Evening star., 1954-11-08
Exclusively Yours
Soviet
Embassy
Porty
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wearing a rose beige lace
dress over pale beige chiffon.
and a square cut amethyst
pendant in a gold setting.
Huge pictures of Stain ap-
peared in three or four places
and one of Lenin but there
wasn't a single picture Of his
successor Malenkov anywhere.
! asked an embassy attache
why that was. His answer was
that the Ambassador and
others had pictures Of him In
their Offices.
Chief of Protocol Jack Sim
mons paid the official call for
the United States Government
before whipping off to greet
Japan's Prime Minister Yo-
shida. Army and Navy Liaison
officers also were there-Capt
Floyd Ferris. U. S. NJ. and Col.
jackson Shirley and Mai. A.
j. Eisenhauer, U. S. A.
Livingston Merchant, Assist
ant Secretary Of State for
European Affairs, and his
deputy, Walworth Barbour,
were the top American officials
who had planned to attend,
but they Cancelled as a<mark
of protest against the shoot
ing down yesterday OF an
American plane in Japan by
Russian MIG fighters.
British Ambassador and
Lady Makins. fresh from q
drive to Woodlawn and Cum
ston Hall with the Queen
Mother, dropped by. While they
were there the Queen Mothers
car bearing the royal standard
was parked over on o street
In Georgetown in front of the
house recently leased by the
Viscount and Viscountess Har-
court.
Lord Coleraine, in this coun-
try for a conference of the
English Speaking Union. was
being introduced around by
British Information Director
Charlie Campbell. He came
straight from Moscow to Wash
ington having been chief of
the British Parliamentary del
egation invited to Moscow by
the Supreme Soviet. Had they
compared notes with the Soviet
parliamentarians? Hardly, re-
piled Lord Coleraine, since the
Supreme Soviet only meets one
day a year. The British simply
toured Russia. Lord Coleraine
was a member of the House of
Commons as Richard Law and
served as the Foreign Offices
minister of state under Mr.
Churchill until 1945.
Quite a few British were at
this party as a matter Of fact,
including British Minister and
Mrs. Empson and British
Counselor and Mrs. j. w. Car
ter. Greek Ambassador Politis
was there and said he plans to
stay on here for awhile after
his retirement.
French Ambassador Henri
Bonnet. looking happier and
more fit already as he thinks
Of retiring, came by in evening
attire. He doesn't know yet
on what day he and Mime. Bon
net will leave but when they
do they will go to their apart
ment in Paris and rest. wash
ington was my first and last
diplomatic post" said the Am
bassador.
The photographers all burst
into activity and began snap
ping pictures like mad when
the Indian Ambassador and
Mrs. Mehta came down the
line.
The Ambassadors of Turkey.
Denmark, Jordan, Syria, PAX
istan and Afghanistan were all
there, and the Norwegian Am
bassador and Nine. Morgen-
stierne, the Dutch Ambassador
and Nine. Van Roijen, the Aus
trian Ambassador and Nine.
Gruber, the Finnish Minister
and Nine. Nykopp, the Indo-
nesian Ambassador and Nine.
Notowidigdo. the Ceylon Am
bassador and Mrs. Gunewar-
dene and the Burmese Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Darlington.
Ruth Butcher and Sidney
Graves were about the only
Capital residents recognized
outside of the considerable
press contingent.
At 6 o'clock Mime. Zaroubin
cut the huge rectangular cake
1T must have almost been a
yard long and gave the first
piece to the woman deputy for
eign minister of Czechoslo-
vakia, Or. Gertruda Sekanin-
ova,, who is currently head Of
the Czech delegation to the
United Nations Assembly.
Some one pointed out Mrs.
John Abt Of New York who
works for Soviet Russia Today
magazine. Her husband also
was there.
AS usual Paul Robson came
down to Washington for this
Communist celebration, along
with his son and daughter-ln-
law. He happily posed for all
kinds of smiling pictures with
members Of the Russian En-
bassy staff.
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