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They/ppss would/md not/* be/be pleased/vbn to/to have/hv it/ppo published/vbn back/rb home/nr that/cs they/ppss planned/vbd a/at frolic/nn in/in Paris/np or/cc Hong/np Kong/np at/in the/at Treasury's/nn$-tl expense/nn ./.
They/ppss would/md be/be particularly/rb displeased/vbn with/in the/at State/nn-tl Department/nn-tl if/cs it/pps were/bed the/at source/nn of/in such/jj reports/nns ./.
Few/ap things/nns are/ber more/ql perilous/jj for/in the/at State/nn-tl Department/nn-tl than/cs a/at displeased/vbn congressman/nn ./.


	The/at reason/nn for/in this/dt bears/vbz explaining/vbg for/in those/dts who/wps may/md wonder/vb why/wrb State/nn-tl spends/vbz so/ql much/ap of/in its/pp$ diplomatic/jj energy/nn on/in Congress/np when/wrb the/at Russians/nps are/ber so/ql available/jj ./.
First/rb ,/, the/at State/nn-tl Department/nn-tl is/bez unique/jj among/in government/nn agencies/nns for/in its/pp$ lack/nn of/in public/jj supporters/nns ./.
The/at farmers/nns may/md be/be aroused/vbn if/cs Congress/np cuts/vbz into/in the/at Agriculture/nn-tl Department's/nn$-tl budget/nn ./.
Businessmen/nns will/md rise/vb if/cs Congress/np attacks/vbz the/at Commerce/nn-tl Department/nn-tl ./.
Labor/nn restrains/vbz undue/jj brutality/nn toward/in the/at Labor/nn-tl Department/nn-tl ;/. ;/.
the/at Chamber/nn-tl of/in-tl Commerce/nn-tl ,/, assaults/vbz upon/in the/at Treasury/nn-tl ./.
A/at kaleidoscope/nn of/in pressure/nn groups/nns make/vb it/ppo unpleasant/jj for/in the/at congressman/nn who/wps becomes/vbz ugly/jj toward/in the/at Department/nn-tl of/in-tl Health/nn-tl ,/, Education/nn-tl ,/, and/cc-tl Welfare/nn-tl ./.
The/at congressman's/nn$ patriotism/nn is/bez always/rb involved/vbn when/wrb he/pps turns/vbz upon/in the/at Defense/nn-tl Department/nn-tl ./.
Tampering/vbg with/in the/at Post/nn-tl Office/nn-tl may/md infuriate/vb every/at voter/nn who/wps can/md write/vb ./.


	With/in all/abn these/dts agencies/nns ,/, the/at congressman/nn must/md constantly/rb check/vb the/at political/jj wind/nn and/cc trim/vb his/pp$ sails/nns accordingly/rb ./.
No/at such/jj political/jj restraint/nn subdues/vbz his/pp$ blood/nn when/wrb he/pps gazes/vbz upon/in the/at State/nn-tl Department/nn-tl in/in anger/nn ./.


	In/in many/ap sections/nns he/pps may/md even/rb reap/vb applause/nn from/in press/nn and/cc public/nn for/in giving/vbg it/ppo a/at good/jj lesson/nn ./.
After/in all/abn ,/, the/at money/nn dispensed/vbn by/in State/nn-tl goes/vbz not/* to/in the/at farmer/nn ,/, the/at laborer/nn ,/, or/cc the/at businessman/nn ,/, but/cc to/in foreigners/nns ./.
Not/* only/rb do/do these/dts foreigners/nns not/* vote/vb for/in American/jj congressmen/nns ;/. ;/.
they/ppss are/ber also/rb probably/rb ungrateful/jj for/in Uncle's/nn$-tl Sam's/np$ bounty/nn ./.
And/cc are/ber not/* the/at State/nn-tl Department/nn-tl men/nns who/wps dispense/vb this/dt largesse/nn merely/rb crackpots/nns and/cc do-gooders/nns who/wps have/hv never/rb met/vbn a/at payroll/nn ?/. ?/.
Will/md not/* the/at righteous/jj congressman/nn be/be cheered/vbn at/in the/at polls/nns if/cs he/pps reminds/vbz them/ppo to/to get/vb right/rb with/in America/np and/cc if/cs he/pps saves/vbz the/at taxpayer/nn some/dti money/nn by/in spoiling/vbg a/at few/ap of/in their/pp$ schemes/nns ?/. ?/.
The/at chances/nns are/ber excellent/jj that/cs he/pps will/md ./.


	The/at result/nn is/bez that/cs the/at State/nn-tl Department's/nn$-tl perpetual/jj position/nn before/in Congress/np is/bez the/at resigned/vbn pose/nn of/in the/at whipping/vbg boy/nn who/wps expects/vbz to/to be/be kicked/vbn whenever/wrb the/at master/nn has/hvz had/hvn a/at dyspeptic/jj outing/nn with/in his/pp$ wife/nn ./.
People/nns in/in this/dt position/nn do/do not/* offend/vb the/at master/nn by/in relating/vbg his/pp$ peccadilloes/nns to/in the/at newspapers/nns ./.
State/nn-tl keeps/vbz the/at junketeering/vbg list/nn a/at secret/nn ./.


	The/at Department/nn-tl expects/vbz and/cc receives/vbz no/at thanks/nns from/in Congress/np for/in its/pp$ discretion/nn ./.
Congress/np is/bez a/at harsh/jj master/nn ./.
State/nn-tl is/bez expected/vbn to/to arrange/vb the/at touring/vbg Cicero's/np$ foreign/jj itinerary/nn ;/. ;/.
its/pp$ embassies/nns are/ber expected/vbn to/to supply/vb him/ppo with/in reams/nns of/in local/jj money/nn to/to pay/vb his/pp$ way/nn ;/. ;/.
embassy/nn workers/nns are/ber expected/vbn to/to entertain/vb him/ppo according/in to/in his/pp$ whim/nn ,/, frequently/rb with/in their/pp$ savings/nns for/in the/at children's/nns$ college/nn tuition/nn ./.


	But/cc come/vb the/at next/ap session/nn of/in Congress/np ,/, State/nn-tl can/md expect/vb only/rb that/cs its/pp$ summer/nn guest/nn will/md bite/vb its/pp$ hand/nn when/wrb it/pps goes/vbz to/in the/at Capitol/nn-tl asking/vbg money/nn for/in diplomatic/jj entertaining/vbg expenses/nns abroad/rb or/cc for/in living/vbg expenses/nns for/in its/pp$ diplomats/nns ./.
The/at congressman/nn who/wps ,/, in/in Paris/np ,/, may/md have/hv stuffed/vbn his/pp$ wallet/nn with/in enough/ap franc/nn notes/nns to/to paper/vb the/at roof/nn of/in Notre-Dame/np will/md systematically/rb scream/vb that/cs a/at $200/nns increase/nn in/in entertainment/nn allowance/nn for/in a/at second/od secretary/nn is/bez tantamount/jj to/in debauchery/nn of/in the/at Treasury/nn-tl ./.


	In/in the/at matter/nn of/in money/nn State's/nn$-tl most/ql unrelenting/jj watchdog/nn during/in the/at Eisenhower/np years/nns was/bedz Representative/nn-tl John/np J./np Rooney/np ,/, of/in Brooklyn/np ,/, who/wps controlled/vbd the/at purse/nn for/in diplomatic/jj administrative/jj expenses/nns ./.
Diplomats/nns stayed/vbd up/rp nights/nns thinking/vbg of/in ways/nns to/to attain/vb peaceful/jj coexistence/nn ,/, not/* with/in Nikita/np Khrushchev/np ,/, but/cc with/in John/np Rooney/np ./.
Nothing/pn worked/vbd ./.
In/in the/at most/ql confidential/jj whispers/nns ambassadors/nns told/vbd of/in techniques/nns they/ppss had/hvd tried/vbn to/to bring/vb Rooney/np around/rb --/-- friendly/jj persuasion/nn ,/, groveling/vbg abasement/nn ,/, pressure/nn subtly/rb exerted/vbn through/in other/ap powerful/jj congressmen/nns ,/, tales/nns of/in heartbreak/nn and/cc penury/nn among/in a/at threadbare/jj diplomatic/jj corps/nn ./.
Rooney/np remained/vbd untouched/jj ./.


	``/`` The/at trouble/nn ,/, ''/'' explained/vbd Loy/np Henderson/np ,/, then/jj Deputy/jj-tl Undersecretary/nn-tl for/in-tl Administration/nn-tl ,/, ``/`` is/bez that/cs when/wrb we/ppss get/vb into/in an/at argument/nn with/in him/ppo about/in this/dt thing/nn ,/, it/pps always/rb turns/vbz out/rp that/cs Rooney/np knows/vbz more/ap about/in our/pp$ budget/nn than/cs we/ppss do/do ''/'' ./.


	One/cd year/nn the/at Department/nn-tl collected/vbd a/at file/nn of/in case/nn histories/nns to/to document/vb its/pp$ argument/nn that/cs men/nns in/in the/at field/nn were/bed paying/vbg the/at government's/nn$ entertainment/nn bills/nns out/in of/in personal/jj income/nn ./.
News/nn of/in the/at project/nn reached/vbd the/at press/nn ./.
Next/ap day/nn ,/, reports/nns went/vbd through/in the/at Department/nn-tl that/cs Rooney/np had/hvd been/ben outraged/vbn by/in what/wdt he/pps considered/vbd a/at patent/jj attempt/nn to/to put/vb public/jj pressure/nn on/in him/ppo for/in increased/vbn entertainment/nn allowances/nns and/cc had/hvd sworn/vbn an/at oath/nn that/cs ,/, that/dt year/nn ,/, expense/nn allowances/nns would/md not/* rise/vb a/at dollar/nn ./.
They/ppss didn't/dod* ./.


	The/at Department's/nn$-tl constant/jj fight/nn with/in the/at House/nn-tl for/in money/nn is/bez a/at polite/jj minuet/nn compared/vbn with/in its/pp$ periodic/jj bloody/jj engagements/nns with/in the/at Senate/nn-tl ./.
Armed/vbn with/in constitutional/jj power/nn to/to negate/vb the/at Executive's/nn$-tl foreign/jj policy/nn ,/, the/at Senate/nn-tl carries/vbz a/at big/jj stick/nn and/cc is/bez easily/rb provoked/vbn to/to use/vb it/ppo on/in the/at State/nn-tl Department's/nn$-tl back/nn ,/, or/cc on/in the/at head/nn of/in the/at Secretary/nn-tl of/in-tl State/nn-tl ./.


	With/in its/pp$ power/nn to/to investigate/vb ,/, the/at Senate/nn-tl can/md paralyze/vb the/at Secretary/nn-tl by/in keeping/vbg him/ppo in/in a/at state/nn of/in perpetual/jj testimony/nn before/in committees/nns ,/, as/cs it/pps did/dod with/in Dean/np Acheson/np ./.
John/np Foster/np Dulles/np escaped/vbd by/in keeping/vbg his/pp$ personal/jj show/nn on/in the/at road/nn and/cc because/cs Lyndon/np Johnson/np ,/, who/wps was/bedz then/rb operating/vbg the/at Senate/nn-tl ,/, refused/vbd to/to let/vb it/pps become/vb an/at Inquisition/nn-tl ./.
During/in Dulles's/np$ first/od two/cd years/nns in/in office/nn ,/, while/cs Republicans/nps ran/vbd the/at Senate/nn-tl ,/, the/at Department/nn-tl was/bedz at/in the/at mercy/nn of/in men/nns who/wps had/hvd thirsted/vbn for/in its/pp$ blood/nn since/in 1945/cd ./.


	An/at internal/jj police/nn operation/nn managed/vbn by/in Scott/np McLeod/np ,/, a/at former/ap F.B.I./np man/nn installed/vbn as/cs security/nn officer/nn upon/in congressional/jj insistence/nn ,/, was/bedz part/nn of/in the/at vengeance/nn ./.
So/rb was/bedz the/at attack/nn upon/in Charles/np E./np Bohlen/np when/wrb Eisenhower/np appointed/vbd him/ppo Ambassador/nn-tl to/in-tl Moscow/np-tl ./.
The/at principal/jjs mauler/nn ,/, however/rb ,/, was/bedz Senator/nn-tl Joseph/np McCarthy/np ./.
Where/wrb Acheson/np had/hvd fought/vbn a/at gallant/jj losing/vbg battle/nn for/in the/at Department/nn-tl ,/, Dulles/np fed/vbd the/at crocodile/nn with/in his/pp$ subordinates/nns ./.
Fretting/vbg privately/rb but/cc eschewing/vbg public/jj defense/nn of/in his/pp$ terrorized/vbn bureaucrats/nns ,/, Dulles/np remained/vbd serene/jj and/cc detached/vbn while/cs the/at hatchet/nn men/nns had/hvd their/pp$ way/nn ./.


	In/in view/nn of/in Eisenhower's/np$ reluctance/nn to/to concede/vb that/cs anything/pn was/bedz amiss/jj in/in the/at Terror/nn-tl ,/, it/pps is/bez doubtful/jj that/cs heroic/jj intervention/nn by/in Dulles/np could/md have/hv produced/vbn anything/pn but/in disaster/nn for/in him/ppo and/cc the/at country's/nn$ foreign/jj policy/nn ./.
In/in any/dti event/nn ,/, the/at example/nn of/in Acheson's/np$ trampling/nn by/in the/at Senate/nn-tl did/dod not/* encourage/vb Dulles/np to/to provoke/vb it/ppo ./.
He/pps elected/vbd to/to ``/`` get/vb along/rb ''/'' ./.


	During/in this/dt dark/jj chapter/nn in/in State/nn-tl Department/nn-tl history/nn ,/, men/nns who/wps had/hvd offered/vbn foreign-policy/nn ideas/nns later/rbr proven/vbn wrong/jj by/in events/nns filled/vbd the/at tumbrels/nns sent/vbn up/rp to/in Capitol/nn-tl Hill/nn-tl ./.
Their/pp$ old/jj errors/nns of/in judgment/nn were/bed equated/vbn ,/, in/in the/at curious/jj logic/nn of/in the/at time/nn ,/, with/in present/jj treasonous/jj intent/nn ./.
Their/pp$ successors/nns ,/, absorbing/vbg the/at lesson/nn ,/, made/vbd it/ppo a/at point/nn to/to have/hv few/ap ideas/nns ./.


	This/dt ,/, in/in turn/nn ,/, brought/vbd a/at new/jj fashion/nn in/in senatorial/jj criticism/nn as/cs the/at Democrats/nps took/vbd control/nn ./.
In/in the/at new/jj style/nn ,/, the/at Department/nn-tl was/bedz berated/vbn as/cs intellectually/rb barren/jj and/cc unable/jj to/to produce/vb the/at vital/jj ideas/nns needed/vbn to/to outwit/vb the/at Russians/nps ./.
For/in three/cd or/cc four/cd years/nns in/in the/at mid-1950's/nns ,/, this/dt complaint/nn was/bedz heard/vbn rumbling/vbg up/rp from/in the/at Senate/nn-tl floor/nn whenever/wrb there/ex was/bedz a/at dull/jj legislative/jj afternoon/nn ./.
It/pps became/vbd smart/jj to/to say/vb that/cs the/at fault/nn was/bedz with/in Dulles/np because/cs he/pps would/md not/* countenance/nn thinking/vbg done/vbn by/in anyone/pn but/in himself/ppl ./.


	An/at equally/rb tenable/jj thesis/nn is/bez that/cs the/at dearth/nn of/in new/jj thought/nn was/bedz created/vbn by/in the/at Senate's/nn$-tl own/jj penchant/nn for/in crucifying/vbg anyone/pn whose/wp$ ideas/nns seem/vb unorthodox/jj to/in the/at next/ap generation/nn ./.



Getting/vbg-hl along/rb-hl with/in-hl foreigners/nns-hl 
there/ex are/ber ninety-eight/cd foreign/jj embassies/nns and/cc legations/nns in/in Washington/np ./.
They/ppss range/vb from/in the/at Soviet/nn-tl Embassy/nn-tl on/in Sixteenth/od-tl Street/nn-tl ,/, a/at gray/jj shuttered/vbn pile/nn suggesting/vbg a/at funeral-accessories/nns display/nn house/nn ,/, to/in what/wdt Congressman/nn-tl Rooney/np has/hvz called/vbn ``/`` that/dt monstrosity/nn on/in Thirty-fourth/od-tl Street/nn-tl ''/'' ,/, the/at modern/jj cement-and-glass/jj chancery/nn of/in the/at Belgians/nps ./.


	Here/rb is/bez the/at world/nn of/in the/at chauffeured/vbn limousine/nn and/cc the/at gossip/nn reporter/nn ,/, of/in caviar/nn on/in stale/jj crackers/nns and/cc the/at warm/jj martini/nn ,/, of/in the/at poseur/nn ,/, the/at spy/nn ,/, the/at party/nn crasher/nn ,/, and/cc the/at patriot/nn ,/, of/in the/at rented/vbn tails/nns ,/, the/at double/jj cross/nn ,/, and/cc the/at tired/vbn Lothario/np ./.


	Into/in its/pp$ chanceries/nns each/dt day/nn pour/vb reports/nns from/in ministries/nns around/in the/at earth/nn and/cc an/at endless/jj stream/nn of/in home-office/nn instructions/nns on/in how/wrb to/to handle/vb Uncle/nn-tl Sam/np in/in an/at infinite/jj variety/nn of/in contingencies/nns ./.
Here/rb are/ber hatched/vbn plans/nns for/in getting/vbg a/at share/nn of/in the/at American/jj bounty/nn ,/, the/at secret/nn of/in the/at anti-missile/jj missile/nn ,/, or/cc an/at invitation/nn to/in dinner/nn ./.
Out/in of/in it/ppo each/dt week/nn go/vb hundreds/nns of/in thousands/nns of/in words/nns purporting/vbg to/to inform/vb home/nn ministries/nns about/in what/wdt is/bez really/rb happening/vbg inside/in Washington/np ./.
Some/dti ,/, like/cs the/at British/nps and/cc the/at French/nps ,/, maintain/vb an/at elaborate/jj system/nn of/in personal/jj contacts/nns and/cc have/hv experts/nns constantly/rb studying/vbg special/jj areas/nns of/in the/at American/jj scene/nn ./.
Other/ap embassies/nns cable/vb home/nr The/at New/jj-tl York/np-tl Times/nns-tl without/in changing/vbg a/at comma/nn ./.


	Each/dt has/hvz its/pp$ peculiar/jj style/nn ./.
The/at Soviet/nn-tl Embassy/nn-tl is/bez popularly/rb regarded/vbn as/cs Russian/jj espionage/nn headquarters/nn ./.
When/wrb Ambassador/nn-tl Mikhail/np Menshikov/np took/vbd it/ppo over/rp in/in 1957/cd from/in Georgi/np Zaroubin/np ,/, he/pps made/vbd a/at determined/vbn effort/nn to/to change/vb this/dt idea/nn ./.
Menshikov/np hit/vbd Washington/np with/in a/at TV/nn announcer's/nn$ grin/nn and/cc a/at hearty/jj handclasp/nn ./.
To/in everyone's/pn$ astonishment/nn he/pps seemed/vbd no/ql more/rbr like/cs the/at run-of-the-mine/jj Russian/jj ambassador/nn than/cs George/np Babbitt/np was/bedz like/cs Fyodor/np Pavlovitch/np Karamazov/np ./.


	Where/wrb his/pp$ predecessors/nns had/hvd glowered/vbn ,/, Menshikov/np smiled/vbd ./.
Where/wrb they/ppss had/hvd affected/vbn the/at bleak/jj social/jj style/nn of/in embalmers'/nns$ assistants/nns ,/, Menshikov/np went/vbd abroad/rb gorgeous/jj in/in white/jj tie/nn and/cc tails/nns ./.
Overnight/rb he/pps became/vbd the/at most/ql available/jj man/nn in/in Washington/np ./.
Speeches/nns by/in the/at Soviet/nn-tl ambassador/nn became/vbd the/at vogue/nn as/cs he/pps obliged/vbd rural/jj Maryland/np Rotarians/nps and/cc National/jj-tl Press/nn-tl Club/nn-tl alike/rb ./.
In/in Senator/nn-tl Joseph/np McCarthy's/np$ phrase/nn ,/, it/pps was/bedz the/at most/ql unheard-of/jj thing/nn ever/rb heard/vbn of/in ./.
A/at newspaperman/nn who/wps met/vbd him/ppo at/in a/at reception/nn swore/vbd that/cs he/pps asked/vbd Menshikov/np :/: ``/`` What/wdt should/md we/ppss call/vb you/ppo ''/'' ?/. ?/.
And/cc that/cs Menshikov/np replied/vbd :/: ``/`` Just/rb call/vb me/ppo Mike/np ''/'' ./.


	``/`` Smilin'/vbg-tl Mike/np-tl ''/'' was/bedz the/at sobriquet/nn Washington/np gave/vbd him/ppo ./.
His/pp$ English/np was/bedz usable/jj and/cc he/pps used/vbd it/ppo fearlessly/rb ./.
Toasting/vbg in/in champagne/nn one/cd night/nn at/in the/at embassy/nn ,/, he/pps hoisted/vbd his/pp$ glass/nn to/in a/at senator's/nn$ wife/nn and/cc gaily/rb cried/vbd :/: ``/`` Up/in your/pp$ bottom/nn ''/'' !/. !/.
For/in a/at few/ap giddy/jj months/nns that/dt coincided/vbd with/in one/cd of/in Moscow's/np$ smiling/vbg moods/nns ,/, he/pps was/bedz the/at sensation/nn of/in Washington/np ./.
At/in the/at State/nn-tl Department/nn-tl ,/, hard-bitten/jj Russian/jj experts/nns complained/vbd that/cs the/at Capitol/nn-tl was/bedz out/in of/in its/pp$ wits/nns ./.
Newspaper/nn punditry/nn was/bedz inspired/vbn to/to remind/vb everyone/pn that/cs Judas/np ,/, too/rb ,/, had/hvd been/ben able/jj to/to smile/vb ./.


	The/at Menshikov/np interlude/nn ended/vbd as/cs larks/nns with/in the/at Russians/nps usually/rb end/vb ./.
Finding/vbg peaceful/jj coexistence/nn temporarily/rb unsuitable/jj because/rb of/in domestic/jj politics/nn ,/, Moscow/np resumed/vbd scowling/vbg and/cc ``/`` Smilin'/vbg-tl Mike/np-tl ''/'' dropped/vbd quietly/rb out/in of/in the/at press/nn except/in for/in an/at occasional/jj story/nn reporting/vbg that/cs he/pps had/hvd been/ben stoned/vbn somewhere/rb in/in the/at Middle/jj-tl West/nr-tl ./.


	The/at most/ql inscrutable/jj embassies/nns are/ber the/at Arabs'/nps$ ,/, and/cc the/at most/ql inscrutable/jj of/in the/at Arabs/nps are/ber the/at Saudi/np Arabians/nps ./.
When/wrb King/nn-tl Saud/np visited/vbd Washington/np ,/, the/at overwhelming/jj question/nn consuming/vbg the/at press/nn was/bedz the/at size/nn of/in his/pp$ family/nn ./.
Rumor/nn had/hvd it/ppo that/cs his/pp$ children/nns numbered/vbd in/in the/at hundreds/nns ./.
The/at State/nn-tl Department/nn-tl was/bedz little/ap help/nn on/in this/dt ,/, or/cc on/in much/ap else/rb about/in Saudi/np Arabia/np ./.
A/at reporter/nn who/wps consulted/vbd a/at Middle/jj-tl East/nr-tl Information/nn-tl officer/nn for/in routine/jj vital/jj statistics/nns got/vbd nowhere/rb until/cs the/at State/nn-tl Department/nn-tl man/nn produced/vbd from/in his/pp$ bottom/jj desk/nn drawer/nn a/at brochure/nn published/vbn by/in the/at Arabian-American/jj-tl Oil/nn-tl Company/nn-tl ./.
``/`` This/dt is/bez where/wrb I/ppss get/vb my/pp$ information/nn from/in ''/'' ,/, he/pps confided/vbd ./.
``/`` But/cc bring/vb it/ppo right/ql back/rb ./.
It's/pps+bez the/at only/ap copy/nn I've/ppss+hv got/vbn ''/'' ./.


	The/at size/nn of/in Saud's/np$ family/nn was/bedz still/rb being/beg debated/vbn when/wrb the/at King/nn-tl appeared/vbd for/in his/pp$ first/od meeting/nn with/in Eisenhower/np ./.
When/wrb it/pps ended/vbd ,/, a/at dusky/jj sheik/nn in/in desert/nn robes/nns flowed/vbd into/in Hagerty's/np$ office/nn to/to report/vb on/in the/at interview/nn ./.
The/at massed/vbn reporters/nns brushed/vbd aside/rb the/at customary/jj bromides/nns about/in Saudi-American/jj friendship/nn to/to bore/vb in/rp on/in the/at central/jj question/nn ./.
How/wql many/ap children/nns did/dod the/at King/nn-tl have/hv ?/. ?/.


	``/`` Twenty-one/cd ''/'' ,/, replied/vbd the/at sheik/nn ./.


	And/cc how/wql many/ap of/in these/dts were/bed sons/nns ?/. ?/.


	``/`` Twenty-five/cd ''/'' ,/, the/at sheik/nn replied/vbd ./.


	``/`` Do/do you/ppss mean/vb to/to tell/vb us/ppo ''/'' ,/, a/at reporter/nn asked/vbd ,/, ``/`` that/cs the/at King/nn-tl has/hvz twenty-one/cd children/nns ,/, twenty-five/cd of/in whom/wpo are/ber sons/nns ''/'' ?/. ?/.


	The/at sheik/nn smiled/vbd and/cc murmured/vbd :/: ``/`` That/dt is/bez precisely/ql correct/jj ''/'' ./.


	The/at Egyptians/nps are/ber noted/vbn for/in elusiveness/nn of/in language/nn ./.
When/wrb Dag/np Hammarskjold/np was/bedz negotiating/vbg the/at Middle/jj-tl East/nr-tl peace/nn after/in Israel's/np$ 1956/cd invasion/nn of/in Egypt/np ,/, he/pps soon/rb found/vbd himself/ppl speaking/vbg the/at mysterious/jj phrases/nns of/in Cairo/np ,/, a/at language/nn as/ql anarchic/jj as/cs Casey/np Stengel's/np$ ./.
The/at reports/nns of/in President/nn-tl Nasser's/np$ pledges/nns which/wdt Hammarskjold/np was/bedz relaying/vbg from/in Cairo/np to/in Washington/np became/vbd increasingly/ql incomprehensible/jj to/in other/ap diplomats/nns ,/, including/in the/at Israeli/jj-tl Foreign/jj-tl Minister/nn-tl ,/, Mrs./np Golda/np Meir/np ./.
Finally/rb he/pps reported/vbd that/cs Nasser/np was/bedz ready/jj to/to make/vb a/at concrete/jj commitment/nn in/in return/nn for/in Israeli/jj concessions/nns ./.