Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week's end, timed like an explosion, came a Moscow announcement that Maxim Litvinoff, great & good friend of collaboration, had been removed as Russian Ambassador to the U.S. and an unknown diplomat, Charge d'Affaires Andrei A. Gromyko, given his place. There was other strong evidence that Russia was retreating-or bluffing a retreat-into nationalistic lone-wolfing, perhaps even a separate peace...
...Department No. 2 is the province of chill, correct, intelligent Sumner Welles, whose ability is generally underestimated by the citizenry, who are either so awe struck or repelled by his attitude that they miss the man himself. Welles, product of Groton and Harvard, an ace career diplomat, is the author of the Good Neighbor Policy which Mr. Roosevelt adopted...
...Lieutenant Commander" (right) is also "Pola Negri's doctor," a "Rumanian diplomat," an "Army flyer," a "lawyer," three other U.S. "Naval officers" (various ranks), a "Brooklyn politician," and a "Serbian diplomat." In this 1921 picture, Impersonator Stephen Weinberg lined up on the White House lawn to present Princess Fatima (center), Sultana of Kakul, Afghanistan, to President Warren G. Harding. Last week fast-talking Stephen Weinberg, who has pretended for 30 years to be assorted fascinating people, was arrested again. This time the charge was not playacting, but dramatic coaching. The FBI said Weinberg had been teaching prospective draft dodgers...
...China. Korea must be independent. "Part of Indo-China used to be Chinese territory and there are some Chinese living there. But we have no aspirations with regard to Indo-China, Thailand or any other place of that sort." Asked whether China would claim Hong Kong (from the British), Diplomat Soong answered: "If I were a member of your Government in Britain, answering questions in Parliament, I would say 'I must have notice of that question...
This thinly veiled warning was unique in diplomatic history. In dealing with the whole Italian problem, Diplomat Roosevelt was speaking softly and carrying a big stick...