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...these were U.S. Ambassador Henry F. Grady and his successor, John E. Peurifoy. the men most responsible for seeing that the U.S. got full value for the billions it gave Greece under the Truman Doctrine. A third was the present Premier. Field Marshal Alexander Papagos, a stern and polished old warrior who had often scolded Paul in his salad days, who had twice risked his career defending Gliicksburg Kings and twice led the Greek army to victory-against the Fascists and against the Communists...
...Marshal was by all odds the most trusted man in Greece. In 1951, after watching 26 corruption-ridden governments come and go in six years with no discernible benefit to their country, the Greeks turned once again to him to get them out of their trouble. In the general election of that year, Greek voters gave Papagos' newly organized Greek Rally by far the biggest number of seats in Parliament. Frederika was more than ever fearful of the man who thus stood as her only rival for the love of the people. At the Queen's urging, King...
Today, after a year of Papagos' government, none of the gallant gentlemen concerned will admit the slightest friction between themselves and Frederika. Peurifoy and Grady have only the highest praise for her. The feud between the Marshal and the Queen, which never got far beyond the cafes of Athens in any case. seems to have been tacitly forgotten by everyone concerned...
Speaking to the Air League of the British Empire, scholarly, pipe-puffing Air Marshal Tedder said: "I am one of those who believe that for some four or five years after . . . 1945, aggression was averted by the U.S. atomic bomber force. I do not think that the fact that the Russians have now developed their own atomic weapons really lessens that deterrent effect; the fearful counterthreat is still there . . . Provided that the free nations make it clear without a shadow of a doubt or vestige of bluff that they are ready and able to deliver the atomic weapon and face...
...though his own Foreign Office thinks it likely to do more harm than good. To the cheering galleries, he said: "I still think that the leading men of the various nations ought to . . . meet together without trying to cut attitudes before excitable publics, or using regiments of experts to marshal all the difficulties and objections. Let us try to see whether there is not something better for us all than tearing and blasting each other to pieces, which we can certainly...