Word: switzerland
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...defection into any more of an international flap than it already is. Indeed, at first it seemed that the U.S. had turned down Stalin's daughter Svetlana, 41, when she showed up at the U.S. embassy in New Delhi. Last week, while Svetlana remained in hiding in Switzerland, the State Department clarified its position somewhat by reporting that it had in fact issued her a visa to come to the U.S.; the question of whether she will eventually be granted asylum has been left open. However that turns out, the Kremlin is enraged at the Soviet-embassy people...
...impossible to trace all the large MRA contributions, but the organization is property rich. It was given a conference center in Caux, Switzerland, purchased in the 1940's for more than $840,000 and London, facilities in Berkeley Square worth $560,000. MRA also owns the Westminster Theatre in London, which cost $400,000 (Washington Post 4-9-61) and the $250,000 Dellwood estate in Mt. Kisco, N.Y., given to the movement in 1950 by Mrs. John Henry Hammond of the Vanderbilt and Sloane families (New York Times 1-5-50). There are also reports of numerous donations...
Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force, put three large aircraft at the disposal of 192 MRA people and flew them by a circuitous route from Manila to Switzerland. They were presenting a play called The Vanishing Island to Asians and Africans. When part of the cast felt like flying to Damascus and Amman, which were not on the schedule, the crews of the plans got angry and refused to fly them there...
...very funny, he's literally the only painter who, lived in Switzerland who produced anything...
...know," she says. "I think of Switzerland as a non-productive place. It's spectacular--but boring...