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At week's end, dog-tired but cheery, Ike walked down the landing ramp at the Northolt airport near London, cracked: "This is Northolt, isn't it? I used to drink coffee here." He slept late on Sunday, sat around his Claridge's Hotel suite most of the day, then went to an informal dinner at U.S. Ambassador Walter Gifford's.
This week Ike was scheduled to climb back into his plane, head for NATO Capital Lisbon. After that, Rome, Luxembourg, Heidelberg, back to Paris, then Reykjavik and Ottawa. On Jan. 29 he would return to Washington, report on the prospects of Western defense.
* Eisenhower does not command all the NATO forces, though all of his troops are drawn from NATO members. For instance, the armies of Canada and the U.S. and the NATO forces stationed in the North Atlantic Ocean area are under separate command. Ike's official title is Supreme Allied Commander, Europe.