Evening star., 1947-01-19

ton from Cairo, and who is an aide
to His Majesty, the King Of Egypt
The guests at this party will
number around $50 also, and will be
drawn from the Military, Naval and
Air Attaches of the diplomatic
corps, as well as members Of the
intelligence sections Of the War and
Navy Departments.
Col. Akef will be in this city for a
week or two and in this country for
a couple of months. He plans to
study the methods employed by our
Army and Navy.
Quite a few members Of the dip
lomatic corps are leaving, or already
have left, on trips and some are
departing to take up new posts.
VIII Leave Today
The Costa Rican Ambassador and
Sonora de Gutierrez are leaving by
train today for Miami and from
there they will go by plane to the
Dominican Republic. Senor Cutter
rez has been appointed by his gov
eminent as Ambassador to that
country. However, his headquar-
ters will be in Washington, since
he will continue to represent Costa
Rica in the United States, and he
and his wife will return after a stay
of 10 or Is days.
The Ambassador of Ecuador, DR..
Francisco Yllescas, left Monday for
a Today visit in his homeland, and
en- route to their respective coun-
tries are the Venezuelan Charge
d'Affaires, DR.. Don M. A. Falcon
Briceno, who left Friday for New
York from where he will travel by
plane, and Miss Vappu Jutila,
daughter of the Finnish Minister
and Mime. Jutila, who left the same
day from New York on the Grips
holm. She is going to Helsinki
where she has one semester to COM
plete in her college preparatory
course.
The Belgian Ambassador left yes
terday on the Queen Elizabeth to
spend about a month in Belgium.
He has been in New York as Bel
GUMS temporary representative on
the Security Council of the United
Nations.
However, the permanent delegate
from Belgium to the Council, MIR.
Van Langenhove, arrived Friday in
New York to take over these duties.
A number of changes have been
made in the diplomatic staffs.
Among the new arrivals here is Mr..
Thanat Komant, who formerly was
Secretary General of the Siamese
delegation to the United Nations
Security Council, and who now is
Charge d'Affaires of the Siamese
Legation. He replaced Luang Dith-
akar Bhakdi. The latter has been
recalled to duty in Bangkok, and he
and Nine. Bhakdi will leave some
time in the near future.
Neac Arrivals
At the Swedish Legation there
are two new arrivals. Mr.. Bengt
Metelius, who will be financial Sec
retary to the Legation, and Mr..
Per Odelberg, who is an aide in
the commercial section. Mr. Odel-
berg is an engineer and most of his
work will deal with steel and iron
Mr.. Metelius, with his wife and
two children, arrived in New York
Tuesday on the Gripsholm and Mr..
Odelberg and his wife reached this
country few days earlier.
Gen. Henrique Baptista Duffles
Teixeira Lott, the new Military At
tache to the Brazilian Embassy, is
settled in his new job, but, like most
newcomers to Washington, he hasn't
been able to find a permanent resi-
dence. He and his wife and two
daughters are residing at the Ward
man Park Hotel while in the pro-
cess Of house hunting
Over at the Australian Embassy
there is a new Minister, Mr.. Alfred
Sterling. His sister, Miss Dorothy
Sterling, will act as his official hos
tess and they both are living at the
Shoreham Hotel. A new member of
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