Diplomacy: The Friendly Americans

The new diplomacy at work:

> As the first U.S. ambassador ever to visit the Indian protectorate of Sikkim, Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith decided to dress native. Though most good-sized Sikkimese stand somewhere south of his chest, Galbraith (6 ft. 8 in.) surprisingly found a spotted mandarin coat from a bazaar in the capital, Gangtok, that neatly draped his gangling frame. Looking like an unhappy giraffe in his new outfit, Galbraith attended a dinner given by the Maharaja of Sikkim. Later, the younger members of the ambassador's party twisted until 3 a.m. after getting lessons from the Maharaja's teenage granddaughter, Princess Cocoola.

> Huffing and puffing, U.S. Ambassador to Jordan William Macomber led an embassy basketball team up and down a sandstorm-whipped court in Jordan's capital of Amman. The opponents: a championship Jordanian team made up of Arab refugees from Palestine, the Zerka Zupermen. Macomber's Bombers frittered away an early lead, lost to the Zupermen 20-14. After the game, Ambassador Macomber, 41, in sneakers, shorts and a sweat-stained red jersey, received the victors at an embassy reception, where he served jelly buns, chocolate cake and soda pop.