OFFICIAL PARTIES INTRIGUING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00058R000100080042-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 31, 2000
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: October 18, 1953
• Content Type: NSPR

OCT 18 1953 A(+ W V 5.-l
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season-opening cocktail party
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Secretary of the Navy Robert
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s Under-Secretary of Commerce,
and Secretary of the Senate
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Mark Trice, and Mrs. Trice.
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say, "What else could we do. P and Davis Cup donor. One of
To have stayed away would haveWashington's conservative social
looked like a boycott." leaders and frequent hostess to
IT PIQUES the local Interest pre ' t,]ruman, she was a con-
to see who attends parties give su tiant on the decorating of the
by Gwen Cafritz and her million rebuilt White House. It's a fore-
aire realtor husband, Morris gone conclusion, however, that it
Though no avowed Democrat was not her taste that dictated
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Carthy's wedding and who
among. the Eisenhower appointee
and "White H o u s e family'
braved the long wait in line t
greet the bride and political)
controversial bridegroom. Whe
anti-McCarthy friends of som
of these people ask about thi-
apparent White House blessing
they shrug their shoulders an
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e g y' a few of the pitfalls-i, e., there
ing. They go because they can' are no kitchen utensils in the
stand to miss seeing who shove American legation in Luxem- j
up and who stayed away an bourg and very few pots and
comparing notes la. pans. This is a sorry state of
It's a drawing rooomm game the affairs and one unbecoming the:
intrigues the men as much as th rich "Colossus of the West."
women. They want to know who' j~ Having put little Luxembourg
got an "in," and that means wit `1
on the map, Perle was toasted
the administration in power, by new Minister Buchanan at one
still AT- talkin2cof the scores of farewell parties
about who Washington went is t
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goes to a party not because it'
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Official
Parties
Vice-President Barkley and the
late Chief Justice Vinson fre-
quented her large, luxurious
modern house, along with to
figures throughout the past ad
ministration. Would Republican
flock there in the same num
bers? was a favorite question o
the cocktail circuit last Winter
but that was too soon to tell.
The fact is the Republican
are still being very caution
about attending parties outsid
of official ones. Whether because
of political reasons, or because
no human being can stand the
strain of taking in al officia
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alone private ones-I wouldn't
in a decollete floor-length sheath
of burgundy satin topped by her
emerald and diamond necklace,
served her champagne to former
Democratic officials and old-
time unofficial friends on both
sides of the political fence.
ALL THESE party trends and
nuances made the local gentry
impatient for the return of fa-
mous party-giver Perle Mesta.
The former minister to Luxem-
bourg recently wrote her suc-
cessor, Wiley Buchanan, a letter
of congratulations on his ap-
pointment and tipped him off to I
in his honor. All present stood
and' raised. their champagne
glasses, with one exception. Rival
Hostess Gwen Cafritz remained
seated.
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CHIEFLY DEMOORATS alto
turned up at the reception given'
the other day by 14z , yjght
Davis Democratic widow of the
1llfURepublican Secretar
of War
the State dining room a tearoom
green.
A notable lg 41ican at her
.Party -was Uer Wks. director
merit's hush-hush department
says"he has 90,000 words writ-
ten on his book about America's
part in the conspiracy on Hitler's
life-to be entitled ~`OejQn
Suav ri~s '' "`
Assistant Secretary of Defense
Frank Nash has been receiving
letters from unknown women
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him as an eligible bachelor that
appeared in this column.
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