Evening star., 1946-12-08
NeZvC0meyS
In Foreign
Circle Here
Corps Now
Numbers
81 Missions
By Katharine M. Brooks

By Katharine M. Brooks
The presenting of credentials to the
President by the envoy from Austria
brings the number of legations in
this Capital to %, and the total
number of diplomatic missions to g.
The new Minister, DR.. Ludwig
Kleinwaechter was received by the
President the middle of last week,
although his letters of credence
were received by the Department Ct
State preceding his appointment
with the President. 1t is an AM
bassador-a personal representative
of the head of country-who pre-
sents his letters to the President.
DR.. Kleinwaechter has been in
Washington since the early part of
the year coming here in February as
the Austrian governments political
representative. He established Of
fees at 1341 Connecticut not far
from the site of the old Austro-
Hungarian embassy in the dark
days when Austria was a part OF a
vast empire, not a free and in
dependent republic.
To Be Here Christmas
Coming with DR.. Kleinwaechter
In February were Mrs. Kleinwaech-
ter and their daughters, the Misses
Gunda and Ebba Kleinwaechter
The girls are students at the Alber-
tus Martins College, Gunda being
a member of the senior class. They
both will be back here for Christmas
with their parents in their apart
ment in the Brighton.
DR.. and Mrs. Kleinwaechter are
no strangers here for shortly before
the invasion of their country they
were here while the former was
secretary of the Legation. This was
during the close of DR.. Edgar L. G
Prochnik's regime as Minister
The Prochniks stayed on in Wash
ington and still make their home
here. They are close personal
friends Of the Kleinwaechters anc
and are frequently together fol
lunch and dinner. DR.. Prochnik
was the last envoy from his home
land until DR.. Kleinwaechter took
up the work last week.
The Legation Offices will remain
on Connecticut avenue until such
time as the new Minister and Mrs
Kleinwaechter find suitable house
for both their residence and the
chancery. The staff of the Legation
still is small, with only a press at
tache and commercial attache or
duty. Mr. Hans Thalberg, press at
tache, and his wife came with DR.
and Mrs. Kleinwaechter early in the
year. They first lived at the Bright
ton, but in the midsummer found
themselves a comfortable housekeep-
ing apartment at 1860 Lanier place
The new member of the staff is
DR.. Johannes Coreth, who arrived
the first of the month to take ur
the duties as commercial attache
He was accompanied by Mrs. Coretf
and their two small sons, Clemens
now years old, and baby Christian
only months. Dr. Coreth and his
family have an apartment at 1901
N street, just block and a hall
from the Legation offices.
Nezy Siamese Diplomat
There is a new face among the
diplomats at the Siamese Legation
which will not become an embassy
until an ambassador is appointed
and takes up his duties. Chur
Kambhu M. L. has assumed his posl
at the Legation as commercial at
tache. The initials after his name
denote his rank-a member of the
royal family. But before he Is very
well acquainted in Washington ht
will be Mr.. Kambhu., He Is NJ
stranger here, as he was cadet al
the Military Academy at West Point
and was graduated from there in The
early 1930s. SO the customs and the
language in this Capital are quite
familiar to him and he already has
q number of friends, made during
the few visits he made while Wes1
Point cadet.
The newly appointed Chilean Am.
bassador, DR.. Felix Nieto del Rio
was confirmed by the Chilean Sen.
ate Wednesday. But over Sunday
the recently named Ambassador was
in washington on business. Not
however, concerned with his ambas.
sadorial post, but as head of the
Chilean delegation to the Unitee
Nations. He was the guest of the
Chilean Charge d'Affaires and Mrs
Mario Rodriguez, who are ole
friends. The Ambassador designate
is a career diplomat, the first te
come here from Chile since the re.
tirement of DR.. Miguel Cruchagf
Tocornal, now a member OF the
Chilean Senate. The gentlemen
who have served in between have
= been delightful businessmen ane
politicians, who have been popular
In Washington.