Word: ertegun
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Nazi, British, French, Russian, Finnish envoys avoided each other with frigid finesse. Near-incidents: 1) Russian Ambassador Constantine Oumansky almost bumped into Finnish Minister Hjalmar Procope, but just in time handsome Mr. Procope turned aside toward the chocolate cookies. 2) Rumors spread that the fancy pants of Mehmet Munir Ertegun, Turkish Ambassador, split slightly as he bowed before the President. No one could confirm this rumor, as the Ambassador stood poker-faced with his back to the wall most of the evening...
...Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid; Sweden's Count Folke Bernadotte; Finland's Minister to the U. S. Hjalmar J. Procope; Rumania's Minister to the U. S. Radu Irimescu. At the opening of Turkey's two buildings Turkish Ambassador Mehmet Munir Ertegun fidgeted: "Turkey has spent more than it can afford on its exhibits...