, the "Orchid Room," a middle-aged Briton swayed slightly in his chair, comfortably close to a bucket of champagne. From time to time he would wave vaguely at a French girl warbling seductively in the spotlight. "Vive la France!" he pronounced with dignity, "Vive la France...
Akihito already has a male instructor, Reginald H. Blyth, a Briton interned in Japan during the war, who has been teaching the prince English since last December, thinks Mrs. Vining may be "disappointed with his limited vocabulary." (Akihito learned the future tense only last week.) Says Blyth: "If only she could develop initiative in him. He is too passive...