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...silver screen, earned the British D.S.C. as the only U.S. officer to command a flotilla of raiding craft for Mountbatten's Commandos, a chestful of other medals for service in seven major campaigns, and an honorary Knighthood in the Order of the British Empire for "furthering Anglo-American amity." When he got his knighthood, his children prepared him a surprise-a leather case engraved "Sir Douglas Fairbanks." The new knight took it in stride when he learned that foreigners are not permitted to bear the prefix "Sir." "Oh, never mind about titles," he said. But he did take...
...Mossadegh's friends and leadership fell away, his best chance of surviving lay in signing an oil agreement. U.S. negotiators reported him the most conciliatory he has ever been, though, remembering many past disappointments, they were guarded in their optimism. If he agrees to accept arbitration on Anglo-Iranian claims for breach of contract (which the British adamantly insist upon), Anglo-Iranian is prepared to buy 10 million tons of Iranian oil a year, and the U.S. to give Mossadegh large sums of economic aid. In Teheran, Ambassador Henderson wore a path to Mossadegh's bedside...
...dusty Aden, a British protectorate, the British won the first legal round in their battle to blockade Iran's oil. A supreme court judge held that Iran's "nationalization" of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. was actually "confiscation," ordered the $40,000 oil cargo aboard the blockade-running Rose Mary (TIME, June 30) turned over to Anglo-Iranian...
Once the Iranians agree to submit the question of Anglo-Iranian Co. compensation to arbitration under the International Court, the British will favor purchase of Persion oil by any interested firms. In fact, Anglo-Iranian is prepared to go ahead and buy ten million tons a year, itself...
...policymakers of NATO agreed last week on a special formula for ending two years of Anglo-American friction over command of NATO forces in the vital Mediterranean area. The solution was a kind of two-in-one oil: Britain and the U.S. will share joint command in the area, subject to the higher authority of NATO's Supreme Commander Matthew B. Ridgway...