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...lapse in the social success of his visit. After a talk with Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson, his party could find no trace of their guide, Vice Admiral Arthur Davis. A sailor who happened to be passing by volunteered to guide them to the office of Admiral Arthur Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
There they learned that Radford had left for Europe several days earlier, and nobody had bothered to cancel the Yoshida appointment. Turned loose in the Pentagon maze once more, the Premier and his aides wandered around uncertainly until a reporter noticed their bewilderment and escorted them out of the building...
Setting a neat example for freeloading public servants who dote on hauling their relatives all over the lot at public expense, Admiral Arthur W. Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, landed at New York's La Guardia Airport in a military plane after a flight from the capital, five minutes later greeted his wife, who flew from Washington by commercial airliner...
Last week, after spending a fortnight in Washington talking to Joint Chiefs Chairman Arthur Radford and other Pentagon officials, General Srisdi Dhanarajata, commander in chief of Thailand's army, announced that the U.S. had agreed to step up its military aid to his country. Among the items promised: more tanks, trucks, artillery, small arms, ammunition and other equipment; 25 jet aircraft; a $3,000,000, 297-mile military road; training of more Thai officers in the U.S.; enlargement of the 200-man U.S. Military Advisory Group in Thailand. For his part, bulky General Srisdi prepared to double the number...
...armed forces, flew to Washington in late March did the U.S. Chiefs of Staff realize how serious France's plight in Indo-China was. Ely told them for the first time that the French might lose Dienbienphu, and with it, the whole of Viet Nam. JCS Chairman Admiral Radford left Ely with the impression that he personally was ready and willing to send in carrier planes if the French asked for them...