FOREIGN RELATIONS: Exploration

When the presidential plane Columbine landed at Washington last week, the distinguished Frenchmen aboard were far from happy. Premier René Mayer had started the week by threatening to resign, a tactic that persuaded the French Assembly into accepting a new $220 million emergency loan. This delayed the start from Paris, and the plane's pilot had flown through a storm instead of circling it in order to make connections with the Columbine in New York.

By the time Mayer & Co. stepped off the plane, they were weary and still queasy with airsickness....

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