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...Kwame Nkrumah, Yameogo did not come seeking more U.S. aid (Upper Volta gets about $1,000,000 a year), simply wanted to reassure Johnson that Upper Volta and the other moderate, new African nations continue to hold the U.S. in high esteem. For his pains, Yameogo received red-carpet treatment, including a 21-gun-salute welcome on the White House south lawn, where Johnson praised him as a leader who had "steadfastly and wisely denied comfort to those who would subvert the hard-won freedom" of Africa...
...Karachi, Chou got red-carpet treatment, though his name was misspelled "Chau" on a welcoming banner. He had a long and private talk with Ayub Khan, and a formal dinner at the President's floodlit house. Next day a Pakistani spokesman said the discussions had concerned the "tense and delicate situation prevailing in Southeast Asia, with special reference to Viet Nam." Pakistan hoped that "all nations, large and small, Asian and non-Asian, will play their role in bringing tranquillity and peace to that unfortunate country that has seen warfare for over two decades." Ayub was clearly enjoying...
...first time in two decades a Korean last week was granted an audience with the Emperor of Japan. He was South Korea's Foreign Minister, Dong Won Lee, and during his six-day visit to Tokyo he received the full red-carpet treatment, from a 19-gun salute to a cocktail party in the glittering Pearl Room of the Tokyo Hilton...
...enough," says Rorimer. He relates pieces chronologically so that visitors stumble without accident upon one masterpiece that helps explain another. The Met's collection of Islamic art lines a corridor that logically leads to a 14th century tiled mihrab (prayer niche), as magically multicolored as a Persian carpet. To show the effervescent character of baroque art, a huge, gilded 17th century harpsichord is placed against a wall of Tiepolo's levitating flights of linear fancy. And in the center of a room coated with Italian 16th century masters rests Benvenuto Cellini's great cup, a Renaissance fantasia...
...Carpet. Though Kosygin had planned to fly home directly from Peking, he suddenly changed his plans and headed for North Korea-a place no Soviet Premier had ever visited before. Despite the short notice, North Korea's Boss Kim II Sung rolled out the Red carpet for his unexpected guest: frenzied crowds waving Soviet flags roared "Mansei! [May you live 10,000 years]" as Kosygin arrived at Pyongyang airport. Kim, a Peking-lining Stalinist who only a month ago rudely rejected an invitation to Moscow, embraced Aleksei warmly. "We consider amity and unity between our two nations most valuable...