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...your July 14 report of reactions in the House of Commons to Mr. Churchill's quotation of Mr. Acheson's reference to "snafu" on the vexed question of the Yalu River bombings: Churchill "rolled the unfamiliar word around for a while and it came out snayfooo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 4, 1952 | 8/4/1952 | See Source »

...Snayfooo. When it came time to press Labor's gentle censure, Socialist Philip Noel-Baker was so meek & mild that Churchill rumbled: "I can hardly see a point of difference between us except that he has to do his best to move a vote of censure." The Laborite move was really an attempt to censure the U.S., said Churchill. He read from Secretary of State Dean Acheson's closed-door explanation to members of the House: "It is only as the result of what in the U.S. is known as a 'snafu'"-Churchill rolled the unfamiliar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Yalu Hullabaloo | 7/14/1952 | See Source »

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