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...wanted to serve on such a commission. Both wanted it made up of a small group of small, disinterested states. Said Britain's Sir Alexander Cadogan: Britain cannot properly be "at times in the witness stand, and then . . . with the jury." Retorted Yugoslavia's Sava Kosanovic: "Dante puts neutral opinions in the Inferno...
...nights later, Yugoslav Ambassador Sava N. Kosanovic, a relatively minor diplomat, had 120 guests in to hear his compatriot, Violinist Zlatko Balakovic, give a recital. He, too, had Senators and a minister, and his party had a fine international air-although his official hostess, one Dr. Mica Trbojezic, did run around popping little meatballs into her guests' mouths...
Tsaldaris charged that Yugoslavia is taking in guerrillas from Greece, housing, feeding, training and arming them, and sending them back into Greece to fight. Yugoslavia's Ambassador to the U.S., Sava Kosanovic, hotly denied these accusations, argued that Greece's troubles were entirely due to the blunders and unpopularity of the Government...
...civilized humanity. . . ." His discovery: "just about the best restaurant in a muddled world." He excitedly reported "a foie gras such as I have not tasted since Hitler attacked Poland, an omelette Perigoitrdine not to be found anywhere else in Europe, a brochette de rognons that would knock Monsieur Brillat-Sava-rin's eye out. . . ." He kept the location secret, said he, because "officially speaking, it is not correct to eat well today in this country. . . ." His happy conclusion: "Whatever has happened to France . . . she has not lost the art of cooking...
...Force. A 31-year-old captain operated against the Germans with the only warplane the Partisans then had. On his first mission, he was told to bomb a German column crossing the Sava near Jasenovac. As his Potez approached, the enemy unfurled their flag for identification, not believing that the Partisans had any planes. The Captain dropped his bomb, killed 15 Germans, then leaned over to hurl 15 hand grenades. The Germans decided to take no more chances, afterward opened fire on, every Potez biplane they saw. On three successive days they brought down Potezes, all manned by Germans...