25 JANUARY 1946, Page 4

There has been considerable curiosity as to who was responsible

for the brilliant idea of holding the Government's official dinner to the U.N.O. delegates in the Painted Hall at Greenwich. The function was an unqualified success and there is little doubt that the excellent precedent then set will be followed in the future. It was, I learn, the Prime Minister himself who thought of Greenwich. I don't know what Mr. Attlee's personal interest in Greenwich is, but the historical allusions in his admirable speech showed that he was handling a subject he knew well. But next time the guests should surely be taken down by water.

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