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...remained to discuss the . . . conversation," recorded Secretary of State Edward Stettinius. "We were in agreement that the trend at the moment seemed to be more toward a three-power alliance than anything else. No progress . . . had yet been made . . . toward building a world organization based on recognition of the sovereign rights of all nations...
...Curzon line, which the Allies of World War I had proposed as the fairest ethnic frontier between Poland and Russia). Churchill lifted the appeal to an oratorical height: "This is what is dear to the hearts of the nation of Britain . . . that Poland should be free and sovereign . . . mistress in her own house and in her own soul . . . [Our] interest is only one of honor...
...said, "The free citizen also has a sovereign right to lose his money as he pleases, and would undoubtedly be trimmed in real estate, at the races, or in a uranium mine if the market is controlled...
...read your Feb. 21 article, "Royal Popularity," with great interest. The article is done accurately, shows comprehension, and gives a clear and exact picture of the political situation in Cambodia, and an impartial description of the personality of our venerated sovereign, King Norodom Sihanouk . . . Would you allow me an annotation concerning the general elections in Cambodia? . . . His Majesty decided to hold the elections (in April) of his own free will because he thinks internal order and security is re-established now that the Viet Minh troops have withdrawn...
...same effect, so to speak, on Margaret; London society insists that she is still deeply in love with R.A.F. Group Captain Peter Townsend, a war hero but a divorcé (TIME, July 20, 1953). If she decides to marry Townsend (which she will be eligible to do without the sovereign's permission after her 25th birthday in August), Margaret will have to give up her rights of succession and her $17,000 annual stipend...