Evening star., 1951-01-21
The Premier
OF France
TOBe Feted
French Ambassador
Abroad; News of
Other Diplomats
By Katharine M. Brooks

he HreSlQe1lI Will eIlG6T tdlu dI
luncheon Monday, January 90,
in honor of Frances Prime Min
lister Rene Pleven. The visiting
Official will arrive early that day
from Paris and will be in Wash
ington only two days. He is eX-
pected to stay at the French En-
bassy.
Ambassador Henri Bonnet, who
is in Paris, probably will return
to Washington with his country
man. The Ambassador went home
for conferences with Foreign
Minister Schumann and Frances
ENJOYS to the United Nations, to
London and Germany.
Secretary of State Dean Ache
son will be host at a reception
Tuesday, January 80 at Prospect
House for the visitor and the
Ambassador is expected to enter
tain in his honor at dinner both
Monday and Tuesday, each party
being small and the entertain
ing informal.
The Prime Minister will be
honor guest at luncheon Tues
day January 80 of the National
Press Club.
The Naval Attache of the Ca
madam Embassy and Mrs. H. Mel
son Lay will give cocktail party
Thursday in their home on West
ern avenue. 1t will be Hail" and
FAREWELL" and 1t. Comdr. w. E.
Widows, retiring member of the
Canadian Joint Staff, and his sue
cessor, 1t. v. j. Murphy, and their
wives will be honor guests.
Comdr. Widdows has been
transferred to Halifax, N. S., and
with his family will leave Wash
ington February 2 to motor to his
new post.
Travellers
The Norwegian Ambassador,
Mr.. Wilhelm Munthe de Morgen-
stierne, was in New York last
week to address the Rotary Club
of Brooklyn. He will go to Miami
February 20. to make an address
before the Club of 100 and it is
probable that Mrs. Munthe de
Morgensteirne will accompany
him South.
The Gautemalan Ambassador,
DR.. Don Antonio Goubaud-Car-
rera. is attending a conference of
the international Labor Organi-
zation in Bolivia and will not re-
turn before the end of the month.
Admiral Holger. chief of the
Chilean Naval Mission, went to
Philadelphia Friday to meet the
Chilean officers and crew for the
two cruisers purchased in this
country by his government. The
officers and crew arrived late that
afternoon from Chile and Admiral
Holger carried the Chilean flag
that will be raised on one of the
cruisers aboard which the Ad-
miral will return to Chile. He
will be in command of both cruis-
ers and deliver them to the chief
of the Chilean Navy.
Capt. Mcintyre, also of the
Chilean naval staff. accompanied
Admiral Holger to Philadelphia
and will be captain of the other
cruiser on their trip to South
America.
The chief of the Netherlands air
force, 1t. Gen. 1. A. Aler, who is
in this country at the invitation
of the chief of the United States
Air Force, Gen. Hoyt Vanden-
berg. will return to Washington
the first of February. He is in
specting air bases and training
centers.
The Military Attache of the
Netherlands Embassy and Nine.
van Dun will give cocktail party
for the visitor February 2 to which
officers of both the Army and
Air Force will be invited and
among whom Gen. Vandenberg
will be the ranking Air Force Off
Ger.
The Attache of the Cuban EN-
bassy and Sonora de Garcia Osuna
returned the end of the week from
London where they have been
since late September. DR.. Gar
cia Osuna was a delegate to the
United Nations health conference.