Evening star., 1948-11-10

Cluded the counselor Oh Tile NOI-
vegian Embassy and Nine. Nygaard,
the Counselor and Nine. Olav, and
the Second Secretary and Nine.
Mangor; the Counselor Of the Dam
ish Embassy and Nine. Bang-Jen-
sen, the Counselor and Nine. Bertel-
sen, and the Secretary and Countess
Moltke- -Huitfeldt; the Counselor Of
the Finnish Legation and Mime. Won
Numers, and the Counselor Of the
French Embassy and Nine. Wapler,
and the Second Secretary and Nine.
Winkler. Also in the company were
the former Czechoslovak Ambassa-
dor TO Turkey and Nine. Chounen-
enkowitch, who now make thetr
home In Washington.
The Foreign Minister Of Siam, His
Serene Highness Pridi Thepyap-
hong, who is a guest at Blair House
was entertained at q reception yes
terday by the Siamese Charge DAT
faires and Nine. Kridakon at the
Embassy. About $50 officials anc
diplomats called to meet the visitor
and the hostess wore the tradi-
tional dress Of her country. Mem
bers Of the Embassy staff and Their
wives assisted during the reception
hours.
Embassy Luncheon
The Australian Ambassador, Mr.
Norman ]. o. Maxim, was host at
luncheon today entertaining the
dean of the diplomatic corps, the
Norwegian Ambassador, Mr.. Will
helm Munthe de Morgenstierne: the
Polish Ambassador, Mr.. Josef Win
iewicz; the CZechoslovakian Arnbas-
sador, DR.. Vladimir Outrata, and
the first Ambassador from Ceylon,
Mr.. George c. S. Correa, who re-
Gently presented his credentials.
Others at the luncheon included the
Iraq Charge d'Affaires, Mr.. Ahmed
Izzet Mohammed: the South Afri-
can Charge d'Affaires, Mr.. T. H
Eustace; the Burmese Charge DAT
faires, U. Zaw Win; the Philippine
Minister, Mr.. Emilio Abello; the
Counselor of the British Embassy
Mr.. B. Cockraln, Maj. Gen. John
Chapman and Mr.. Ralph Harry
first secretary Of the Australian En-
basSy.
The Argentine Embassy was the
scene of another reception, probably
the largest yesterday, when Com
modore Roberto Gilbert, director
general of the Argentine Air Acad-
emy, entertained. His guests mum.
bered between $50 and 800 and in.
cluded the 80 officers who came with
him and the 20 cadets.
The cadets are on a practice flight
and have visited air bases and in
stallations and plants throughout
this country. In the company were
officers and officials of the various
air branches of the United States
armed forces and the air attaches
of the Latin American embassies
and their wives. Also a large num-
Der Of the young ladies in diplo-
matte circles.
Two embassies were the scenes OF
smaller groups yesterday. At the
Canadian, Ambassador and Mrs.
Hume Wrong entertained two visi-
tors from the Dominion, the Assist
ant Undersecretary of State and Ad-
ministration of the Ministry OF
Foreign Affairs, Mr.. w. d. Matthews
and the Chief Of the Bureau OF
Personnel of the Ministry, Mr.. T. w
L. MacDermot. Their other guests
were members Of the Embassy ano
mission stats and their wives.
Nine. van Kleffens, wife OF the
Netherlands Ambassador, also wa!
hostess yesterday, entertaining thu
wives of members of the Embass!
staff at an informal tea.
Fefes Delegates
One of the first festivities ar
ranged in connection with the an.
nual conferences of the Food anc
Agricultural Organization of the
United Nations was given last eve
ming. The conference will be held
In Washington this year and al
ready many of the delegates have
arrived in the Capital. The Wis.
count Bruce of Melbourne, Aus.
tralia, who Is assistant director o.
the FAC, was host at dinner en-.
tertaining in honor Of the new Di.
rector General of the FAC, Mr.
Norris Dodd, who is former Under.
secretary of Agriculture of the
United States. Sharing honor'
with him was the Deputy Director
General, Sir Herbert Broadley
Others at the dinner were mem.
bers of the staff, including Mr.. M
Villett-Lavalle, Of France, secretary
general; Mr.. Cove Hambidge, eco
nomic adviser; Mr.. r. w. Phillips
acting director of the civilian divi'
sion; Mr.. S. B. Northrup, secretar!
general Of the International Eco
nomic Food Commission of tht
FAC: Mr.. H. r. Tol1ey, director O
the economic division; Mr.. D. B
Finn, director of the fisheries divi
sion; Mr.. M. Leloup of France, di
rector of forestry; Mr.. D. H. Wall
director Of information; DR.. w. r
Aykroyd, director of nutrition; Mr.
H. Belshaw, of New Zealand, di
rector of rural welfare, and Mr.
F. Weisl, of the Netherlands, di
rector of administration.
DR.. A. H. Boerma, Of the Neither
lands, regional representative o
FAC in Europe, with headquarter
In Rome, also was a guest at tn,
dinner. Others there included MI
M. T. Hefnawy Pasha, regional rep
resentative in the Near East will
headquarters in Cairo, and Mr.. 7
v. N. Fortescue, of England, assist
ant to the deputy director and re
gional representative in India.
Guests also included delegates
among them Mr.. j. c. Crawford
Australia: Mr.. Newton de 'Castr
Belleza, Brazil; DR.. G. S. H. Barton
Canada; Mr.. Hsieh Pins
China; Mr.. Higimo Gonzalez, Chile
DR.. Rudolph Kruez. Czechoslovakia
Mr.. A. P. Jacobsen, Denmark; MI
M. A. Zayard, Egypt; Prof.
Mayer, France; Mr.. B. r. Sen, In
dia; Prof. Ugo Papi, Italy; MI
Augustin Ochoa, Mexico; Mr.. N. F
Blink, the Netherlands; Mr.. Emili
Abello, the Philippines; Mr.. P. F
Vijen, South Africa; Sir Ralph En-
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