21 JANUARY 1966, page 4

Mr. Brown's Italian Lesson

From OSBERT HASTINGS ROME I RI was an improvisation. Mr. George Brown's British equivalent, the national finance corpora- tion,which he is shortly to announce,is clearly not so;......

The Voice Of The General

From DON COOK PARIS HE first test of Gaullist foreign policy in I action since the re-election of President de Gaulle has been a demonstration of how little the General is going......

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