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THE SORT OF THING THAT HAPPENS IN Maclean's chair now? adenine nha! THE FOREIGN OFFICE WHO is sitting in Donald The present Head of our been to the United Stotes! eanna nar anmnnnteer rem ane inet ares ERE NTITrETRES: init mind's eye as the seperal pattern. — cynical, long-haired yoy yenemen lodding jrom one edekteai party fo anos her, never treeding ordinary Ppeorls, and prociainting a beliel G2 noih- fey an alt: Perhaps che warst, éxzample was in Argentina, where I went this year. Et was ohyious even then that changes were oomiing, 1b was also ooly tog oivtous that the Germatis were grabbing tremen- AIS trade there, — Gauld 1 get }the Etibassy ‘sisi? fo falk! about Ib amd dispuss| what we might doi Could £ hel, : The Ambassador, one- al the tether ores, wus’ new there. There was &lso & geod Lahour Adviser, who was not ant of the Poreign ome mduld. But, with the excep- Americon: Department ot tion ef these two, mest. “the Fereign Office is a af the rest in Gsig key: diplomat wha has never ares ssomed te bq out: of this world, Uta: ae thority on Eastern affairs. e has studied conditions intimately in Bagdad and He is a top-ronking au: i . Ny LEVITY | ¥Y Anal plehure at) the Argentine! British. diplomatic stat will always Se a. wonders iuifluence. in this area was going on between us and the Anaerieana. , This man was mn B key : position, ile was ex-Indian Army—~ knowing “sbsclutely xmothing.” in his ownowords, sisout finnzicial policy, eeotiemios ar polities f How did Ae get idere? CYNICS BO” He told me, “the Crown Agente advertised fi. ded Tt owss.on a list of retired ailifiers and ga they saw te and Beirut--but not in Brooklyn. ful Alkce-in-Wonderiand dinner. Many af the Embassy stait | ware there with their fadtes, just) te Medak ta. - very afltemuit b-raade ta dis+ cuss Argentina and British pros- pects. there was met with levity ard: cynicism, ¥o comnter it, thay trated out avery stale jake ever heard about the Labour Government, Incidesially, the Socialists had already bean out of office three: years. From quips about groundiuts ta Jakes about the Ocaal Board Rid even about the amount of ( DISORDER HE final curtain wae pretty fine diserder, as. Y lost my temper and displayed how wn- sultabte. F woukd be for apogint- mien tu the eynieal. Ineffectual, prattiing, hady we call our diplo- Fiatio servied. } Spies? Of course we navi to ake then serluusly. But the cronble in. the Forelen | VEL | ace goes much deeper cane en EE ae : . 8 no een pee eames e cress mes an *