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[Ghee <tim...@sh...>]

 the day for Union and himself. How did he do it? I can demonstrate one
way and with a rather personal incident. During the week I spent in
Capetown Smuts was an absorbed person as you may imagine. The House was
in session day and night and there were endless demands on him. The best
opportunities that we had for talk were at meal-time. One evening I
dined with him in the House restaurant. When we sat down we thought that
we had the place to ourselves. Suddenly Smuts cast his eye over the long
room and saw a solitary man just commencing his dinner in the opposite
corner. Turning to me he said: "Do you know Cresswell?" "I was
introduced to him yesterday," I replied. "Would you mind if I asked him
to dine with us?" When I assured him that I would be delighted, the
Prime Minister got up, walked over to Cresswell and asked him t