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...Seldom in history." declares Vol. II, "can the exertions of a single divisional commander [Kemal] have exercised so profound an influence, not only on the course of a battle but perhaps on the fate of a campaign and even the destiny of a nation [Turkey...
Meanwhile the British Empire had moved by flattery to retain the goodwill of Turkish Dictator Mustafa Kemal Pasha. The British Embassy at Ankara conveyed to President Kemal a presentation copy of the two-volume British official history of the Gallipoli campaign...
Plainly pleased. Dictator Kemal plied British Ambassador Sir George R. Clerk with champagne, toasted George V, traced with his long thumbnail on a map the places where Turks slaughtered 34,000 soldiers of the King...
Dancing, which Turks like now that Dictator Kemal has forced it upon them as a "Western reform" (TIME, Jan. 17, 1927), is still deemed frivolous and degrading by Dictator Stalin, stern Asiatic. Since there had to be dancing in the flower-decked ballroom last week, Premier Molotov had to act as host ? wearing what? Seen from a distance the short, square-headed, black-mustached Soviet Premier looked as though he were in a tuxedo. Actually he was in the blackest business suit he could find, his black tie fixed securely in place by pins in the tabs...
...orchestra switched to a tango, then to a throbbing Cuban rumba. In 20 minutes scores of Comrades and their wives were cavorting like Capitalists. Later there were caviar, French champagne, rich Russian pastries. The revel continued until dawn. Said Premier General Ismet Pasha, on behalf of Turkish Dictator Kemal, "I and the whole Turkish delegation [34]; have an unforgettable impression of the magnificence of our reception...