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...level, away from the streets, U.S. and Soviet commandants went through an Alphonse and Gaston exchange calculated to observe the diplomatic niceties without meeting face to face. U.S. commandant Watson, who had earlier sent the Russians a note protesting "acts of terror" (it was ignored), sent the deputy .Soviet commandant, Colonel C.V. Tarasov, an invitation to attend a four-power meeting to discuss the disturbances (it was rejected). Tarasov then tried twice to see Watson to protest the stoning of Soviet troop buses. He was predictably rebuffed in both attempts. This merely widened the smile on his chubby face; Moscow...
...threat, they retreated into a world almost of make-believe. They made a cult of the ancient code of chivalry in which the most ignoble action could be described as a deed of honor. Etiquette was rigorous, and manners so sacred that a noble Alphonse and a lordly Gaston could spend hours politely protesting that the other should go first. Though convulsed with change, society tried to fix every person in his proper "estate" or "order," down to the "four estates of body and mouth"-the breadmakers, cupbearers, carvers and cooks. Everything was ritual, and as can be seen...
Occasion for the latest turndown was last month's visit to the Pentagon by General Gaston Lavaud, chief of procurement for the French Defense Ministry. He brought with him a reply to repeated Washington appeals that NATO nations do more of their military purchasing from American firms to help the U.S.'s gold drain. "You need dollars. Here is what will get you dollars,'' said Lavaud, handing U.S. officers a list of things that France would like to buy. It included equipment for a gaseous diffusion plant to make enriched uranium, plans for nuclear submarines, propulsion...
...bitterly anti-Per&243;n military went into a state of shock. Having once ousted Old Soldier Per&243;n, and now deeply fearful of their ex-commander's vengeance and his irresponsibility, they were determined to forestall any Per&243;nista comeback. Through Navy Secretary Admiral Gaston Clement, some of the officers demanded the immediate resignation of Frondizi and his replacement with a military junta. But cooler heads, mostly in the army and air force, proposed a compromise: Frondizi could stay, but with his power sharply curtailed...
Traditionally dominant-and conservative-in Argentine politics, the military had made things hot for Frondizi last August when he entertained Cuban Economic Czar "Che" Guevara at a private meeting. Now the three service chiefs, Army Secretary Brigadier General Rosendo M. Fraga, the navy's Rear Admiral Gaston C. Clement and the air force's Brigadier General Jorge Rojas Silveyra, accused Frondizi of "reneging" on his promise to take a firm stand against Cuba. They demanded that he fire his Foreign Minister and break diplomatic relations with Cuba forthwith...