Word: galo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the chief of a foreign state visits Washington, the wheels of Government at the highest level all but come to a stop. For three days last week, in honor of Ecuador's visiting President Galo Plaza Lasso, the men in charge of U.S. affairs put aside most of their burdens of state to observe the niceties of diplomatic etiquette...
...When Galo Plaza arrived at Washington's airport in George Marshall's luxurious Constellation, not only President Truman but Vice President Barkley and the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, Interior and Agriculture were there to greet him. That evening, Harry Truman gave a state dinner (trout, squab and four kinds of wine) attended by some 50 top Washingtonians at the Hotel Carlton. Next evening, Dean Acheson gave another black-tie banquet for Galo Plaza; the guests included a lot of the faces the Ecuadorian had seen the night before. Afterward, the visitor, who had no work...
Even those Washingtonians who endure, rather than enjoy protocol, agreed that it couldn't have been laid on for a nicer guy than for handsome Galo Plaza, who himself loathes protocol. Senators and Representatives cottoned to a visitor who could talk their language the way they liked to hear it; they applauded him 17 times during his ably delivered, 20-minute address before a joint session. During his stay in the capital, Plaza also saw a baseball game between Washington and Detroit (Washington won 6-3), visited Mount Vernon...
Arriving in Washington this week for a six-day state visit: Ecuador's President Galo Plaza Lasso...
Next Latin American chief of state to visit the U.S.: handsome President Galo Plaza Lasso, 45, of Ecuador, head of one of South America's few genuinely democratic regimes. President Plaza will fly north on June 19, be President Truman's guest in Washington for three days, make side trips to New York and California...