Word: go-between
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Mission to Yenan. Last October General Hurley sat in on go-between talks in Chungking. Then in November he boarded a U.S. Army C-47, flew north to Yenan, capital of Communist China, prepared to loose his legendary diplomatic charm...
Queen's Choice. Rich, suave, 70-year-old Prince Stirbey was the longtime lover of the late Queen Marie of Rumania, the mortal foe of her moody son, ex-King Carol, the presumed father of her youngest daughter, Ileana.* Now the loyal aging go-between was embarked on one last attempt to save the trembling kingdom for his loved liege's grandson, young King Mihai...
Usually available only in minute quantities (the average request is for a single gram), these chemicals are ordinarily left overs or by-products of chemists' experiments. Their value runs as high as $1,000 a gram, but in most cases chemists supply them free, expecting reciprocity. As go-between, Heeren often conducts negotiations between parties who remain anonymous lest they give away trade secrets by revealing that they are working with a telltale material...
...From Edward James Smythe, Klan and Bund go-between, he learned Smythe's candidates for the "nationalist cabinet" of tomorrow: Secretary of the Treasury, Father Coughlin; Secretary of the Navy, Jacob Thorkelson; Secretary of State, Senator Burton K. Wheeler; Secretary of Public Health & Morals, Representative Clare Hoffman...
...Secret Mission. To Syria went General Georges Catroux, the patient go-between of French unity, in his capacity as Coordinator of Moslem Affairs. The purpose of his mission in the Levant was shrouded in secrecy. It might be concerned with French sovereignty in the territory now run by the British military as an invasion base. It might also be concerned with the problem of a restive Moslem populace...