Word: turkish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Greek and Turkish frontiers...
Before World War I, Gulbenkian wangled an oil concession for all of Iraq for the British, German and Dutch interests which formed the Turkish Petroleum Co., now Iraq Petroleum. They rewarded Gulbenkian with his 5% interest. In 1928, when Standard and Socony were admitted, all the partners-including the French, Royal Dutch-Shell, Anglo-Iranian and Gulbenkian-signed the "Red Line" agreement to share & share alike in any new exploitation of ex-Ottoman Empire territory. Later, he fell out with Deterding. Reportedly, Gulbenkian trimmed him so much in bear raids on Shell stock that the British government finally stepped...
Nothing Doing. Taber hinted at cutting down Greek-Turkish aid. Said Marshall: Nothing doing. He wanted the whole $400 million. Russia must be made to understand that the U.S. is not backing down one inch. Who would administer the funds? Said the Secretary: "I'll name that man or men, and not the White House...
...works at least 14 hours a day. About 10, he gets up, bathes, shaves, douses himself with Bain de Champagne perfume, wraps himself in a six-foot-square Turkish towel and drips across the costly Aubusson tapestry rug on his bedroom floor. He sits down at his three bedroom phones (one gilded). There he starts the day's business. He rarely reaches the office before 2 p.m., frequently drifts home from Toots Shor's or the Stork Club after...
With both the Greek-Turkish Aid and the foreign relief bills passed by both houses of Congress, Massachusetts' Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., grandson of a famed statesman, an artillery officer in World War II, and a junior member of the Foreign Relations Committee, rose in the Senate last week to suggest a realistic way of using the funds. Excerpts from his speech...