Word: highnesses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...enraged in Berlin that McCloy left, flew back to Paris to see François-Poncet's boss, Premier Henri Queuille. Late getting back to Germany, McCloy landed at Wiesbaden, 45 minutes closer to the Petersberg than Frankfurt's Rhein-Main airfield, and raced to a new High Commission meeting. It lasted 19 hours, from 11 one morning until 6 the next...
...dollars, and under the French scheme Germany's loss of dollars would be large. As the all-day, all-night session went on, tempers fired up and threats emerged. McCloy threatened to use the U.S.'s veto on economic matters, which he is given by the High Commission Charter. François-Poncet threatened in turn to take the dispute back to his government...
...high commissioners forthwith did their best to repair the damage; they conceded the force of Adenauer's firm but tactful outlining of the German reaction. It was agreed that Adenauer should announce the 23.8? mark rate, with no conditions attached; then the coal problem would be handed over to a German-Allied committee...
Probable outcome: coal export prices would stay the same; the U.S. would make up Germany's dollar loss. Possible outcome: the three powers would learn that the tutelage of Germany required foresight and cohesion, that the job could never be done by high commissioners pulled this way and that by narrow considerations of advantage to their nations. If that lesson was not learned, the only gainer from the Bonn experiment would be the absent Russian General Chuikov...
Pause that Refreshes. The fair's most satisfying feature, everyone agreed, was the "Gastronomic Village," a broad enclosure with seats for 4,000 people at long tables which were piled high with roast chickens, rolls, and flasks of Chianti. In an open-air kitchen, three cauldrons five feet tall steamed with a never-ending supply of spaghetti. Enthusiastic eaters hacked their way through mountains of food at 450 lire (75?) a meal. After lunch, many stretched out under the shady trees, took off their shoes, spread a copy of Unita over their eyes, and slept...