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...they are apparently not willing to leave it at that. Last week in Rome, Italy's Foreign Minister Gaetano Martino, waiting to greet a distinguished German visitor, Konrad Adenauer, told of a triumph of toastmanship achieved by the hardheaded, steel-stomached old man on his visit to Moscow last September. Unaware of der Alte's heroic capacity for hard liquor, Communist Party Chief Khrushchev had proposed one toast after another at a state banquet, watching eagerly as the German Chancellor drained glass after glass of vodka. At the end of some 15 toasts, Adenauer was still going strong...
Next day, at the bargaining table, Konrad Adenauer slyly asked the Russians present how far a man could be trusted who matched a vodka toast with one of plain mineral water. Caught dead to rights, Russia's Khrushchev admitted his deception with a loud guffaw...
...with the President a vast variety of global subjects, e.g., the Communist new look, the admission of Red China to the United Nations. Nehru had further made it clear that he was not interested in seeing Ike only for a brief visit, as did West Germany's Konrad Adenauer. On this basis top White House officials decided that Nehru's proposed program would call for too many extended presidential briefings, too many long sessions, asked for a postponement. Graciously, Nehru took the official initiative requesting postponement. Ike gratefully accepted...
...Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany .LL.D...
...five hectic and sweltering days last week, West Germany's Chancellor Konrad Adenauer toured the U.S. in the sunglow of the warmest welcome the U.S. had ever bestowed upon a leader of the Germans. He got honorary doctorates of law from Protestant Yale and Roman Catholic Marquette; he was ushered respectfully into the sickroom of the President-the first distinguished visitor since the operation; he was applauded in the streets of Washington, New Haven, New York, Chicag Milwaukee. Everywhere Konrad Adenauer bestowed upon his hosts a tried and towering good will, a sage and avuncular counsel...