Word: envoys
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...distant planet, inhabited by men far more scientifically advanced than earth, has done away with war. Now that the earthmen have rocket power almost within their grasp, the space people are afraid that aggression will spread to other hemispheres. They send an envoy on a mission to rid the earth of war, but people have become so imbued with a distrust towards anything that will bring about real peace, that the envoy has to take drastic measures and is almost destroyed in the process...
...Received Special Envoy W. Averell Harriman, who got back from Teheran (and side expeditions to Belgrade, London, Paris and Bonn) optimistically hoping that a cooling-off period might lead to resumption of the stalled British-Iranian oil negotiations...
...looked as if Averell Harriman might yet do the incredible and straighten out the Iranian oil mess. He was off to a good start. In twelve days on the job in Teheran, including many hours at Premier Mossadeq's bedside, Special Envoy Harriman got an important concession from the Iranians: they were willing to reopen talks with London about oil nationalization. The terms on which the Iranians would talk were not disclosed, but Harriman felt hopeful enough to transmit the offer to London and recommend an immediate conference...
Marshall further testified that, as President Truman's special envoy, lie had gone to China to work for a [coalition] government, which would include the Chinese Communists. As such, the two facts appear to be incompatible...
Instead, after one presidential luncheon, Evita Perón whisked the U.S. envoy off with a car of ministers on a tour of one of her Social Aid Foundation's new hospitals. The elevators were not yet ready, so she marched the party up & down the seven floors of the building. As they puffed up one stairway, Finance Minister Ramon Cereijo wheezed: "Where's the psychotherapy ward? I'm ready to go in." All agreed that Evita, talking warmly and frankly with "Amiga Miller" about how much she wanted the U.S. and Argentina to be friends...