Word: cecilienhof
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...General's talk was devoted to the Potsdam Conference. "We were delayed the first day," said Historian Vaughan. "The story was that Churchill was a day late at Yalta and Stalin had to get even and be a day late at Potsdam. The Conference . . . was held at the Cecilienhof, the palace of the crown princes. It was beautifully furnished. I suppose all those furnishings are now three-fourths of their way to Moscow...
...stairs were in the Hohenzollerns' last architectural effort-the Cecilienhof, a Tudor manor constructed in 1913-17 for the Crown Prince. In a graceful sweep, the stairs descended from Churchill's quarters into the 50-foot-high meeting room. These stairs were meant for a grand entrance, complete with aigrettes and sequins. Obviously (to finicky protocol experts), Churchill could not be allowed to come down the stairs while Truman and Stalin gawked at him from below...
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