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...December, 1944. He has been spending a lot of time with Dr. Adenauer, who apparently asked for the advice of the Brotherhood on possible rearming. The reason advanced by the unemployed officers is simple: Germany needs an army to hold off the Russians. Some top Allied military men--Marshal Montgomery and General Tassigny among them--have given tacit approval to this theory...
...escaped the flu epidemic which ravaged his ship; overseas, he served in the General Staff College and provost marshal's office. Back in the U.S., he wangled his discharge almost as soon as his ship was warped into a Hoboken dock, and went back to Cincinnati to become, subsequently, a partner in the top Cincinnati law firm of Dinsmore & Shohl. Among other firms, Dinsmore & Shohl represented Procter & Gamble...
This trio would probably succeed Tito in a joint capacity if the marshal were to die or be assassinated. Probably no one of them has the personality to succeed Tito alone-Kardelj is too colorless, Djilas too impetuous, and Rankovic too well hated...
...protest against Dino's doings, Liberal Leader Sophocles Venizelos last week resigned as Deputy Premier; Marshal Papagos and War Minister Kanellopoulos followed suit. A caretaker government under John Theotokis, until recently the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, took over; King Paul dissolved Parliament and fixed the general elections for February...
...Later, Marshal Papagos rescinded his resignation, announced that he would stay on as commander in chief of the Greek army. Papagos, a national hero since his memorable stand against the 1940 Italian invasion, had himself been repeatedly reported ready to enter the political arena as candidate for Premier...