Lord Beaverbrook, Britain's titanic imp and Lord Privy Seal, arrived in Washington, D.C. by plane, ostensibly to talk about oil. He immediately disappeared behind a screen of refrigerated secretaries and impersonal telephone voices. Once hidden, however, he ordered up a Scotch & soda and the first of a series of huge and marvelous meals. Then the vigorous Beaver, whose interests as Winston Churchill's confidant are worldwide, and whose professional curiosity as a newspaper publisher is insatiable, nimbly called on Harry Hopkins and other top U.S. officials.
Except at a preliminary conference with...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
