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Visiting Koje Island, he found that Brigadier General "Bull" Boatner had done an able job of restoring order to the prisoner-of-war camp. Calling on Syngman Rhee with British Minister of State Selwyn Lloyd, Alexander had what he called "a very friendly chat." Actually, Alexander and Lloyd were plain distressed by Rhee's highhandedness, but, reporting back to the British Foreign Office, Lloyd reluctantly conceded: "Rhee is clearly most astute and, in spite of his age, is head and shoulders above any of his compatriots whom I have...
Foreign Office men to the mission, Minister .of State Selwyn Lloyd and the ministry's top China hand, Robert H. Scott. Alexander will talk to the generals, Lloyd to Rhee and the politicos...
Vishinsky cited the case of four U.S. flyers forced down in Hungary last month (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) as evidence that the U.S. is trying to "subvert" Communist Eastern Europe. Bouncing in his seat, he waved his arms so wildly that British Minister of State Selwyn Lloyd had to keep ducking his head to avoid being...
...Tory Party's "Young Turks," Churchill had a handful of lesser, though worthy, plums. The best: John Selwyn Lloyd, 47, a World War II brigadier who won the U.S. Legion of Merit, was made right bower to Anthony Eden with the title "Minister of State, Foreign Office." The most talked about young Tory, gentleman-farmer David Eccles, 47, after waiting nervously for a week while 32 other jobs were filled, was made Minister of Works...
Greatness is a subject upon which the Englishman is usually inarticulate. But the Tories like Selwyn Lloyd and David Eccles are deeply conscious of it. They know that this is a country which must live on its wits, not on its resources. They know that the Briton is born with, or has acquired through the centuries, a gift for leadership which the world can ill afford to spare. They know Britons are tired, but they don't think Britons are ready to abdicate...