Evening star., 1946-10-16

the Ambassador, he and Nine. Has
san entertained very informally to
celebrate the event.
Guests at the dinner last evening
were the Soviet Ambassador and
Nine. Novikov, the newly appointed
French Minister to Venezuela, M.
William Georges-Picot, the Under
secretary of State and Mrs. Will L.
Clayton, the chairman of the Foreign
Relations Committee of the Egyptian
House of Representatives, M. Man,
dour Riaz; the former Chief of the
Division of international Communi-
cations of the State Department and
Mrs. Thomas Burke, Mrs. Gertrude
Wissar, formerly of Egypt; M. and
Nine. Bedawi of Egypt, cousins of
the hostess; Miss Meredith Howard,
Mr.. George Abel and the Egyptian
Minister, M. Anis Aver.
M. Georges-Picot, who is in Wash
ington for a few days en- route to
South America, was Counselor OF the
French Embassy in Washington a
few years ago. He and Nine. Picot
were quite popular here She has
remained in France and plans to
Join him at his new post later IN
the year. M. Aver has been Min
lister Counselor of the Legation for
some years, and when the Legation
was raised to an Embassy he was
promoted to the post of Minister.
The Chinese Ambassador and
Mrs. Koo will entertain at dinner
again Friday, when their guests
are invited to meet Gen. Chang
Chun, former Minister of Foreign
Affairs of China, and Mrs. Chang.
Gen. Chang came to this country
for medical treatment and Is en-
route to return to China, where he
Is now governor of the Province
of Szechwan.
Mrs. Koo will be hostess at
luncheon Thursday, and the follow
ing afternoon will be the guest of
honor at tea at the United Nations
Club.
The Ambassador and Mrs. Koo,
like the Argentine Ambassador and
Sonora de Ivanissevich, have
searched diligently for suitable
houses for their Embassies. Both
have looked longingly at the house
on Massachusetts avenue at Twen-
ty-second street, which was the
home of the late Mrs. Richard
Townsend. The house and grounds |
are suitable, but the Argentine
government needs building Of 40
or more rooms for its chancery. |
which is not available at the Mass
achusetts avenue site.
Another visitor in the Capital this |
week is the Minister of the Treasury
of Mexico, Senor Eduardo Suarez.
The Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs John w. Snyder were planning
a party for him though what and
when had not been decided when
the hotel strike descended upon
them. Until that is settled the
Secretaries of Commerce and Labor
as well as Treasury will be
obliged to postpone entertaining. |
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Byrnes also are residents of hotel |
in the throes of a strike. However, |
they are not expected back from
Paris until the end of this week or
early next week.
A visitor OF much interest to many
Washington residents as well as
those in the diplomatic circles Is
Miss Ramona Lefevre, sister Of the
late Senor Don j. E. Lefevre. Miss
Lefevre spent many years in Wash
ington when her brother was secre-
tary and much of the time charge
d'affaires for Panama. They were
among the most popular of the
young people in the corps in those
days. The late Senor Lefevre was
promoted to Minister to the Central
American Republics a post he held
at the time of his death. Miss
Lefevre has returned here for very
infrequent visits and at this time
is the guest of Mrs. Sumner Welles
at Der home Oxon Hill in Mary
land. Mr.. Welles, former Under
secretary OF State left yesterday for
Canada where he will give series