Word: officialdom
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...Duchess, after two stiff little luncheons, one stuffy little dinner in the refrigerated privacy of the British Embassy, entrained for Chicago and for Calgary, Alberta, for the Edward Prince Ranch at High River, in the grand loneliness and peace of the Rocky Mountains. The minimum of officialdom saw them to the station...
...Chilean officialdom fumed. In Rio de Janeiro, the news was a bombshell; even the U.S. embassy thought it a mistake. In the lineup outside the Commercial Attaché's door was the cousin of Brazil's Foreign Minister Aranha, wondering why his Navebraz shipping company was listed. Brazilian legalists asked whether Standard Oil's Brazilian subsidiary would sell gas to Condor. If not, would it run afoul of Brazil's anti-trust laws? If yes, would Standard blacklist its subsidiary? In Buenos Aires, annoyed and puzzled businessmen chiefly feared a rise in prices, since German firms...
...notwithstanding the Churchill statement, there were signs that not all quarters of British officialdom found it easy to warm up to the Bolsheviks. BBC omitted The Internationale from its weekly program of anthems of Britain's allies, was swamped by protests from, public, press and Parliament. To a reporter, a BBC official said with historic detachment: "We shall certainly play one of the Russian anthems. The question is: what is the Russian anthem?" BBC compromised by playing a recording of a Red Air Force song, Plane, My Plane! Labor's Chief Whip Lord Strabolgi slyly reminded the House...
When that hot noonday came to The Netherlands East Indies last week, Netherlands. British and U.S. officialdom held its breath. Just previously Economics Minister van Mook had given the Japanese a ten-page answer to their demands. It was said to state in effect that The Nether lands East Indies would willingly continue trade relations with Japan on the basis of the annual average trade for the past five years. By inference this meant Japan would not get increased war materials either to use itself or to send to its Axis partners...
...suspicious was the silence of a naturally talkative officialdom that New York Times Correspondent Otto D. Tolischus went burrowing for the reason. He discovered that behind the scenes Japanese statesmen, politicians, businessmen and Army & Navy bigwigs were heatedly debating the issue of war or peace with...