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dated October 21, 1956: Envoy's disguise fails

India's Ambassador to the United States, Mr. G.L. Mehta, was on October 18 spotted by a reporter as he (Mr. Mehta) was standing far back in the rear of a crowd at the railway station at Elyria (Ohio) to watch the Democratic Presidential candidate, Mr. Adlai Stevenson.

The reporters called out from the train "Hi Ambassador" to Mr. Mehta, who was standing with his hat brim lowered firmly over his eyes.

The Ambassador then dropped his "disguise" and was greeted by Mr. Stevenson. Mr. Mehta had just delivered an address to students at the Oberlin College at Elyria.

He said he had not planned to attend the "whistlestop" meeting as he did not want to get mixed up in American politics but was persuaded that the disguise would work. Evidently it did not, he added.

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