Word: visiting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Shortly after Prime Minister Nehru's visit last fall to the drowsy Indo-Chinese countries of Laos and Cambodia, a British diplomat hopefully remarked that "this could be Nehru's Rubicon, the point where he must finally choose sides." Reason: Nehru was so deeply impressed by the extensive influence of Indian culture in both countries, as well as their real independence from French colonialism, that he decided on diplomatic recognition and personally appealed to Communist Boss Ho Chi Minh in neighboring North Viet Nam not to violate their frontiers...
Last week, on a formal visit to New Delhi. Katay accused the Viet Minh of outright aggression, bluntly reminded Nehru that "Laos was an outpost of Indian civilization when there was competition between India and China ... We look to you today for help." In effect, he was challenging Nehru to invoke his old promise from Ho Chi Minh. Nehru simply said: "It's for the people of Laos to solve their own problems, not for others to interfere too much," and offered to help arrange further negotiations between the legal government and the Red interlopers...
...taking the Paris Express for London, where Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. will put her up.' Accompanied by his wife and two law partners, former Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey took off on a monthlong, "entirely personal" air trip around the world, during which he will visit twelve countries. Cruising from port to port in the Mediterranean aboard Shipping Magnate Aristotle Onassis' luxury yacht, Swedish Sphinx Greta Garbo spent her 50th birthday at sea. Confident that she would swim the English Channel round trip and non-stop to international acclaim, California's Florence Chadwick...
...such a nice welcome on a recent visit to Bavaria, notified Bavarian Minister of Agriculture Dr. Joseph Baumgartner that he was sending him a little gift of thanks : two live lions...
Financier Silberstein built his empire by a succession of similar moves. A Berlin Stock Exchange member at 21, he fled Hitler's regime in the early '30s, after turning most of his investments into cash. During a brief U.S. visit, he invested $50,000 in depressed Cities Service and railroad bonds; the investment soared and gave him the capital he needed when he landed in the U.S. for good...