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...called on Hussein at his heavily defended palace. Hussein asked for sufficient aid to withstand the revolutionary fires being fanned from Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo, pleaded that the U.S. not recognize the new Iraqi regime "at least, for the time being." It was Murphy's unpleasant duty to inform Hussein of two hard facts: 1) no U.S. troops will be sent to Jordan; 2) U.S. recognition of Iraq was already decided upon. Then Murphy bid his host goodbye, drove off to Jerusalem and passed through the Mandelbaum Gate into Israel...
Although many students have telephones after the first week, the eight messengers are still kept busy carrying notes to inform young women that their dates have arrived. This Service makes it unnecessary to shout "Hey, Susie," when trying to get in touch with a dormitory resident, Miss Williston noted, terming the Message Service "one of our most important functions...
...Only Means." Massu's deep voice boomed across the crowded square, reading a message he had just wired to President Coty and to General de Gaulle:* "We inform you that we have set up a Committee of Public Safety under the presidency of General Massu, owing to the seriousness of the situation and the need to maintain order and avoid bloodshed. The committee awaits with vigilance the formation of a Government of Public Safety -the only means of keeping Algeria an integral part of French territory...
...Please inform that lady who found my letters to her husband that if she turns them over to my husband it won't do her any good because I already have confessed everything, and he has forgiven...
Since the censors had the phone numbers and cable addresses of all major U.S. newspapers, magazines and wire services, Szulc updated his files by sending what appeared to be business messages to 229 West 43rd St.-the Times's street address-using a prearranged code ("Regret inform you 24 boilers out of order") to relay casualty totals. When last Monday's school strike in Caracas proved a success, Newsman Szulc succeeded in getting a telephone connection to New York, dictated his entire story in Polish to his businessman-friend. The morning after...