Evening star., 1949-03-10

once III SCOCkIlOlIu. he lOIlIleIly
Embassy in Moscow and also has
held posts in the Swedish diplo-
matte missions in Berlin. Paris
and London.
Mr.. HaggloS will serve as Com
mercial Counselor. taking over the
duties Mr.. Left de Belfrage held
until his return to Stockholm the
end of January. Mr.. de Belfrage
now is Chief of the Commercial
Office in the Swedish Capital, hav-
ing sailed with Nine. de Belfrage
early in February. When a sue
cessor to Mr.. de Belfrage arrives
Mr.. Hagglos will become Coun-
selor, succeeding Mr.. Alexis de
Aminoff. Mr.. de Aminoff recently
was promoted to the rank OF Min
lister and with Nine. de Aminof1
will leave in the early summer for
another post.
Guests at Embassy
The Mexican Ambassador and
Sonora de la Colina will have as
their guests at the Embassy for
ten days Senator Antonio Ber-
mudez and Sonora de Bermudez,
who arrived this morning. Sen
ator Bermudez, as head of the
petroleum industry of Mexico, has
the rank of a cabinet officer and
has come here at the invitation
of Representative Robert Crosser
of the Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee.
Sonora de la Colina was hostess
Informally to a small group of
guests at the tea hour yesterdayI,
A farewell dinner was given lastl
night at the Carlton Hotel by
members of the Argentine En-
bassy staff and members of the
Argentine delegation to the Inter-
American Defense Board in honor
or Brig. Aristobulo Reyes, head of
the Aeronautical Division of the
Argentine Military Delegation to
the Board. and Mrs. Reyes and
their daughter, Miss Clelia Reyes.
who will leave Washington shortly.
The Argentine Ambassador to
the Organization of American
States and Mrs. Enrique Coro-
minas, the chief of the Argentine
delegation to the Inter- American
Defense Board and Mrs. Estanis-
lao Lopez, Brig. and Mrs. Gustavo
Hermansson, Commodore and Mrs.
Anibal Fervor and Col. and Mrs.
Hector I. Terradas were in the
company which numbered over so.
Nine. El-Khouri, wife of the
Syrian Minister. has issued cards
for a tea Thursday afternoon,
March II, at o'clock in the Lega-
ton at 2215 Wyoming avenue.
News comes from old friends in
Australia that the former Coun-
selor of the Embassy. Mr.. John
Oldham, has been appointed the
first Australian High Commission
er to Pakistan. Mr.. Oldham was
in Washington from 1915 to 1947
and with Mrs. Oldham they made
many friends for themselves and
for their country. Since returning
to his homeland. Mr.. Oldham has
been on duty in the Department of
External Affairs in Canberra. Mr..
and Mrs. Oldham will leave for
his new post within the next
month or more.
Coming From Italy
The First Secretary of the Ital-
ian Embassy, Signor Franco
Bounos, will be Joined early in
April by Signora Bounos, who is
in her homeland. Signora Bounos
is awaiting the publication of her
book due on the stalls at the end
of this month. When the book
is published in New York later it
probably will bear the title From
Her Party" which is free, literal
translation of the Italian.
Signora Bounos has spent little
time in Washington since she
came with her husband the latter
part of last year. On her arrival
in this country she Immediately
went by plane to Havana because
of the serious illness of her mother,
Sonora de Cespedes. widow OF DR..
Carlos Cespedes, who was Cuban
Minister in Washington some
years ago. Sonora de Cespedes
recovered sufficiently for Signora
Bounos to join the First Secretary
in Washington for Christmas and