Evening star., 1949-12-13

to Bolivia and Mrs. Irving Flor
man and the former United States
Ambassador, MIR. Spruille Braden,
who also was Assistant Secretary
of State, and Mrs. Braden were
there. Other officials of the
United States Government in the
large company were the Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury and
Mrs. William McChesney Martin,
the Chairman Of the Board Of the
Export Import Bank and Mrs.
Herbert E. CASTOR, the Vice Presi-
dent of the Bank and Mrs. Haw-
thorne Arey, and the Vice
President and Mrs. Lynn U.
Stambaugh..
Bolivians who were included in
the dinner invitations were the
chairman of the delegation to
the United Nations. Senor Adolfo
Costa du Rels; the Ambassador
to the U. N. and Sonora de Anze
Matienzo, the former Ambassador
to Great Britan and Sonora de
Solares, the Minister Counselor to
the U. N Delegation and Sonora
de Pacheco Iturralde. the Presi-
dent of the Bolivian Development
Corp. and Sonora de Lopez
Videlda, the General Manager
of the Corporation and Sonora de
Dorado Chopitea, the director of
the Banco Minnero. Senor Manuel
Mier y Leon. and his daughter,
Sonora Helen de Brinley; and the
former Minister and Counselor of
the. Embassy. Senor Raul Diez
de Medina.
The Chilean Charge d'Affaires
and Sonora de Rodriguez, the
Guatemalan Charge d'Affaires
and Sonora de Linares Amanda.
and the Costa Rican Charge
|d'Affaires, Senior Jorge Hazera.
and his sister, Senorita Maria Ha-
zera, were others from the diplo-
matte circle at the dinner.
Guests From Embassy StoH
Members of the Bolivian En-
bassy Staff who greeted the As
sistant Secretary and Mrs. Miller
were the Minister and Sonora de
Munez Reyes, the Military and
Air Attache and Sonora de Balli-
Wan, the Financial Counselor and
Sonora de Zalles, the Commercial
Counselor and Sonora de Rovira,
the First. Secretary, Senior En-
rique Kempn. and the Second
Secretary and Sonora de Nav
alas. Others in the company were
Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Mersereau.
Col. and Mrs. Jess Bryan Bennett,
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Corigan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Hennef1n, Sc
norita Nelly Calderon, Mr.. Ros-
coe Snipes and Senor CASTOR
Mujia.
The Swedish Ambassador and
Nine. Bohemian were hosts at
dinner last evening, which was a
farewell fete for the retiring First
Secretary and Nine. Rydbeck. The
departing diplomat and his family
will go to New York tomorrow and
leave there by plane Wednesday
for their homeland. They will be
in Sweden for Christmas and early
in the new year will go to Bonn.
Germany, where Mr.. Rydbeck will
open the first diplomatic Office of
Sweden in that country since 1t
became an independent govern
ment.
Mr.. Gunner Jerfing, who will
succeed Mr.. Rydbeck, is not ex-
pected until the end of the month.
This will be his first post in this
country.
Guests at the farewell dinner
last evening were associates Of
Mr.. Rydbeck in the State Depart
ment and the Norwegian and
Danish embassies as well as those
at the Swedish embassy.
The British Ambassador and
Lady Franks were honor guests
at dinner last evening of former
United States Ambassador and
Mrs. Joseph E. Davies. The party,
as others at Tregaron, the estate
of the hosts, was beautifully ar
ranged and the guests of impor-
tance, officially and socially. !