Word: cadogan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Telephone. That evening and through the next day Jessup waited for his reply. In other offices in Manhattan, France's Jean Chauvel and Britain's Alexander Cadogan also waited. At 6 p.m. on Tuesday, a little man named O. A. Tro-yanovsky, whose father had been the first Soviet ambassador appointed to the U.S., arrived at Jessup's office with Malik's reply...
There was momentary confusion; Malik's letter was written in Russian. Aides found a translator. Finally, Jessup got on the telephone. He passed the word to Cadogan and Chauvel that Malik had agreed to meet with them. The first meeting of Four Power spokesmen since last winter's fruitless discussions in Geneva on the subject of the Berlin blockade was set for 12:30 the next...
...Elevator. The next day newsmen and photographers packed the lobby of the office building at 2 Park Avenue. Jessup was already in his headquarters on the 23rd floor. Chauvel and Cadogan threaded their way through the crush and into the elevator. In Jessup's modest green and brown office, American, Briton and Frenchman had only a few minutes' wait. At 12:31 the door to Jessup's office was thrown open. There, nodding, was burly Yakov Malik, his smile the beaming equivalent of the Russian for "Hello...
...hour and a half later the conference ended; Malik, Chauvel and Cadogan departed. Less than an hour later Malik called back by telephone. Russia had agreed to final details on the lifting of the blockade...
...sick & tired of U.S. pressure; Britain was treaty-bound to help Arab states, and good relations with the Moslem Middle East were as vital for U.S. security as they were for Britain's. But when Bevin calmed down he sent new instructions to Britain's Sir Alexander Cadogan at Lake Success: London would stop arms shipments to Arab states, provided the Security Council called for a general arms embargo which would prevent other nations, as well, from shipping arms and men to Palestine. The British also called for a four-week Arab-Jewish truce...