After President Roosevelt and President Inönü of Turkey departed, Winston Churchill stayed on in Cairo until this week (when he turned up in Gibraltar). He discussed the Pacific War with Major General Richard K. Sutherland, General Douglas MacArthur's chief of staff. He called on King Farouk I of Egypt (confined with a broken femur after an automobile accident), lunched with George II of Greece. Churchill dined with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, conferred with Harold Macmillan, British Minister in North Africa, and held an off-the-record press conference. Through it all he was usually with his old crony and adviser, Field Marshal Jan...
Foreign News: After the Ball
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