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...corridor outside his bedroom door, the air force colonel commanding the Premier's personal guard waited for his 3 a.m. deadline to arrest his boss. He did not hear the phone ring at Menderes' bedside. The call-from a district mili tary commander-passed along a warning tip from Menderes' loyal army chief. General Rustu Erdelhun. Menderes dressed and tiptoed into the adjoining room, where his Finance Minister, Hasan Polatkan, slept. Together they planned their flight...
...Nuwar is an anti-Communist who believes in "using" Moscow both economically and diplomatically. But his first public statement in his new job was a wish to maintain close ties with Britain and to refuse Egypt's offers to join the Arab neutralist bloc. Much as the mili tants among the refugees want to make common cause with Nasser, young King Hussein the Hashemite seems eager to keep his country out of Nasser's embrace...
...graded noncommissioned officers, among whom re-enlistment attrition was critical, were most resentful of their dwindling prestige and authority. Their complaint bore out a report of a joint-services study committee, headed by Rear Admiral J. P. Womble Jr., which found there had been a serious "dilution in mili tary authority and leadership." Said the Womble report: "The committee unanimously concludes that the professional standards have been permitted to deteriorate through lack of effective disciplinary control...
Scary predictions that the anniversary would bring violence followed by a mili tary coup proved to be mere talk. Time and again since Vargas' death, rumors of an impending takeover by the armed forces have buzzed about Rio. But Brazilian public opinion is so overwhelmingly anti-coup that it may well deter the restless generals and colonels from intervening in the presidential election scheduled...
...nuisance," admitted Field Marshal Sir Edmund Ironside. When France tottered, Wintle became exasperated at official in action; he called an airfield, told them he was speaking for the Air Ministry, and ordered a plane readied to fly him to Bordeaux. His plan: to get his French mili tary friends to fly the French air force out to Britain. Hauled up before an air commodore for this escapade, Wintle whipped out his revolver and declared: "If it will help you to realize that I am perfectly serious, you have only to say the word and I will blow this stump...