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Minister to Luxembourg Perle Mesta told a Saturday Review of Literature reporter that she liked to have an Air Force band at her G.I. parties. "Those cute things, just 19 or 20, away from home . . . They're just so cunning. They're Perle this and Perle that. Then they'll look shy at me and say, 'Would it be good manners if I used this fork?' " She hoped, Perle added, that people no longer considered her frivolous. "They've changed a little, don't you think? They thought I was just a partygiver...
Last spring, France's René Pleven, then Premier, offered a compromise: a European army of which German contingents larger than "combat teams" could be a part. For five months French, West German, Italian, Belgian and Luxembourg delegates (the British, Dutch and Scandinavians hung back) have been meeting in Paris, trying to transform the Pleven plan into reality...
Back from Europe, the Democratic National Committee's India Edwards brought glowing reports of U.S. ladies abroad: Ambassador to Denmark Eugenie Anderson "is loved by everybody." Minister to Luxembourg Perle Mesta "is the darling of Luxembourg; people just adore her." Margaret Truman did "a great job, making friends for the whole U.S.," and Mrs. John McCloy, wife of the U.S. High Commissioner, "sees every German who wants...
...eight: France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Spain and North Africa...
...divisions; Britain, three; France, three; Belgium, one, plus some corps elements; Norway, a 4,000-man brigade; Denmark, 1,000 men; Luxembourg, 300 men. In addition, there are allied units in Berlin and Austria...