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Hardly expected to survive 1957 when he took over the Tory Government in the rolling wake of Suez, Britain's Harold Macmillan was entering his sixth year as Prime Minister with a hankering for many happy returns. Chirped Macwonder, rattling off the records of Disraeli (stepping down age: 75), Churchill (80) and Gladstone (84): "There are some very respectable precedents for a stripling of not quite...
...bill (minimum: $2,000 per couple), the guest's wish is Weston's command. "Weekend visits to other hotels, sightseeing by private plane, deep-sea fishing, champagne for breakfast-anything he wants is on the house." promises Weston, adding expectantly, "and his neighbor may be Prime Minister Macmillan...
...chiefs of state and heads of government since his inauguration, sent most of them away grateful for the treatment they received and impressed by Kennedy's broad knowledge and willingness to listen to their problems. Among his Western Allies, Kennedy gets along splendidly with Britain's Harold Macmillan. Germany's Chancellor Konrad Adenauer recently left the White House declaring: "I've never left this house feeling better." Even France's diffi cult Charles de Gaulle trusts and respects Kennedy - up to a point. From De Gaulle aides after Kennedy's spring trip to Paris...
...meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Macmillan in Bermuda, President Kennedy proposed a solution. He would like to use British-controlled Christmas Island, the largest and most easterly atoll in the Pacific.* Its advantages: it has two good runways, 6,500 ft. and 5,000 ft. long, just 3,400 miles southwest of California; there is little population closer than Hawaii or Micronesia, 1,600 miles to the west; it contains about 200 sq. mi. of sand-covered coral, room enough for considerable equipment and accommodations for 2,000 men; its isolation affords hope of keeping some tests secret...
While hardly enthusiastic, Macmillan tentatively approved use of the island, as long as Britain need take no part in the actual testing. But he prudently reserved the right to get his Cabinet's reaction before granting formal permission. The outlook: probable, but far from a sure Christmas gift...