Word: visitant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dignitaries as Japan's Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, the Upper Volta's President Maurice Yaméogo, The Netherlands' Prince Bernhard, Britain's Prime Minister Harold Wilson (see cover story) and Canada's Prime Minister Lester Pearson, who annoyed the President during his U.S. visit by making a critical speech about the Johnson Administration's policy toward Viet...
...month later, Wilson made the more formidable visit to Paris to sit beneath Charles de Gaulle's lofty eye. Wilson well knew that le grand Charles had made life miserable for his Tory predecessors, from frustrating Britain's entry into the Common Market to his contemptuous dismissal of London as a U.S. puppet. The new Prime Minister was pleased to discover he could hold up his end in a dialogue with De Gaulle. Since Wilson has no immediate interest in joining the Common Market, a big hurdle was passed. De Gaulle, in his oracular style...
...send only an "observer" to next week's annual SEATO meeting in London, though all other members are sending foreign ministers. "Deplorable," declared the conference's British hosts, who had been flattering themselves that their understanding with De Gaulle was rather good since Harold Wilson's visit to Paris four weeks ago, and had hoped that the French might underwrite a condemnation of Indonesian aggression in Malaysia...
...Germany, Italy and the Benelux countries. These tactics left almost every nation in Western Europe on the outs with him. But not the Soviet Union, which is perhaps just the way le grand Charles wants things this week. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko is due in Paris on "an important visit" to discuss ticklish topics like Viet Nam and the German question, and where else can the Soviets find such a free and equal nation to fraternize with...
...exchange of song at Miles College. The Birmingham concert that night was well-attended and the reception that followed was memorable for the numbers that were participating and the spirit that was in the air as informal singing developed, led by students from Miles and Harvard. A visit to Mr. Epps's alma mater, Talladega College, was another high point of the tour. Archie Epps was a co-leader in these musical occasions...