Word: lloyds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Frank Lloyd Wright, 89, architect, in Phoenix, Ariz...
...Force C-130 that flew the Berlin corridor at 25,000 ft. instead of the usual 10,000 ft. to test Russian reaction had advance clearance from the President. Britain's Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, in Washington for the NATO meeting, hit the ceiling when he saw press reports of the C-130 flight, snapped questions at Acting Secretary of State Herter at their next meeting, was calmed down when Herter promised to consult him before it happened again...
Complete Plan. In closed-door secrecy, the U.S.'s Acting Secretary of State Christian Herter, Britain's Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, France's Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville, and West Germany's Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano went over proposals developed by their hard-working careermen. Britain's Lloyd said he thought that the West should offer some concession to the U.S.S.R. to lure the Kremlin into detailed talks on Germany; then, with Russian interest whetted, suggest some concessions by the Communists. Couve de Murville and Von Brentano said they thought the West should...
...Protests. Its point made, the U.S. did a backdown of a sort, too. The Pentagon plan was to establish the pattern with several flights above 10,000 ft. But Britain's Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd hove into his Washington meeting with Acting Secretary of State Christian Herter heatedly protesting that the flights might cause dangerous incidents in the touchy Berlin situation.* Although West Germany, France and Britain (but apparently not Lloyd) had been duly notified in advance of the 25,000-ft. flight, Herter promised to call off further flights until the two could sit down and talk...
Britain's Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd said, "We believe peace can be preserved by negotiation...