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...plain, steel Army casket aboard a train that took MacArthur, his widow Jean and son Arthur, 26, to Washington. It was raining as the procession headed slowly toward the Capitol, but tens of thousands lined the streets. In the rotunda President Johnson, his face working with emotion, placed a wreath at the casket's head. A dirge sounded as a military honor guard took its post...
...crowd of 200,000 from the balcony of the National Palace-the first visiting dignitary ever accorded that honor. "Mexicanos," he proclaimed, during a three-minute speech memorized in precise Spanish, "I bring to Mexico France's salute. Let us walk hand in hand." After laying a memorial wreath at Mexico City's Independence Column, De Gaulle ducked his guards and plunged into a sea of outstretched hands. At city hall, he received the keys to the city; at a joint session of the Mexican Congress, a standing ovation. His most enthusiastic reception came at Mexico...
Peering into the opposite side of the crystal ball, other Kremlinologists interpreted the mission as a thinly veiled slap at Nikita by Rumanian Party Boss Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, an old Stalinist who ostentatiously laid a wreath on Joe's tomb a few years ago. Rumania had already defied Soviet economic planners by building up its own industry rather than humbly serving as raw-material supplier for the rest of Eastern Europe. According to the latest theory, the boys from Bucharest were now parading their ideological independence from the Russians...
...Chou Enlai, he seemed happy enough just to be the invited guest of a U.S. ally. He went dutifully through his official tour, from laying a wreath at the tomb of Pakistan's founder, Ali Jinnah, to trudging through a large textile plant, where he smiled with satisfaction on discovering that a white-haired employee earned 84? a day. At week's end Chou flew up to Rawalpindi and was warmly greeted by handsome Ayub Khan, wearing a jaunty astrakhan hat. Here the street banners read DOWN WITH INDIAN IMPERIALISM IN KASHMIR, but if they were intended...
With such spectacles to dazzle the eye, it was hardly surprising that thousands of citizens bustled through the revolving doors of Detroit's City-County Building without so much as a glance at the simple wreath hanging over the entrance. Most thought it was a modest Christmas decoration. Few noticed that it was black...