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youre AA ent et Lester IS ere rte eg ee 4 ¥ rte “SSen at General H." In the days that followed the Cuban fiasco, it was Bobb Kennedy re Blsyed the the ma major role in t Ss. a o chive Axe Rulicy uaa HoyocuU un tac a4 AS ning. To aE = hin: the President picked CIA Director Alien Dulles, Ad- eigh Burke and re Maxwell Taylor. on grounds that the President should have his own close, trusted military adviser, Bobby pushed successfully for the ap- pointment of Taylor to the White House staff. Ameng his other chores i in the after- math of Cu der Secretary of State Chester Bowles, who bad been telling newsmen that he had opposed the Bay of Pigs assault all Hons. Said Bobby to Bowles: “1 un- tand that you advised against this operation. Well, as of now, you were for it,” (TF Bobby hod had hic wav, month after Cuba, Bobby again payed 3 a major role in contronting Carib- When the Dominican Repub- jilte anarchy threatened to sweep the is- President Kennedy was away on a g wai assassinated visit to France. Bobby moved into post on the seventh floor of Department to oversee the im- tion of a plan for U.S. support of anti-Trajillo, anti-Communist Domini- He okzyed 2 move to station U5. most natural thing in the world for Bob- by to take over. “Oh yes,” be says. “That's because I was out of the country.” At his brother’s request, Bobby Ben- Pare sits in on 2 ost a meetings of the th ons! ae he we SPREE) ESL EGET La at the oie aks dere wall of the Cabinet room, behind and LA i. 1 A ie when Ethel and her Kennedy sisters-in-law, Eunice Shriver and Jean Smith. were schoolgirls there. (Mother Stoepel was transferred to Japan by her religiouc order in 9855. } To the Letiain dala grey-uniformed girls of the upper school, Ethel delivered a little speech that was warmly applauded even b its train of thought was a bit hard to follow. Said she: “I always iboughi thai ihe United States was more liberal than this country, but it’s not true. At Manhattanville, in my day, we were very virtuous. I under- stand now that you are allowed to get married.” Visiting the lower school, she noted that “over three generations of Kennedys have attended convents of the Sacred Heart all over the world.. Over 30 members.” A little later, look- ing up from her written text, she en- tered a laughing aside: “Gosh, this sounds like a terrible graduation ad- on flower dress.” Dropping by « arrangement. she was enthusiastic: “They ought to teach Slower arrange- ment back bome. It’s terrific.” And in & Galligrapey class, she wrote three Japanese characters on the blackboard Meaning “Japanese and American friendship.” (Ethel had worked bard at learning a few phrases and characters on the plane to Japan: she generally mangled the language, but the Japanese aeemed delighted with her efforts.) After em hour at the convent. Ethel’s eleven-car motorcade headed off for a visit to a hospital for crippled children. then back to the embassy, where Ethe] changed into a green suit {with matching hairbows) before fhinch at Takvn’s Zen Buddhist Temple MRS. ROBERT KENNEDY of the Green Pines. There. Japanese Politician Vasuhiro Nakasone had ar- ranged for a three-hour. r3-Course, all- wegeiabie meal. Reeling im ihe air proved fashion on a grass mat before a low table, Ethel accepted a set of Munakata prints and a pair of bamboo stilts—one of seven pairs that wil! be sent to ber children back home. “Oh,” eried Ethel, “I can set a summer of broken legs and broken arms.’ Ethel was certainly the life of the huncheon. “Did I read,” she asked. “that your cats have no tails?" Nobody tould hetn her much on that one. Later, out of a clear sky, she asked: “Do the Japanese use snuff?” This produced a long, confused consultation among the Japanese. Finally Nakasone replied : “Well, we don't use snufi. We use in- memee Fi*s enee cientieed © Waerwine af WESIPE. BUF BI GV EAE FE ad yg her kneeling posture, she tured to 5 Japanese woman: “Are your legs get- i tired?” The reply: “No, are yours?” Said Ethel grimly: “I can do it as long as you can.” She did, too. Returning to the embassy, Ethel rested briefly. then appeared in a light yellow princess-style dress (with matching hairbows) at a hen party with 250 embassy women. including secretaries and wives of staffers. To the ladies, Ethel conveyed greetings from her sister-in-law Jacqueline, continued, “T'm so happy to see that you're all living out the President's inauguration speech and deepening American-Japa- wee mle tine” SS ICAL. You’ ve really gotien your lights out from under the barrel.” After that, there were only a few more functions: # visit to the ‘home of Japanese Businessman Yoshishiko Matsukata, an uncle of U.S. Ambassa- dor Reischauer's Japanese wife Haru; attended “gn embaisy reception at by Prime Minister Ikeda and hundreds of other Japanese dignitaries (Ethel wore a white lace dress—with matching hair- bows): a dinner given by Japanese Foreign Minister Zentaro Kosaka; and an appearance on the Japanese ‘tele- vision program What's My Secret?. ; | | | | ; | )