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Laniel withdraws; speculation; he and Naegelen blame each other for deadlock; party confs marked by acrimony and growing pub distaste
S Braden testifies, US Sen subcom, that communism cannot be eliminated until US removes 'insidious groups' and 'bad characters' from State Dept
Sec Dulles
UN Command broadcasts final appeal to 22 Amers refusing repatriation; pledges no reprisals against those returning or discrimination against their families in any event; Indian guards mass at compound gate to protect any seeking repatriation; Amers apparently reject offer; Communists int 250 Chinese; jeered; 2 of 1st 119 Chinese interviewed ask repatriation
program type budget to be instituted with '54-55 expense budget
1953Andres Alver, Estonian architect and academic[†]
Andres Alver is an Estonian architect.
1953Gerrit W. Gong, American religious leader and academic[†]
Gerrit Walter Gong is an American academic administrator and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He has been a general authority since 2010 and served as a member of the church's Presidency of the Seventy from October 2015 until his calling to the Quorum of the Twelve in March 2018. He is the LDS Church's first apostle of Asian descent. Prior to becoming a general authority, he served as assistant to the president of Brigham Young University (BYU) for planning and assessment. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Gong is accepted by the church as a prophet, seer, and revelator. Currently, he is the twelfth most senior apostle in the church.
1953Lavrentiy Beria, Soviet general and politician, head of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (born 1899)[†]
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was a Soviet politician and one of the longest-serving and most influential of Joseph Stalin's secret police chiefs, serving as head of the NKVD from 1938 to 1946, during the country's involvement in the Second World War.
In 1953, the world population was approximately 2,634,106,235 people[†]