Spectator's Notebook
r"1" HE annual Anglo-German Conference at Koenigswinter, started in 1950 by Frau Lilo Milchsack and sustained in its independence by her formidable combination of energy, grace, and diplomatic skill, has always been a pleasant insti- tution—much enjoyed, I suspect, even by those visitors from this side who care little enough either for the Germans or for the content of most of the speeches they hear. A few days under the Drachenfels in the hospitable hands of Frau Mfichsack and her assistants are not to be sneezed at. But they are even more valuable than agreeable, Where else can such a large collection of politicians, journalists, academics and in- dustrialists—friends and enemies on both sides —get together for such frank, and mostly pri- vate, discussions?
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