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...hardly a love letter, but after more than two decades of rancorous relations, the message to the Soviet leadership on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Union was remarkably warm. Expressing hopes for the gradual normalization of ties, the Chinese government urged both countries to "jointly work for the realization of this goal through negotiations, concrete actions and the removal of obstacles." Although the vaguely worded message promised nothing, it confirmed earlier signals that China was serious about improving relations with the Soviet Union. Says a top Washington analyst: "It is another step forward in the atmospherics...
...Yuri Andropov and his eleven colleagues on the ruling Politburo filed on stage last week. The new Soviet leader moved slowly to his place beneath a monumental bust of Lenin, turning to acknowledge Communist leaders who had come from as far as Cuba and Viet Nam to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Soviet Union. Dressed in a smartly tailored blue suit and maroon tie, Andropov looked well-rested and healthier than he had five weeks earlier at the funeral of his predecessor, Leonid Brezhnev. But his sober demeanor suggested that he had reserved an important message...
...feet, but never once reached into them to search for a paper that would provide an answer. Confident, but with no hint of arrogance, George Pratt Shultz, 61, provided a reassuring display of his Washington-wise competence as he went about winning unanimous confirmation by the Senate as the 60th U.S. Secretary of State...
...coordinated six-day campaign late last month, Iran's armed forces recaptured some 850 sq. mi. of territory in Khuzistan, all but decimating the Iraqi Fourth Army. Although the Iraqis had expected the operation, they were nevertheless caught off guard. Brigadier General Khatab Omar Najim, commander of the 60th Iraqi Armor Brigade and now an Iranian prisoner of war, told a group of Western correspondents that on the second day of the offensive, his front lines were resisting a moderate assault when suddenly his headquarters in the rear came under attack. "My entire staff was captured," he said. Iranian...
...just prior to Wodehouse's 60th birthday, his happy life was drastically changed. The Second World War was in its early stages, and Germany had just successfuly invaded France, where Wodehouse was living at the time with his wife Ethel. Over the next several months, Wodehouse was captured by the Germans and shuttled among several different German internment camps. Wodehouse finally surfaced some six months later in a series of broadcasts he made over German radio to the then-neutral United States. The British people were shocked at hearing his voice over the airwaves of their enemy and began lashing...