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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Because the cagey Europeans had got first attention at the best hotels and villas, the U.S. was hard-pressed to find quarters for its delegation. Not until the middle of last week did President Eisenhower have a place to lay his head on the summit. Then Mme. André Firmenich, Scottish wife of a Swiss millionaire perfume-maker, consented to rent her 15 room Chateau du Creux de Genthod because "we could hardly refuse to offer it to the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Prelude to the Parley | 7/18/1955 | See Source »

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