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...been in Teheran, talking with important political figures. All assured him things were now quiet in Iran, says Richardson, "including Mossadegh himself, who sat up in bed looking chipper and confident." Richardson flew to Jerusalem to check a report (which turned out to be unfounded) that a U.N. truce observer had resigned. He then returned to his Beirut base and found he had to write a background report on Mossadegh's successor, Qavam-only to get the report a few hours later that Qavam was out and Mossadegh back in. Says Richardson: "Famous last words among political observers...
Within sight of the searchlights that guard Panmunjom (where the truce talks were still deadlocked last week), men of the U.S. ist Marine Division were fighting bloodily for strategic high ground. A stream of Marine wounded and dead flowed back to the collecting stations, but the Marines claimed enemy casualties higher than their...
...stayed & stayed. The press grew restive. and clamored for an audience. In desperation, newsmen formed a crescent on Rita's lawn, fell to their knees, salaaming and pleading. At last Aly appeared. Would he and Rita . . .? "Everything is going fine," answered Aly. Then he proposed a mutually agreeable truce to the press: go now and come back tomorrow for pictures and interviews. That evening it was three-year-old Yasmin who did more than anyone else to promote a reconciliation. Somehow she managed to swallow some sleeping pills. Aly and Rita became father & mother as they rushed...
Next day, with truce-time over, reporters converged on Rita's lawn again. Good as his word, Aly appeared with Rita for a smiling picture. Said Rita, "We are very happy to see each other." But, reporters asked, would they . . .? The answer was "No comment." Any plans, then? Yes, Aly was off to the Del Mar race track, and at the end of his visit he planned to "go to Kentucky to see some friends in the horse business...
Elaborate attempts have been made by statesmen from both parties to strike a truce-but they could not control the countryside partisans. More recently the Catholic Church, bulwarked by an appeal from Pius XII and parades displaying great fervor for peace, tried to halt the war but failed. Now the only limitation on the ferocity of the struggle seems to be the amount of arms the guerrillas can smuggle over the border or seize from dead policemen...