Word: pinsent
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Dates: during 1948-1948
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Ballroom Questionnaire. In the quiet grandeur of Stoke's ballroom, the candidates were greeted by Colonel J. R. Pinsent, 59, chairman of Britain's Civil Service Selection Board. Colonel Pinsent invited the candidates to patronize the manor-house bar (Scotch, 30? a nip) in their free time, added a warning: "Naturally, if you start wrecking the furniture, we would probably have some doubts as to your fitness for government service...
Later No. 17 had to imagine himself a British consul, addressing an audience of Manhattan Rotarians on the Marshall Plan. After another day of tests, an interview with a psychologist, and tea with Colonel Pinsent, No. 17 returned to London to face the Final Selection Board...