Word: kidston
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Grew's opposite number in Britain, Richard Kidston Law, last week explained British policy to the House of Commons: No. 1 war criminals like Hitler and Mussolini should be directly disposed of by the Allies; offenses committed by lesser Germans against Jews and other nationals of the Reich should not be considered "war crimes," but nevertheless should be punished by the government to be set up by the Allies in Germany...
...solution, and theirs, is to preserve a place in Europe by getting along with Russia if possible. Britain may be forced to vie with Russia in Europe, but she hopes for a worldwide order in which European rivalries may be merged and in which the Empire may thrive. Richard Kidston Law, next in rank to Anthony Eden, told the American Chamber of Commerce in London: "The interests of the U.S. and the British Commonwealth demand a worldwide political and economic system...
...other assistants held the first of a series of international conferences initiated by President Roosevelt. Subject: refugees, and the plight of oppressed millions who yearn to escape from Nazi Europe. Announced accomplishments: none, as might have been expected of any such conference in wartime. The official explanation (by Richard Kidston Law, Britain's Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs...
...Western press scarcely noticed that presently big, bland Richard Kidston Law, Parliamentary Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, rose in the House of Commons to say that Britain's intentions did not include surrendering Hong Kong...
Thus last week Foreign Under Secretary Richard Kidston Law* explained to BBC listeners why the British Government had finally got round to restoring the independence of Ethiopia...