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Word: vila (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Chilean Ambassador to the U. S., Señor Don Carlos G. Dávila, some time ago received a mysterious package from India. In it was a rare Moslem rug which an attached note offered to the Ambassador for $10,000. If he did not want this rug, said the note, would he please "return" it to a specified Manhattan address? Puzzled, the Ambassador consulted the U. S. State Department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Embassy Smuggling | 6/30/1930 | See Source »

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