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...goodbyes said, age-old protocol called for the King to return the visit. Less than half an hour later, the President greeted him aboard the Augusta. George VI, knowing the Augusta's sailing schedule, hurriedly inspected the guard. But Harry Truman was a good host, took him below to his quarters. There was a decanter of bourbon on the buffet. There was no doubt that the King and the President enjoyed each other's company: George VI had timed his visit for ten minutes; he stayed...
...effort-the Cecilienhof, a Tudor manor constructed in 1913-17 for the Crown Prince. In a graceful sweep, the stairs descended from Churchill's quarters into the 50-foot-high meeting room. These stairs were meant for a grand entrance, complete with aigrettes and sequins. Obviously (to finicky protocol experts), Churchill could not be allowed to come down the stairs while Truman and Stalin gawked at him from below...
...protocol was no more depressing than the furnishings. The meeting room itself with its round table was not so bad, but the twin angels on the backs of each of the Big Three's gilt chairs were hard to bear. So was the décor of Truman's living quarters. Items: liver-colored wallpaper in the living room; still lifes in the dining room-a very dead rabbit, a half cantaloupe and a very red lobster...
Right after the meeting came cocktails. In his requisitioned Dahlem villa Colonel Frank L. Howley, military governor of Berlin's U.S. zone, threw a party for 100 Allied officers. The Russians, unaccustomed to cocktail protocol, drank on & on, stayed on & on-but no dinner was served. Tactful U.S. interpreters finally hinted that the party was over. General Gorbatov politely shook hands with all his fellow-guests, then led away the puzzled Russians...
Blimp's dueling and drinking and wild-game hunting, all in the best radiation of protocol, are brown up consistently enough into a balloon that pops with the realization that old-school formality must be chucked when the other team doesn't follow the same rules, but there is something devilishly out of place in the puzzle...