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Meanwhile, in a corner of the deserted Security Council chamber, in front of a loudspeaker relaying the meeting next door, sat China's neat, dignified Wellington Koo. He was deep in the slumber of an oldtimer who has learned to doze discreetly through such occasions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Progress Report, Nov. 18, 1946 | 11/18/1946 | See Source »

...Wellington Koo, six times China's Foreign Minister, is his country's greatest diplomat. He has attended almost every major conference since Versailles, has been Ambassador to the U.S. since last July. Last week on Double Ten, * the Ambassador spoke out, giving the clearest explanation to date of the Chinese Government's efforts to deal with the implacable Chinese Communists. Excerpts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Koo Speaks Out | 10/21/1946 | See Source »

...tinkle of party glasses and the blare of a dance band. G.I.s had come with their girls-a few clerks; a few debutantes, and many a "five-shilling touch" from Piccadilly in full war paint. Hedda Hopper of Hollywood was there (in one of her hats). So were Wellington Koo, Sir John (now Viscount) Simon, Lord & Lady Mountbatten and General Spaatz. With cautious restraint, Clement and Mrs. Attlee sipped gin and lemon. Herbert Morrison wandered pixy-like and alone through the garden to the huge refreshment tent, sampling a brave but pallid collation of austerity sandwiches and hors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Embassy Binge | 7/15/1946 | See Source »

...Duke of Wellington celebrated Waterloo Day as usual by calling on his landlord to pay the rent. Paid annually to the King for the sprawling Strathfield

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Fundamentals | 7/1/1946 | See Source »

...Congress of Vienna convenes in 1815 (though it looks suspiciously like the Foreign Ministers Conference in Paris, 1946). Wellington, Talleyrand and Alexander, Czar of all the Russias, are about to sit down to a game of cards with Austria's Metternich. Cries the Czar: "Austria play cards on an equal basis with the big powers? Impossible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRIA: An American Abroad | 6/24/1946 | See Source »

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