WILSON TURNS UP WITH SOME ANSWERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68-00046R000200250011-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2014
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: November 2, 1956
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Frhe Service Set
:Wilson Turns Up oWith. Some Ah sw. e. t
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By Winzolii McLendon. toaurt her thhusbNanavd, th7ieSetcorhe- ertson (her slim. black wOol hams, and ot er delicious
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'WE,DON'T want-to ?step is oYn the Leechy-Making-for-, sheath was topped With a, cocktail fare-
Spotted in the .crowd were
and tag those felloWs out. ? 'stunning sapphire blue satin ?
Ike circuit. Secretary of Commerce and
pr, we won't have4. :friend ' . , hat) came to the receplion, Mrs. Sinclair Weeks, Vice
Another lady alone was
left."' Secretary' of Defense
harles Winon answSred
Mrs. Arthur Radford. She as did Under Secretary of the Adm. and .Mrs. Murrey
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ast evening when asked..if ? Army and Mrs.- Finucane. ' . Hoyar, Assistant Secretary of
said . Adm. Radford, Chain:
he -United ',States would ., man of the Joint Chiefs, was While red coated members Defense and Mrs. W.. J. Mc
iscontinue militrry ?aid -
,:either the White House."
the Pentagon or
House." _ . Of the Marine Band played in Neil, and Assistant Secfetary
.to i
reat Britain and France. . the green-Carpeted entrance " of the Navy and Mrs. Garri-
"We have a right tOitake Add to those "soloing" hall, guests milled around in son Norton.'
.
time to think this ,,'he . Mrs. Donald ' Quarlds?her the two ? drawing rooms, on 'Then there were .Gen. Ger-
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continued. We ye ,;:ialways ;husband, Secretary of the the "veranda and in the aid C. Thomas, Mrs: ?Cha:rles
considered everyone ,.;our - .Air Force--.-was at his Penta:2- dining rOom. There, they -. gabell?(w_ife_o'f:Air, Force
friends ?, everyone except ' gon desk: found a buffet with chafing xt..,,,Gen:".. CA-1? ell)/ ,Lt. Gen.
the Russians." , . dishes filled :with ? chicken and MTS. C: 'F./ Schilt, Lt.
' - DEPUTY Secretary of De- livers and 8wedish meat-balls Gen. and - Mrs. Alonzo , P.
remarks while attending a.
-The Secretary mal4 his feuse and Mrs. Reuben Rob- in sour cream.. more.
party
turkeys and: Fox, and many, many ore.
,,
party giVen for the Secre-
tary and Mrs. WilSon by the
Commandant of the 'Marine
Corns and Mrs. aindolph
McC. Pate.
' When asked if eily?of the
United States airborne troops
were "on alert',' heTaid thei;
service always figures. on
"what Could happen . . not
that we expect it ? to," andl
they ire ready for anything.
I
HE?ALSO said the United :
States Naval ships 'which(
left the Netherlands Wednes-
day ' under secret orders,
-? have 'gone to the Middle t ,
? e
East to help the Sixth Fleet
vacuate United States citi-
zens. .
!Will the Sixth Fleet pul
,way from the danger zon
fter the evacuation." "That,'
eplied -Mr. Wilson; "is
ood question. It's one o
he things we're Working o
THE RECEPTION at Com-
mandant's House. yesterday
wasn't at all like Gen. and
Mrs. Pate had planned.
First there was to be a snap-
py Marine Corps Sunset'Pa-
rade. But, the rains came.
In place of a parade, Mr.
Wilson (and .a few top,Pen-
tagon officials) stepped over
t o the Band Barracks for'a
few, minutes while "honors"
rendered to the Secre-
ary.
The second "unplanned"
thing was an ?unex-pected
Joint -.Chiefs of Staff meet-
ing which kept the host away,
from the party.
? Standing in the receiving
1 line, ''pinch-hitting for his
boss, was Lt. Gen. Vernon
Megee. ?
Unexpected meetings and
busirkess at the Pentagon
took its toll from the guests,
[
0 too. Secretary of the Army
"and Mrs. Wilber Brucker
came' by ,but left early, be-
cause: the Secretary "had to
/get 'back to the Pentagon."
'Incidentally, the Bruckers
take off today for a three-
day campaign swing to mid-
western states. And, speak-
ing of campaigns, Mrsi
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