FOREIGN RELATIONS: To a King's Taste

Mohammed V, King of Morocco, was touring George Washington's Mount Vernon home when the news of President Eisenhower's illness hit the front pages. Said he, when he got the report later: "Why did you have to tell me this?" Replied an aide: "Well, your Majesty, someone had to." "Yes, I know," said the King. "I wish it were not so." Thus, on the first .day of a two-week trip in the U.S., the royal guest was confronted with the unhappy fact that his host had become ill right after bidding him welcome. When...

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